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1、Unit 1 A land of diversity,Warming up,North America,South America,Africa,Europe,Asia,Oceania,Antarctica,Pacific Ocean,Pacific Ocean,Atlantic Ocean,Indian Ocean,Arctic Ocean,Name the seven continents and four oceans.,Mississippi River,Location,Seattle,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Denver,Houston,New Orie
2、ans,Miami,Atlanta,Boston,New York,Philadelphig,Washington,D.C,Appalachian,Rocky Mountains,Mexico,Chieago,Detroit,St.Louis,Canada,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,the Mississippi,Ocean on the east coast _Ocean on the west cost _Country to the north of USA _Country to the south of USA _Mountains range in
3、the west _Longest river in the USA:_,Atlantic Ocean,Pacific Ocean,Canada,Mexico,Rocky Mountains,Mississippi River,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,United States of America is composed of a federal district-Washington DC and 50 states.All the states except for Hawaii islands are situated in mainl
4、and America.It has a population of about 2,900 million.Its area is 9,370,000 sq km.The climate of USA is mainly temperate in nature but in Hawaii and Florida,it is tropical.,Star-Spangled Banner,50 stars Each star represents one state,13 stripes the original 13 states.,Blue loyalty and justice,Red c
5、ourage,White freedom,The White House,The executive mansion of the President of the United States.The American President lives and works in the building.,The Statue of Liberty,The crowned lady is 46 meters high,with a torch in her right hand holding aloft and Declaration of Independence in her left.,
6、1.Which flag is American flag?A.B.C.,2.Which city is the capital of the USA?New York Washington D.C Los Angeles,Competition about the general knowledge of USA.,3.Who is president of America?,B.Gordon Brown,A.Obama,C.Putin,4.Which doesnt belong to the USA?,A.Statue of Liberty,D.GoldenBridge,B.WhiteHo
7、use,C.Big Ben,Pre-reading,It has an area of 411,ooo square kilometers.And it is one of the American states of the largest population,with the most developed economy.,California is amazing.The pleasant weather,long beach and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.,How each picture is
8、relevant to the history of California?,Native American Indian one 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 FranciscoMany Chinese have settled
9、in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.,1.California is the _ largest state in the USA.A.third B.second C.fourth D.fifth,2.California,a state in the western USA,borders _.the Pacific Ocean B.the Indian OceanC.the Atlantic Ocean D.the Arctic Ocean,General knowledge quiz abo
10、ut California,3._ is Californias largest and the nations second largest city.Sacramento B.Los AngelesC.San Diego D.San Francisco,4.Californias official nickname is the _Sunflower State B.Golden StateC.Land of Opportunity D.Evergreen State,5._ has the largest population in the USA.A.California B.Alas
11、ka C.Washington D.Texas,6.California entered the Union on September 9,1850,as the _ state.A.thirtieth B.thirty-eighth C.thirty-second D.thirty-first,New words,illustrate vt.说明;阐明distinction n.差别;区别；卓著majority n.大多数;大半prehistoric adj.史前的elect v.选择；决定做某事;选举某人percentage n.百分比;百分率,boom n.(人口、贸易的)繁荣 vi.处
12、于经济迅速发展时期immigrate vi.移入（外国定居）racial adj.人种的；种族的,1.Whats the topic of this text?A.the culture of California B.the history of California C.the weather of California D.the history of USA,2.Which state in the USA has the largest Population?California(over 30 million people),Skimming,Russians,Later Arri
13、vals,The Spanish,Most Recent Arrivals,Native Americans,3.How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?,Gold Miners,1.Who were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold?South Americans and people from the United States.,Scanning,2.When and why did the large number of Chinese immigrate
14、 to California?During the Gold Rush Period,many Chinese immigrated to California to achieve their dream of becoming rich.In the 1860s,a large number of Chinese went there to build the rail network from the west to east coast.,3.What attracted people from different parts of the world to immigrate to
15、California?I think the temperate climate attracted immigrants to California.Maybe the modern lifestyle there is more attractive to people from other parts of the world.,4.What is the main idea of the passage?(use one sentence to describe it).,California is a state made up of various people from almo
16、st all parts of the world.,15,000 years,Arctic,Detailed reading,I.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Catholic,1800s,Mexico,1846,gold,thirty-first,Chinese,rail network,late 19th century,film industry,ship and aircraft,attracted,racial,1.California is the third largest state in USA but ha
17、s the largest population.2.In 1848,before the American-Mexican war,gold was discovered in California.3.The native people suffered greatly after the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century.,F,T,T,II.True or False.,4.Over 40%of Californians speak Spanish as a first language.5.In the 1800s,Russian hun
18、ters began settling in California.,T,F,6.A lot of people rushing for gold lost their lives or went back home,but most of them left in California to make a living for themselves in the new towns or on farms.7.Compared with the period of gold rush,less Chinese immigrate to California during the period
19、 of building the rail network from the west to the east coast.8.By the 1920s,the film industry was well established in California.,T,T,F,9.It is the computer industry since its beginning in 1970s that has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.10.With more immigrants coming to California now
20、 and then,It is believed that before long there will be a even greater mix of nationalities in this state.,T,T,Main idea,The text mainly introduces the short history of California.It describes the great history events happened in various times.It also tells us when,how and why different people from
21、all over the world having,been immigrating to California.It explains to us the reasons why it will be a simple multicultural community in the 21th century.,Homework,1.Discuss the question in Activity 3 on page 3,trying to explain the reasons in their own words and write 34 sentences.2.Prepare for the word formations and collect suffixes of the nouns,verbs and adjectives.,
