高二下學(xué)期英語人教選修8Unit1 Warming up and Reading課件

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8Unit1AlandofdiversityHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?

WarmingupLookatthemapoftheUSA.SeattleSanFranciscoLosAngelesDenverHoustonNewOrieansMiamiAtlantaBostonNewYorkPhiladelphigWashington,D.CAppalachianRockyMountainsMexicoChieagoDetroitSt.LouisCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiTheUSAliesin_________________,borderingboththe________Oceanandthe_______Ocean,between________and________.Thereare_____statesintheUS.48ofthemareinthesingleregion,while_______and_______arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.theNorthAmericaAtlanticPacificCanadaMexicofiftyAlaskaHawaiiAquizThelanguagetheymainlyuseis_______.Mountainrangeinthewestis______________________.ThelongestriverintheUSAis______________________.theMississippiRivertheRockyMountainsEnglishSomeimportantcities:NewYork,WashingtonD.C.,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,Houston,Philadelphia,Atlanta,Seattle,Boston,…WhocannamesomeimportantcitiesoftheUSA?CaliforniaAlltheleavesarebrownAndtheskyisgreyI’vebeenforawalkOnawinter’sdayI’dbesafeandwarmIfIwasinL.A.CaliforniadreamingStoppedintoachurchIpassedalongthewayWell,IgotdownonmykneesAndIpretendtoprayYouknowthepreacherlikesthecoldHeknowsI’mgonnastayCaliforniadreamingCaliforniaDreamingEnjoythesongPredictthecontentofthetextaccordingtothetitleandtheinsertedpictures.I.Canyougetthemainideaofthepassageafteryourfastreading?Skimming:ItmainlytalksaboutthehistoryofCaliforniaanditsmulticulturalsociety.Part1(Para1)BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.Part2(Para2-9)Thehistoryof

peoplefromdifferentcountries.Part3(Para10)ThefutureofCalifornia.II.Dividethetextinthreepartsandtrytogivethemainideaofeachpart.I.Readthetextcarefullyandfillin theblanks.NativeAmericans★TheyaresaidtohavelivedinCaliforniaforover1.______years,whocrossedtheBeringStraitbymeansofa(n)2.___________.15,000landbridgeNativeAmericans★Inthe16thcentury,manynativepeoplewerekilledorforcedinto3._______bythe4.__________andmanydiedfromthediseasesbroughtbythem.slaveryEuropeansTheSpanish★TheSpanishfirstarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly5._____century.★MostofthefirstSpanishtogotoCaliforniawere6._______men.Russians★Intheearly19thcentury,Russian7._______begansettlinginCalifornia.★Todaythereareabout25,0008._________________livinginandaroundSanFrancisco.religious

16thRussian-AmericanshuntersGoldminers★In1848,9._____wasdiscoveredinCalifornia,whichattractedpeoplefromallovertheworld.★ThefirsttoarrivewereSouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUS,followedbyadventurersfrom10.________andAsia.goldEurope Laterarrivals★Chinesebegantoarriveduringthe11.__________Period,andevenmorecameinthe1860s.★Italians,mainly12._________butalsowinemakers,arrivedinthelate19thcentury.★In1911immigrantsfrom13._________establishedatownoftheirown.GoldRushfishermenDenmarkLaterarrivals★Inthe1920sthefilmindustryboomattractedmanyEuropeansincludingmany14.________people.★Japanese15.________beganarrivinginCaliforniaintheearly20thcentury,andalotmorehavesettledtheresincethe1980s.JewishfarmersLaterarrivals★AfricanshavebeenlivinginCaliforniasincethe16._____,andmorearrivedbetween1942and1945toworkinthe17._____andaircraftindustries.1800s shipMostrecentarrivals★Inrecentdecades,morepeoplehavecometoCaliforniafrom18._____,includingKoreans,Cambodians,VietnameseandLaotians.★Sincethe1970s,19._______andPakistanishavebeenattractedtoCaliforniabyits20._________industry.AsiaIndianscomputerII.Choosethebestanswer.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheGoldRush?OnlyafewpeoplebecamerichintheGoldRush. B.ManypeoplediedintheGoldRush.C.IthappenedduringtheAmerican-Mexicanwar. D.SouthAmericanswereamongthefirsttoarrivetolookforgold.CCaliforniaisthethirdlargeststatein USAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanish asafirstlanguage.TIII.TrueorFalse.F3.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast.4.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.FT

Pairwork:Makeadialoguewithyourclassmate.IfyouwereaCalif