新人教选修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity-Warming up and Reading[课件].ppt

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1、Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingupandReadingIWarmingup(5m)LookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourgroup.Writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Oceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA________________

2、__CountrytothesouthofUSA________________Mountainsrangeinthewest______________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,

3、WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleansSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioCalifornia(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA

4、)CALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,anditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdev

5、elopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.CaliforniaPre-reading--(2m)NativeCaliforniaIndiansCaliforniagoldminersaround1849ChinatownsinCaliforniaAlandofdiversityReadingSkimming:answerthefo

6、llowingquestions:WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?2.Wh

7、enandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Duringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich,andinthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwa

8、yfromthewesttoeastcoast.Keys:3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattractedimmigratestoCalifornia.Keys:DetailedreadingIReadparagraph1toparagraph5againandtr