Unit1Alandofdiversity話題導(dǎo)入教學(xué)

Unit1Alandofdiversity話題導(dǎo)入ThefirstbigwaveofChineseimmigrationtoAmericacamewhengoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniain1848.TheChinesecalledthenewland“MountainofGold”．Thosewhodidnotbecomeminersfoundworkinrailroadconstruction,farmingandlightindustries,doinglow-paidjobs.Bythe1880's,Americanindustrializationbroughtchangingeconomicrealities,resultinginanexplosionofresentmenttowardtheChineselaborers.Theywereaccusedoftakingjobsawayfromthewhiteman.Thegovernmentissued

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Acts(排華法案)tostoptheimmigrationofChineselaborersintotheUnitedStates.ManyworkersfledfromtheconcentratedChinesecommunitiesintheWestandscattered(spread)totheMid-westandtheEast.AsinCalifornia,theyformedsmallpocketsofChineseculturethatwereknownas“Chinatowns”．NewYork'sChinatownwascreatedbymensuchastheChineselaborers.Sociologistscallthem“sojourners”—foreignersintheUnitedStates,keepingtheirculturaltraditions,livinginthelargersocietyinwhichtheyexisted.ThesojournerscametoAmericaforthepromiseofsupportingtheirfamilyinChina,wheretheyexpectedtoreturnoneday.Thosewhodidstaylivedseparatelyfromthesociety—theChinese

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ActsdidnotallowlaborerstobringtheirwivestoAmerica.SotheyremainedinChinatown,anenclosedcommunityholdingontraditionsinthetidesofchange.語篇概述：本文主要講述了唐人街的形成。1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“issued”mean?A．broughtout

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C.madealife

D.mixedwith答案：A詞義猜測(cè)題。從issued的賓語Chinese

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Acts和不定式“tostoptheimmigrationofChineselaborersintotheUnitedStates”看出此處表示出臺(tái)一項(xiàng)法案。bringout使顯示，出版，生產(chǎn)。2．BeforetheChinese

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Acts,mostoftheChineseintheUnitedStateslived________.A．intheWestB．intheEastC.intheMid-westD.intheMid-east答案：A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的“ManyworkersfledfromtheconcentratedChinesecommunitiesintheWestandscattered(spread)totheMid-westandtheEast.”推斷出在法案公布之前，他們大多數(shù)住在西部。3．Fromthefirstparagraph,wecansee________.A．ChineseimmigrantspublishedtheChinese

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Acts,tooB．ChineseimmigrantsfoughtagainstthewhitemenC．ChineseimmigrantswereworkingontheirownfieldD．ChineseimmigrantsformedsmallareasofChineseculture答案：D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后一句AsinCalifornia，theyformedsmallpocketsofChineseculturethatwereknownas“Chinatowns”．看出他們?cè)诩又萁⒘俗约旱奈幕瘏^(qū)域。4．Accordingtothepassage,Chineseimmigrants________.A．losttheirhopesofreturningtotheircountryB．triedtofindaplaceinthelargersocietyC．wentonwiththeirowntraditionsinspiteofsocialchangesD．werefreetotakewhateverjobstheylike答案：C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第二句中的“...foreignersintheUnitedStates，keepingthereculturaltraditions，livinginthelargerculturaltraditions，livinginthelargersocietyinwhichtheyexisted.”看出他們繼續(xù)保持自己的傳統(tǒng)。5．Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A．Chinatownsexperiencedgreatchangesaftergoldwasdiscoveredin1848.B．Chinese

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ActsbroughtgreatsufferingstotheChineselaborers.C．Chineselaborer