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1、 Unit 1 A land of diversity一个多元文化的国土一个多元文化的国土How much do you know about the USA?1.Which flag is American flag?A.B.C.C 2.Which city is the capital of the USA?A.New York B.Washington D.C C.Los Angeles B A.B.C.D.3.Which stands for the USA?National Emblems (国徽国徽)C 4.How many states are there in the USA?

2、A.B.C.D.47484950D 5.Who is president of America now?A.B.C.D.Barack Hussein Obama George H.W.Bush Putin Bill Clinton B A.B.C.D.6.Which doesnt belong to the USA?Statue ofLibertyGoldenGate BridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTowerC 9.Who is the person on the one-dollar note?A.Jefferson B.Washington C.FranklinBGeorge

3、 Washington was the first President(and is marked on the US one dollar bill).10.The largest state-Alaska11._ has the largest population in the USA.A.California B.Alaska C.Washington D.TexasA12.California entered the Union on September 9,1850,as the _ state.A.thirtieth B.thirty-eighth C.thirty-second

4、 D.thirty-firstD8371264AtlanticPacificCanadaMexicoRocky MountainsMississippiWashington DC5.California Los Angeles SuperiorMichiganHuronErieOntarioNew YorkBostonPhiladelphiaSan FranciscoMexico GulfA quiz:How much you know about the USA.The USA lies in _,bordering both the _ Ocean and the _ Ocean,betw

5、een _ and _.There are _ states in the US.48 of them are in the single region,while _ and _ are not contiguous with any of the other states.the North AmericaAtlanticPacificCanadaMexicofiftyAlaskaHawaiiStar-Spangled Banner 50 stars Each star represents one state 13 stripes the original 13 states.Blue

6、loyalty and justiceRed courageWhite freedomThe White House The Statue of Liberty Native AmericansHOLLYWOOD Hollywood film city California sunsetLos AngelesDisneylandGold Rush PeriodLook at the pictures on P2-3.Each illustrate something about California.Discuss in groups what each picture means to yo

7、u.Pre-reading How each picture is relevant to the history of California?Native American Indianone of the first people to live in California.A gold minerthe discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.A building in Chinatown,San Franc

8、iscoMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.California If you want to learn something about If you want to learn something about a country,a state,etc,what do you a country,a state,etc,what do you want to know?want to know?SizeLocationCapitalPopula

9、tionLanguageHistorygeographyCustomscultureclimate,agriculture industry,education medical careTask1: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 fu

10、ture of California.para1para2-para9 para10Fast Reading:RussiansLater Arrivals peopleThe SpanishMost Recent ArrivalsNative AmericansGold MinersTask2:How many kinds of people are mentioned in Part 2?15,000 years agoFirst settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America.These people are know

11、n as Native Americans.16th century Detailed Reading:Ex1 P3Spanish 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.1821184618501848SpanishRussiansAfricans Chinese I

12、talians Danish JewishJapanese KoreansCambodians Vietnamese Pakistanis In the early 16th century early 1800s1800sLate 1840s/in the 1860sIn the late 19th century1911Ex2 P31920s at the beginning of the 20th centuryIn more recent decadesIn more recent decadesIn more recent decadesFrom about 1970sTask 1

13、Read the text again and finish the multiple-choice questions 1.This passage is most likely to be taken from _.A.a newpaper B.a geography book C.a novel D.a travel brochureB Bpost Reading:2.What does this passage mainly talk about?A.People living in California have different nationalities.B.Californi

14、a is the most attractive state of the US.C.The area of the California is larger than any other city of the US.D.California is a state consisting of various people from almost all over the world.D D1-It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA,having attracted people

15、from all over the world.加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。来自世界各地的人们。2.Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows.（para-2）分析分析 a.本句是一个主从复合句本句是一个主从复合句,也是个也是个_。b.主句是主句是 _,从句是从句是_引导引导的宾语从句。的宾语从句。c.在宾语从句中在宾语从句中,what引导的从句

16、作介词引导的从句作介词in的的_。no one really knows倒装句倒装句when宾语宾语【仿写】经理具体是在什么时候查明了迈克所做【仿写】经理具体是在什么时候查明了迈克所做的事的，我们也不清楚。的事的，我们也不清楚。Exactly when the manager found out what Mike had done,we really dont know.3.However,it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.（para

17、-2）考点考点 此句中的此句中的it是是_,真正真正 的主的主语是后面的语是后面的_。另外。另外,what,how,where,who等也常用作主语从句的等也常用作主语从句的_。形式主语形式主语that从句从句引导词引导词4.That is why today over 40%of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.（para-3）考点考点 why在此引导表语从句。表语从句也可在此引导表语从句。表语从句也可由由what,where,when等引导。等引导。5.By the time California elect

