Readingbookunit解读PPT课件

1、Lets go close to America第1页/共35页America lies in the South of North America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.The northern land neighbour is Canada, and the southern is Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico(墨西哥海湾墨西哥海湾).Mississippi River第2页/共35页 The United S

2、tates of America consists of a federal district - Washington DC and 50 states. All the states except for Hawaii islands are situated in mainland America. It has a population of about 2,900 million. Its area is 9,370,000 sq km. The climate of USA is mainly temperate in nature but in Hawaii and Florid

3、a, it is tropical.联邦制的温和的热带的第3页/共35页Star-Spangled Banner 星条旗第4页/共35页The White House The executive mansion of the President of the United States. The American President lives and works in the building. 行政大厦第5页/共35页The Statue of Liberty The crowned lady is 46 meters high, with a torch in her right han

4、d holding aloft and Declaration of Independence（独立宣言） in her left.戴王冠的高高地自由第6页/共35页SeattleSan FranciscoLos AngelesDenverHoustonNew OrleansMiamiAtlantaBostonNew YorkPhiladelphiaWashington, D.CAppalachianRocky MountainsMexicoChieagoDetroitSt. LouisCanadaAtlantic OceanPacific Oceanthe Mississippi第7页/共3

5、5页 California is amazing. The pleasant weather, long beach and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.优美的陆上风景繁荣的第8页/共35页SuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntario第9页/共35页1. Which flag is American flag?A. B. C.2. Which city is the capital of the USA?A.New York B. Washington D.C C.Los Angeles 第1

6、0页/共35页 3. Which state is the largest one in the US?A. New York B. Texas C. Los Angeles4. How many stars are there on the American flag?A. 52 B. 50 C. 135. Which is the longest river in the US?A. Nile B. Yangtze River C. Mississippi第11页/共35页7. California, a state in the western USA, borders _A. the

7、Pacific Ocean B. the Indian OceanC. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean8. _ has the largest population in the USA.A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas6. California is the _ largest state in the USA.A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth第12页/共35页第13页/共35页第14页/共35页Reading: California第15页/共

8、35页A. California is a multicultural and populous state made up of various people from almost all parts of the world at different timesB. America is a multicultural country.C. It is about the different kinds of people living in California now.D. It is about the development of the California.What is t

9、he main idea of the passage?第16页/共35页 finish Ex3 on P4.SpanishRussiansAfricansChineseItaliansDanishJewishJapaneseCambodians Koreans Pakistanis in the early 16th centurythe early 1800s the 1800sthe middle 1800sthe late 19th century 1911 1920searly 20th century In more recent decades In more recent de

10、cades from about the 1970s第17页/共35页3. Careful reading.Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. (on P2 Ex. book)BDCAA第18页/共35页4. Beside each date note down an important event in California history. 15,000 years ago 16th centuryFirst settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia. These pe

11、ople are now known as Native Americans 1821Spanish soldiers arrived in south AmericaCalifornia became part of Mexico. 1846The US declared war on Mexico 1848Gold was discovered in California 1850California became the 31st state of the US第19页/共35页 How each picture is relevant to the history of Califor

12、nia?Native American Indianone of the first people to live in California.第20页/共35页A gold miner around 1849第21页/共35页 A traditional Chinese building in Chinatown, San Francisco第22页/共35页English Weekly-P3-Look Back1. what2. by3. which/that4. were killed5. brought6. on/upon7. miners8. was discovered9. or1

13、0. themselves第23页/共35页major-majorityhard-hardshipracial-racedistinct-distinctionItalian-ItalyKorean-KoreaPakistani-PakistanDanish-Denmark第24页/共35页California is the most _ _ in _ _. It has _ people from _ _ the world. 15000 years ago, the first settlers _ the Bering Strait from _ to _. In the 16th ce

14、ntury, Spanish soldiers _ _ south America. In the 18th century, California _ _ by Spain. After the _ war, California became _ _ _ _. In 1848, gold _ _ in California. People _ _ from _ _ _ _. By 1850, California was already a _ _. In the 1860s, _ _ began to arrive in California to _ the railway. mult

15、icultural state the USA attracted all over crossed Asia Alaska arrived in was ruled American-Mexican part of the US was discovered were attracted all over the world multicultural society Chinese immigrants build From the late 19th century to recent decades, more immigrants have come to California fr

16、om _ and _. In the future, California will be a _ of many _ and _.Asia mixture races culturesEurope第25页/共35页 1. California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.加利福尼亚是美国第三大洲, 但是人口最多。 (1) 对人口提问用what, 不用how many。东莞市有多少人口？ Whats the population of Dongguan city? (2) popula

17、tion 作主语时用单数，但前有分数，小数，百分数时，谓语动词用复数。人口的多少用large和small。 中国人口比美国人口多。 The population of China is larger than that of America. 百分之80的人口是农民。 80% of the population are farmers. (3) 人口的增加或减少用grow (increase) 和 fall (decrease); The population of China is not increasing rapidly now.populous adj. 人口多的，人口稠密的第26页

18、/共35页 2. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. = It is also known for 加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化特征的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。 3. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. =

19、 no one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California 最早一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在了解的加利福尼亚地区的，谁也说不清楚。第27页/共35页 4. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. 但是美洲土著居民有可能至少一万五千年前就在加利福尼亚居住了。1) sb./sth. is like

20、ly to do sth. 某人/某物有可能做某事 = It is likely that. 有可能某人做某事。 2) 辨析：likely, possible与probableprobable比possible可能性稍大，有“较为可能、大概”， probable: 句型为 It is probable that possible: 句型为 Its possible (for sb.) to do sth; Its possible that likely 的主语可以是人,而possible与 probable的主语不能是人。 第28页/共35页1. 他有可能获胜吗？(likely) Is he

21、 likely to win? = Is it likely that he will win?2. 他明天可能来, 但也不一定准来。(possible, probably)Its possible, though not probable, that he will come tomorrow. 第29页/共35页 5. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the nativ

22、es. 在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是想原著居民传授天主教。 1)句中Spanish前面有序数词限定成分，故其后用不定式定语形式。 She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. 2)majority作“多数，大半”讲, the majority of后可用单数名词, 也可用复数名词, 谓语动词的数与of 后面的名词相一致。 The majority of students _ hard-working. The majority of the damage _ easy to repair.areis第30页/共35

23、页 6. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first state of the United States of America in 1850, it was already a multicultural society. 到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国的第31个州为止, 她已经成为一个多元文化的社会。 “by the time + 从句” 作时间状语， 若从句用一般过去时, 主句常用过去完成时; 若从句用一般现在时, 主句就用将来完成时。1) By the time he was fourteen years old, he had learnt Korean all by himself. 2) By the time he arrives here, we will have finished our work. 第31页/共35页 7. .it was the building of the railway from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860. ., 更大批量的移民却是在19世纪60年代为了修建贯穿美国东部海