高二英语（人教版选修8）教学精品课件：Unit1 Period Ⅰ.pptVIP

【答案】　1.distinction　2.crossed　3.suffered greatly　4.gained their independence　5.given back　6.discovered 7．achieve their dreams　8.Attracted　9.including 10．In the near future Ⅱ.短语填空 live on；by means of；make a life；keep up；declare war on；by the time；all over；large numbers of 1．Now it is all about how to stay and ________ here for themselves. 2．Hes ninety，but still he ________. 3．Their car ________ high speed for several kilometers before they arrived. 4．________ people rated him as one of the greatest scientists of the world. 5．The water may be carried ________ a pipe. 【答案】　1.make a life　2.lives on　3.kept up　4.Large numbers of　5.by means of Ⅲ.句型背诵 1．However，it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. 然而，很可能至少在15,000年以前美洲土著人就生活在加利福尼亚了。 2．That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. 那就是为什么今天还有超过40%的加利福尼亚人仍然把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的缘故。 3．Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California，no one really knows. 最早一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在了解的加利福尼亚地区的，谁也说不清楚。 4．Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in 1860s. 虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了，但是更大批量的移民却是在19世纪60年代为了修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。 5．It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures. 人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常大，以至于不可能存在一种主要种族或文化群体，而只是多种族、多文化的混合体。 【美文阅读】　 纵观美国历史，就可见这个国家经常被称为“熔炉”。在此，各地移民和各种族团体学会了共同建设一个独特的民族。甚至那些“本土的”美国人——印第安人，也可能是几千年以前，从亚洲走过大陆桥来到北美洲的。 The United States is currently shifting from being a nation of immigrants of mainly European descent to one of immigrants from other parts of the world，such as Asia and Latin America.The number of recent immigrants has skyrocketed.They desire to escape economic hardship and political oppression in their native