人教英语选修8-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-reading课件

ReadingGoodmorning,everyone!Welcometomyclass!ReadingGoodmorning,everyoneStar-SpangledBanner

HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?Star-SpangledBannerHowmuchTheWhiteHouseTheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.TheAmericanPresidentlivesandworksinthebuilding.TheWhiteHouseTheexecutiTheStatueofLibertyThecrownedladyis46metershigh,withatorchinherrighthandholdinghighintheairandDeclarationofIndependenceinherleft.TheStatueofLibertyThecr1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngeles

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oftheUSA.1.WhichflagisAmericanfla

3.WhichstateisthelargestoneintheUS?A.NewYorkB.TexasC.LosAngeles4.HowmanystarsarethereontheAmericanflag?A.52B.50C.135.WhichisthelongestriverintheUS?A.NileB.YangtzeRiverC.Mississippi3.Whichstateisthelargest6.Whoisthepersonontheone-dollarnote?A.JeffersonB.WashingtonC.Franklin7.WhenisAmericanIndependenceDay?A.June4thB.July4thC.August14th

8.Californiaisthe____largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth6.Whoisthepersonontheon9.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_____thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean10.____hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas11.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe___state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-first9.California,astateintheWarmingupWarmingupSeattleSanFranciscoLosAngelesDenverHoustonNewOrleansMiamiAtlantaBostonNewYorkPhiladelphiaWashington,D.CAppalachianRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoSt.LouisCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiCaliforniaSeattleSanFranciscoLosAngeleSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarCaliforniaCalifornia人教英语选修8-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-reading课件ReadingScanthepassageandanswerthequestions

WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?(useonesentencetodescribeit).ReadingScanthepassageandan1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?

SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.1.Whowerethefirstto2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?

DuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich.Inthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.2.Whenandwhydidthelarge3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?TheclimateandlifestyleattractedimmigrantstoCaliforniafromdifferentpartsoftheworld.3.Whatattractedpeoplefrom4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?(useonesentencetodescribeit).

Californiaisastatemadeupofvariouspeoplefromalmostallpartsoftheworld./IttellsusthehistoryofCalifornia.4.Whatisthemainideaofth1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.It’sknownthatwhenexactlythefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia.3.ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.4.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.5.Inthe1800s,Russianfurtrappers,begansettlinginCalifornia.FTTTFTrueorfalse1.Californiaisthethirdlar6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostofthemleftinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.7.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailwayfromthewesttotheeastcoast.8.Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.TTF6.Alotofpeoplerushingfor9.Itistheagriculturesinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.10.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,Itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.TF9.Itistheagriculturesince15,000yearsagoFirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasnativeAmericans.16thcenturySpanishsoldiersarrivedinsouthAmerica.1821CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.1846TheUSAdeclaredwaronMexico.1848GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.1850Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUSA.15,000yearsagoFirstsettlersRussiansJapaneseChineseCambodiansAfricansKoreansItaliansDanishJewishPakistanisearly1800slate1840s(early1850s)1800slate1800s1920searly1900s1970s1970s19111970sBesideeachculturegroup,writetheperiodinwh