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Unit 1 A land of diversity The First Period Warming up 一．Aims: 1. Teaching aims 教学目标： Help the students learn more information about America. 重点词汇和短语 ocean, coast, mountain, range, compare 2. Ability aims能力目标 Enable the students to know more about America and can give some cities’ names 二．Contents Step I Ask the students to talk about the names in groups, and then write down them on the map. Step II Compare answers with other groups Step III Give the correct names to the students. Step IV Tell the students some information about America to improve their interest. And ask some students to say what they know about America. Homework To observe an American map The Second Period Reading 一．Aims: Enable the students to talk about things about the USA. Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America, especially in California. 二．Contents: Step 1 Warming up. Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA. Group work: look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare your names with other groups. Step 2 Pre-reading Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size, population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California? Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what each picture is about but how each one relates to California. Step 3 Fast reading Read through the passage and get the main idea. Reading comprehension. Ask the students the following questions: When you look at the title, what so 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? 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. Beside each date note down an important