2023学年完整公开课版选修8 unt 1 Reading 1

Unit1ALandofDiversityWarming-upandreading

Ifyouwanttolearnsomethingaboutacountry,astate,etc,whatdoyouwanttoknow?DiscussionSizeLocationCapitalPopulationLanguageHistorygeographyCustomscultureclimate,

agriculture

industry,education

medicalcare……AquizaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheUSA1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngelesA.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblem

（国徽）4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.474849505.What’sthesizeoftheUSA?9,429,091sqkmA.C.D.6,429,091sqkm8,429,091sqkmB.7,429,091sqkm6.What’sthepopulationoftheUSA?193,027,571B.293,027,571C.393,027,571D.493,027,5717.ThemostimportantandlargestriverintheUnitedStatesofAmericais____?A.theOhioRiverB.theColoradoRiverC.TheMissouriRiverD.theMississippiRiver8.WhenisAmericanIndependenceDay?A.June4thB.July4thC.October1stD.August14th9.

Whichcityisknownasthe“BigApple”?

A.NewYorkB.ChicagoC.LosAngeles

Inwhichyeardiditgetitsindependence?A.B.C.D.10.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower11.WhichareAmericanbrands?ABCDEFGGermanyGermanyFinland12.WhoareAmericans?ABCDEkeanuReevesDavidBeckhamSteven

SpeilbergRonaldinho

BritainBrazilArnoldSchwarzeneggerPacificoceanGulfofMexicoAtlanticOceanCANADAMEXICORockyMountainsMississipppiRiverCaliforniaCaliforniaPre-readingCalifornia,astateinthewesternUSA,bordersthePacificOcean.Ithasanofficialnickname

“GoldenState”.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAwiththelargestpopulation.

ItscapitalLosAngelesisCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.AbriefintroductionFastreading

What’sthetopicofthistext?

A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theclimateofCaliforniaD.thepopulationofCaliforniaRussiansLaterArrivals

peopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericansHowmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMinersNativeAmericans1.Time:15000yearsago2.Wheredidtheycomefrom:fromAsiatoAlaska3.Whathappenedinthesixteenthcentury?

werekilledbyEuropeanswereforcedintoslavery

diedfromthediseasesbroughtbyEuropeans

survivedtheterribletimesNativeAmericansTheSpanish16thcentury18thcenturyin1821

in1846Influence:todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguageSpanishsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirlandCaliforniawasruledbySpainCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStatesRussians&GoldMinersTrueorfalsestatements:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianfurtrappersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.

3.Alotofadventurers

achievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericain1850.

after

FewStagePeople TimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricansMovedfromMexicoChineseBuildtherailwayJapaneseFarmDenmarkEstablishedatownJewishfilmindustryItaliansFishedandmadewineAfricans1942-1945Workedinship&aircraftindustries1860s1800sLate1900sBythe1920sEarly1900s1911StagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivalsIndians,PakistanisWorkedinComputerindustryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotiansImmigratedFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigrateRecentdecades1970s15,000yearsago16thcentury:1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericans.SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericaBecamepartofMexico

TheUSdeclaredwaronMexicoGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniaCaliforniabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.

Lookatthepicturesbelow.EachillustratessomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.AnativeAmericanIndianwasstandingbesideacampItseemedthathefeltveryhappy.Maybehehadagoodharvest.

NativeCaliforniaIndiansHewasagoldminer.Hewaspanninggold.Helookednotonlythinandweak,butalsothirstyandtired.Itwasdifficultforthemtoachievethedreamofbecomingrich.Californiagoldminersaround1849AbuildinginChinatownManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.By1990,thenationsbeingimmigratedfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhadmadeCaliforniaintothemostraciallyandethnicallydiversestateinthecountry.ChinatownsinCalifornia

WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthelast200years.Beforetheirarrival,nativeAmericanpeoplehadlivedthereforthousandsofyears.PeoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingtosettleinCaliforniabecauseofitsgoodclimateandthelifestyleitoffe