新课标人教版高中英语选修8第一单元reading课件.ppt

Unit1 A Land of Diversity,一个多元文化的国土,Hotel California,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Houston,Boston,New York,Washington, D.C,Rocky Mountains,Mexico,Chicago,Canada,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,the Mississippi,Ocean on the east coast _ Ocean on the west cost _ Country to the north of USA _ Country to the south of USA _ Mountains range in the west _,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,Canada,Mexico,Rocky Mountains,Great Lakes :,Longest river in the USA :,Some important cities:,Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario,Mississippi River,New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans,Where is California?,CALIFORNIA,California (one of the 50 states of the USA),the major cities of California,San Francisco,San Diego,Los Angeles,How each picture is relevant to the history of California?,Native American Indian one of the first people to live in California.,A gold minerthe discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.,A building in Chinatown, San FranciscoMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.,New words,illustrate vt. 说明; 阐明 distinction n. 差别; 区别；卓著 majority n. 大多数; 大半 prehistoric adj. 史前的 elect v.选择；决定做某事; 选举某人 percentage n. 百分比; 百分率,boom n. (人口、贸易的) 繁荣 vi. 处于经济迅速发展时期 immigrate vi. 移入（外国定居） racial adj. 人种的；种族的 establish vt.建立，创建 multicultural adj.多文化的 diversity n. 多样性；变化,Divide the passage into three parts according to the main idea of each part. Part1 ( ) Brief introduction to California. Part2 ( ) When and why people from different countries moved to California. Part3 ( ) The future of California.,para1,para2-para9,para10,skimming,Russians,Later Arrivals,people,The Spanish,Most Recent Arrivals,Native Americans,How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?,Gold Miners,1. Who were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold?,2. When and why did the large number of Chinese immigrate to California?,South Americans and people from the United States.,During the gold rush period, many Chinese immigrated to California to achieve their dream of becoming rich, and in the 1860s, a large number of Chinese went there to build the railway from the west to east coast.,3. What attracted people from different parts of the world to immigrate to California?,The temperate climate, the modern lifestyle and its diverse cultures attracted immigrates to California.,Detailed reading,Native Americans,1.Time: 2.Where did they come from: 3.What happened in the sixteenth century?,15000 years ago,from Asia,Native Americans,were killed by_ were forced into _ _the diseases brought by European _from the terrible times,Europeans,slavery,died from,survived,The Spanish,16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846,Influence:,Spanish soldiers arrived and took their land,California was ruled by Spain,California became part of Mexico,Mexico gave California to the United States,today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language,Russians & Gold Miners,True or false statements: 1.In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California. 2.In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 3.A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich. 4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of America in 1850.,after,Few,Gold miners,4. When was gold discovered? In 1848. 5. Who went to California to search for gold?,South Americans, people from the United States and adventurers from Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Islands.,Later arrivals and Most recent arrivals,6. In which two cities are Chinatowns? 7. What brought even lager numbers to California in the 1860s? 8. What people are mentioned in these two paragraphs?,6. In Los Angeles and San Francisco.,8. Chinese, Italians, Danish, Europeans including Jewish, Japanese, Africans, people from Asia including Cambodians, Koreans, Vietnamese, Laotians, Indians and Pakistanis.,7. The building of the railways from the west to the east coast.,listening,1). What does the text mainly talk about? A. The history of California. B. The population of California. C. The culture of California. D. The lifestyle of California.,II. Choose the best answer.,A,2). During which period was California part of Mexico? A. 1846 1848. B. 1821 1848. C. 1821 1846. D. 1848 1850.,C,3). Which of the following is NOT true about the Gold Rush? A. Only a few people became rich in the Gold Rush. B. Many people died in the Gold Rush. C. It happened during the American-Mexico war. D. The first to arrive for gold were South Americans.,C,Native California Indians,He was a gold miner. He was panning gold. He looked not only thin and weak, but also thirsty and tired. It was difficult for them to achieve the dream of becoming rich.,California gold miners around 1849,A building in Chinatown,Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco. By 1990,the nations being immigrated from different parts of the world had made California into the most racially and ethnically diverse state in the country.,Chinatowns in California,Other reference pictures about gold rush in California,Discussion,? ,Why is California such a multicultural community? Do you want to live there? Explain in your own words. Write three or four sentence.,The state of California is a multicultural community because European, African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrival, native American pe