高中英語(yǔ)選修8unit1-Warming-Up完整版

1、 It is a very young country in the world. It has only a history of 200-300 years. Most people in the country are immigrates.(移民移民) The head office of the UN was set up there. Two World Wars didnt take place there. What comes to your mind when you hear “USA”? The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像自由女神像, 位于美國(guó)紐約市

2、曼哈頓島上，位于美國(guó)紐約市曼哈頓島上， 是法國(guó)政府作為慶祝美國(guó)獨(dú)立是法國(guó)政府作為慶祝美國(guó)獨(dú)立100周年的禮物周年的禮物 贈(zèng)給美國(guó)。女神像由鐵架和銅皮做成贈(zèng)給美國(guó)。女神像由鐵架和銅皮做成, 高高46米米, 連同底座總高約連同底座總高約100米。米。 一個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái)一個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái), 自由女神像已成為美法人民友誼的象征。自由女神像已成為美法人民友誼的象征。 The White House Manhattan Golden Gate Bridge The Grand Canyon Wall Street Hollywood Film City Universal Studios The Central

3、 Park Capitol Hill (國(guó)會(huì)山莊國(guó)會(huì)山莊) How much do you know about the USA? 1. How many states are there in the USA? A. B. C. D. 47 48 49 50 D 2. Which flag is American flag? A. B. C. C Star-Spangled Banner (星條旗星條旗) The America flag is known as “the stars and strips”. 50 stars Each star represents one state 1

4、3 stripes the original 13 states. Red courage White freedom Blueloyalty and justice June 14 Flag Day. National Flag 3. Which city is the capital of the USA? A. New York B. Washington D.C C. Los Angeles B A. B. C.D. 4. Which stands for the USA? National Emblems (國(guó)徽國(guó)徽) C 5. Who is president of America

5、 now? A. B. C.D. Barack Hussein Obama George H.W. . Bush Putin Bill Clinton B A.B.C.D. 6. Which doesnt belong to the USA? Statue of Liberty Golden Bridge White House Eiffel Tower C 7. Which are not American brands? A B C D Germany B F G E F G Germany Finland 8.Who are Americans? A B C DE Keanu Reeve

6、s Steven Speilberg Ronaldinho Britain Brazil A C E Schwarzenegger 9.The largest state-Texas 11. The 45th president - Barack Obama 10. The first president - Washington 12. Which city is known as “Big Apple”? -New York 13. When was the Constitution written? A. 1789 B. 1777 C. 1786A 2. Most state names

7、 come from Spanish or English. 1. New York is the largest state in the Us. 3. Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”. 4. The Constitution was written in 1779. F F F F New York Texas Native American language In 1789 5. There are 52 stars on the American flag. 6. George Washington was the first American

8、President. 7. The first settlers arrived in North America about 30,000 years ago. 8. The Mississippi River is the longest river in the world. F F T T 50 The Nile River Look at the map of the USA. Work with your group to write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare your

9、answers with other groups. Ocean on the east coast _ Ocean on the west cost _ Country to the north of USA _ Country to the south of USA _ California _ Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Canada Mexico Southwestern USA Great Lakes: Longest river in the USA: Some important cities: Superior, Michigan, Huron,

10、Erie and Ontario Mississippi River New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Boston Rocky Mountains Mountains range in the west San Francisco Los Angeles Houston Boston New York Washington, D.C Rocky Mountains Mexico Chicago Canada Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean

11、the Mississippi Seattle Superior Michigan Erie Huron Ontario Total areaabout 9.4 million square kilometers ( the fourth largest ); has a long coastline of 22,680 kilometers populationabout 300 million LanguageEnglish Religion Christianity ( 56% ); Catholic ( 28% ); Judaism( 2% ) Climate continental

12、climate ( most part ) subtropical climate ( the south ) Nickname Uncle Sam 結(jié)合結(jié)合 v. 混合混合; 拌和拌和;結(jié)合結(jié)合 mixture n. 混合混合; 混合狀態(tài)混合狀態(tài); 混合物混合物 mixwithand 把把和和混合混合 10. racial adj. 人種的人種的; 種族的種族的 race n. 種族種族 racialist n. 種族主義者種族主義者 prehistory reaction 11. percentage 百分比百分比, 百分率百分率(單詞前面不用具體的單詞前面不用具體的 數(shù)據(jù)數(shù)據(jù)) perc

