课件29张PPT。Readingthe Star-SpangledBanner),旗面左上角为蓝色(blue)星区
,区内共有9(nine)排50(fifty)颗白色(white)五角星(star)
,以一排6颗、一排5颗交错。星区以外是13(thirteen
道红白相间的条纹。50颗星代表美国50个州(state)
,13道条纹代表最初北美13块殖民地
1 NewYork is the largest state in the US.
2 Most state names come from Spanish or English.
3 Atlanta is known as “ the Big Apple”.
4 The constitution was written in 1779.
5 There are 52 stars on the American flag .
6 George Washington was the first American President .
7 The first settlers arrived in North American about 30,000years ago .
8 The Mississippi Rivers is the longest river in the world .True or false 1 How many states are there in the USA?
A 49 B 50 C 51 D 48
2Where are the white house ?
A New York B Houston C Washington DC D Boston
3 ____,who was kind and honest and called “Honest Abe ”was the
16th president of the USA.?
A Abraham Lincoln B Washington C Roosevelt D Jefferson
4 The symbol if the republic Party is ____.
A a bear B a lion C an ox D an elephant
5 ____is a symbol of American democracy .
A The Lincoln Memorial B the World trade center
C the statue of liberty D the natural Capitol
ACDABThe Empire State building It is said that the world trade center will be rebuilt .1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
吉祥物Izzy
Atlanta is famous for its atlanta football team.Atlanta Hawks ia well-known. Antoni (安东尼)is a key player .White house The power of the dream She was the first singer
To sing at the Olympic
Games in Atlanta in 1996. What is the order of the events ?The American civil War
The Great Depression
The civil Rights Movements
The arrival of Native Americans
The arrival of European settlers 4 5 1 2 3Did you do it all correctly ? true or false1Ever since the Civil War, the south has struggled to find ways to deal with its troubled past.
2 In 1864, when the new mayor of Atlanta started working ,the city had a lot of money .
3 In 10 years , most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlantic began to grow again .
4 After segregation disappeared , Atlanta was becoming a successful city proud of its cultural diversity.
5 Atlanta is a representative of the new south , a place where fear and doubt have replaced hope and faith .
6 today, the south is known for its beautiful scenery .The American south Dark past
suffering history
(fear &doubt ) Be killed or driven off Cruel slave trade Death & civil unrest Sacrifices of Civil rights Movement Be far behind the rest of the states Since the civil War , struggle to handle its troubled past Growing new South
( hope &faith )Atlanta
(representative)Destructive past in the Civil war Destructive past in the civil war Developing signs rebuiltgrowAfrican
American
communityBlack
business Successful
Civil Rights
Movements
(the effort of king)Host of
Olympic
Games
(honor)Booming
Business
centerToday’s state : make a new beginning for the future development and other
sister cities begin to grow.Fill in the blanks Deal with , burn down ,aim at , in honour of , in vain , proud of , once again , be determined 1 We are ___ our great socialist motherland .
2 We ____fulfil the task.
3 They have learnt to___ various problems .
4 Washington , a state in the United States , was named ____
one of the greatest presidents.
5 She took exercise every morning , ____losing weight .
6 All our work was ____.
7 Many houses ____in the big fire .
8 Please read the passage ____.
Reading Bison How friendly we are .1. So there was not enough bison waste to improve the soil.
2. The plants were getting fewer and fewer.
3. Millions of bison were killed by settlers.
4. The soil became poorer,and supported fewer plants.
5. The insects living on the plants died out.
6. The wolves and other animals that lived on birds and prairie dogs
would have to starve.
7. With less insects birds couldn't’t get enough food and neither
could prairie dogs.
2-4-1-3-5-7-61 The first settlers on the plains were farmers.
2 Native Americans willingly gave up land to the settlers .
3 The settlers did not deal honestly with the native Americans .
4 Settlers ended up with better land than the native Americans .
5 Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the native
Americans .FFFTTTrue or false .Paragraph 1 The first settlers on the plains of America
were native Americans
Paragraph 2 Bison was an important part of Native American’s
existence
Paragraph 3 Native Americans were forced onto poor land by the
white settlers
Paragraph 4 Large number of the bison were killed between 1850-
1910and the population of the bison sharply dropped
from 60 million to only a few hundred
Paragraph 5 The killing of the bison changed the whole wildlife
of the plains What is the main idea of the text?
A While settlers moved westwards ,their kiling of great
numbers of bison destroyed the Native Americans life
and as well as the balance of the plains of America
B The native Americans on the plains of America
lived a poor life
C The struggle between the settlers and the Native Americans
were fierce
D Settlers ruined the Native American’s life ArootsnutsWild fruit Thank you