新人教版高中英语选修八unit1-reading

1、Unit 1 A land of diversityUnit 1 A land of diversityCaliforniaCaliforniaAtlanticPacificCanadaMexicoRocky MountainsCalifornia Los Angeles New YorkSan FranciscoMexico GulfUSACalifornia Reading ComprehensionSkimming:1. The passage focuses on the _. A. population of California B. customs and languages o

2、f California C. people of California D. history of CaliforniaCareful reading: Native AmericansWhen did the first people arrive in the land?How & where did the first setters come from?After the arrival of the Europeans, what happened to the native people?What about the people today living in Cali

3、fornia?No one knows. Its likely that .at least 15,000 years ago.They crossed the Bering Strait .by means of a land bridge.1)killed or forced into slavery.2)died from 3)survivedmore Native Americans. than.In the 18th century California was ruled by _.In the early 16th century, Spanish soldiers first

4、arrived here, _ the native people and _ the land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of _ and along the _ coast. Most of the first settlers were _ men. In 1821,California became part of _. In 1846, it was given to the _as a result of a war. But the Spanish _ in this state is

5、still very strong. Spanish is spoken as a _ or second language.The Spanish: Fill in the balnks:Spainfought againsttookSouth AmericanorthwestreligiousMexicoUSAinfluencefirstRussians & Gold MinersDo some T or F questions:1.In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California.2.In 1848,

6、 before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. 3.There are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in San Francisco.4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of America in 1850. afterafterand around San Franciscoand around San FranciscoStagePeopleTimeEventLa

7、ter arrivalsAfricans 1800sChinese 1860sItaliansLate 1800sDenmark 1911JewishBy 1920sJapaneseEarly 20thAfricans 1942 1945Moved from MexicoBuilt the railwayFarmed Established a townDeveloped industryFished and made wineWorked in ship&aircraft industryStagePeopleTimeEventRecent arrivalsIndians Pakistanis 1970sCambodians Koreans Vi