人教版選修8-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity課件

Unit1ALandofDiversityLead-in1.WhatwillcometoyourmindwhenyouhearUSA?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutUSA?SanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CAppalachianRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoSt.LouisCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioStar-SpangledBanner

Star-SpangledBanner(星條旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlagTheWhiteHouseCapitolHillTheStatueofLibertyDothefollowingexerciseswiththehelpofthemapOceanontheeastcoast:AtlanticOceanOceanonthewestcoast:CountrytothenorthofUSA:CountrytothesouthofUSA:Mountainrangeinthewest:GreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Oceanonthewestcoast:

PacificOceanCountrytothenorthofUSA:

CanadaCountrytothesouthofUSA:

MexicoMountainrangeinthewest:

RockyMountainsGreatLakes:

Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erieand

OntarioLongestriverintheUSA:

MississippiRiverSomeimportantcities:

NewYork,WashingtonDC,

LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansHoweachpictureisrelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?NativeAmericanIndian—oneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.Pre-readingAgoldminer—thediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.

AbuildinginChinatown,SanFrancisco—ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.

Ithasanareaof411.ooosquarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.

Californiaisamazing.Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.NativeAmericansSomepicturesaboutthehistoryofCalifornia!GoldRushPeriod1.Californiaisthe________largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.SecondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders________.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean3._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAABGeneralknowledgequizaboutCaliforniaNewphrasesbymeansof…

用….方法inadditionto

除…之外還bythetimeinthe1850s

到19世紀六十年代keepup

保持，保存 occurtosb.

某人想到beworthsth./doingsth.

值得做某事teamupwithsb.

與……合作或一起工作takein

收容,吸收，包括agreat/goodmany

許多,大量ofone’sown

某人自己的fightagainst

與…作戰(zhàn)feellikedoingsth.

想要做某事makealife

謀生markout

標出Reading1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?

SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Scanning2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?Inthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoastDuringtheGoldRushPeriod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdream.3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?

IthinkthetemperateclimateattractedimmigrantstoCalifornia.Maybethemodernlifestylethereismoreattractivetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheworld.SkimmingCALIFORNIAStagePeopleTimeEventNativeAmericansAsiansNatives15,0001600sArrivedfirstSufferedbyEuropeansStagePeopleTimeEventTheSpanishSpanish1600s1800s18211846Declaredwar&GivenbackTooknativeslandRuledbySpainBecamepartofMexicoStagePeopleTimeEventRussiansGoldminersRussiansSouthAmericansAmericans,Europeans,Asians1800s18481850Discovered&RushforgoldSettledinBecameastateStagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricans1800sMovedfromMexicoChinese1860sBuilttherailwayJapaneseEarly1900FarmedDemark1911EstablishedatownStagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsJewishBy1920sDevelopedindustryItaliansLate1900sFishedandmadewineAfricans1942~1945Workedinship&aircraftindustriesStagePeopleTimeEventMostRecentArrivalsIndians,PakistanisCambodians,Koreans,Vietnamese,Laotians1970sRecentdecadesWorkedinComputerindustryImmigratedStagePeopleTimeEventFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigrated15,000yearsago

16thcentury:1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericanSpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericanBecamepartofMexico

TheUSdeclaredwaronMexicoGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniaCaliforniabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.Comprehending:EX-2RussiansChineseAfricansItaliansJewishJapaneseCambodiansKoreansDanishPakistanisEarly1800sLate1840s/in1860s1800sLate1800s1920sEarly1900sFromaboutthe1970sFromaboutthe1970s1911Fromaboutthe1970sComprehending:EX-3DiscussionWhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticultural?BecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthelast200years.Beforetheirarrival,NativeAmericanpeoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingtosettleinCaliforniabecauseofitsgoodclimateandthelifestyleitoffers.

1.

populationun/cn.人口

ThepopulationofChina_______large.And70%ofthepopulationofChina_________peasants.

表示整體人口時謂語動詞用單數(shù)，表示部分人口時謂語動詞用復數(shù)。而形容人口的多少通常用large/small.isareExplanation對人口的多少進行疑問時，可用What’sthepopulationof….?What’sthepopulationofGuangdong?haveapopulationof….有多少人口Chinahasapopulationof1.3billion.anincrease/growthinpopulation人口2.Californiaisthethirdlargeststateinthe…

序數(shù)詞可以修飾形容詞的最高級

TheYellowRiveristhesecondlongestriverinChina.

可以修飾形容詞最高級的詞：far/byfar/much

可以修飾比較的詞：no/alittle/abit/anyYou‘restandingtoonearthecamera.Canyoumove____?A.abitfarB.alittlefartherC.abitoffartherD.alittlefarB3.

multiculturaladj.

multi-多、多方面、多方向的

multi-coloured

多色的

multi-racial多種族的

multi-media多媒體4.WhenthefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia,…賓語從句=theplacethatwenowknowasCalifornia.定語從句GeorgeWashingtonwasbornin______isnowthestateofVirginia.whichB.whereC.thatD.what=GeorgeWashingtonwasbornintheplacethatisnowthestateofVirginia.DPudongDevelopmentZoneisnolongeraruralarea________itusedtobe.2.PudongDevelopmentZoneisnolonger________itusedtobe.A.whatB.whereC.thatD.thereCA定語從句表語從句5.

bymeansof…:byusing…用……辦法，借助

Hecrossedtheriverbymeansofaraft.Weexpressoutfeelingsbymeansofwords.Thethiefhadwantedtoescapebymeansofasecrettunnel,butwascaught.means單復數(shù)同形。

Allpossiblemeanshavebeentried.Thequickestmeansoftravelisbyplane.6.inaddition:besides此外,再者

Youneedtimeandmoney.Inaddition,youneeddiligence.

我打算進城看望我的老師,此外還要買點東西.Iamgoingtovisitmyteacher.Inaddition,Ineedtobuysomearticlesofdailyuse.what’smore;furthermore;moreover;inadditionto..除…外

Inadditiontocakesandcandies,guestswereprovidedwithfruits.7.

majorityn.大多數(shù)…

Themajority____________forthebudget.Themajorityofstudents________hard-working.Themajorityofthedamage_______easytorepair.

單獨做主語時，若強調(diào)整體，謂語動詞用單數(shù)，強調(diào)個體時，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。

themajorityof+n.后可用不可數(shù)名詞，也可用可數(shù)名詞復數(shù),謂語動詞由后面的名詞決定。

minority少數(shù)的……was/wereareis8.declarevt.

1）宣布,宣告

Thechairmandeclaredtheresultsoftheelection.

警方現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)對這個地區(qū)的毒販宣戰(zhàn)了.Thepolicehavedeclaredwarondrugdealersinthisarea.2）宣稱,聲稱,斷言

Shesolemnlydeclaredthatsheknewnothingaboutit.

他鄭重聲明此事屬實.Hedeclaredthatitw