英语选修八课件-Unit 1Unit 1 A land of diversity Reading-人教版（共25张PPT）

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Unit 1
A land of diversity
Welcome to my class!
California
Reading

Fast reading
Task1: Read the passage quickly and 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.
Para.1
Para.2-para.9
Para.10

1.What’s the topic of this passage?
A. the culture of California
B. the history of California
C. the climate of California
D. the population of California
Task2: Read the passage quickly and
answer the following questions.

2. California is the ____ largest state
in the USA.
A. second B. third
C. fourth D. fifth
3. ____ has the largest population in
the USA.
A. California B. Alaska
C. Washington D. Texas
Russians
Later
Arrivals




people
The Spanish
Most Recent Arrivals
Native Americans

4. How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text? Who are they?

Gold Miners



I.Native Americans (para.2)
1.Time:_________________

2.Where did they come from:



3.What happened in the 16th century?
were killed by___________
were forced into__________
died from the __________
survived the _____________
Native
Americans

15,000 years ago
They crossed the ______________ in __________
to America by means of ______________
Bering Strait
the Arctic
Europeans
slavery
diseases
terrible times
land bridge
II.The Spanish (para.3)
Fill in the form:(note down the important events)
16th century 18th century



in 1846 in 1821

________________
arrived
and took their land
California was
ruled
by ________
California became
part of ________
Mexico gave California
to_________________
Influence:
today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a ______or ________language



Spanish soldiers
Spain

the United States
Mexico
first
second
True or False
In the early 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California.
2. There are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco.
3. In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.
4. A lot of adventurers achieved their dream of becoming rich.
5. California became the thirty-first state of the United States of America in 1850.


after
Few
III. Russians & Gold Miners (para.4~5)
IV. Later Arrivals & Most Recent
Arrivals
(para.6~9)
Fill in the blanks( write down the event of each country in each period ) .
Chinese 1860s built the ________________
Italians late 1800s mainly___________ and _______ makers
Danish 1911
established a _______
Jewish by 1920s established ________ industry
Japanese early 20th ________ begin arriving in
Africans 1942~ 1945
worked in the
________________ industry

farmers
town
film
Fishermen
ship & aircraft
rail network
wine
Indians
Pakistanis 1970s worked in _____________
industry
computer
People Time Event

Summary
Russian
native American
Chinese
Italian
Danish
Jewish
Japanese
Africans
Koreans
Cambodian
Vietnamese

Laotians

Indian
Pakistani
a ____________ society

multicultural

If you have a chance to travel to California,
which place ( Hollywood, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Chinatown, Golden Gate Bridge,
university, Disneyland…) do you want to visit best? Why?
e.g. I want to visit Disneyland best, because
it is attractive and beautiful, I can see
my favourite cartoon characters and
take photos with them…


Review what we have learned
today.
2. Write your travel plans on the exercise books .