人教版选修8-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity课件

Unit1ALandofDiversityLead-in1.WhatwillcometoyourmindwhenyouhearUSA?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutUSA?SanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CAppalachianRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoSt.LouisCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioStar-SpangledBanner

Star-SpangledBanner(星条旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlagTheWhiteHouseCapitolHillTheStatueofLibertyDothefollowingexerciseswiththehelpofthemapOceanontheeastcoast:AtlanticOceanOceanonthewestcoast:CountrytothenorthofUSA:CountrytothesouthofUSA:Mountainrangeinthewest:GreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Oceanonthewestcoast:

PacificOceanCountrytothenorthofUSA:

CanadaCountrytothesouthofUSA:

MexicoMountainrangeinthewest:

RockyMountainsGreatLakes:

Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erieand

OntarioLongestriverintheUSA:

MississippiRiverSomeimportantcities:

NewYork,WashingtonDC,

LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansHoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmericanIndian—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.Pre-readingAgoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.

AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.

Ithasanareaof411.ooosquarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.

Californiaisamazing.Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.NativeAmericansSomepicturesaboutthehistoryofCalifornia!GoldRushPeriod1.Californiaisthe________largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.SecondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean3._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAABGeneralknowledgequizaboutCaliforniaNewphrasesbymeansof…

用….方法inadditionto

除…之外还bythetimeinthe1850s

到19世纪六十年代keepup

保持，保存 occurtosb.

某人想到beworthsth./doingsth.

值得做某事teamupwithsb.

与……合作或一起工作takein

收容,吸收，包括agreat/goodmany

许多,大量ofone’sown

某人自己的fightagainst

与…作战feellikedoingsth.

想要做某事makealife

谋生markout

标出Reading1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?

SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Scanning2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?Inthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoastDuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdream.3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?

IthinkthetemperateclimateattractedimmigrantstoCalifornia.Maybethemodernlifestylethereismoreattractivetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheworld.SkimmingCALIFORNIAStagePeopleTimeEventNativeAmericansAsiansNatives15,0001600sArrivedfirstSufferedbyEuropeansStagePeopleTimeEventTheSpanishSpanish1600s1800s18211846Declaredwar&GivenbackTooknativeslandRuledbySpainBecamepartofMexicoStagePeopleTimeEventRussiansGoldminersRussiansSouthAmericansAmericans,Europeans,Asians1800s18481850Discovered&RushforgoldSettledinBecameastateStagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricans1800sMovedfromMexicoChinese1860sBuilttherailwayJapaneseEarly1900FarmedDemark1911EstablishedatownStagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsJewishBy1920sDevelopedindustryItaliansLate1900sFishedandmadewineAfricans1942~1945Workedinship&aircraftindustriesStagePeopleTimeEventMostRecentArrivalsIndians,PakistanisCambodians,Koreans,Vietnamese,Laotians1970sRecentdecadesWorkedinComputerindustryImmigratedStagePeopleTimeEventFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigrated15,000yearsago

16thcentury:1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericanSpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericanBecamepartofMexico

TheUSdeclaredwaronMexicoGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniaCaliforniabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.Comprehending:EX-2RussiansChineseAfricansItaliansJewishJapaneseCambodiansKoreansDanishPakistanisEarly1800sLate1840s/in1860s1800sLate1800s1920sEarly1900sFromaboutthe1970sFromaboutthe1970s1911Fromaboutthe1970sComprehending:EX-3DiscussionWhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticultural?BecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthelast200years.Beforetheirarrival,NativeAmericanpeoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingtosettleinCaliforniabecauseofitsgoodclimateandthelifestyleitoffers.

1.

populationun/cn.人口

ThepopulationofChina_______large.And70%ofthepopulationofChina_________peasants.

表示整体人口时谓语动词用单数，表示部分人口时谓语动词用复数。而形容人口的多少通常用large/small.isareExplanation对人口的多少进行疑问时，可用What’sthepopulationof….?What’sthepopulationofGuangdong?haveapopulationof….有多少人口Chinahasapopulationof1.3billion.anincrease/growthinpopulation人口2.Californiaisthethirdlargeststateinthe…

序数词可以修饰形容词的最高级

TheYellowRiveristhesecondlongestriverinChina.

可以修饰形容词最高级的词：far/byfar/much

可以修饰比较的词：no/alittle/abit/anyYou‘restandingtoonearthecamera.Canyoumove____?A.abitfarB.alittlefartherC.abitoffartherD.alittlefarB3.

multiculturaladj.

multi-多、多方面、多方向的

multi-coloured

多色的

multi-racial多种族的

multi-media多媒体4.WhenthefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia,…宾语从句=theplacethatwenowknowasCalifornia.定语从句GeorgeWashingtonwasbornin______isnowthestateofVirginia.whichB.whereC.thatD.what=GeorgeWashingtonwasbornintheplacethatisnowthestateofVirginia.DPudongDevelopmentZoneisnolongeraruralarea________itusedtobe.2.PudongDevelopmentZoneisnolonger________itusedtobe.A.whatB.whereC.thatD.thereCA定语从句表语从句5.

bymeansof…:byusing…用……办法，借助

Hecrossedtheriverbymeansofaraft.Weexpressoutfeelingsbymeansofwords.Thethiefhadwantedtoescapebymeansofasecrettunnel,butwascaught.means单复数同形。

Allpossiblemeanshavebeentried.Thequickestmeansoftravelisbyplane.6.inaddition:besides此外,再者

Youneedtimeandmoney.Inaddition,youneeddiligence.

我打算进城看望我的老师,此外还要买点东西.Iamgoingtovisitmyteacher.Inaddition,Ineedtobuysomearticlesofdailyuse.what’smore;furthermore;moreover;inadditionto..除…外

Inadditiontocakesandcandies,guestswereprovidedwithfruits.7.

majorityn.大多数…

Themajority____________forthebudget.Themajorityofstudents________hard-working.Themajorityofthedamage_______easytorepair.

单独做主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数，强调个体时，谓语动词用复数。

themajorityof+n.后可用不可数名词，也可用可数名词复数,谓语动词由后面的名词决定。

minority少数的……was/wereareis8.declarevt.

1）宣布,宣告

Thechairmandeclaredtheresultsoftheelection.

警方现在已经对这个地区的毒贩宣战了.Thepolicehavedeclaredwarondrugdealersinthisarea.2）宣称,声称,断言

Shesolemnlydeclaredthatsheknewnothingaboutit.

他郑重声明此事属实.Hedeclaredthatitw