人教英语选修8第一单元Warming up and Reading

Unit1Alandofdiversity一个多元文化的国土WarmingupandReading国名释义：美利坚合众国（TheUnitedStatesofAmerica）简称美国（U.S.A.）。美国因洲名而得名。美国的绰号叫“山姆大叔”。传说始于1812年英美战争期间的美国纽约特罗伊城商人山姆·威尔NationalDay：July,4thIndependentin1776.）非洲裔美国人内战纪念碑纪念人民权领袖马丁·路德·金Thefamousspeech:IHaveADreamHowmuchdoyouknowaboutCalifornia???Hello,everyone!IamJerryBrown（杰里·布朗），thegovernorofCalifornia.Let’shaveatestbeforewestarttolearnUnit1.Areyouready?TestABCD1.WhoisthepresidentofUnitedStatesofAmericannow?It’saveryeasyquestion,Ifyouchoosethewronganswer,youmustbeanalien!!2.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950A.B.C.D.3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?NationalEmblems（国徽）A.B.C.D.4.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower5.WhichareAmericanbrands?ABCDEFGGermanyGermanyFinland6.WhoareAmericans?ABCDEkeanuReevesDavidBeckhamStevenSpeilbergRonaldinhoBritainBrazil8.___hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas7.WhereistheWhiteHouse?A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas9.California’sofficialnicknameisthe_______,it’sthe________largeststateintheUSA.A.SunflowerState,SecondB.GoldenState,thirdC.SunflowerState,firstD.GoldenState,first10._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco芝加哥大学钢铁森林芝加哥海滨宾馆WarmingupLookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourgroup.Writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Oceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA________________Mountainsrangeinthewest____________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountains(落基山脉)GreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceanSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioCalifornia(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA)CALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411,000squarekilometers,anditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.CALIFORNIAReadingDividethepassageintothreepartsandtrytogetthemainideaofeachpart.Part1()BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.Part2()WhenandwhypeoplefromdifferentcountriesmovedtoCalifornia.Part3()ThefutureofCalifornia.para1para2-para9para10HoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmericanIndian—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.NativeCaliforniaIndiansAgoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.Californiagoldminersaround1849OtherreferencepicturesaboutgoldrushinCaliforniaAbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.ChinatownsinCaliforniaTrueorFalse1.CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.4.Intheearly1800s,RussiansbegansettinginCaliforniajustforfur.5.DuingGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.FFTTFF_____________________________________DetailedreadingIIBesideeachtimenotedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory.15,000yearsago16thcentury1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericansSpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericanCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoCaliforniabecamethe31ststateoftheUSGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniaTheUSdeclaredwaronMexico:BesideeachculturalgroupwritetheperiodinwhichtheyfirstcametoCaliforniainlargenumbers.SpanishRussiansAfricansChineseItaliansDanishintheearly16thcenturyIntheearly1800s1800sInthe1860sinthelate19thcentury1911JewishJapaneseKoreansCambodiansVietnamesePakistanisinthe1920satthebeginningofthe20thcenturyinmorerecentdecadesinmorerecentdecadesinmorerecentdecadesfromthebeginninginthe1970s3WhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?(Using3or4sentencestoexplain.)ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratedtothestateforthelast200years.multi-“多、多方面、多方向”multi-colored多色的multi-racial多民族的multi-media多媒体multiparty多党制的Suggestedanswertoexercise3onpage3:ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeopleshavebeenmovingintothestateforthelast200years.Itisthismixofpeopleswiththeirowncustoms,cultureandfoodthathavegivenCaliforniaitsmulticulturalflavour.Problemsthatmightariseincludeinterculturalrivalryorcompetition,discriminationormisunderstanding.ItistothecreditofCaliforniansthatsuchproblemsdonotariseveryoften.1.diversity=variety多样性,差异，变化adiversityofvegetables多种多样的diversifyvt.使…多样性,使…不同;vi.多变化，发生变化diversifyone’sskills/interestsWeshoulddiversifythesyllabustoattrac