高中英语选修八Unit1 A Land of Diversity reading课件(共28张PPT)

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(共28张PPT)
Unit1 A Land of Diversity
Total area about 9.4 million square kilometers
( the fourth largest ); has a long
coastline of 22,680 kilometers
population about 300 million
Language English & Spanish ( some minority
groups )
Religion Christianity ( 56% ); Catholic ( 28% ); Judaism( 2% )(犹太教)
Climate continental climate ( most part )
subtropical climate ( the south )
Nickname Uncle Sam & Melting pot
Look at the map of the USA and write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Boston
New York
Washington, D.C
Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Chicago
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
the Mississippi
Ocean on the east coast _________________
Ocean on the west cost __________________
Country to the north of USA __________________
Country to the south of USA ________________
California
__________________
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Southwestern USA
Great Lakes:
Longest river in the USA:
Some important cities:
Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie and Ontario
Mississippi River
New York, Washington D C,
Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Chicago, New Orleans
Rocky Mountains
Mountains range in the west
California (one of the 50 states of the USA)
1. illustrate vt. 解释、说明 illustration n.
2. slave n. 奴隶 slavery n. 奴隶制度、奴隶身份
3. Spain n. 西班牙
Spanish adj. 西班牙(人)的,西班牙语的 n.
西班牙人,西班牙语
4. majority n. 大多数、大半 major adj.
minority n. 少数, 少数派, 少数民族
5. immigrant n. (从外国移入的)移民
immigration n. 移民
immigrate v. 使移居入境/移来
New Words
6. nationality n. 国籍 national adj 国家的, 民族的
nation n. 国家, 民族 native adj.&n. 当地人, 本国人
7. prehistoric adj. 史前的 ____________ n.
8. react vi. 做出反应, 回应 __________ n. 反应, 反作用
9. mix n. 混合; 结合
v. 混合; 拌和;结合
mixture n. 混合; 混合状态; 混合物
mix…with/and … 把……和……混合
10. racial adj. 人种的; 种族的
race n. 种族 racialist n. 种族主义者
prehistory
reaction
11. percentage 百分比, 百分率(单词前面不用具体的
数据)
percent 百分之…… ( 单词前通常有具体的数据)
e.g. a large /high percentage
-- What ____________ of students in your school
go to college?
-- 97 _________.
12. applicant n. 申请人
apply vi. 申请 apply for sth. to sb.
vt. 运用 be applied to sth
application n. 申请, 申请表, 应用, 运用
percentage
percent
13. socialist n. 社会主义者; 社会党人
adj. 社会主义者的
society n. 社会
social adj. 社会的, 爱交际的, 社交的
14. central adj. 中心的; 中央的; 主要的
centre n. 中心; 中央
in the center of 在中间, 在中央
15. occur-occurring-occurred- occurred
vi. 发生;出现;想起; 想到;存在;被发现
sth occur to sb 被想到; 出现在大脑中
It occurs /occurred to sb that... 某人想到……
16. indicate v. 指出、标示、表明、暗示
indication n. 指出, 指示, 迹象, 暗示
17. apparent adj 显而易见的/显然的/表面上的
apparently adv 显而易见地/表面上地
appear v.
18. slip-slipped-slipped 滑行、滑动、滑
19. bakery n. 面包房、面包厂
baker n. 面包师 bake v.
20. hire v./n. 租用、雇佣
fire v 解雇
21. ___________________ n. 行李 一件行李


22. __________ n. 丹麦 _________ adj. 丹麦(人)的,
丹麦语的 n. 丹麦人, 丹麦语
23. _________n. 韩国 ___________adj. 韩国(人)的;
n. 韩国人; 朝鲜语
24. __________n. 巴基斯坦 ___________ adj.
巴基斯坦(人)的; 巴基斯坦人
25. _____________ 用……办法; 借助
luggage / baggage
a piece of luggage/baggage
an article of luggage/baggage
Denmark
Danish
Korea
Korean
Pakistan
Pakistani
by means of
26. ______________ 习惯于新的生活方式、
工作等,_____________________ 谋生
27. ______________与……合作或一起工作
28. _________ v./n. 租用、雇佣 ________ v 解雇
29. __________ 包括、吸收
make a life
make/earn a living by
team up with
hire
fire
take in
Read the text fast and try to divide
the text into three parts
Part1


Part2---9


Part10
The of California
The of
settlement in California
.
Native Americans
The Spanish
Russians
Gold miners
Later arrivals
Most recent arrivals
introduction
history
The future
Fast reading
Paragraph 1
a brief introduction of California

California is the _______largest state in the USA, but has the ______ population.
California has the distinction of being the most _________ state in the USA.
third
largest
multicultural
Para2:Native Americans
1.Time:
2.Where did they come from:

3.What happened in the sixteenth century?

were killed by European
were forced into slavery
died from the disease
survived the terrible times

Native
Americans
Detailed Reading
15000 years ago
from Asian to Alaska
Para3:The Spanish
Fill in the form:(note down an important events)
16th century 18th century



in 1846 in 1821
Spanish soldiers
arrived
and took their land
California was
ruled
by Spain
California became
part of Mexico
Mexico gave California
to the United States
Influence:
today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language
Para4—5:Russians & Gold Miners
True or false statements:
1.In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California.
2.In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.
3.A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich.
4.California become the thirty-first federal state of the United states of America in 1850.



after
Few
Built the railway
Farmed
Established a town
Developed industry
Fished and made wine
Worked in ship&
aircraft industry
Stage People Time Event
Later arrivals Chinese 1860s
Italians Late 19th century
Denmark 1911
Jewish By 1920s
Japanese Early 20th
Africans 1942~ 1945
Worked in
computer industry
Immigrated
Immigrated
Stage People Time Event
Recent arrivals Indians
Pakistanis 1970s
Cambodians
Koreans
Vietnamese
Recent
decades

Future
Different parts of the world
Future
California has the largest population and is the most ___________ state in the USA.The customs and languages of the immigrants ___________in their new home.
At least fifteen thousand years ago, the first settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska ______________a land bridge which existed in __________ times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of Europeans ,the native people were killed or __________ slavery. ___________,many people __________the diseases brought by Europeans. Today there are more Native Americans living in California than _______________.
multicultural
live on
by means of
prehistoric
forced into
In addition
died from
in any other states
巩固练习
In the 18th century, the Spanish had settled along the northwest coast of _______ we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the __________ were religious men. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained the ____________ from Spain. However , in 1846, the United States ________ war on Mexico and defeated. In 1848, gold was ________ in California, which attracted people from __________________.
what
majority
independence
declared
discovered
all over the world
巩固练习
Finally, few achieved their dream of ______________. Many died and most remained in California to ________________ for themselves in towns or on farms. In 1850, it was already a ____________ society.
Today, a large _____________ of Chinese- Americans have chosen to stay in the Chinatowns of Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is believed that ______________ the mix of ____________ will be so great that there will be no major _______ or cultural groups, but simply a __________ of many races and cultures
becoming rich
make a life
multicultural
percentage
before long
nationalities
racial
mixture
Discussion
Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural state?
Because Europeans, Africans and Asian people have been immigrating to the state in the last 200 years. Recently, People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers.
? People often see the United States as the big melting pot(大熔炉) of different races.