选修8Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-课文理解及语言点公开课

Unit1AlandofdiversityA.B.C.D.

3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?

National

Emblems

(国徽)C

4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950D

AtlanticPacificCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsCalifornia

LosAngeles

NewYorkSanFranciscoMexicoGulfUSAWhereisCalifornia?Howmuchdoyouknowabout

California???Let'shaveaquiz!Pre-reading(2m)

NativeCaliforniaIndiansCaliforniagoldminersaround1849ChinatownsinCaliforniathemajorcitiesofCaliforniaSanFrancisco

SanDiegoLosAngeles1.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean2._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.Sacramento萨克拉门托B.LosAngeles洛杉矶C.SanDiego圣地亚哥D.SanFrancisco旧金山AB3.California’sofficialnicknameisthe_______?

A.SunflowerStateC.Landofopportunity

B.GoldenStateD.EvergreenState4.___hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.

A.CaliforniaC.Alaska

B.WashingtonD.Texas5.CaliforniaenteredtheUnionon

September9,1850,asthe______state.

A.thirtiethC.thirty-eighth

B.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstBADCalifornia——READINGCaliforniaReadingRussiansLaterArrivalspeopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericansHowmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMinersThemainideaofeachpart:

Part1Part2Part3TheintroductionofCaliforniaThehistoryofsettlementofCaliforniaThe

futureNative

AmericansThe

SpanishRussiansGold

minersLater

arrivalsMost

recent

arrivals探究一：NativeAmericans

onpara.21.Time:2.HowdidtheycometoCalifornia?:3.Whathappenedtothenativepeopleinthesixteenthcentury?

NativeAmericans

15000yearsagocrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmericabymeansofalandbridgewhichexistedinprehistorictimewerekilledbyEuropeanwereforcedintoslaverydiedfromthediseasesurvivedtheterribletimesBack探究二：TheSpanish

(onPara.3)Fillimportanteventsintheform:16thcentury

18thcentury

in1846

in1821(1)Spanishsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirland(2)CaliforniawasruledbySpain(3)CaliforniabecamepartofMexico(4)MexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStatesInfluence:todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguageBack探究三：Russians&GoldMiners

(onPara.4&5)DosomeTorFquestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Thereareabout25,000Russian-AmericanslivinginSanFrancisco.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericain1850.

afterBackandaroundSanFrancisco探究四：StagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivals(Para.6-8)AfricansChineseItaliansDenmarkJewishJapaneseAfricansMovedfromMexicoBuilttherailwayFarmedEstablishedatownDevelopedindustryFishedandmadewineWorkedinship&aircraftindustryBack1800s1860sLate1800s1911By1920sEarly20th1942~1945探究五：StagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivals(Para.9)IndiansPakistanis

CambodiansKoreansVietnameseFuture(Para.10)Differentpartsoftheworld

WorkedincomputerindustryImmigratedImmigrated1970sRecentdecadesFutureSummary(Retelling)

Californiais_______________stateintheUSAanditalsohasthedistinctionofbeingthemost_____________stateintheUSA.Thefirstsettlerscrossed_______________inthe____andarrivedinCalifornia.The_______________sufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe_____century.Inthe18thcentury,__________wasruledby_____until_________thepeopleofMexicogainedtheirindependencefromSpain.Californiathenbecamepartof________.ButaftertheAmerican-Mexicanwarin1846,CaliforniawasgivenbacktotheUSA.thethirdlargestmulticulturaltheBeringStraitArcticnativeAmericans16thCaliforniaSpain1821Mexico

In1848,inCaliforniagoldwas__________,which_________peoplefromallovertheworldtoarrivetheretoachievetheirdreamsof______________.In1850,Californiabecamethe_____stateoftheUSAasa____________society.Attractedbythe__________________,moreandmorepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavingbeen_________________California,includingAsians,Africans,AmericansandEuropeans.Inthenearfuture,Californiawillbecome____________manyracesandcultures_______anymajorracialorculturalgroups.discoveredattractedbecomingrich31stmulticulturalclimateandlifestyleimmigratingtoamixtureofwithoutUnit1ALandofDiversity阅读学案答案Ⅰ.DCAABDBⅡ.ruledsettlingindiscoveryrichthebroughtdecadeshomecomputerattracteddiversityⅢ.1.what2.when3.that4.why5.thatsothatⅣ.1.of2.despite3.bymeansof4.toarrive5.frombrought6.fromonⅤ.1.distinction2.which3.crossed4.by5.ruled6.were7.settlers∕immigrants8.a9.making10.whenWhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?

Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattractedimmigratestoCalifornia.DiscussionCaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.FFTTrueorFalse4.Intheearly1800s,RussiansbegansettinginCalifornia.5.DuringGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.7.Itisbelievedthatbeforelongthemixofnationalitieswillbesogreatthattherewillbenomajorracialorculturegroups.

TFFT15,000yearsagoFirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica.ThesepeopleareknownasNativeAmericans.

SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.Comprehending

16th

century

1BesideeachtimenotedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory.

1821CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.1846185018482BesideeachculturalgroupwritetheperiodinwhichtheyfirstcametoCaliforniainlargenumbers.

SpanishRussiansAfricans

Chinese

Italians

Danish

Intheearly16thcentury

early

1800s1800sLate1840s/early1850sInthelate19thcentury1911JewishJapanese

KoreansCambodians

Vietnamese

Pakistanis

1920searly1900sFromabout1970sFrom

about

1970sInmore

recent

decadesFrom

about

1970s1.diversity=variety

多样性、变化adiversityofvegetablesdiversify

vt.

