课件49张PPT。 Unit1
A land of diversity
一个多元文化的国土Warming upMississippi RiverlocationAmerica lies in the South of North America.It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.The northern land is Canada, and the southern is Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.America lies in the South of North America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
The northern land neighbour is Canada, and the southern is Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.American flag The American flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes, including 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes. The upper left corner has a rectangular blue field, containing fifty five-pointed white stars. The stripes of the American flag symbolize the 13 colonies that originally constituted the United States of America. The stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The White House The Statue of Liberty 1. Which flag is American flag?
A. B. C.2. Which city is the capital of the USA?
New York
Washington D.C
Los Angeles (the stars and stripes)Competition about the general knowledge of USA. 3. Which state is the largest one in the US?
A. New York B. Texas C. Los Angeles4. How many stars are there on the American flag?
A. 52 B. 50 C. 135.Which city is known as the “Big Apple”?
A. New York B. Chicago C. Los Angeles6. In which year was the constitution (宪法) written?
A. 1779 B. 1789 C. 17997. Which is the longest river in the US?
A. Nile B. Yangtze River C. Mississippi8. What language do most states names come from?
A. Spanish B. English C. Native American’s9. Who is the person on the one-dollar note?
A. Jefferson B. Washington C. Franklin10. When is American Independence Day?
A. June 4th B. July 4th C. August 14th 11.George Bush is the ____ president in the USA.
A. 41st & 42nd B. 43rd &44th C. 44th & 45th 12. California is the ____ largest state in the USA.
A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth13. California, a state in the western USA, borders _____
the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean
C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean14. _____ is California’s largest and the nation’s second largest city.
Sacramento B. Los Angeles
C. San Diego D. San Francisco15. California’s official nickname is the ___
Sunflower State B. Golden State
C. Land of Opportunity D. Evergreen State16. ____ has the largest population in the USA.
A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas17. California entered the Union on September 9,1850, as the ___ state.
A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth
C. thirty-second D. thirty-first that’s the endPre-reading It has an area of 411.ooo square kilometers. And it is one of the American states of the largest population, with the most developed economy. The pleasant weather, long beach and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.California is amazing.Some pictures about the history of California!Native AmericansGold Rush PeriodThe Gold RushReading 1. Who were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold?
2. When and why did the large number of Chinese immigrate to California?
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
(use one sentence to describe it).
ScanningReading 1. Who were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold?
South Americans and people from the United States.Scanning2. When and why did the large number of Chinese immigrate to California?
During the Gold Rush Period, many Chinese immigrated to California to achieve their dream of becoming rich. In the 1860s,a large number of Chinese went there to build the railway from the west to east coast.3. What is the main idea of the passage?
(use one sentence to describe it). California is a state made up of various people from almost all parts of the world. How each picture is relevant to the history of California?Native American Indian—one of the first people to live in California.A gold miner—the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California. A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco. It shows us a Catholic religious man who came California to teach the natives. In the early 16th century, Spanish fought against the native people , took their land and settled in California.Laguage points * population 作主语时谓语用______，但前有分数，小数，百分数时，谓语动词用____。
The population of China ______ (be) larger than that of America.
80% of the population ______ (be) farmers.
isare单数复数 * 人口的增加用_______________,人口的减少用_______________; 人口的多少用 ________和__________。
There has been a rapid increase of the population in the city in recent years.
近几年该城市人口增长很快。rise /increasefall / decreaselargesmall 2.suffer the result /heavy losses /injuries
承受结果/遭受大损失/负伤
suffer from headache/illness/war/the flood
遭受头痛/疾病的困扰/战争/ 洪水Suffer&suffer from 3. die from, die of
_______ 死于疾病、饥饿, 多指内部原因。
_________常用死于创伤、交通事故, 多指外部未知原因。Many of them _________starvation.
The soldier __________a wound in the breast.died ofdied fromdied ofdied fromcancer
a wound
hunger
sorrow
Thirst
an unknown cause
old age
overwork die of
die fromJoin the two parts together:4. remain的用法:
1) remain vi 意为 “剩下、留下、呆在”, 相当于stay。 When?the?others?had?gone,?Joan?
remained?(=stayed)?to?clean?the?room.?? 别人走了, 琼留下来清扫房间。
He_______ at the hotel for three days.
Only?a?few?leaves__________?on?the?tree.?
The?soldiers?were?ordered?to?___________?where?they?were.??
stayedremained?remain2) ______通常指在某地呆一段时间而不离开, 或暂时住在某地, 尤指宾客逗留,而______指别人已经走了,而某人仍在原地。stayremain3)remain (linking- word), 意为 “一直保持,仍然处于某种状态中”,?后可接多种成分作表语。Peter?became?a?manager?but?John?
remained?a?worker.?
