高二英语人教课标选修8 Unit1 warming up and reading in unit1

Warming&readingPeriod1&2WarmingupandReadingIPeriod1&2:幻灯片9-29页Period1&2WarmingupandReadingIUnit1AlandofdiversityTheUnitedStatesofAmerica(USA)HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?WarmingupThisisthemapofthe________________.USAOceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA________________Mountainsrangeinthewest______________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,Washington DC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntario1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?NewYorkWashingtonD.CLosAngeles

Star-SpangledBanner

Star-SpangledBanner(星条旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlagA.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblems

（国徽）4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.495051525.WhoispresidentofAmerica?A.B.C.D.GeorgeW.Bush

BarackHusseinObamaJr.

Putin

BillClinton

A.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower7.WhichareAmericanbrands?ABCDEFGGermanyGermanyFinland8.WhoareAmericans?DavidBeckhamSteven

SpeilbergRonaldinho

BritainBrazilArnoldSchwarzenegger

afamousactorthegovernorofCaliforniaCalifornia(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA)CALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,andhasthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.California1.Californiaisthe________largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.SecondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean3._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAABGeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia4.California’sofficialnicknameisthe_______?

A.SunflowerStateB.GoldenState

C.LandofopportunityD.EvergreenState5.___hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.

A.CaliforniaB.Alaska

C.WashingtonD.Texas6.CaliforniaenteredtheUnionon

September9,1850,asthe______state.

A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighth

C.thirty-secondD.thirty-first

BAD

NativeCaliforniaIndiansCaliforniagoldminersaround1849ChinatownsinCaliforniaFastreading1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestPopulation?California(over30millionpeople)RussiansLaterArrivals

peopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMinersNativeAmericans1.Time:15000yearsago2.Wheredidtheycomefrom:fromAsiantoAlaska3.Whathappenedinthesixteenthcentury?werekilledbyEuropeanwereforcedintoslaverydiedfromthediseasesurvivedtheterribletimesNativeAmericansTheSpainshFillintheform:(notedownanimportantevents)16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846SpainsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirlandCaliforniawasruledbySpainCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStatesInfluence:todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpainishasafirstorsecondlanguageRussians&GoldMinersDosomeTorFquestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerian-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Alotofadventuresachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmerianin1850.

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fewStagePeople TimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricansMovedfromMexicoChineseBuildtherailwayJapaneseFarmedDenmarkEstablishedatownJewishDevelopedindustryItaliansFishedandmadewineAfricans1942-1945Workedinship&aircraftindustries1860s1800sLate1900sBy1920sEarly1900s1911StagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivalsIndians,PakistanisWorkedinComputerindustryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotiansImmigratedFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigratedRecentdecades1970sLookatthepicturesbelow.EachillustratessomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.AnativeAmericanIndianwasstandingbesideacamp.Itseemedthatheorshefeltveryhappy.Maybeheorshehadagoodharvest.Disscusion

NativeCaliforniaIndiansHewasagoldminer.Hewaspanninggold.Helookednotonlythinandweak,butalsothirstyandtired.Itwasdifficultforthemtoachievethedreamofbecomingrich.Californiagoldminersaround1849AbuildinginChinatownManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.By1990,thenationsbeingimmigratedfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhadmadeCaliforniaintothemostraciallyandethnicallydiversestateinthecountry.ChinatownsinCaliforniaOtherreferencepicturesaboutgoldrushinCaliforniaWhyisCaliforniainthe21stce