高二英語人教版選修八unit1-A-land-of-diversity-reading-課件

Unit1Alandofdiversity一個多元文化的國土HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.C

2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?A.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngeles

B

A.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?

NationalEmblems

(國徽)C

4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950D

5.WhoispresidentofAmericanow?A.B.C.D.Barack

Hussein

Obama

George

H.W.Bush

Putin

Bill

Clinton

B

A.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenGateBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTowerC

7.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland8.WhoareAmericans?ABDCkeanuReeves基努·里維斯Ronaldinho

BritainBrazilAC9.Whoisthepersonontheone-dollarnote?A.JeffersonB.WashingtonC.FranklinBGeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstPresident(andismarkedontheUSonedollarbill).10.The

largest

state---Alaska11.____hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.TexasA12.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe___state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstDWriteasmanynamesasyoucanonthemap.8371264AtlanticPacificCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsMississippiWashingtonDC5.California

LosAngeles

SuperiorMichiganHuronErieOntarioNewYorkBostonPhiladelphiaSanFranciscoMexicoGulfAquiz:

HowmuchyouknowabouttheUSA.TheUSAliesin_________________,borderingboththe________Oceanandthe________Ocean,between_______and________.Thereare_____statesintheUS.48ofthemareinthesingleregion,while______and_______arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.theNorthAmericaAtlanticPacificCanadaMexicofiftyAlaskaHawaiiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioStar-SpangledBanner

50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate

13stripes——theoriginal13states.Blue—

loyaltyandjusticeRed——courageWhite—

freedomTheWhiteHouse

TheStatueofLiberty______________istheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThestatueoflibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,symbolizingthespiritof_____________oftheUSA.Thelanguagetheymainlyuseis_______.TheWhiteHouseindependenceEnglishMountainrangeinthewestis______________________.ThelongestriverintheUSAis______________________.theRockyMountainstheMississippiRiverNativeAmericansEnjoysomepicturesHOLLYWOOD

Hollywoodfilmcity

CaliforniasunsetLos

AngelesDisneylandGoldRushPeriodTheGoldRushPosterLookatthepicturesonP2-3.EachillustratesomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.Pre-readingHoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmericanIndian—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.Agoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.

AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.CaliforniaReadingTask1:Dividethepassageintothreepartsaccordingtothemainideaofeachpart.Part1()BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.Part2()WhenandwhypeoplefromdifferentcountriesmovedtoCalifornia.Part3()ThefutureofCalifornia.

para1para2-para9para10FastReading:RussiansLaterArrivals

peopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericansGoldMinersTask2:HowmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinPart2?15,000yearsagoFirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica.ThesepeopleareknownasNativeAmericans.

16th

century

DetailedReading:Ex1P3SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.1821184618501848SpanishRussiansAfricans

Chinese

Italians

Danish

JewishJapanese

KoreansCambodians

Vietnamese

Pakistanis

Intheearly16thcentury

early

1800s1800sLate1840s/inthe1860sInthelate19thcentury1911Ex2P31920satthebeginningofthe20thcenturyInmorerecentdecadesInmorerecentdecadesInmore

recent

decadesFrom

about

1970sTask1Readthetextagainandfinish5multiple-choicequestions1.Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom______.anewpaperB.ageographybookC.anovelD.atravelbrochureBpostReading:2.Fromthepassage,weknowthat____.EuropeanandJewishpeoplecametoseefilmsinHollywoodPeoplefromMexicocametoworkintheshipandaircraftindustriesIndiansandPakistanishavemadecontributionstotheCaliforniancomputerindustryTherewillbemajorracialorculturalgroupsinCaliforniainthefutureC3.WhicheventbroughtevenlargemembersofChineseimmigrantstoCalifornia?TobuildtherailwayfromWtoEinthe1860sTomakewineduringthelate19thcenturyC.ToachievetheirdreamsduringtheGoldRushPeriodD.Todevelopfilmindustryinthe1920sA4.WhatattractpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtostillimmigratetoCalifornianow?ComputerindustryAircraftindustryClimateandlifestyleHistoryandcultureC5.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?PeoplelivinginCaliforniahavedifferentnationalities.CaliforniaisthemostattractivestateoftheUS.TheareaoftheCaliforniaislargerthananyothercityoftheUS.Californiaisastateconsistingofvariouspeoplefromalmostallovertheworld.DTask2TrueorFalsequestions1.CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.4.Intheearly1800s,RussianshuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia5.DuingGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.FFTTFF_____________________________________PostreadingFillintheblanksCaliforniahasthe_________ofbeingthemost_____________stateintheUSA,which,atvarioustimes,hasattractedpeoplefromnearlyeverycountryintheworld.Amongthefirstsettlers,NativeAmericansarebelievedbyscientiststohavecrossedthe______________inthe_________toAmerica______________alandbridgewhichexistedin_____________times.AndtodaytherearemoreNativeAmericanslivinginCaliforniathanthatinanyotherstates.

multiculturalbymeansofdistinctionBeringStraitprehistoricArcticOver40%ofCaliforniansspeak_________asafirstorsecondlanguagebecause