Book 8 Unit 1 Reading.

Teachingaims:,1.Tolearnmulti-cultureinAmericainordertobroadenstudentsviews.2.Todevelopthestudentsreadingabilitybyskimmingandscanningthepassage.3.Tocleanupthereadingbarriersbyanalysingthelonganddifficultsentences.,Unit1Alandofdiversity,CALIFORNIA,Watchandtrytogetasmuch,informationaspossible,Pre-reading,California,USA,1.Whatsthetopicofthispassage?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA,While-readingSkimming,Readthepassagequicklyandanswerthetwoquestions.,Russians,LaterArrivals,people,TheSpanish,MostRecentArrivals,NativeAmericans,Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthispassage?,GoldMiners,WhathappenedtothenativeAmericansinthe16thcentury?Inthe18thcentury,wheredidtheSpanishsettle?3.Todaywhydoover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguage?,While-readingScanningReadparagraph2to3andanswerthefollowingquestions.,WhathappenedtothenativeAmericansinthe16thcentury?,werekilledbyEuropean.wereforcedintoslavery.diedfromthedisease.survivedtheterribletimes.,NativeAmericans,2.Inthe18thcentury,wheredidtheSpanishsettle?,TheyhadsettledinmostpartsofSouthAmericaandalongthenorthwestcoastofwhatwenowcalltheUnitedStates.,他们在南美洲的大部分地区定居下来，而且还在我们现在称之为美国的西北沿海地区住下。,Becauseinthe18thcenturyCaliforniawasruledbySpain.NowthereisstillastrongSpanishinfluenceinthestate.,Readparagraph5andtellTrueorFalse.,T,F,F,few,While-readingScanning,While-readingscanning,Readparagraph6to8aboutthelaterarrivalsandfillintheblanks.,Builttherailway,Farmed,Establishedatown,Workedinshipandaircraftindustries,Italians,Bythe1920s,Japanese,Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargest_.Ithas_peopleallovertheworld.Noonereallyknowswhenthefirstpeoplearrivedin_wenowknowasCalifornia.Itis_thatNativeAmericanswerelivingthereatleast15000yearsago.Californiawas_bySpainandnowthereisstillastrongSpanishinfluenceinthestate.Russianhuntersbegan_inCaliforniawhengoldwasdiscoveredthere.Itisbelievedthatitisa_ofmanyracesandcultures.,summary,third,population,attracted,what,likely,ruled,settling,mixture,Post-reading,林书豪：首位进入NBA的美籍华裔,骆家辉：美国首位华裔驻华大使,DiscussionInrecentyears,moreandmorepeoplelikeimmigratingabroad.Asastudent,ifyouhadachance,wouldyouliketostudyabroadandwhy?,-languagebarrier-youngage-lonely-financialdifficultiesEachcoinhastwosides:-advancedtechnology-foreignlanguage-cultures-customs-views-,Homework,Writeashortpassageaboutstudyingabroadaccordingtowhatwehavediscussed.opinion/adva