新人教选修八Unit1Alandofdiversity-WarmingupandReading[课件].ppt

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

2、_______________Mountainsrangeinthewest______________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOr

3、leansSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioCalifornia(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA)CALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,Californiaisonthewestcoas

4、toftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,anditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprospe

5、rous.CaliforniaPre-reading--(2m)NativeCaliforniaIndiansCaliforniagoldminersaround1849ChinatownsinCaliforniaAlandofdiversityReadingSkimming:answerthefollowingquestions:WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?W

6、hatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Duringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCali

7、forniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich,andinthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.Keys:3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattractedimmig

8、ratestoCalifornia.Keys:DetailedreadingIReadparagraph1toparagraph5againandtr