选修八 Unit 1 课文课件A land of diversity-Reading[课件].ppt

课前回顾 课本单词 1.hardship 2.大多数学生 3.keep up 4.一名海关官员 5.Immigration 6.选举某人作为 7.用…的方法 8.make a life 词汇表 take in 收容, 吸收，包括 a great/good many 许多, 大量 of one’s own 某人自己的 fight against 与…作战 feel like doing sth. 想要做某事 make a life 谋生 mark out 标出 Unit 1 A land of diversity If we want to learn something about a country or a state, we would like to know its size, population, location, language, history, capital, climate, agriculture and industry, education The America flag is known as “the stars and strips”. 50 stars—— Each star represents one state 13 stripes—— the original 13 states. Red—— courage White —— freedom Blue——loyalty and justice June 14 —— Flag Day. National Flag What do they stand for? The Statue of Liberty The White House San Francisco Los Angeles Houston Boston New York Washington, D.C Rocky Mountains Mexico Chicago Canada Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean the Mississippi Superior Michigan Erie Huron Ontario I. Warming up Ocean on the east coast: Ocean on the west coast: Country to the north of USA: Country to the south of USA: Mountain range in the west: Great Lakes: Longest river in the USA: Some important cities: the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean Canada Mexico the Rocky Mountains Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario the Mississippi River New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans How each picture is relevant to the history of California? Native American Indian—one of the first people to live in California. Pre-reading A gold miner—the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California. A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco. The reading pass