高二英语第八册unit1-California

CALIFORNIAByDongboformyclassonegoingtoenteruniversityHowmuchdoyouknowaboutCalifornia?•BeautifulsceneryLosAngelessunriseSanFranciscosunsetCaliforniaRedwood•SiliconValley•AnicknameforthesouthernportionoftheSanFranciscoBayArea•InthenorthernpartoftheU.S.stateofCalifornia.TheHeadquartersofMicrosoftTheHeadquartersofiPhoneDisneylandParkOriginallyDisneyland,isthefirstoftwothemeparksbuiltattheDisneylandResortinAnaheim,California,openedonJuly17,1955Education——famousuniversitiesStanfordUniversityinmemoryoflittlestanfordUniversityofCaliforniaBerkeleyOriginoftheterm•California•originallyreferredtotheSpanishtermcalientefornaliawhichmeanshotoven•cali→hot；•fornus→forno→“oven”，•ia→aplaceLookatthepictures.WorkingroupstosaysomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.Pre-readingHoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmericanIndian—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.Agoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.•ThebiggestChinatowninthewestoftheUSChinatowninSanFranciscoTask1:Dividethepassageintothreepartsaccordingtothemainideaofeachpart.Part1()BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.Part2()WhenandwhypeoplefromdifferentcountriesmovedtoCalifornia.Part3()ThefutureofCalifornia.para1para2-para9para10FastReading:RussiansLaterArrivalspeopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericansGoldMinersTask2:Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedintext?California1.____hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.TexasA2.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe___state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstD3.Fromthethirdparagraph,wecanlearnthat______A.themajorityofNativeAmericanswerereligious.B.CaliforniagotridoftheSpanishgovernmentin1846.C.TheUnitedStatesgotthecontrolofCaliforniathroughnegotiation.B4.WhathappenedaftertheAmerican-Mexicanwar?1)GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.2)AdventurersfromEuropeandAfricawenttheretodiggold.3)Mostofadventurersdiedorreturnedhome.4)Californiabecamethe31ststateofAmericain1850.A.1)2)B.1)3)C.2)3)D.1)4)D•Spanish•Russians•Africans•Chinese•Italians•Danish•Jewish•Japanese•Koreans•Cambodians•Vietnamese•Pakistanis•Laotians•IndiansIntheearly16thcenturyearly1800s1800sLate1840s/inthe1860sInthelate19thcentury19111920satthebeginningofthe20thcenturyInmorerecentdecadesInmorerecentdecadesFromabout1970sTask1Readthetextagainandfinishthefollowing5questions1.Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom______.A.anewpaperB.ageographybookC.anovelD.atravelbrochureBpostReading:2.Fromthepassage,weknowthat____.A.EuropeanandJewishpeoplecametoseefilmsinHollywoodB.PeoplefromMexicocametoworkintheshipandaircraftindustriesC.IndiansandPakistanishavemadecontributionstotheCaliforniancomputerindustryD.TherewillbemajorracialorculturalgroupsinCaliforniainthefutureC3.WhicheventbroughtevenlargemembersofChineseimmigrantstoCalifornia?A.TobuildtherailwayfromWtoEinthe1860sB.Tomakewineduringthelate19thcenturyC.ToachievetheirdreamsduringtheGoldRushPeriodD.Todevelopfilmindustryinthe1920sA4.WhatattractpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtostillimmigratetoCalifornianow?A.ComputerindustryB.AircraftindustryC.ClimateandlifestyleD.HistoryandcultureC5.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?A.PeoplelivinginCaliforniahavedifferentnationalities.B.CaliforniaisthemostattractivestateoftheUS.C.TheareaoftheCaliforniaislargerthananyothercityoftheUS.D.Californiaisastateconsistingofvariouspeoplefromalmostallovertheworld.DTask2TrueorFalsequestions1.CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSAandhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.4.Intheearly1800s,RussianshuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia5.DuringGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.FFTTFF_____________________________________PostreadingFillintheblanksCaliforniahasthe_________ofbeingthemost_____________stateintheUSA,which,atvarioustimes,hasattractedpeoplefromnearlyeverycountryintheworld.Amongthefirstsettlers,NativeAmericansarebelievedbyscientiststohavecrossedthe______________inthe_________toAmerica______________alandbridgewhichexistedin_____________times.AndtodaytherearemoreNativeAmericanslivinginCaliforniathanthatinanyotherstates.multiculturalbymeansofdistinctionBeringStraitprehistoricArcticOver40%ofCaliforniansspeak_________asafirstorsecondlanguagebecauseCaliforniawasruledbySpaininthe18thcenturytill1821whenthepeopleofMexicogainedtheir_____________fromSpain.TheRussiansettlersintheearly1800swerehunters,andnowsome25,000___________________arelivinginandaroundSanFrancisco.MostofthepeopleattractedfromallovertheworldtoCaliforniaremainedto_______________forthemselvesafterthe1848GoldRush,makingitamulticulturalsocietyin1850.SpanishRussian-AmericansmakealifeindependenceChineseimmigrationtothestatebeganduringtheGoldRushPeriodand____________whenther