13、ent 百分之百分之 ( 單詞前通常有具體的數(shù)據(jù)單詞前通常有具體的數(shù)據(jù)) e.g. a large /high percentage - What _ of students in your school go to college? - 97 _. 12. applicant n. 申請(qǐng)人申請(qǐng)人 apply vi. 申請(qǐng)申請(qǐng) apply for sth. to sb. vt. 運(yùn)用運(yùn)用 be applied to sth application n. 申請(qǐng)申請(qǐng), 申請(qǐng)表申請(qǐng)表, 應(yīng)用應(yīng)用, 運(yùn)用運(yùn)用 percentage percent 13. socialist n. 社會(huì)主義者社會(huì)主義者

14、; 社會(huì)黨人社會(huì)黨人 adj. 社會(huì)主義者的社會(huì)主義者的 society n. 社會(huì)社會(huì) social adj. 社會(huì)的社會(huì)的, 愛(ài)交際的愛(ài)交際的, 社交的社交的 14. central adj. 中心的中心的; 中央的中央的; 主要的主要的 centre n. 中心中心; 中央中央 in the center of 在中間在中間, 在中央在中央 15. occur-occurring-occurred- occurred vi. 發(fā)生；出現(xiàn)；想起；發(fā)生；出現(xiàn)；想起； 想到；存在；被發(fā)現(xiàn)想到；存在；被發(fā)現(xiàn) sth occur to sb 被想到被想到; 出現(xiàn)在大腦中出現(xiàn)在大腦中 It occu

15、rs /occurred to sb that. 某人想到某人想到 16. indicate v. 指出、標(biāo)示、表明、暗示指出、標(biāo)示、表明、暗示 indication n. 指出指出, 指示指示, 跡象跡象, 暗示暗示 17. apparent adj 顯而易見(jiàn)的顯而易見(jiàn)的/顯然的顯然的/表面上的表面上的 apparently adv 顯而易見(jiàn)地顯而易見(jiàn)地/表面上地表面上地 appear v. 18. slip-slipped-slipped 滑行、滑動(dòng)、滑滑行、滑動(dòng)、滑 19. bakery n. 面包房、面包廠面包房、面包廠 baker n. 面包師面包師 bake v. 20. hire

16、 v./n. 租用、雇傭租用、雇傭 fire v 解雇解雇 21. _ n. 行李行李 一件行李一件行李 22. _ n. 丹麥丹麥 _ adj. 丹麥丹麥(人人)的的, 丹麥語(yǔ)的丹麥語(yǔ)的 n. 丹麥人丹麥人, 丹麥語(yǔ)丹麥語(yǔ) 23. _n. 韓國(guó)韓國(guó) _adj. 韓國(guó)韓國(guó)(人人)的；的； n. 韓國(guó)人韓國(guó)人; 朝鮮語(yǔ)朝鮮語(yǔ) 24. _n. 巴基斯坦巴基斯坦 _ adj. 巴基斯坦巴基斯坦(人人)的的; 巴基斯坦人巴基斯坦人 25. _ 用用辦法辦法; 借助借助 luggage / baggage a piece of luggage/baggage an article of luggage/

17、baggage Denmark Danish Korea Korean Pakistan Pakistani by means of 26. _ 習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、 工作等，工作等，_ 謀生謀生 27. _與與合作或一起工作合作或一起工作 28. _ v./n. 租用、雇傭租用、雇傭 _ v 解雇解雇 29. _ 包括、吸收包括、吸收 make a life make/earn a living by team up with hirefire take in 1. It was a_ from her face that she was really upset. Fi

18、ll in the blanks. pparent 2. Take care of our l_ while I find a cab. 3. An increase p_ of the population own their own homes. 4. These animals i_ to North Africa in winter. 5. I think their failure is due to a m_ of bad luck and poor management. 6. His angry r_ to the decision was beyond my imaginat

19、ion. 7. The quickest m_ of travel is by plane. 8. I have finished this magazine. Can I s_ with you? uggage ercentage mmigrate ixture eaction eans wap Useful expressions How long /wide/high/tall is ? Its metres/feet long/wide/high/tall. There is in the north/south/east/west. It looks like 1. Review what you already know about the geography of the USA. Find more information about California. 2. What does your hometown look like? Describe it. Hom