高中英语选修8Unit-1reading课件.ppt

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1、Unit1AlandofdiversityCaliforniaWarmingupandReadingALandofDiversityWhatcomestoyourmindwhenyouhear“USA”?FreetalkTheStatueofLiberty自由女神像,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。TheWhiteHouseManhattanGoldenGateBridgeTheGrandCanyonW

2、allStreetHollywoodFilmCityUniversalStudiosTheCentralParkCapitolHill(国会山庄)HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?AquizaboutthegeneralknowledgeoftheUSA1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.Star-SpangledBanner(星条旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips”.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes—

3、—theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlag2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSAA.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngelesA.B.C.D.3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblem（国徽）4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950A.B.C.D.5.Whichdoes

4、n’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower6.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland7.Thelargeststate---Texas8.Whichcityisknownas“BigApple”?---NewYorkTrueorFalse2.MoststatenamescomefromSpanishorEnglish.1.NewYorkisthelargeststateintheUs.3.Atl

5、antaisknownasthe“BigApple”.4.TheConstitutionwaswrittenin1779.FFFFNewYorkTexasNativeAmericanlanguageIn17895.Thereare52starsontheAmericanflag.6.GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstAmericanPresident.7.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinNorthAmericaabout30,000yearsago.8.TheMississippiRiveristhelongestriv

6、erintheworld.FFTT50TheNileRiverCaliforniaPre-reading:TheyareallaboutCalifornia.Whatarethey?NativeAmericanAgoldminerinCalifornia.AbuildinginChinatowninCalifornia.1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCalifornia2.Makealistofthepeople

7、s(民族)mentionedinthistextplease.While-readingPara.1Task1FastreadingRussiansLaterArrivalspeoplesTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans2.Makealistofthepeoplesmentionedinthistext.GoldMiners(thesubtitles)RussiansChineseItaliansDanishKoreansCambodiansTask2ScanningWhendidtheyfirstcam

8、etoCalifornia?intheearly18