Book 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity

Period One Warming up and Reading

• 学习目标• 1. 能谈论有关多元文化的话题。• 2. 通过课文的学习，了解加利福尼亚州的多元文

化特征。• 3. 通过课文的学习，提高阅读能力。• 4. 熟悉课标词汇，分析背诵课文中部分经典的句

子。• 重点难点• 积累有关美国多元文化的知识，分析、背诵经典

句式；培养阅读能力

新知预习• 英译汉• 1) on the east coast ____________ • 2) to the north of USA __________ • 3) the third largest state________________ • 4) live on _____________ • 5) the diversity of culture ______________ • 6) by means of _____________ • 7) make a life _______________ • 8) keep up ______________

课堂探究• 【探究 1 】• Prediction: Look at the pictures on Pages2-3 and

the title of the reading, and predict the contents and then match them with what they mean.

• Picture 1: A. A traditional Chinese building• in San Francisco’s Chinatown • Picture 2: B. Life of Native Californian • Indians 1849• Picture 3: C. A Californian gold miner • around

• 【探究 2 】• Decide True or False to the following statements accordi

ng to the passage and then correct them.• 1) California is the largest state in the USA but has the th

ird largest population. ( )• 2) Many Californians speak Spanish because they think t

he Spanish language is beautiful. ( )

• 3) South Americans and people from the United States were the first to arrive in California to rush for gold. ( )

• 4) During the Gold Rush Period many Chinese immigrants arrived in California only to find gold. ( )

• 5) It was the film industry that attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California. ( )

• 【探究 3 】• Choose the best answer according to the text.• 1) What does the text mainly talk about?• A. The history of California. B. The large population of California.• C. The people of California. D. The climate and lifestyle of California.• 2) How did California become a state of America?• A. Mexico gained independence from Spain.• B. Mexico lost the America-Mexico war and then gave it to the USA.• C. Spain lost the Spain-America war.• D. Spain gave it to the USA as a gift.• 3) Which of the following statements is TRUE?• A. A lot of people became rich in the gold rush.• B. Most people died in the gold rush.• C. After the gold rush, most people settled in California although not finding gold.• D. The first to arrive in California for gold were Europeans.• 4) What’s the main reason that Chinese immigrants came to California?• A. For gold. B. For the building of the railway.• C. To open restaurants. D. To live in the Chinatown.• 5) Why has California attracted so many people?• A. Gold was discovered here. B. It has attractive climate and lifestyle.• C. Many people came here to make a fortune. D. All of the above.

• 【探究 4 】 佳句赏析 • 1. It also has the distinction of being the most multic

ultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. (P1, L1)

• ( 译 )

• 本句中 being the most multicultural state in the USA 是动名词短语作介词 of 的 ________ 语；动名词短语还可以作动词的宾语以及句子的 _______ 语和 _______ 语； having attracted people from all over the world 是现在分词的完成式作 ________ 语；使用分词短语作状语时，要注意它的逻辑主语与句子的 _______ 通常必须一致。其一般式表示和谓语动作同时发生，完成式表示先于谓语动作发生。

• 2. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. (P2, L1)

• ( 译 ) • 本句是一个 _______ 句。 when 引导的是 从句，在 when 从句

中 what 引导 _______ 性从句，在句中作介词 in 的 _______ 语， what 在从句中作 ______ 语。

• 3. Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. (P2, L40) ( 译 )

• 。• 本句是一个 _______ 句。 although 引导的是 从句；主句部分运

用了强调句型： It was…. that….. ，强调主语 。

• 【探究 5 】课文研读• 1. Find out the sentences in the text which have similar meanings wi

th the following ones.• 1) The immigrants continue their own customs and languages in the

new place.• • 2) Some didn’t survive or went back home, however, most stayed in

California to make a living for themselves in spite of so many difficulties.

• • 2. Translate the sentence.• That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first

or second language.

• 达标练习• Fill in the blanks.• There are _______ states in the USA. California, a state in the west

ern USA, borders the _______ Ocean, which is the _______ largest state and has the _______ population in the USA. Scientists believe that the first settlers crossed the Bering Strait to America by ______ of a land bridge which existed in ______ times. In the 18th century, California was first ruled by Spain, latter by Mexico, so Spanish has a great ______ on the language of California. Not long after the American-Mexican war, a lot of South Americans, Europeans and Asians rushed to California for gold so that it became a ______ society. In more recent decades, California has become home to people from Asia, Cambodian, Koreans, Vietnamese and Laotians. Today, people from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle in California, still to California.