New words:

1.清晰的

2.移民

3.继续存在

4.北极

5.借助

6.大多数

7.冒险家

8.习惯于新的生活方式、工作等

9 选择；选举

10 繁荣

11 海关

12 种族的

13 百分比

14 苦难

15 坚持；维持

16 意大利

distinct

immigrant

live on

the Arctic

by means of

majority

adventurer

make a life

elect

boom

customs

racial

percentage

hardship

keep up

Italy

A land of diversity

Leading-in: A quiz about the USA

1.How many states are there in the USA?

A, 49 B, 50 C, 51 D, 48

2. The capital of the USA is___.

A, New York B, Los Angeles

C, Washington D. C. D, Chicago

3. California’s official nickname is the ____.

A, Sunflower State B, Golden State

C, Washington D, Texas

Warming up

•Atlantic Ocean

•Pacific Ocean

•Canada

•Mexico

•California is in Southwestern USA.

•Rocky Mountains

•Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario

•Mississippi River

•New York, Washington D. C. , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans

the Statue of Liberty （ New York )

Houston ( Texas )

Hollywood film city

Disneyland

California

P1: life of Native Californian Indians

P2: a Californian gold miner around 1849.

P3: a traditional Chinese building in Chinatown

Pre-reading:

what does each picture illustrate about California?

How many parts are there? Where can we find the main idea?2 parts

From part one (para. 1)

Read para. 1 and conclude the main idea of the text. Which sentence can give you the answer?

The text mainly tells us the _______of California. history

“This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.”

The text is mainly about ___________________

______________________________

the reasons for the

cultural diversity of California.

The text mainly tells us

The text is mainly about

Scan part 2 and from the subtitles we can find:

_______________________ are mentioned. several groups of people

So we can conclude:

the reasons for the cultural diversity of

California have something to do with

these peoples.

15,000

years ago

16th

1821

1846

1848

1850

First settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America. These people are now known as Native Americans.

Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.

California became part of Mexico.

The United States declared war on Mexico.

Gold was discovered in California.

California became the 31st state of the US.

First reading: Ex 1 on P3: the history

Second reading: ex.2 on page 3-----the peoples

Spanish ______________________

Russians _________________

Africans _______________

Chinese _____________________

Italians _____________________

Danish ________

Jewish _________

in the early 1800s

during the Gold Rush Period (late 1840s / early 1850s)

since the 1800s

in the late 19th century

1920s

in the early 16th century

1911

Japanese ___________________________

Koreans _________________

Cambodians ________________

Vietnamese ________________

Pakistanis _______________

beginning of the 20th century

in the 1970s

in the 1970s

in the 1970s

in the 1970s

Questions:

1.Why do over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or a second language?

2.How to understand “ Russian-Americans” and “Chinese-Americans”?

3. Why do we call California a multi-cultural society?

California was once ruled by Spain and there is still a strong Spanish influence in the state.

美籍俄罗斯人 美籍华人

Because it is influenced by many groups of people( immigrants) and some of their customs and languages live on in California.

Discussion

Why is the United States called a

melting pot?

1 。 科学家认为，这些最早的定居者是从亚洲通过史前时期曾经存在过的大陆桥，跨过百令海峡来到阿拉斯加的。2 。 在首批移居加利福尼亚的西班牙人中，大部分是来向土著人传授天主教的宗教人士。 1821 年，墨西哥人从西班牙获得了独立。加利福尼亚于是成为墨西哥的一部分。3 。 事实上很少人圆了发财梦。许多人死了或者回家了，但是多数人留在了加利福尼亚，在新的城镇或农场里劳作谋生。4 。 虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了，但是更大批量的中国移民却是在 19 世纪 60 年代为修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。5 。 1911 年，丹麦移民建立了他们自己的城镇，至今仍然保持着丹麦文化。6 。 人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常之大，以至不可能存在一种主要的种族或文化群体，而只是多种族，多文化的混合体。

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welcome to the hotel californiasuch a lovely placesuch a lovely facethere's plenty of rooms at the hotel californiaany time of yearyou can find it here

her mind id tiffary-twistedshe godthe mercedes-bensshe got a lot of pretty pretty boysthat she calls friendshow they dance in the courtyardsweet summers sweatsome dance to remember some dance to forget

so i called up the captainplease bring me my wine, he said:"we haven't had that spirithere since ninteen sixty nineand still those voises are calling from far awaywake up in the middle of the nightjust to hear them say....

welcome to the hotel californiasuch a lovely placesuch a lovely facethey livein'it up in the hotel californiawhat nice surprisebring your alibis

mirrors on the cellingthe pink champagne on ice,and she said:"we are all just prisoners hereof our own deviceand in the master's chambersthey gatheres for the feastthey stab it with their steely knivesbut they just can't kill the beast

last thing i rememberi was running for the doori had to find the passage backto the place i was before relax said the night manwe are programmed to receiveyou can check out any time you likebut you can never leave