人教新课标高中英语选修八ppt课件：Unit-1-Warming-Up-amp;-Reading.pptxVIP

Unit 1 A land of diversity 一个多元化的国家 Warming Up Reading 认知 ·探索 基 础 自 主 初 探 I . 下面是本部分的重点词汇，你能准确填出内容吗 1.根据词性及汉语提示写出单词及其拓展形式。 (1)hardship(n.)苦难；困苦 (2)percentage(n.)百分比；百分率 (3)boom(n.) (人口、贸易的)繁荣 (vi.)处于经济迅速发 展时期 (4)distinct(adj.)清晰的；明显的；明确的→distinction (n.)差别；区分；卓著 (5)majority(n.)大多数；大半→minority (n.)(反义词)少数 (6)elect(vt.)选择；决定做某事；选举某人→election(n.) 选举 继续存在；继续生存 用……办法；借助…… 被迫成为奴隶 脱离……而获得独立 向……宣战 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统 等) 2.短语互译。 (1)live on (2)by means of (3)be forced into slavery (4)gain independence from (5)declare war on... (6)make a life (7)keep up (7)racial(adj.)人种的；种族的→race(n.)种族 A Brief 1. to California Native Americans in California ★Crossed the Bering Strait via a land bridge 2. in prehistoric times ★They suffered much after the Europeans 3. . _____ Spain and California ★California was 4. by Spain for about two centuries and now there is still a great Spanish 5. on Californians. Ⅱ.阅读文章，并根据文章内容填写下表 . Other immigrants to California ★In the late 19th and early 20th century, many Europeans arrived there. ★Since the 1980s, a lot more 6. have settled there. ★In more recent decades, California has become home to many 7. . Californias future ★There will still be more 8. to California and it will simply become a mixture of many races and cultures. 认知 ·探索 课堂要点探究 词汇诠解 1.★live on (1)继续存在；继续生存(on为副词)。 ①The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. 这些移民的风俗习惯及语言在他们的新家园得以延续。 ②Lei Feng passed away more than 50 years ago but his spirit lives on. 雷锋50多年前就去世了，但他的精神永存。 ③Though the boy lost his parents in the earthquake,the people around him managed to help him live on. 虽然这个男孩在地震中失去了父母，他周围的人们还是 帮助他继续生存下去。 (2)靠……生活；以……为主食(on 为介词)。 ④They live on 70 dollars a week. 他们靠每周70美元维持生活。 容忍；忍受 符合；不辜负(希望) 过…… 的生活 经历……而幸存 拓 展》live with live up to live a(n)...life live through ⑤ He works hard to live up to his