人教版高二英语选修八第一单元阅读课件.ppt

,人教课标版高二选修8Unit1,Unit1Alandofdiversity,Warmingup,NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Africa,Europe,Asia,Oceania,Antarctica,PacificOcean,PacificOcean,AtlanticOcean,IndianOcean,ArcticOcean,Namethesevencontinentsandfouroceans.,MississippiRiver,Location,Seattle,SanFrancisco,LosAngeles,Denver,Houston,NewOrieans,Miami,Atlanta,Boston,NewYork,Philadelphig,Washington,D.C,Appalachian,RockyMountains,Mexico,Chieago,Detroit,St.Louis,Canada,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean,theMississippi,Oceanontheeastcoast_Oceanonthewestcost_CountrytothenorthofUSA_CountrytothesouthofUSA_Mountainsrangeinthewest_LongestriverintheUSA:_,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean,Canada,Mexico,RockyMountains,MississippiRiver,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,UnitedStatesofAmericaiscomposedofafederaldistrict-WashingtonDCand50states.AllthestatesexceptforHawaiiislandsaresituatedinmainlandAmerica.Ithasapopulationofabout2,900million.Itsareais9,370,000sqkm.TheclimateofUSAismainlytemperateinnaturebutinHawaiiandFlorida,itistropical.,Star-SpangledBanner,50starsEachstarrepresentsonestate,13stripestheoriginal13states.,Blueloyaltyandjustice,Redcourage,Whitefreedom,TheWhiteHouse,TheexecutivemansionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.TheAmericanPresidentlivesandworksinthebuilding.,TheStatueofLiberty,Thecrownedladyis46metershigh,withatorchinherrighthandholdingaloftandDeclarationofIndependenceinherleft.,1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.,2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngeles,CompetitionaboutthegeneralknowledgeofUSA.,3.WhoispresidentofAmerica?,B.GordonBrown,A.Obama,C.Putin,4.WhichdoesntbelongtotheUSA?,A.StatueofLiberty,D.GoldenBridge,B.WhiteHouse,C.BigBen,Pre-reading,Ithasanareaof411,ooosquarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.,Californiaisamazing.Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.,HoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?,NativeAmericanIndianoneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.,AgoldminerthediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.,AbuildinginChinatown,SanFranciscoManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.,SomepicturesaboutthehistoryofCalifornia!,NativeAmericans,GoldRushPeriod,TheGoldRush,1.Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth,2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean,GeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia,3._isCaliforniaslargestandthenationssecondlargestcity.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco,4.Californiasofficialnicknameisthe_SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState,5._hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas,6.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe_state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-first,Newwords,illustratevt.说明;阐明distinctionn.差别;区别；卓著majorityn.大多数;大半prehistoricadj.史前的electv.选择；决定做某事;选举某人percentagen.百分比;百分率,boomn.(人口、贸易的)繁荣vi.处于经济迅速发展时期immigratevi.移入（外国定居）racialadj.人种的；种族的,1.Whatsthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA,2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestPopulation?California(over30millionpeople),Skimming,Russians,LaterArrivals,TheSpanish,MostRecentArrivals,NativeAmericans,3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?,GoldMiners,1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.,Scanning,2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?DuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich.Inthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailnetworkfromthewesttoeastcoast.,3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?IthinkthetemperateclimateattractedimmigrantstoCalifornia.Maybethemodernlifestylethereismoreattractivetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheworld.,4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?(useonesentencetodescribeit).,Californiaisastatemadeupofvariouspeoplefromalmostallpartsoftheworld.,15,000years,Arctic,Detailedreading,I.Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.,Catholic,1800s,Mexico,1846,gold,thirty-first,Chinese,railnetwork,late19thcentury,filmindustry,shipandaircraft,attracted,racial,1).Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?A.ThehistoryofCalifornia.B.ThepopulationofCalifornia.C.ThecultureofCalifornia.D.ThelifestyleofCalifornia.,II.Choosethebestanswer.,A,2).DuringwhichperiodwasCaliforniapartofMexico?A.18461848.B.18211848.C.18211846.D.18481850.,C,3).WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheGoldRush?A.OnlyafewpeoplebecamerichintheGoldRush.B.ManypeoplediedintheGoldRush.C.IthappenedduringtheAmerican-Mexicowar.D.ThefirsttoarriveforgoldwereSouthAmericans.,C,4).WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothe7thparagraph?A.FilmindustryattractedmanyforeignpeopletoCalifornia.B.ThetownestablishedbytheJapanesewaslocatedinHollywood.C.MostAfricansworkedintheshipandaircraftindustries.D.JewishpeopletakeupalargepercentageinCalifornia.,B,5).WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?ThetextmainlytalksaboutthehistoryofCalifornia.B.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguagetoday.C.ItwassohardtomakealifeinCaliforniathatmostdidntsurviveduringtheGoldRushPeriod.D.TodayalargepercentageofChinese-Americansliveinthe“Chinatowns”ofLosAngelesandSanFranciscoinCalifornia.,C,1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.,F,T,T,III.TrueorFalse.,4.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.5.Inthe1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.,T,F,6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostofthemleftinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.7.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast.8.Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.,T,T,F,9.Itisthecomputerindustrysinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.10.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,Itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.,T,T,Discussion,WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.Compareyouranswerwithothersinyourclass.,ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeopleshavebeenmovingintothestateforthelast200years.Itisthismixofpeopleswiththeirowncustoms,cultureandfoodthathavegivenCaliforniaitsmulticulturalflavor.,Problemsthatmightariseincludeinterculturalrivalryorcompetition,discriminationormisunderstanding.ItistothecreditofCaliforniansthatsuchproblemsdonotariseveryoften.,Mainidea,ThetextmainlyintroducestheshorthistoryofCalifornia.Itdescribesthegreathistoryeventshappenedinvarioustimes.Italsotellsuswhen,howandwhydifferentpeoplefromallovertheworldhaving,beenimmigratingtoCalifornia.Itexplainstousthereasonswhyitwillbeasimplemulticult