高中英語(yǔ)選修8Unit-1reading公開(kāi)課課件1

Book8Unit1Alandofdiversity

WarmingupandReading

California

TheUSAisamulticulturalcountrywithmanyMulticulturalstates,ofwhichthemosttypicalstateis……CaliforniaPre-reading

:TheyareallaboutCalifornia.Whatarethey?NativeAmericanAgoldminerinCalifornia.

AbuildinginChinatowninCalifornia.1.What’sthetopicofthistext?

A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCalifornia2.Makealistofthepeoples(民族)mentionedinthistextplease.While-readingPara.1Task1FastreadingRussiansLaterArrivals

peoplesTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans2.Makealistofthepeoplesmentionedinthistext.GoldMiners(thesubtitles)3:Dividethepassageintothreepartsaccordingtothemainideaofeachpart.Part1()BriefintroductiontoCalifornia.Part2()WhenandwhypeoplefromdifferentcountriesmovedtoCalifornia.Part3()ThefutureofCalifornia.

para1para2-para9para10RussiansChineseItaliansDanishKoreansCambodiansTask2Scanning

WhendidtheyfirstcametoCalifornia?intheearly1800sduringthegoldrushperiod(inthelate1840s/early1850s)

inthelate19thcenturyin1911inmorerecentdecades15,000yearsagoFirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica.ThesepeopleareknownasNativeAmericans.

16th

century

DetailedReading:Ex1P3SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.1821184618501848ReadthefirstparagraphandfillintheblanksIntroduction(Para.1)：

Californiaisthemost___________stateandthe____largeststatewiththe_______population.multiculturalthirdlargestTheCharacteristicsofCaliforniaTask3DetailedReading1.Whendidtheycome:_______________2.Howdidtheycome:_____________________3.WhathappenedtothemafterthearrivaloftheEuropeans?

werekilledbyEuropeans

wereforcedintoslavery

diedfromthediseases

NativeAmericansNativeAmericans(para2)15,000yearsagobymeansofalandbridgeThey_______greatly.

sufferedWritedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistoryineachbox.16thcentury

18thcentury

SpainishsoldiersarrivedinCaliforniaCaliforniawasruledbySpainCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUSA

Todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstorsecondlanguageTheSpanish(para3)Influence:in1846in1821TrueorFalse?Correctthefalseones.1.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.2.Alotofadventurersachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.3.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmericain1850.after

FewRussian&Gold-Miners(para4-5)

FFTLaterarrivals&mostrecentarrivals(para6-9)1.WhicheventbroughtevenlargemembersofChineseimmigrantstoCalifornia?Thebuildingoftherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast

2.Laterarrivalsincludeimmigrantssuchas_________________,______,________,__________and_________.ItaliansDanishJewishAfricansJapaneseChineseThefuture(para10)

WhatattractpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoCalifornia?

TheyareattractedbytheclimateandlifestyleofCalifornia.

GroupDiscussion

WhyisCaliforniasuchamulticulturalcommunity?Whatproblemsdoyouthinkmightarise?Explaininyourownwords.

Summary

Californiaisthemost___________stateintheUSA.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinCaliforniaby_________ofalandbridge.Inthe18thcentury,Californiawas_____bySpain,whichhadadeepeffectonCalifornia.In1848,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia,andthedreamofbecoming______attractedpeoplefromallovertheworld.Inthe1860sthebuildingoftherailnetwork______moreChinesethere.Inmorerecentdecades,Californiahasbecame________tomorepeoplefromAsia.Attractedbytheclimateandthe________,manypeoplehavebeen___________toCalifornia.Inthenearfuture,Californiawillbecomea_________ofmanyracesandcultures_______anymajorracialorculturalgroups.

multiculturalrichhomebroughtmeansruledlifestyleimmigratingmixturewithoutTask1Readthetextagainandfinish2multiple-choicequestions1.Thispassageismostlikelytobetakenfrom______.anewpaper

B.ageographybookC.anovelD.atravelbrochureBpostReading:2.Fromthepassage,weknowthat____.EuropeanandJewishpeoplecametoseef