【成才之路】高中英语人教版选修8课件：Unit 1.pptVIP

The first big wave of Chinese immigration to America came when gold was discovered in California in 1848. The Chinese called the new land “Mountain of Gold”．Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction, farming and light industries, doing low-paid jobs. By the 1880s, American industrialization brought changing economic realities, resulting in an explosion of resentment toward the Chinese laborers. They were accused of taking jobs away from the white man. The government issued Chinese Exclusion Acts (排华法案) to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States. Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and scattered (spread)to the Mid-west and the East. As in California, they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as “Chinatowns”． New Yorks Chinatown was created by men such as the Chinese laborers.Sociologists call them “sojourners”— foreigners in the United States, keeping their cultural traditions, living in the larger society in which they existed. The sojourners came to America for the promise of supporting their family in China, where they expected to return one day. Those who did stay lived separately from the society—the Chinese Exclusion Acts did not allow laborers to bring their wives to America. So they remained in Chinatown, an enclosed community holding on traditions in the tides of change. 语篇概述：本文主要讲述了唐人街的形成。 1. What does the underlined word“issued”mean? A．brought out　　　　　　 B. meant to　　　　　　　 C. made a life　　　　　　　D. mixed with 答案：A　词义猜测题。从issued的宾语Chinese Exclusion Acts和不定式“to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States”看出此处表示出台一项法案。bring out 使显示，出版，生产。 2．Before the Chinese Exclusion Acts, most of the Chinese in the United States lived________. A．in the West B．in the East C. in the Mid-west D. in the Mid-east 答案：A　细节理解题。由第一段中的“Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and scattered(spread)to the Mid-west and the