选修八第一单元课件

Unit1

A Land

of

Diversity1How

much

do

you

know

about

America?2.Which

flag

is

Americanflag?A

B.

C.Which

city

is

the

capital

of

theUSA?New

YorkWashington

D.CGeneral

knowledge

quiz

about

theUSA3C.

Los

AngelesA.B.√C.D.3.

Which

stands

for

the

USA?NationalEmblems（国徽）44.

How

many

states

are

there

in

the

USA?A.

47B.C.

49D.

504855.

When

is

the

American

IndependenceDay?A.

A.

June

4thB.

July

4thB.C.C.

October

1stD.

August14th66.

Which

is

the

longest

river

in

the

USA?NileYangtze

RiverMississippiAmazon7Statue

ofLibertyA.WhiteHouseB.7.Which

doesn’t

belong

to

the

USA?GoldenBridgeD.EiffelTowerC.88.Which

are

American

brands?AB

GermanyCDEFinlandFGermany

G99.Who

are

Americans?ABCDEDavidkeanu

BeckhamReevesStevenSpeilbergBrazilBritainArnold

SchwarzeneggerRonaldinho10San

FranciscoHoustonRocky

MountainsMexicoCanadaBostonNew

YorkChicagoWashington,D.CAtlanticOceanLos

AngelesPacificOceanthe

Mississippi11SuperiorHuronOntarioErieMichigan12Please

tell

the

names

of

the

five

lakes13Brief

summaryFrom

the

pictures

above

we

can

concludeAmerica

lies

in

the

South

ofNorthAmerica.

It

is

surrounded

by

the

PacificOcean

to

the

westand

theAtlanticOcean

to

the

east.

The

northern

landneighbor

is

Canada,

and

the

southern

isMexicoand

the

Gulf

of

Mexico.It

has

an

area

of

411.ooo

square

kilometers.

And

it

is

one

of

theAmerican

states

of

the

largest

population,

with

the

most

developedeconomy.

Its

official

nickname

is

the

Golden

State,

referring

to

thegold

rush.14Look

at

the

pictures

on

this

page

and

in

the

reading

passage.

Each

illustratessomething

about

California.

Discuss

in

groups

what

each

picture

means

to

you.Pre

-readingNative

American

IndiansGold

miner

(pot)Traditional

Chinese

buil1d5ingHow

each

picture

isrelevant

to

the

history

ofCalifornia?Native

AmericanIndian—one

of

thefirst

people

to

live

inCalifornia.Pre-reading16A

goldminer—the

discoveryofgold

inCaliforniacreated

a

goldrush

whichbrought

peoplefrom

all

over

theworld

toCalifornia.17A

building

inChinatown,

SanFrancisco—ManyChinese

have

settledin

California

andmany

of

them

live

inChinatown

inSanFrancisco.18Chinatowns

in

California19Fast

readingB.C.1.What’s

the

topic

of

this

text?A.

the

culture

of

Californiathe

history

of

Californiathe

weather

of

CaliforniaD.

the

history

of

USAWhich

state

in

the

USA

has

the largest

population?California

(over

30

million

people)How

many

kinds

of

people

are

mentioned

inthis

text?20RussiansLater

Arrivalspeople21The

SpanishMost

Recent

ArrivalsNative

Americans3.How

many

kinds

of

people

are

mentioned

inthis

text?Gold

Miners1.Time: 15000

years

ago2.Where

did

they

come

from:

from

Asian

toAlaska3.What

happened

in

the

sixteenth

century?••••were

killed

byEuropeanwere

forced

into

slaverydied

from

the

diseasesurvived

the

terrible

timesNative

AmericansDetail

ReadingNative

Americans22The

SpanishFill

in

the

form:

(note

down

animportantevents)16th

century 18th

century in

1821in

1846Spain

soldiers

arrivedand

took

their

landCalifornia

was

ruledbySpainCalifornia

became

partofMexicoMexico

gave

Californiato

the

UnitedStatesInfluence:today

over

40%

of

Californians

speak

Spanish

as

a

first

orsecond

languageDetail

Reading23Russians

&

Gold

MinersTrue

or

false

statements:1.In

the

early

1800s,

Russian

furtrappers

began

settling

in

California.befor2.In

1848,

e

the

American-Mexicanheream

oirtafterwar,

gold

was

discovered

in

California.A

lot

of

adventurers

achieved

t

ir

d

Few

f

becoming

rich.

California

become

the

th

y-firststate

of

the

United

states

in

1850.Detail

Reading24StagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricans1800sMoved

from

MexicoChinese1860sBuilt

the

railwayJapaneseAt

the

beginningofthe

20thcenturyFarmedDenmark1911Established

a

townJewishBy

1920sDeveloped

industryItaliansIn

the

late19thcenturyFished

andmadewineAfricans1942-1945Worked

in

ship&aircraft

industries

25Detail

ReadingStagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivalsIndians,Pakistanis1970sWorked

in

ComputerindustryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotiansRecentdecadesImmigratedFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigratedDetail

Reading26DiscussionWhy

is

California

in

the

21st

centurysuch

a

multicultural

?Because

European,

African

and

Asianpeoplehave

been

immigrating

to

the

state

forthe

last200

years.

After

their

arrival,

non-nativeAmerican

people

from

all

over

theworld

are

still

coming

to

settle

inCalifornia

because

of

its

good

climat2e7Let’s

appreciate

some

beautifulscenery

of

theU.S.AGrand

Canyon28Golden

Gate

Bridge29Scenery

inHawaii30Yellow

Stone

National

Park31Do

you

know

about

the

maincitiesof

theU.S.A?the

capital

of

theU.S.A3233It

is

the

largestseaport

in

the

USA.34The

world-famous

Hollywood

Village

ishere

which

dominates

the

film-makingindustry

of

the

nation.

The

weat