Warmingup、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending (5).ppt

Unit1Sailingtheoceans,AlookatthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesindicatesthatthiscountryhasoftenbeencalled“ameltingpot”，wherevariousimmigrantsandethnic(种族的)groupshavelearnedtoworktogethertobuildauniquenation.Eventhose“original”Americans，theIndians，probablywalkedalandbridgefromAsiatoNorthAmericasomethousandsofyearsago.So，whoaretherealAmericans？Theansweristhatanyandallofthemare！Andyou，nomatterwhereyoucomefrom，couldalsobecomeAmericanifyouwantto.ThenyouwouldbecomeanotheradditiontoAmericaswonderfullyrich“nationofimmigrants”.,TheUnitedStatesiscurrentlyshiftingfrombeinganationofimmigrantsofmainlyEuropeandescenttooneofimmigrantsfromotherpartsoftheworld，suchasAsiaandLatinAmerica.Thenumberofrecentimmigrantshasskyrocketed.Theydesiretoescapeeconomichardshipandpoliticaloppressionintheirnativecountriesaswellasthedesiretoseekabettereducationandamoreprosperous(繁荣的)lifeinAmerica，“thelandofopportunity”.Althoughtherearefrequentconflictsbetweentheculturestheyhavebroughtwiththemfromthe“oldcountry”andthosefoundinAmerica，mostimmigrantslearntoadjusttoandlovetheiradoptedland.,Task：Answerthefollowingquestions.1WhatdopeopleoftencalltheUnitedStates?_2WhydopeopleimmigratetotheUnitedStates?_,PeriodOneWarmingUp&Reading,TaskOne：FastReading.Scanthetexttofindthemainideaofthepassage.Thetextmainlytellsusabout_.,.Scanthetexttodividethetextintothreeparts,andfindatopicsentenceforeachpart.P1(Para._)：_.P2(Para._)：_.P3(Para._)：_.,.JudgethefollowingstatementsTrue(T)orFalse(F)1CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.()2TheNativeAmericansweretreatedwellafterthearrivaloftheEuropeans.()3OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia，themajoritywerereligiousmen.(),Carefulreading,4Intheearly1800s，RussiansbegansettlinginCalifornia.()5In1848,beforetheAmericanMexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.()6DuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.()7CaliforniabecamethethirtyfirstfederalstateoftheUnitedStatesofAmericain1850.()8Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.(),Carefulreading,1Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom_AanewspaperBageographybookCanovelDthefilmindustryinHollywood,.Readthetextcarefullyandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.,2HowdidCaliforniabecomeastateofAmerica?AMexicogainedindependencefromSpain.BMexicolosttheAmericanMexicanwarandthengaveittotheUSA.CSpainlosttheSpanishAmericanwar.DSpaingaveittotheUSAasagift.,.Readthetextcarefullyandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.,3WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?AAlotofpeoplebecamerichintheGoldRush.BMostpeoplediedintheGoldRush.CAftertheGoldRush,mostpeoplesettledinCaliforniaalthoughtheydidnotfindgold.DThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereEuropeans.,.Readthetextcarefullyandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.,4WhatsthemainreasonthatChineseimmigrantscametoCalifornia?AForgold.BForthebuildingoftherailway.CToopenrestaurants.DToliveintheChinatown.,.Readthetextcarefullyandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.,5WhyhasCaliforniaattractedsomanypeople?AGoldwasdiscoveredthere.BIthasattractiveclimateandlifestyle.CManypeoplecameheretomakeafortune.DAlloftheabove.,.Readthetextcarefullyandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.,Californiais1._thirdlargeststateintheUSAanditalsohasthedistinctionofbeingthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA.Thefirstsettlers2._(cross)theBeringStraitfromAsiaandarrivedinCalifornia.ThenativeAmericanssuffered3._(great)afterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.Inthe18thcentury，California4._(rule)bySpainuntil1821thepeopleofMexicogainedtheir5._(depend)fromSpain.CaliforniathenbecamepartofMexico.ButaftertheAmericanMexicanwarin1846，CaliforniawasgivenbacktotheUSA.,TaskThree：MicrowritingReadthetextcarefullyandfillinthefollowingblanks.,In1848,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia，6._(吸引了全世界的人)toarrivethere7._(achieve)theirdreamsofbecomingrich.In1850，Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUSAasamulticulturalsociety.8._(attract)bytheclimateandlifestyle，moreandmorepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavebeenimmigratingtoCalifornia，9._(include)Asians，Africans，AmericansandEuropeans.10._(据认为不久以后)themixofnationalitieswillbesogreatthattherewillbe