新课标人教版高中英语选修8unit1阅读课课件.ppt

WELCOME!,Unit1Alandofdiversity,Warmingup&reading,HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?,Warmingup,?,AquizaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheUSA,1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.,2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngeles,Star-SpangledBanner(星条旗),TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50starsEachstarrepresentsonestate13stripestheoriginal13states.RedcourageWhitefreedomBlueloyaltyandjusticeJune14FlagDay.,NationalFlag,4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?,A.,B.,C.,D.,47,48,49,50,5.ThemostimportantandlargestriverintheUnitedStatesofAmericais_?A.theOhioRiverB.theColoradoRiverC.TheMissouriRiverD.theMississippiRiver,6.WhenisAmericanIndependenceDay?A.June4thB.July4thC.October1stD.August14th7.Whichcityisknownasthe“BigApple”?A.NewYorkB.ChicagoC.LosAngeles,Inwhichyeardiditgetitsindependence?,8.WhoispresidentofAmericanow?,A.,B.,C.,D.,GeorgeW.Bush,GeorgeH.W.Bush,Putin,BillClinton,A.,B.,C.,D.,9.WhichdoesntbelongtotheUSA?,StatueofLiberty,GoldenBridge,WhiteHouse,EiffelTower,10.WhichareAmericanbrands?,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,Germany,Germany,Finland,11.WhoareAmericans?,A,B,C,D,E,keanuReeves,DavidBeckham,StevenSpeilberg,Ronaldinho,Britain,Brazil,基努查尔斯里维斯,史蒂文斯皮尔伯格,著名电影导演、编剧和电影制作人。,TheWhiteHouse,TheStatueofLiberty,Oceanonthewestcoast:PacificOceanCountrytothenorthofUSA:CanadaCountrytothesouthofUSA:MexicoMountainrangeinthewest:RockyMountainsGreatLakes:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioLongestriverintheUSA:MississippiRiverSomeimportantcities:NewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,SanFrancisco,LosAngeles,Houston,Boston,NewYork,Washington,D.C,Appalachian,RockyMountains,Mexico,Chicago,St.Louis,Canada,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean,theMississippi,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,1,2,3,4,5,Lookatthepicturesbelow.EachillustratessomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.,AnativeAmericanIndianwasstandingbesideacamp.Itseemedthatheorshefeltveryhappy.Maybeheorshehadagoodharvest.,Pre-reading,NativeCaliforniaIndians,AgoldminerthediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.,Californiagoldminersaround1849,AbuildinginChinatown,SanFranciscoManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.,ChinatownsinCalifornia,Fastreading,1.Whatsthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA,2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestPopulation?California(over30millionpeople),3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?,people,Russians,LaterArrivals,people,TheSpanish,MostRecentArrivals,NativeAmericans,3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?,GoldMiners,NativeAmericans,1.Time:15000yearsago2.Wheredidtheycomefrom:fromAsiantoAlaska3.Whathappenedinthesixteenthcentury?werekilledbyEuropeanwereforcedintoslaverydiedfromthediseasesurvivedtheterribletimes,NativeAmericans,Carefullreading,TheSpainsh,Fillintheform:(notedownanimportantevents)16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846,Spainsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirland,CaliforniawasruledbySpain,CaliforniabecamepartofMexico,MexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStates,Influence:todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpainishasafirstorsecondlanguage,Russians&GoldMiners,DosomeTorFquestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerian-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Alotofadventuresachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmerianin1850.,after,few,1860s,1800s,1942-1945,Late1900s,By1920s,Early1900s,1911,Recentdecades,1970s,ImagineyouareaCa