Unit20DiscovertheWestIndies概要.pptVIP

Discover the West Indies The West Indies are a group of islands in the Caribbean. 西印度群岛（West Indians） 北美洲的岛群。位于大西洋及其属海墨西哥湾、加勒比海之间，北隔佛罗里达海峡与美国 佛罗里达半岛相望，东南邻近委内瑞拉北岸，从西端的古巴岛到委内瑞拉北海岸的阿鲁巴岛，呈自西向东突出的弧形，伸延4700多公里。面积约24万平方公里 由1200多个岛屿和暗礁、环礁组成。1492年意大利航海家哥伦布奉命携带西班牙国王致“中国大汗”国书首航，横渡大西洋，于10月12日登上巴哈马群岛东侧的圣萨尔瓦多岛，他误认为该岛是印度附近的岛屿，后因该群岛位于西半球，故称西印度群岛，沿用至今。群岛自北向南分为巴哈马和大安的列斯、小安的列斯（二者合称安的列斯群岛）三大组群岛及特立尼达和多巴哥岛四部分。 Two islands 牙买加（英文：Jamaica）起源于印第安语，意为“林水之乡”。原为印第安人阿拉瓦克族居住地。1494年哥伦布来到此地，1509年沦为西班牙殖民地。1655年被英国占领。1866年成为英直辖殖民地。1962年8月6日宣告独立，为英联邦成员国。面积10991平方公里。位于加勒比海西北部。东隔牙买加海峡与海地相望，北距古巴约140公里。海岸线长1220公里。东西长235公里，南北宽82公里，是加勒比海中面积仅次于古巴和海地岛的第三大岛。 The answer to 2.1 chemicals, tourists, aluminium, sugar, factories, minerals Columbus, colony, ancestors, slaves, inhabitants, descendants Jamaica [d??meik?] Arawak ancestor[??nsest?] take control of remain [rimein] colony [k?l?ni] Caribbean [k?ribi:?n] bauxite [b?:ksait] aluminium [.?ljumini?m] ?manufacturing [.m?njuf?kt??ri?] quantity[kw?ntiti] inhabitant[inh?bit?nt] drive out Carib Indians descendant [disend?nt] sugar cane [kein] mineral [min?r?l] densely [densli] populated History What do these numbers refer to? the first 1494 90% 1670 1962 blank-filling The first people to live in Jamaica were __________. When ______ arrived on the island in ____, he claimed that island for _____ and made the Arawak Indians _____. Most of them died of ______ and _______. Many _____ were then brought to the island as _____ and today more than __ Jamaicans have ____________.Britain took _____ of the island in ____ and it remained a British _____ until ____. Economy What kinds of economy are mentioned? Tourism Bauxite industry Aluminium manufacturing Exports ( sugar and bananas ) Barbados What do these numbers refers to in barbados’ s history? 1500s 1627 1966 80% Barbados is a very… , but many people work on… Other people work in … There is no … or … It is one of … The answer to 2.2 Jamaica: Columbus claimed the islan