选修八 A land of Diversity Reading

General knowledge quiz about California. 1. California is the ____ largest state in the USA. A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth 2. California, a state in the western USA, borders _____. A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean
• mountain range in the west • Great Lakes • longest river in the USA • some important cities
Canada
Boston New York Chicago Philadelphig Washington, D.C Atlantic Ocean Mexico Houston
3. _____ is California’s largest and the nation’s second largest city. A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles C. San Diego D. San Francisco
4. California’s official nickname is the ___. A. Sunflower State B. Golden State C. Land of Opportunity
San Francisco Los Angeles Pacific Ocean
The White House
The Statue of Liberty
If you have a chance to go to the USA, where would you prefer to visit,
California or Washington
The state of California is a multicultural community because European, African and Asian people have been moving into the state for the last 200 years. It is this mix of peoples with their own customs, culture and food that have given California its multicultural flavor.
DC or other cities? Why?
Let’s appreciate
some pictures about
California.
California
Death Valley
Andres Canyon
Lake Tahoe
The Death Valley
It has an area of 411,000 square kilometers. And it is one of the American states of the largest population, with the most developed economy.
Fast reading
• Finish Task 2 in" To Be No.1"
Careful reading
• Finish Task 3 in" To Be No.1"
Why is California such a multicultural community? What problems do you think might arise? Explain in your own words. Write three or four sentences. Compare your answer with others in your class.
5. ____ has the largest population in the USA. A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas 6. California entered the Union on September 9th 1850, as the ____ state. A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth C. thirty-second D. thirty-first
Prepare for the word formations and collect suffixes of the nouns, verbs and adjectca
Look at the map of the USA. Work with your group to write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. • ocean on the east coast • ocean on the west coast • country to the north of USA • country to the south of USA • California
Name the seven continents and four oceans. Europe
North America
Arctic Ocean
Asia
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Ocean South America Africa Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Problems that might arise include intercultural rivalry or competition, discrimination or misunderstanding. It is to the credit of Californians that such problems do not arise very often.