新人教选修八-Unit-1-A-land-of-diversity-Warming-up-and-Reading[课件].pptVIP

Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingupandReadingI

Warmingup(5m)LookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourgroup.Writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.

Oceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA________________Mountainsrangeinthewest______________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountains

GreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans

SanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippi

SuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntario

California(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA)

CALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,anditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.

California

Pre-reading--(2m)NativeCaliforniaIndians

Californiagoldminersaround1849

ChinatownsinCalifornia

AlandofdiversityReading

Skimming:answerthefollowingquestions:WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?

1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Duringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamof