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Unit1Alandofdiversity一个多元文化的国土 HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA 1 WhichflagisAmericanflag A B C C 2 WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA A NewYorkB WashingtonD CC LosAngeles B A B C D 3 WhichstandsfortheUSA NationalEmblems 国徽 C 4 HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA A B C D 47 48 49 50 D 5 WhoispresidentofAmericanow A B C D BarackHusseinObama GeorgeH W Bush Putin BillClinton B A B C D 6 Whichdoesn tbelongtotheUSA StatueofLiberty GoldenGateBridge WhiteHouse EiffelTower C 9 Whoisthepersonontheone dollarnote A JeffersonB WashingtonC Franklin B GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstPresident andismarkedontheUSonedollarbill 10 Thelargeststate Alaska 11 hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA CaliforniaB AlaskaC WashingtonD Texas A 12 CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9 1850 asthe state A thirtiethB thirty eighthC thirty secondD thirty first D 8 3 7 1 2 6 4 Atlantic Pacific Canada Mexico RockyMountains Mississippi WashingtonDC 5 California LosAngeles Superior Michigan Huron Erie Ontario NewYork Boston Philadelphia SanFrancisco MexicoGulf Aquiz HowmuchyouknowabouttheUSA TheUSAliesin borderingboththe Oceanandthe Ocean between and Thereare statesintheUS 48ofthemareinthesingleregion while and arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates theNorthAmerica Atlantic Pacific Canada Mexico fifty Alaska Hawaii Star SpangledBanner 50stars Eachstarrepresentsonestate 13stripes theoriginal13states Blue loyaltyandjustice Red courage White freedom TheWhiteHouse TheStatueofLiberty NativeAmericans Enjoysomepictures HOLLYWOOD Hollywoodfilmcity Californiasunset LosAngeles Disneyland GoldRushPeriod LookatthepicturesonP2 3 EachillustratesomethingaboutCalifornia Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou Pre reading HoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia NativeAmericanIndian oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia Agoldminer thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia AbuildinginChinatown SanFrancisco ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco California Reading Ifyouwanttolearnsomethingaboutacountry astate etc whatdoyouwanttoknow Discussion SizeLocationCapitalPopulationLanguageHistorygeography Customscultureclimate agricultureindustry educationmedicalcare Task1 Dividethepassageintothreepartsaccordingtothemainideaofeachpart Part1 BriefintroductiontoCalifornia Part2 WhenandwhypeoplefromdifferentcountriesmovedtoCalifornia Part3 ThefutureofCalifornia para1 para2 para9 para10 FastReading Russians LaterArrivals people TheSpanish MostRecentArrivals NativeAmericans GoldMiners Task2 HowmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinPart2 15 000yearsago FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica ThesepeopleareknownasNativeAmericans 16thcentury DetailedReading Ex1P3 SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica CaliforniabecamepartofMexico TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS 1821 1846 1850 1848 SpanishRussiansAfricansChineseItaliansDanishJewishJapaneseKoreansCambodiansVietnamesePakistanis Intheearly16thcentury early1800s 1800s Late1840s inthe1860s Inthelate19thcentury 1911 Ex2P3 1920s atthebeginningofthe20thcentury Inmorerecentdecades Inmorerecentdecades Inmorerecentdecades Fromabout1970s Task1Readthetextagainandfinishthemultiple choicequestions1 Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom anewpaperB ageographybookC anovelD atravelbrochure B postReading 2 Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout PeoplelivinginCaliforniahavedifferentnationalities CaliforniaisthemostattractivestateoftheUS TheareaoftheCaliforniaislargerthananyothercityoftheUS Californiaisastateconsistingofvariouspeoplefromalmostallovertheworld D 1 ItalsohasthedistinctionofbeingthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA havingattractedpeoplefromallovertheworld 加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州 它吸引了来自世界各地的人们 2 ExactlywhenthefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia noonereallyknows para 2 分析 a 本句是一个主从复合句 也是个 b 主句是 从句是 引导的宾语从句 c 在宾语从句中 what引导的从句作介词in的 noonereallyknows 倒装句 when 宾语 仿写 经理具体是在什么时候查明了迈克所做的事的 我们也不清楚 ExactlywhenthemanagerfoundoutwhatMikehaddone wereallydon tknow 3 However itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago para 2 考点 此句中的it是 真正的主语是后面的 另外 what how where who等也常用作主语从句的 形式主语 that从句 引导词 4 Thatiswhytodayover40 ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguage para 3 考点 why在此引导表语从句 表语从句也可由what where when等引导 5 BythetimeCaliforniaelectedtobecomethethirty firstfederaloftheUSAin1850 itwasalreadyamulticulturalsociety para 5 1 Bythetimewearrivedthemeetinghadbeenover BythetimeJanegetshome heraunt forLondonforameeting A willleaveB leavesC willhaveleftD left 归纳用法 bythetimeof当 的时候 通常引导一个时间状语从句 表示 到 的时候 时主句则表示在此时间之前某件事已完成 如果从句用一般过去时 主句常用过去完成时 如果从句用一般现在时 主句则用将来完成时或者现在完成时 6 AlthoughChineseimmigrantsbegantoarriveduringtheGoldRushPeriod itwasthebuildingoftherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoastthatbroughtevenlargernumberstoCaliforniainthe1860s para 6 虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了 但是更大批量的中国移民却是在19世纪60年代为修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的 点拨 此句为主从复合句 从句为although引导的让步状语从句 主句为itwas that强调句 用来强调主语thebuildingof 如 Itwasbeinginvitedtothepartythatwasagreathonortothefamily 被邀请参加聚会是这家人的荣幸 7 Inmorerecentdecades CaliforniahasbecomehometomorepeoplefromAsia includingKoreans Cambodians VietnameseandLaotians para 9 最近几十年 加利福尼亚成了更多亚洲人的家 其中包括韩国人 柬埔寨人 越南人和老挝人 8 Itisbelievedthatbeforelongthemixofnationalitieswillbesogreatthattherewillbenodistinctmajorracialorculturalgroups para 10 这是一个句 It作 真正的主语是 本结构为 itis was 过去分词 that 常用于此结构的动词有 say report think hope suggest believe know等 此句型可改写为 sb sth be said believed thought 不定式的各种结构 Itisreportedthatthewaypeoplespendtheirholidays Thewaypeoplespendtheirholidaysisreportedtohavechangedagreatdealinthepasttenyears 主语从 形主 that从句 人们认为 科技发展如此迅速 以致于要不了多久工厂将不再需要工人 而只是一些机器人 Itisbelievedthatthedevelopmentoftechnologyissorapidthatbeforelongtherewillbenoneedforanyworkersinfactories butsimplysomerobots 现在的人 大部分似乎喜欢玩电脑而不喜欢看电视 amajorityof 2 最快的交通工具是飞机 means III 根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语 AmajorityofpeopletodayseemtopreferplayingcomputertowatchingTV Thequickestmeansoftravelisbyplane 3 很有可能他不会按时参加晚会 Itislikelythat 4 大家都相信汉语将会在全世界得到更广泛的传播 Itisbelievedthat Itislikelythathewillnottakepartinthepartyontime ItisbelievedthatChinesewillbespreadevenmorewidelyintheworld Task2TrueorFalsequestions 1 CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation 2 ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans 3 OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia themajoritywerereligiousmen 4 Intheearly1800s RussianshuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia5 DuingGoldRushPeriod manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich 6 Inthelate19thcentury ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia F F T T F F Postreading Fillintheblanks Californiahasthe ofbeingthemost stateintheUSA which atvarioustimes hasattractedpeoplefromnearlyeverycountryintheworld Amongthefirstsettlers NativeAmericansarebelievedbyscientiststohavecrossedthe inthe toAmerica alandbridgewhichexistedin times Andtodaytherear