廣東省揭陽市第三中學(xué)人教版高中英語選修8課件unit1AlandofdiversityReading

Warmingup人教課標(biāo)高二選修8Unit1NorthAmericaSouthAmericaAfricaEuropeAsiaOceaniaAntarcticaPacificOceanPacificOceanAtlanticOceanIndianOceanArcticOceanNamethesevencontinentsandfouroceans.SeattleSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonMiamiAtlantaNewYorkWashington,D.CAppalachianRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiABCEFGDHIHowmuchyouknowabouttheUSA.TheUSAliesin_________________,borderingboththe________Oceanandthe_______Ocean,between________and________.Thereare_____statesintheUS.48ofthemareinthesingleregion,while_______and_______arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.theNorthAmericaAtlanticPacificCanadaMexicofiftyAlaskaHawaiiAquizTheWhiteHouseTheStatueofLiberty________________istheexecutivemansion(官邸)ofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThestatueoflibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,symbolizingthespiritof____________oftheUSA.TheWhiteHouseindependenceThelanguagetheymainlyuseis_______.Mountainrangeinthewestis______________________.ThelongestriverintheUSAis______________________.theMississippiRivertheRockyMountainsEnglishSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioGreatLakesSomeimportantcities:NewYork,WashingtonD.C.,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,Houston,Philadelphia,Miami,Atlanta,Seattle,Denver,Kansas,Detroit,Boston,…WhocannamesomeimportantcitiesoftheUSA?Ifyouhaveachancetogoto

theUSA,wherewouldyouprefertovisit,CaliforniaorWashingtonDCorothercities?Why?

CaliforniaCaliforniacoastHoovertowerCaliforniasunsetHotelCaliforniaIthasanareaof411,000squarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.

Unit1Alandofdiversity1.Californiaisthe____largeststateinthe USA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_____.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOceanGeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia.3._____isCalifornia’slargestandthenation’ssecondlargestcity.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco4.California’sofficialnicknameisthe___.SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState5.____hasthelargestpopulationinthe USA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas6.CaliforniaenteredtheUnionon September9,1850,asthe____state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstThetextisaboutthebrief_______ofCalifornia,whichfocusesonthesettlementofthestate.historyReadthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea.SkimmingThesettlers?When?NativeAmericansTheSpanishRussiansGoldminersLaterarrivalsMostrecentarrivalsPeoplefromallovertheworldChinese,Italians,Danish,Jewishpeople,JapaneseKoreans,Cambodians,Vietnamese,LaotiansUnknownintheearly16thcenturyintheearly1800ssince1848fromlate19thcenturyto20thcenturymorerecentdecadesReadthetextcarefullyandfinishtheExxinyourcoachingbooks.

AskMrs.LinthefollowingquestionsinEnglishaccordingtothepassage.1.18世紀(jì)誰統(tǒng)治加州？2.誰最先去到阿拉斯加？3.黃金是在什么時(shí)候發(fā)現(xiàn)的？Role-playWhoruledCaliforniain18thcentury?WhooriginallywenttoAlaska?Whenwasgolddiscovered?SummaryTips:What?Why?/How?Future?Californiathethirdlargest

statethelargestpopulationimmigrantsdiversityofculturemulticulturalstillimmigratetoCaliforniamorepeoplesettleinCa.

FromthepassageweknowthatCaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.That’sbecauselargequantitiesofpeoplefromallovertheworldhaveimmigratedt