2023学年完整公开课版Alandofdiversity之Languagepoints

Unit1ALandofDiversity

Period2

Languagepoints

Teachingaims：1）Understandthepassageagain.

2）Understandlanguagepointsofthepassagesdeeply.Focus：

Mastertheusageofthenewwordsandexpressions.Teachingmethods:DomoreexercisesTeachingaids:amulti-functionalcomputerandlecture

Revision:

Skimthepassageandfillintheblankswithrightwords.Californiahasthedistinctionofbeingthemost______1_______stateintheUSA,which,atvarioustimes,hasattractedpeoplefromnearlyeverycountryintheworld.Amongthefirstsettlers,NativeAmericansarebelievedbyscientiststohavecrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica_______2_______alandbridgewhichexistedinprehistorictimes.AndtodaytherearemoreNativeAmericanslivinginCaliforniathanthatinanyotherstates.multiculturalbymeansof

Over40%ofCaliforniansspeak____3_____asafirstorsecondlanguagebecauseCaliforniawasruledbySpaininthe18thcenturytill1821whenthepeopleofMexicogainedtheirindependencefromSpain.TheRussiansettlersintheearly1800swerehunters,andnowsome25,000__________4_________arelivinginandaroundSanFrancisco.SpanishRussian-Americans

MostofthepeopleattractedfromallovertheworldtoCaliforniaremainedto_______5________forthemselvesafterthe1848GoldRush,makingitamulticulturalsocietyin1850.ChineseimmigrationtothestatebeganduringtheGoldRushPeriodand______6______whentherailwayfromthewesttotheeastcoastwasbeingbuilt.Infact,beforelongCaliforniawillbecomea_____7____ofmany____8_____andcultures.makealife

increased

mixtureraces

Languagepoints:1.bymeansof…用…办法，借助Weexpressourfeelingsbymeansofwords.means单复数同形Thequickestmeansoftravelisbyplane.Doyoumindmyusingyourpen?Byallmeans.【拓展】means;way;method区别means方法、手段、工具，单复数同形，多和介词by搭配。way方法，普通用语。可用于任何处理事物的方式。多于介词in搭配。method方法，理论，指合乎逻辑或系统的方法。多和介词with搭配。e.g.：teachingmethod教学方法

2.despiteprep.尽管；不管

inspiteof例：______theheavyrain,theywerestillsearchingforthelostplane.A.AlthoughB.ThoughC.DespiteD.AsC

3.majorityn.大多数…Themajority____________fortheplan.Themajorityofstudents____hard-working.Themajorityofthedamage____easytorepair.bein(the/a)majority占多数、过半数单独做主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数,强调个体时，谓语动词用复数。

themajorityof+n.后可用不可数名词，也可用可数名词复数,谓语动词由后面的名词决定。

minority少数的……was/wereareis

4.applicantn.

申请人applicationn.

申请(书)；应用；用途applyv.申请；运用，适用1).Wehad250applicantsforthejob.有250人申请这份工作。2).Asthewageswerelow,therewerefew_____________forthejob.因为工资低,没有什麽人申请这份工作。[拓展]applyfor...申请…… applyto...适用……fillintheapplicationformforsth.填写……申请表applicants5.occurvi.发生；出现；存在1).Thetragedyoccurredonlyminutesaftertake-off.这一悲剧在起飞后几分钟内就发生了。2).Didn’tit________youthathemightbelate?你当时没有想到他可能会迟到吗?[拓展]occurto...(主意)浮现于脑海中；被想到；被想起；（某人）想到……occurto

6.indicatevt.指出；标示；表明indicationn.指出；表明indicativeadj.指示的；暗示的1).Iaskedhimwheremysisterwasandhe___________theshopopposite.我问他握姐姐在哪，他指指对面的商店。2).Researchindicatesthatmenfinditeasiertogiveupsmokingthanwomen.研究表明男人感到比女人更容易戒烟。[拓展]indicatesth(tosb)指示；指出；标示indicatethat/wh-表示……；示意……indicated

7.liveon继续生活或存在Shelivedonformanyyearsafterherhusbanddied.丈夫死後她继续活了多年。[拓展]live短语：liveonsth以某物为食；靠某种经济来源生活 livebydoingsth靠做某事物为生liveforsth以某事物为生活目标 livethroughsth经历某事物而幸存livetogether在一起生活；同居 liveuptosth依照某事物行事；表现出符合某事物的标准 livetobe...=livetotheageof...活到……岁livea...life过着……的生活

8.makealife习惯于新的生活方式、工作等TheysettleddowninCanadaandmadealifeforthemselves.他们在加拿大定居下来，习惯新的生活方式。[拓展]life短语：bringsb/sth(back)tolife给某人/事物的活力；使复活 laydownone’slife(forsb/sth)为……献身；牺牲生命leadadog’slife过狗一般的生活（长期忧虑、痛苦或悲伤）takeone’s(own)life:commitsuicide自杀putanendtoone’slife:killoneself自杀9.keepup坚持；维持；沿袭古老的风俗、传统等；使某人不能去睡觉You’realldoingasplendidjob;keepupthegoodwork!你们干得都很出色,要坚持下去![拓展]keep短语：keepupwithsb/sth.跟上（某人/某事物）；（与某人/某事物）同步前进或保持联系；跟上（形势）keep(on)doingsth.继续做某事物；重复做某事物keepawayfrom（使某人/事物）不靠近某人/事物keepsth.back阻止某事物 keeponeself/sbfromsth/doingsth使自己/某人不能做某事物keepsb/sthout(ofsth)不让某人/物进入（某处）keepintouchwith保持与某人的联系

重点句子：1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.(L1)形容词最高级表示“最”，与序数词连用表示“第几”Maryisthetalleststudentinourclass.

2.ScientistsbelievethatthesefirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsiatoAlaskabymeansofalandbridgewhichexistedinprehistorictimes.

means:amethodoraway(ofdoing)方式，方法，手段。单复数同形。

bymeansof:byusing依靠，凭借。Thethiefhadwantedtoescape____________asecrettunnel,butwascaught.bymeansof3.prehistorictimes史前时期1)pre-是一个前缀，

表示“前”，“先”，“预先”。

e.g.prepay,preview,prejudge,predetermine.2)thousandsof成千上万的类似的用法还有

：

hundredsof数以百计的

scoresof许多

millionsof上百万的dozensof许多，大量

tensofthousandsof数以万计的4.However,somesurvivedtheseterribletimes.AndtodaytherearemoreNativeAmericanslivinginCaliforniathaninanyotherstate.当比较的主体属于被比较者里面的一员时，用other或else排除比较的主体。Maryistallerthananyothergirlsinherclass.

5.SpanishsoldiersfirstarrivedinAmericaintheearly16thcenturywhentheyfoughtagainstthenativepeopleandtooktheirland.fightagainst为反对……而战，和……斗争。fightfor为（争取）……而斗争Youshouldbereadytofightagainstdifficulties.

你们应该准备同困难作斗争。Twodogs___________bone,andathirdrunsawaywithit.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。fightfor

6.In1848,notlongaftertheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.notlongafter不久之后longafter很久之后longbefore很久以前be