(共22张PPT)
Unit 1
A land of diversity
Warming up & pre-reading
The USA
Which country is nicknamed Uncle Sam?
a. Valentine’s Day b. Christmas Day
c. Thanks-giving Day d. Independence Day
e. April Fool’s Day f. Halloween
a (Feb.14)---e(Apr.1)---d( June 4)---f(Nov.1)---c(the last Sunday of Nov)---b(Dec.25)
Three times
If you want to learn something about a country, what do you want to know ?
If we want to learn something about a country, we would like to know its size, population, location, language, history, capital, climate, and education, etc.
More information about the U.S.A
U.S.A.
official name:
The United States of America
capital city : Washington DC
languages: English
major cities: New York.
Los Angeles .
Chicago.
Houston…
national holiday: Independence Day, 4 July
famous people:
Bill Gates,
Michael Jordan…
Important cities
in the USA
the capital of the U.S.A
It is the largest seaport in the USA.
The world-famous Hollywood Village is here. Universal City Studio is the largest studio in the world. Disneyland is also located here.
It 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 it.
It is almost the oldest city in the USA. It is also a center of culture and education.
Many Chinese have settled in California
and many of them live there.
Make a sentence beginning with America.
e.g. America is a developed country.
……