选修八第一单元warming up

Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingup1.TogetgeneralunderstandingoftheUnitedStates2.TolearnthebasicinformationaboutCalifornia3.TobeabletotalkabouttheaboveinformationfreelyWhenwetalkabouttheUnitedStates,whatwillcometoyourmind?theUSAfastfoodimmigrantsAppleIncorporated.moviespresidentTVseries

NewYorkCaliforniaWashington,D.C.

citiesfestival...TheWhiteHouseTheStatueofLiberty________________istheexecutivemansion(官邸)ofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThestatueoflibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,symbolizingthespiritof____________oftheUSA.TheWhiteHouseindependenceWhatelsedoyouknowabouttheUSA?Let'shaveaquiztoseehowmuchyou’veknownabouttheUSA.QuizabouttheUSA1.ThefullnameoftheUSAis___________________________.2.Americaismadeupof____states,witheachrepresentedbya______onthenationalflag.3.IsNewYorktheCapitalofAmerica?No,itisn’t.ItisWashington,D.C.4.WhichparkistheUnitedStates’firstandmostfamousnationalpark?the

UnitedStates

ofAmerica50starYellowstoneNationalPark(1872)5.WhereisHollywood?LosAngeles,California6.WhatarethetwomajorpartiesintheUnitedStates?DemocraticPartyandRepublicanParty7.__________________wasthefirstpresidentoftheUnitedStates.8.__________________madethefamousspeechIHaveaDream.GeorgeWashingtonMartinLutherKingNorthAmericaSouthAmericaAfricaEuropeAsiaOceaniaAntarcticaPacificOceanPacificOceanAtlanticOceanIndianOceanArcticOceanNamethefouroceansandsevencontinents.Location:inNorthAmericatothesouthofCanadaTheUSisthe4thlargestcountry

intheworldbylandareaand3rdbypopulation.theRockyMountainsMexicoCanadatheAtlanticOceanthePacificOceanoceanontheeastcoastoceanonthewestcoastCountrytothenorthofUSACountrytothesouthofUSAMountainrangeinthewestGreatLakesLookatthemapoftheUSA.Workwithyourgrouptowriteonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Lake

SuperiorLake

HuronLake

ErieLake

OntarioLake

MichiganGreatLakestheRockyMountainsMexicoCanadatheAtlanticOceanthePacificOceantheMississippiLongestriverintheUSASeattleSanFranciscoLosAngelesDenverHoustonNewOrleansMiamiAtlantaBostonNewYorkPhiladelphiaWashington,D.CChicagoDetroitKansasSomeimportantcities

thelargestcity

thecapitalRed—courageWhite—freedomBlue—loyaltyandjusticeNationalflag——theStarsandStripes

50stars—eachrepresentingonestate

13stripes—theoriginal13statesTheBriefhistoryoftheUSA:1.ChristopherColumbusfirstdiscoveredAmericain1492.2.Between1607and1733theBritishestablished13coloniesalongtheeastcoastofNorthAmerica.3.OnJuly4,1776,theDeclarationofIndependencewasissued,establishingtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.4.TheCivilWar(1861-1865)5.By1912,allstatesexceptAlaskaandHawaiihavebeencreated.PoliticsTwomajorpoliticalparties:Itisconsidered"conservative“.Itisconsidered"liberal".DemocraticParty民主党RepublicanParty共和党DONKEYELEPHANTOnNovember8,2016,DonaldTrump,representingtheRepublicanParty,waselectedthe45thpresident.TheUSisadiversecountrywithamulticulturalsociety.Somepeopleevencallita“meltingpot”.Diversityoflanguage:English,Spanish,Chinese,German,etc.Diversityoflandscape:wideprairies(大草原),majesticmountains,warmbeaches,ordesertDiversityofclimate:Theaverageyearlyrainfall,daysofsunshine,andtemperaturealsovarywidely,dependingontheareaofthecountry.Diversityofpeople:Europeans,Asians,SouthAmericans,Africans...Youcanfeelthediversityineverystate,especiallyinCalifornia.Whatdoyouknowabout?1.Californiaisthe_________largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean3.________isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco4.California’sofficialnicknameisthe________.A.SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState5.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe_______state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstCaliforniaislocatedonthewesterncoastoftheUSA.ItisthethirdlargeststateintheUSA.themostpopulouscityinCaliforniaandthecountry'ssecondlargestafterNewYorkCitythestatecapitalFamouscitiesinCalifornia:HomeworkLookupthenewwordsandexpressionsoftheReadinginthedictionary.2.PreviewtheReading:

CALIFORNIA/v_show/id_XMjk4NDE5MDc2.htmlForexample:A:WhereisCalifornia?B:CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSA.ItsharesborderswithOregontothenorth,Nevadatotheeast,ArizonatothesoutheastandtheMexicanstateofBajaCaliforniatothesouth.A:Whatelsedoyou