新人教版选修八Unit1.pptVIP

* 多种多样；多样性 Revision Warming up Reading Consolidation Pre-reading Translate the following into English or Chinese: 到达(大地方)_____________ 在1998年 __________________________ 百分之四十________________ 在十六世纪早期______________________ 第三大的国家_____________________ by means of __________________ in addition ____________ settle in _____________ make a life _________________________ be ruled by ____________ arrive in in 1998 (nineteen ninety-eight) forty percent in the early 16th century the third largest country 用…方法； 借助… 除…之外 定居 谋生；习惯新的生活方式等 被…统治 Pacific ocean Mexico California Rocky Mountains Great Lakes Mississippi River New York Washington Miami Houston Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago Look at the map and write down the names of some important places of the USA. Canada Atlantic ocean Look at the pictures. They show something about California. What are they? Can you find them? Discuss in groups. Life of Native California Indians（印地安人） A gold miner （淘金者） Traditional Chinese building in Chinatown(唐人街) Fast reading: Read the first paragraph（第一段） and the headings (小标题) of the text quickly, then guess the main idea of the text. It talks about the history of California, which, at various times, attracted people from nearly every country of the world. Main idea (主要内容) : the third sentence Read the passage again, find out when the following people first came to California. Russians __________ Japanese __________ Chinese __________ Cambodians __________ Africans __________ Koreans __________ Italians __________ Danish __________ Jewish __________ Pakistanis __________ in the early 1800s in about 1848 since the 1800s in the late 19th century by the 1920s at the beginning of the 20th century in recent decades(十年) in recent decades in 1911 in the 1970s Intensive reading: Fill in the blanks： In the 18th century, California _____ _____