【全国百强校】河南省郑州市第一中学人教版高中英语选修八课件：Unit1 A land of diversity （共51张PPT）

(共51张PPT)
Unit 1
A land of diversity
一个多元文化的国土
Uncle Sam
山姆大叔
1.What is the nickname of USA?
2. Which flag is American national flag?
A. B. C.
A.
B.
C.
D.
3. Which stands for the USA?
National
Emblems
(国徽)

4.Who is the person on the one-dollar note?


A. Jefferson B. Washington
C. Roosevelt D. Lincoln
5. Which city is the capital of the
USA?
A. New York
B. Washington D.C
C. Los Angeles


6. How many states are there in the USA?
A.
B.
C.
D.
47
48
49
50

7. Which one is not the president of America ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Barack Hussein Obama
George H.W. Bush
Putin
Bill Clinton
A.
B.
C.
D.
8. Which of the following doesn’t belong to the USA?
Statue of
Liberty
Golden
Gate Bridge
White
House
Eiffel
Tower
9. Which are American brands?
A
B
C
D
Germany

E
F
Finland
10. ____ has the largest population in the USA.
California B. Alaska
C. Washington D. Texas
Warming up ( 5m)
Look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can.
Ocean on the east coast _________________
Ocean on the west coast __________________
Country to the north of USA __________________
Country to the south of USA ________________
Mountains range in the west ______________________
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
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
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Boston
New York
Washington, D.C
Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Chicago
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
the Mississippi
Superior
Michigan
Erie
Huron
Ontario
California (one of the 50 states of the USA)
8
3
7
1
2
6
4
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Washington DC
California
Los Angeles
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Erie
10
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Mexico Gulf
5
9
11
12
13
14
15
New York
Los Angeles
HOLLYWOOD
Disneyland
Look at the pictures on P2-3. Each illustrate something about California. Discuss with your partner what each picture means .
Pre -reading
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.
The Gold Rush Poster
A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.
California
Task1: Divide the passage into three parts according to the main idea of each part.
Part1 ( ) Brief introduction to California.
Part2 ( ) When and why people from different countries moved to California.
Part3 ( ) The future of California.
para1
para2-para9
para10
Fast Reading:
Russians
Later Arrivals
people
The Spanish
Most Recent Arrivals
Native Americans
Gold Miners



Task2: How many kinds of people are mentioned in Part 2?
SCANNING
Can you find the answers to the 5 questions？
1. What kind of media does this passage most likely to be taken from ？
2. What does this passage mainly talk about?
3. California entered the Union on
September 9,1850, as the ___ state.
4. Which event brought even larger members of Chinese immigrants to California?
5. What attracts people from different parts of the world to still immigrate to California now?







Read the text again and finish 5 multiple-choice questions

1. This passage is most likely to be taken from ______.
a newpaper
B. a geography book
C. a novel
D. a travel brochure
B
Second Reading:
2. What does this passage mainly talk about?
People living in California have different nationalities.
California is the most attractive state of the US.
The populationof the California is larger than any other city of the US.
California is a state consisting of various people from almost all over the world.
D
3. California entered the Union on
September 9,1850, as the ___ state.
A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth
C. thirty-second D. thirty-first
4. Which event brought even larger members of Chinese immigrants to California?
To build the railway from W to E in the 1860s
To make wine during the late 19th century
C. To achieve their dreams during the Gold Rush Period
D. To develop film industry in the 1920s
A
5. What attract people from different parts of the world to still immigrate to California now?
Computer industry
Aircraft industry
Climate and lifestyle
History and culture
C
Read the first paragraph and fill in the blanks
Introduction (Para.1)：
California is the most ___________ state and the ____ largest state with the _______ population.
multicultural
third
largest
The Characteristics of California
Task 2 Detailed Reading
1.When did they come:_______________
2. How did they come :
_____________________
3. What happened to them after the arrival of the Europeans?