18、ed to become the thirty-first federal of the USA in 1850,it was already a multicultural society.（para-5）(1)By the time we arrived the meeting had been over.By the time Jane gets home,her aunt _for London for a meeting.A.will leave B.leaves C.will have left D.left.归纳用法:by the time of当的时候。通常引导一个时间状语从句

19、，表示“到的时候”时主句则表示在此时间之前某件事已完成。如果从句用一般过去时，主句常用过去完成时;如果从句用一般现在时，主句则用将来完成时或者现在完成时。6.Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period,it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.（para-6）虽然中国移民在淘金

20、热时期就开始到来了虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了,但是更大批量的中国移民却是在但是更大批量的中国移民却是在19世纪世纪60年代为修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来年代为修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。的。点拨点拨 此句为主从复合句此句为主从复合句,从句为从句为although引引导的让步状语从句导的让步状语从句,主句为主句为 it was.that强调句强调句,用来强调主语用来强调主语the building of.。如：。如：It was being invited to the party that was a great honor to the family.被邀请参加聚会是这家人

21、的荣幸。被邀请参加聚会是这家人的荣幸。7.In more recent decades,California has become home to more people from Asia,including Koreans,Cambodians,Vietnamese and Laotians.（para-9）最近几十年最近几十年,加利福尼亚成了更多亚洲加利福尼亚成了更多亚洲人的家人的家,其中包括韩国人、柬埔寨人、其中包括韩国人、柬埔寨人、越南人和老挝人。越南人和老挝人。8.It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities wi

22、ll be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups,（para-10）这是一个这是一个 句。句。It作作 ，真正的主语是，真正的主语是 。本结构为本结构为:it is/was+过去分词过去分词+that。常用于此结构的动。常用于此结构的动词有词有:say,report,think,hope，suggest，believe，know等。等。此句型可改写为：此句型可改写为：sb./sth.be+said/believed/thought+不定不定式的各种结构。式的各种结构。It is repor

23、ted that the way people spend their holidays:=The way people spend their holidays is reported to have changed a great deal in the past ten years.主语从主语从 形主形主 that 从句从句人们认为，科技发展如此迅速，以致于要不了多久工厂将人们认为，科技发展如此迅速，以致于要不了多久工厂将不再需要工人，而只是一些机器人。不再需要工人，而只是一些机器人。It is believed that the development of technology is

24、 so rapid that before long there will be no need for any workers in factories,but simply some robots.1.现在的人，大部分似乎喜欢玩电脑现在的人，大部分似乎喜欢玩电脑而不喜欢看电视。而不喜欢看电视。(a majority of)2.最快的交通工具是飞机。最快的交通工具是飞机。(means)III.根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。成英语。A majority of people today seem to prefer playing computer to w

25、atching TV.The quickest means of travel is by plane.3.很有可能他不会按时参加晚会。很有可能他不会按时参加晚会。(It is likely that.)4.大家都相信汉语将会在全世界得到更大家都相信汉语将会在全世界得到更广泛的传播。广泛的传播。(It is believed that.)It is likely that he will not take part in the party on time.It is believed that Chinese will be spread even more widely in the wo

26、rld.Task2 True or False questions1.California is the largest state in the USA and has the largest population.2.The native Americans are treated well after the arrival of Europeans.3.Of the first Spanish to go to California,the majority were religious men.4.In the early 1800s,Russians hunters began s

27、ettling in California5.Duing Gold Rush Period,many achieved their dream of being rich.6.In the late 19th century,Chinese immigrants arrived in California.FFTTFF_Post readingFill in the blanks California has the _of being the most _state in the USA,which,at various times,has attracted people from nea

28、rly every country in the world.Among the first settlers,Native Americans are believed by scientists to have crossed the _in the _ to America _ a land bridge which existed in _ times.And today there are more Native Americans living in California than that in any other states.multiculturalby means ofd

29、istinctionBering StraitprehistoricArctic Over 40%of Californians speak _ as a first or second language because California was ruled by Spain in the 18th century till 1821 when the people of Mexico gained their _from Spain.The Russian settlers in the early 1800s were hunters,and now some 25,000 _ are

30、 living in and around San Francisco.Most of the people attracted from all over the world to California remained to _ for themselves after the 1848 Gold Rush,making it a multicultural society in 1850.SpanishRussian-Americansmake a lifeindependence Chinese immigration to the state began during the Gold Rush Period and _ when the railway from the west to the east coast was being built.In fact,before long California will become a _ of many races and cultures.increasedmixture