人教版高中英语第三册Unit6 Going west.docVIP

Unit 6 Going west Reading Lead-in and Pre-reading Who the Native Americans were? Where did they live and what do you know about their life? The Native Americans were the Indian. They lived in the vast land of West America and their life was simple and hard. They hunt for food and rode on horses. Read the text then answer some questions. 1 .When did we decide to move to another place? 1845,10 2. How long did the journey last? About a year 3. What is our first destination? India Greek in Kansas 4.What does “account” in the first line means? The “account” here means description. For example, “She gave the police a full account of the incident.” 5. In paragraph two, the author mentioned Indian Greek. Where was it and was it very important? It was in Kansas. It was the frontier at that time and also the meeting place for people moving to the west. 6. Do you know what difficulties they ran into during the journey? They entered the desert and lost their way, and didn’t have enough water to drink. Their animals died from lack of water. 7. According to the fourth paragraph, why do people call the desert Death Valley? People showed coldness and were not willing to help others in trouble. They abandoned everything they could. Valley is in chaos and full of dead animals. Therefore, we called it Death Valley. 8. Is the journey hard? Can you make some examples about it? Yes, it is hard. You can make many examples. 9. What is the theme of this passage? If you make unremitting efforts, you will achieve your goals. Don’t give up before difficulties. Listening Listen to the tape carefully then do these exercises. Post—reading Choose the best answers 1.The reason why my father wanted to go to California is that . 答案：C A. California was in desert B. California was far away C. California was a wonderful land described in a book D. California was the largest state in the USA 2.People moving to the west would meet in . 答案：A A. Kansas B. California C.