were killed by Europeans

were forced into slavery

died from the diseases

Native Americans (para2)
15,000 years ago
by means of a land bridge
They_________ greatly.
suffered
The Spanish (para3)
Write down an important event in Californian history in each box.
16th century 18th century in 1821




in 1846
Spainish soldiers
arrived in California
California was
ruled by Spain
California
became part
of Mexico
Mexico gave
California to
the USA
Today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language
Influence:
True or False? Correct the false ones.
1.In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.
2.A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich.
3.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of America in 1850.


after
Few
Russian& Gold- Miners (para4-5)


F
F
T
Later arrivals & most recent arrivals (para6-9)
1. Which event brought even large members of Chinese immigrants to California?
The building of the rail network from the west to the east coast.

2. Later arrivals include immigrants such as________ _________, ______,________, __________ and _________.
Italians
Danish
Jewish
Africans
Japanese
Chinese
Summary
California is the most ______________ state in the USA. The first settlers arrived in California by _________ of a land bridge. In the 18th century, California was_______ by Spain, which had a deep effect on California. In 1848, gold was discovered in California, and the dream of becoming ______ attracted people from all over the world. In the 1860s the building of the ______ ________ brought more Chinese there. In more recent decades, California has become ________ to more people from Asia. Attracted by the climate and the__________, many people still ___________ to California. In the near future, California will become a mixture of many ________and cultures without any major racial or cultural groups.
multicultural
rich
home
rail
means
ruled
lifestyle
immigrate
races
network
15,000 years ago
First settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic
to America. These people are known as Native Americans.
16th century
Detailed Reading: Ex1 P3
Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.
California became part of Mexico.
The United States declared war on Mexico.
Gold was discovered in California.
California became the 31st state of the US.
1821
1846
1850
1848
Spanish
Russians
Africans
Chinese
Italians
Danish
Jewish
Japanese
Koreans
Cambodians
Vietnamese
Pakistanis
In the early 16th century
early 1800s
1800s
Late 1840s / in the 1860s
In the late 19th century
1911
Ex2 P3
1920s
at the beginning of the 20th century
In more recent decades
In more recent decades
In more recent decades
From about 1970s
1. Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? Explain in your own words. Write three or four sentences.
melting pot
nationalities ,customs, culture, food …
Post Reading
The state of California is a multicultural community because European, African and Asian people have been immigrating to the state for the last 200 years. Before their arrival, Native American people had lived there for thousands of years. People from all over the world are still coming to settle in California because of its good climate and the lifestyle it offers.
【paragraph 1】
1.第三大州
2.人口最多
3.有……的特征
4.多元文化的
5.继续存在
6.文化的多样性
【paragraph 2】
1.好像
2.穿越北极的白令海峡

3.借助大陆桥
the third largest state
have the largest population
multicultral
have the distinction of
live on
the diversity of culture
It is likely that …
cross the Bering Strait in the Arctic
by means of a land bridge
2. Useful expressions:
4.在史前时期
5.受了很多苦
6.被迫成为奴隶
7.艰难度过这些恐怖时期

【paragraph 3】
1 和…打仗
2 大部分人
3 (牧师的)职责
4. 传授天主教
5.向墨西哥宣战
in prehistoric times
suffer greatly
be forced into slavery
survive these terrible times
fight against…
the majority
ministry
teach the Catholic religion
declare war on Mexico
【paragraph 5】
1 第一批到达的人
2 实现他们…的梦想

3 谋生
4. 尽管很艰苦
5.选择成为第31个联邦政府的州


【paragraph 6】
1.很大比例的
the first to arrive
achieve their dream of doing
make a life
despite the hardship
elect to become the thirty-first federal state
a large percentage of
【paragraph 7】
1 意大利
2 丹麦
3 保持他们的丹麦文化

4. 很好地建立了起来
5.这个行业的繁荣

【paragraph 8】
1. 在20世纪初
Italian
Denmark
keep up their Danish culture
be well established
the industry boom
at the beginning of the 20th century
【paragraph 10】
不久以后
明显主要的种族或文化群体

…和…的混合物
before long
distinct major racial or cultural groups
a mixture of A and B