使…多样性,使…不同diversifyone’sskills/interestsLanguagepoints2.Californiaisthethirdlargeststateinthe…

序数词可以修饰形容词的最高级TheYellowRiveristhesecondlongestriverinChina.

可以修饰形容词最高级的词:far/byfar/much

可以修饰比较级的词:no/alittle/abit/any/slightly/byfar

You’restandingtoonearthecamera.Canyoumove____?A.abitfarB.alittlefartherC.abitoffartherD.alittlefarB

3.population

人口ThepopulationofChina______large.And70%ofthepopulationofChina_______peasants.

表示整体人口时谓语动词用单数,表示部分人口

时谓语动词用复数。而形容人口的多少通常用large/small。对人口的多少进行疑问时，可用

What’sthepopulationof….?What’sthepopulationofGuangdong?haveapopulationof….有多少人口Chinahasapopulationof1.3billion.anincrease/growthinpopulation人口isare4.WhenthefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia,…宾语从句=the

place

thatwenowknowasCalifornia.

定语从句GeorgeWashingtonwasbornin______isnowthestateofVirginia.whichB.whereC.thatD.what=GeorgeWashingtonwasborninthe

place

thatisnowthestateofVirginia.D5.

However,it

is

likely

that

Native

AmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.Itislikely/possible/probablethat…sb/sthislikelytodosth某人/物有可能做某事注意:likely比较级为

likelier,最高级为

likelieste.g.Sheis______tosucceed.

她有可能会成功.=Itislikelythatshewillsucceed.likelyThisisa________story.这是一个有可能发生的故事.likely辨析:likely,possible,probable按可能性程度,probable可能性最大,其次为likely,

最小为possible,但需要注意的是,likely的主语可以是人,但possible,probable却只能用形式主语it.6.In

addition,manydiedfromthedisease

brought

by

Europeans.1)in

addition

to:除此之外,另外,加之e.g.Imetmypastteacherandsomeformerclassmates__________inthesupermarket.

我在超市里遇见了我以前的老师,还有些

同班同学.______________cakesandcandies,guestswerealsoprovidedwithfruits.

除了有蛋糕和糖果,还给客人们准备了水果.in

additionIn

addition

to

2)brought

by

Europeans

为过去分词作定语,

相当于which

were

brought

by

Europeans,

注意单个分词作定语放在所修饰的词前面,

分词短语作定语需放在所修饰的词之后.Englishisa____________language.

英语是一种被广泛使用的语言。Thisisoneoftheschools_______in1980s.

这是八十年代所建的学校之一。widely

usedbuilt7.force…into…强迫…成为、做、进入…Theyforcedhimintosigning(tosign)thepaper.hewasforcedintocrimebycircumstances.她为境遇所迫而犯罪。8.However,

some

survived

these

terrible

times,

and

today

there

aremoreNativeAmericans

living

in

California

than

in

any

other

state.幸免,幸免于难Only12ofthe140passengers_________.

在140名乘客中只有12人幸免于难.1)survivesurvived挺过来,挣扎过下去e.g.Idon’tthinkI_______________anotherYearasateacher;justtoostressful.could

survive比(某人)长寿,比(通常指亲人)活的更长e.g.Harry_________hiswifebythreemonths.

哈里比他妻子多活了三个月。survived2)living

in

California

为现在分词短语作定语,相当于

定语从句who

live

in

California。现在分词一般表示经常性的动作或现在的状态,也可以表示动作现在

正在发生或者与谓语动词所表示的的动作同时发生。e.g.TherearethreetypesoftigerlivinginChina

(that

live

in

China).

目前中国有三种虎.Thepicturehanging(that

is

hanging)

onthewallispaintedbymynephew.

墙上挂着的那幅画是我侄儿画的.9.compare：Chinahasmorepeoplethananyothercountryintheworld.ChinahasmorepeoplethananycountryinEurope.10.SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly16thcenturywhen(定语从句）

theyfoughtagainstthenativepeopleandtooktheirland.西班牙士兵最早是在16世纪初来到南美的，（当时）他们同土著人打仗，夺取了他们的土地。PeoplefromAfricahavebeenlivinginCaliforniasincethe1800s,whentheymovednorthfromMexico.非洲人从19世纪就在加利福尼亚住下来，（当时）他们是从墨西哥向北来的。Evenmorearrivedbetween1942and1945whentheycametoCaliforniatoworkintheshipandaircraftindustries.更多的非洲人是在1942年到1945年间来到加利福尼亚的，当时他们是到船厂或飞机厂工作的。11.alargepercentagehavechosen…=alargepercentageofChinese-Americanshavechosen…Alargepercentageofpopulation

live

inbigcities.这宾馆很大比例的收入来自于游览这湖的游客。Onlyasmallpercentageofstudentsareforeigners.percent(用在数词后)(其余都用percentage)12.Itisbelievedthat…Itissaidthat…Itishopedthat…Itissupposedthat…Itissuggestedthat…Itisreportedthat

主语从句ItisreportedthatsomeEuropeancountriesarefloodedseverely.

Itishopedthatthecostofmedicalcarecanbecutdown.Tom______________theplan.(汤姆反对这个计划)______________willgotoShanghaiaftergraduation.(大多数人毕业后都会去上海)3.______________________studentscanpasstheexam.(少数学生能通过这次考试)4._______________________travelisbyplane.(旅行的最快方式是乘飞机)5.