?彼得当上了经理, 但约翰仍然是一个工人。
The?shop?remains?open?until?11?at?
night.??
这个商店一直营业到晚上十一点。1)He?bought?me?a?gift?with?the?_________ (remain) money.?
2) Whether?it?will?do?us?good _________ (remain)?to?be?seen.?
3) The?___________? (remain) of?a?meal?can?be?given?to?a?pig.?
remaining??remainsremains?remain? n. 表示“剩余物”, 一般用其复数形式。?remaining? adj., 意为“剩余的”,常作前置定语; 而left则只能作后置定语。又如:There?are?only?5?books?left.? 5. “by the time + 从句” 作时间状语， 若从句用一般过去时, 主句常用_______________; 若从句用一般现在时, 主句就用_____________。
By the time he was fourteen years old, he ______________(learn) maths all by himself. 过去完成时将来完成时had learnt课件15张PPT。Book 8 Unit 1 a land of diversity
(Word study)Translate a passage including some of the new words and expressions in this unit into English. 很久以前, 西班牙政府通过战争的方式使住在太平洋群岛、墨西哥、白令海峡和阿拉斯加的人们从被奴役状态变成天主教徒。从那时起，许多外国移民涌进这些地区并且企图在这里谋生。在他们中，丹麦人所占的百分率是大约50%，朝鲜人所占的百分率是40%左右。还有一些老挝人和来自于巴基斯坦的巴基斯坦人。然而，这些移民发现要想在这里谋生并非易事。最后，他们不得不用自己的飞机、缆车、电车来交换牛、面包房、码头和渡船．很显然，今天这里的种族和民族是本土人和征服者的混合物。近来，根据党中央的指示,社会主义工作者和入党申请者租用了一个叫作魔岛的小岛（这个岛上有许多海鸥）。他们试图和当地的人一起把那些征服者赶走．很久以前, 西班牙政府通过战争的方式使住在太平洋群岛、墨西哥、白令海峡和阿拉斯加的人们从被奴役状态变成天主教徒。
Long long ago, the government of Spain made the people who lived in the Pacific Islands, Mexico, the Bering Strait and Alaska become the catholic from slavery by means of war.Spain
SpanishMexico
Mexicanby means of
mean to do
mean doing从那时起，许多外国移民涌进这些地区并且企图在这里谋生。
From then on, a great many immigrants rushed into these areas and attemped to make a life here.a great / good many
Many
a great/ good number of a good/great deal of
much
a large amount of
amounts of在他们中，丹麦人所占的百分率是大约50%，朝鲜人所占的百分率是40%左右。
Amoung them, the percentage of Danish who came from Denmark was about 50 percent, and the percentage of Koreans coming from Korea was 40 percent or so.percent
percentageDenmark
Danish
Korea
korean还有一些老挝人和来自于巴基斯坦的巴基斯坦人。
There were also some Laotians and Pakistanis from Pakistan.
Pakistani
PakistanLaotianLaos然而，这些移民发现要想在这里谋生并非易事。
However, these immigrants found it was not easy to make a life. immigrant
immigrate
immigrationmake a life
make a living
live/ lead …a life最后，他们不得不用自己的飞机、缆车、电车来交换牛、面包房、码头和渡船．Finally , they had to swap their aircrafts, cable cars and trams for cattle, bakeries, wharves and ferries. Swap sth for sth很显然，今天这里的种族和民族是本土人和征服者的混合物。
Apparently, today’s race and nationality here are the mixture of the natives and the conquerors.race
racialnationality
nation
nationalmixture
mixconqueror
conquerapparently
apparentobvious近来，根据党中央的指示,社会主义工作者和入党申请者租用了一个叫作魔岛的小岛（这个岛上有许多海鸥）。
Recently, according to the indication of the central Party, some socialists and applicants
hired an island called Alcatraz Island on which there are a great many seagulls.他们试图和当地的人一起把那些征服者赶走．
They try to team up with the natives and drive those conquerors away. Long long ago, the government of Spain made the people who lived in the Pacific Islands, Mexico, the Bering Strait and Alaska become the catholic from slavery by means of war. From then on, a great many immigrants rushed into these areas and attemped to make a life here. Amoung them, the percentage of Danish who came from Denmark was about 50 percent, and the percentage of Koreans coming Korea was percent or so. There were also some Laotians and Pakistanies from Pakistan. However, these immigrants found it was not easy to make a life. Finally , they had to swap their aircrafts, cable cars and trams for cattle, bakeries, wharves and ferries. Apparently, today’s race and nationality here are the mixture of the natives and the conquerors. Recently, according to the indication of the central Party, some socialists and applicants has hired an island called Alcatraz Island on which there are a great many seagulls. They try to team up with the natives and drive those conquerors away.HomeworkMake up a new passage using the new words and phrases, then translate it into English.
