高中英语选修8unit1-Warming-Up.ppt

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1、Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingUpItisaveryyoungcountryintheworld.Ithasonlyahistoryof200-300years.Mostpeopleinthecountryareimmigrates.(移民)TheheadofficeoftheUNwassetupthere.TwoWorldWarsdidn’ttakeplacethere.GuessingWhatcomestoyourmindwhenyouhear“USA”?FreetalkTheStatueofLiberty自由女

2、神像,位于美国纽约市曼哈顿岛上，是法国政府作为庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物赠给美国。女神像由铁架和铜皮做成,高46米,连同底座总高约100米。 一个多世纪以来,自由女神像已成为美法人民友谊的象征。TheWhiteHouseManhattanGoldenGateBridgeTheGrandCanyonWallStreetHollywoodFilmCityUniversalStudiosTheCentralParkCapitolHill(国会山庄)HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?1.Howmanystatesarether

3、eintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950D2.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.CStar-SpangledBanner(星条旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlag3.Wh

4、ichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?A.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngelesBA.B.C.D.4.WhichstandsfortheUSA?NationalEmblems(国徽)C5.WhoispresidentofAmericanow?A.B.C.D.BarackHusseinObamaGeorgeH.W.BushPutinBillClintonBA.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHou

5、seEiffelTowerC7.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland8.WhoareAmericans?ABCDEKeanuReevesStevenSpeilbergRonaldinhoBritainBrazilACESchwarzenegger9.Thelargeststate---Texas11.The45thpresident---BarackObama10.Thefirstpresident---Washington12.Whichcityisknownas

6、“BigApple”?---NewYork13.WhenwastheConstitutionwritten?A.1789B.1777C.1786ATrueorFalse2.MoststatenamescomefromSpanishorEnglish.1.NewYorkisthelargeststateintheUs.3.Atlantaisknownasthe“BigApple”.4.TheConstitutionwaswrittenin1779.FFFFNewYorkTexasNativeAmericanlanguageIn17895.The

7、reare52starsontheAmericanflag.6.GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstAmericanPresident.7.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinNorthAmericaabout30,000yearsago.8.TheMississippiRiveristhelongestriverintheworld.FFTT50TheNileRiverLookatthemapoftheUSA.Workwithyourgrouptowriteonthemapthenamesofasmanyof

8、thefollowingasyoucan.Compareyouranswerswithothergroups.Oceanontheeastcoast________