内蒙古翁牛特旗乌丹第一中学高中英语 unit1 reading导学案（无答案）新人教版必修8

课题Period 1. Reading主备人学习目标：Master some important words and expressionsTrain the reading skills.Improve the reading ability.学习重点：Master some important words and expressionsImprove the reading ability.学习难点：Improve the reading ability.学习方法：skimming, scanning, careful reading and discussion学习内容及过程：Step 1 Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the problems(预习自学，探究问题)Task : Please read the short passage and fill in the blanks according to it.The US is a world power with the most developed economy. It lies in the North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. There are fifty states in the US. Forty-eight of them are in the single region between Canada and Mexico; this group is referred to as the continental or contiguous United States. Two of the 50 states, Alaska (a state in northwestern North America) and Hawaii (a state in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands), are not contiguous with any of the other states. In the past few years, weve seen or heard many of the worlds events which have something to do with the US, such as the September 11 attacks, Iraqi war, Kartrina Hurricane, etc.Position:_The number of the states:_Two special states:_Events: _Step 2 Researching cooperatively& answering questions(合作探究, 解决问题)Task 1 ScanningPlease scan the passage and finish Exercise 1in the part of Comprehending.Task 2 SkimmingPlease skim the passage and finish the following tasks.1) What does the text mainly tell us?A. The life of Californians.B. The population of California.C. The land of California.D. The history of California.2) How did the first settlers come to California?A. They flied to California over the Pacific Ocean.B. They sailed southward through the Indian Ocean.C. They got to America crossing the Bering Strait in the Arctic by means of a land bridge.D. They sailed to the west in the Spanish ships.3) Which of the following is TRUE?A. Most people didnt become rich but settled in California.B. Most people died in the gold rush.C. The first to arrive in California for gold were Asians.D. All the people became rich in the gold rush.4) Where do Chinese-Americans live?A. They live in all parts of California.B. They only live in the “Chinatowns” of Los Angeles.C. They only live in San Francisco.D. They live in California as well as in Los Angeles and San Francisco.5) Whats about the future of California?A. The racial culture will go on.B. Its climate and lifestyle will change a lot.C. More people will come to California only for gold.D. More travelers will be attracted to California for the climate and the lifestyle.Task 3 Careful readingPlease read the passage carefully and fill in the following blanks.California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest 1. _. At various times, people from different countries in the world have 2._ to California. It is likely that the first settlers came to California 3._ a land bridge at least 15,000years ago. In the 16th century, Europeans arrived and forces thousands of the native people into 4._. In the 18th century, California was ruled by Spanish. Thats why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. In 1842, the people of Mexico gained their 5._ from Spanish and California became a part of Mexico. However in 1846, the United States declared 6._ on Mexico and won the war, so California had to be given to the United States. In the early 1800s, Russians began settling in California. In 1848, gold was 7._in California, which attracted the people who had the dream of becoming rich. In fact, few 8._ their dreams. Many died or returned home, bur most remained in California to 9._ for themselves. In 1850, California was 10._ to become the thirty-first state of the United States.Step 3 Language pointsRead the following expressions aloud and memorize them.1. by the time 到时候为止2. a mixture of 的混合3. before long 不久以后4. be home to 是的故乡/所在地/发源地5. declare war on 对宣战6. live on 继续存在；继续生存7. by means of 用方法；借助8. make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等9. keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭（风俗、传统等）10. immigrate to 移民到巩固练习：用以上短语的适当形式完成下列句子。1. Iwasdeterminedto_formyself,breedinghorsesout inAustralia.2. _our teacher came in, we had started speaking English.3. Hedecidedto _Australiatofindwork.4. Thecomposersworkswillalways_.5. The English vocabulary is _words from different languages.6. Weareveryanxiousto_thereputationof the