Unit1 A Land of Diversity Reading(浙江省台州市)

课件30张PPT。Unit 1 A land of diversityAtlantic OceanPacific
OceanMexicoCanadaRocky MountainsMississippiGreat LakesHawaiiAlaskaCaliforniaL.SuperiorL.MichiganL.ErieL.HuronL.OntarioPlease tell the names of The Five LakesSan FranciscoLos AngelesDenverSeattleMiamiHoustonNew OrleansNew YorkWashingtonAtlantaKansasChicagoDetroitCaliforniaDo you know about the main cities of the U.S.A?Washington the capital of the U.S.AWhite HouseNew YorkIt is the largest seaport in the USA.ChicagoIt is called the Super Market of America. It is the most important industrial and commercial city.
The International Labor Day came from the worker’s strike in Chicago.Golden BridgeSan FranciscoLos AngelesThe world-famous Hollywood Village is here which dominates the film-making industry of the nation. The weather is warm and sunny and its beautiful suburbs of green hills are most suitable for film-making. Universal City Studio (环球城市制片公司)is the largest studio in the world. Disneyland is also located here.California’s largest and the
nation’s second largest city.California2. ____ has the largest population in the USA.
A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas3. California’s official nickname is _____.
A. Sunflower State B. Golden State
C. Land of Opportunity D. Evergreen State1. California is the __ largest state in the USA.
A. third B. second C. fourth 4. California entered the Union on September
9,1850, as the ___state.
A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth
C. thirty-second D. thirty-firstArnold SchwarzeneggerOnce he was a famous actor, but now he is the governor of California. State flagState flower-poppyState tree- California redwood罂粟California written abbrev.___, (State Nickname: “ The Golden State”) a state in the SW of the US, next to the Pacific Ocean, whose main cities includes ___________ and _____ _______. When people think of California, they often think of ________, ________, beaches and warm sunny weather. California is generally considered to be more liberal than other states in the US.CASan FranciscoLosDisneylandHollywoodAngelesRussiansLater Arrivals peopleThe SpanishMost Recent ArrivalsNative AmericansHow many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Gold Miners
The Future1.Native Americans1.Time: 15000 years ago
2.Where did they come from: from Asia to Alaska
3.What happened in the sixteenth century?
were killed by Europeans
were forced into slavery
died from the disease
survived the terrible timesNative
AmericansWhich statement is wrong?____
A. The native people are the first
settlers in California.
B. It is believed that the first settlers were
from America.
C. the native people in California were once
ruled by Europeans.
D. It was not the native people that brought
the diseases.BAsiaFill in the form: (note down an important
events)
16th century 18th century in 1821
in 1846Spanish soldiers arrived
and took their landCalifornia was ruled
by SpainCalifornia became part
of MexicoMexico gave California
to the United StatesInfluence: today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language2.About the Spanish:When and why did the Russian
go to California? What were they
called?
In the early 1800s.
for fur
fur trappers3.About Russians:Guess what are they doing in the pictures ?
Then find the answer in Paragraph Five!Pan for goldWe can learn from this paragraph that_____.
A. Many people came to California
to make a life in new towns.
B. It was the discovery of gold that
made people rush to California.
C. Many people achieved their
dreams of becoming rich and went home.
D. The first to arrive California to find gold came
from the Pacific Island.B4.About Gold Miners:What contributions did Chinese make
to the history of America? time immigrants reason to settle in
in the 1860s build the railway in the late 19th
century Italians catch fish;
make wine in 1911 Danish / by the 1920s Europeans
Jewish film industry at the beginning
of 20th century
since the 1980sJapanese
farmers / since the 1800s
between 1942 and
1945 African work in the ship and
aircraft industries Chinese 5.About Later Arrivals:Recent
decades1970s6&7.About Most Recent Arrivals and the Future:Computer industry / Climate and lifestyleIndians,
PakistanisCambodians
Koreans
Vietnamese
LaotiansPeople from
different parts
of the worldSUMMARY The passage is a brief _______ of the _________ of California. People from almost __________________ came to the state at ____________, making it the most ____________ state in the US.historysettlementall parts of the worldvarious timesmulticulturalDiscussion1.Do you think Gold Rush benefits California? 2.If you have a chance to immigrate to the U.S.A, California is your favorite place to settle down? Why? WritingImagine you are traveling in
California, write a postcard to one
of your friends ,introduce the city
to her or him, and express your
own feelings about it .