人教版高二英语选修八 Unit 1 Reading

How much do you know about the USA?
1. Which flag is American flag? C A. B. C.
2. Which city is the capital of the
USA?
B
A. New York B. Washington D.C
C. Los Angeles
c
Barack Hussein Obama
A.
Bill Clinton
B.
C.
Donald Trump
D.
Putin
6. Which doesn’t belong to the USA? C
Statue of Liberty
White House
Eiffel Tower
Golden Bridge
A.
Answer the following questions:
1) When you look at the title, what do you think of ? A land of differences. California is a land of great Differences — differences in climate, in landscape and attitude. 2) Why is the USA called a melting pot?
3. Which stands for the USA?
C
A.
National Emblems (国徽)
B.
C.
D.
4. How many states are there in the USA? D
A. 47
B. 48 C. 49 D. 50
5. Who is president of America now?
Unit 1 A land of diversity
Reading
选修八
A Land of Diversity
The Statue of Liberty
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,
ecological environment. It has an
area of 411 square kilometers,
and it is one of the US states of the largest population, with the most developed economy. Meanwhile, its pleasant weather, long beach, and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.
Erie
Michigan
Ocean on the east coast Atlantic Ocean _________________
Ocean on the west cost Pacific Ocean __________________ Country to the north of USA Canada __________________ Country to the south of USA Mexico ________________ California
1 Washington DC Most people in the 2 New York country are It is has a very only a young history of The head office of the Two World Wars immigrates.( 移民 ) 3 California country 200-300 in years. the world . UN was set up there. didn’t take place there.
your answers with other groups.
Canada
Boston New York San Francisco Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Mexico Houston Chicago
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
Washington, D.C
Atlantic Ocean
Superior Huron Ontario
Chinatowns in California
General quiz about the USA and California.
1. The most important and largest river in
the United States of America is ______? D
California
Listen to the tape and find out the main idea.
The text mainly introduces ________________ the short history of California. It describes _________________ the great history events happened in various times. It also tells ______ when ______ how and _____ why different people us _____, from all over the world having been immigrating to California. It explains to the reasons us ____________why it will be a simple multicultural community in the 21st century.
A. the Ohio River
B. the Colorado River
C. The Missouri River
D. the Mississippi River
2. California is the _____ A largest state in the USA. A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth 3. California, a state in the western USA, A borders _______. A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean B is California’s largest and the nation’s 4. _____ second largest city. A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles C. San Diego D. San Francisco
E
9.Which city is known as “Big Apple”? ---New York
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. Compare
There are many immigrants to the USA and there are many cultures and nationalities. So it is a place in which people, ideas, etc of different kinds gradually get mixed together.
C A N A D A
California
Pacific Ocean
MEXICO
Los Angeles
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Hollywood
好莱坞星光大道
Native California Indians
California gold miners around 1849
about 9.4 million square kilometers ( the fourth largest ); has a long coastline of 22,680 kilometers about 300 million English & Spanish ( some minority groups ) Christianity ( 56% ); Catholic ( 28% ); Judaism( 2% ) continental climate ( most part ) subtropical climate ( the south ) Uncle Sam & Melting pot
The main idea of each part:
Part 1 The introduction of California
Native Americans The Spanish
Southwestern USA __________________
Mountains range in the west Rocky Mountains Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario Longest river in the USA: Mississippi River Some important cities: New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
5. California’s official nickname is the _______? B A. Sunflower State B. Golden State C. Land of opportunity D. Evergreen State A 6. _____has the largest population in the USA. A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas 7. California entered the Union on September 9, D state. 1850, as the ______ A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth C. thirty-second D. thirty-first
B.
C.
D.
7. Which are not American brands? B F G
A C
B
Germany
D
E
G
F Finland
Germany
8.Who are Americans? A C E
keanu Reeves
A
B C
Steven Speilberg
D
Britain Ronaldinho Brazil
4 Mississippi 5 Florida
California (one of the 50 states of the USA)
Pre-reading
CALIFORNIA (the Golden State)
Lying on the Pacific Ocean,
California is on the west coast of the United States, which is diverse in topography(地形), climate and
自由女神像已成为美法人民友谊的象征。
Wall Street
Wall Street
Hollywood Film City
The Central Park
Capitol Hill (国会山庄)
The Grand Canyon
Total area
population Language Religion Climate Nickname