Dictation1. 我的第一次海外之行2. 忙着做3. 数出；计算出4. 一位海关官员5. 去观光6. 朝我吐口水7. 意识到错误8. 我的道被截（堵）了9. 笃信宗教的城镇10. 海峡11. 手段，办法12. 巴基斯坦13. 暗示，指出14. 面包房15. 吸收，包括16. 回应17. 申请人

1. my first overseas trip2. be occupied doing3. count out4. a customs officer5. go sightseeing6. spit on me7. realize one’s mistake8. My way was blocked.9. a very religious town10. stait11. means12. Pakistan13. indicate14. bakery15. take in16. react17. applicant

Unit 1 A land of diversity

A. B.

C. D.

1. Which stands for the USA?

National Emblems （国徽）

Little quiz

2. How many states are there in the USA?

A.

B.

C.

D.

47

48

49

50

A. B. C. D.

3.Which doesn’t belong to the USA?

Statue of

Liberty

Golden

Bridge

White

House

Eiffel

Tower

4. Which are American brands?

AB C D

E F G

Germany

GermanyFinland

5. Who are Americans?

A B

C

D

E

keanuReeves

DavidBeckham

Steven Speilberg

Ronaldinho

Britain

Brazil Arnold Schwarzenegger

You should remember:美国有线电视新闻网（ＣＮＮ）节目主持人卡弗

蒂辱骂华人是 50年不变的 " 呆

子 " 。

Look at our textbook warming up

The location and neighbors of the USA

Five lakes

Reading CaliforniaFast-reading1. The main idea of the text is ______.

A. the population of California is bigger than any other city of the US B. California is the most attracting state of the Us C. California is a state made up of various people from almost all parts of the world D. people living in California enjoy different cultures

2. How is this passage organized?

It is organized into sections according to the _______of origin of the settlers and the ______of their arrival.

C

placetime

Careful reading(Ex II on page 3)

1850 :

1848:

1846:

1821:

Spanish soldiers arrived in South America

First settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia. These people are now as Native Americans.

California became part of Mexico.

The US declared war on Mexico

Gold was discovered in California.

California became the 31st state of the US.

15,000 years ago

16 century:

Multiple choices

1. Native Americans ______. A. built a land bridge in order to get to California B. may have lived in California for more than 15,000 years C. all became slaves of Europeans D. only live in California

3. It can be inferred that _____. A. European and Jewish people came to see films in Hollywood, California B. people from Mexico came to work in the ship and aircraft industries C. Indians and Pakistanis are good at making computers D. there will be a great mix of nationalities because more people are arriving in California

2. The following statements are true except that _____. A. In 1848 many people rushed to California in the hope of becoming rich B. most of the Chinese went there to find gold C. only a small number of gold miners became rich D. California became a state of the US two years after gold was found there

The pictures

A native American Indian was standing beside a camp .It seemed that he or she felt very happy. Maybe he or she had a good harvest.

Native California Indians

He was a gold miner. He was panning gold. He looked not only thin and weak, but also thirsty and tired. It was difficult for them to achieve the dream of becoming rich.

California gold miners around 1849

A building in Chinatown

• Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.

Chinatowns in California

• a Spanish Catholic religious man who came California to teach the natives.

• many African Americans were having classes in the school. In 1924, the United States

• Congress gave Native Americans the same rights as other citizens for the first time.

Important sentences1. This is not surprising when you know the history of

California, which, at various times, has attracted people from nearly every country in the world.

2. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California. Two centuries later, …the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.

1. 当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史，（知道）它在不同的时期吸引了来自几乎世界各国的人，你就不会对此感到惊奇了。

2. … 到达了我们现在称之为加利福尼亚的地方；

… 在我们现在称之为美国的西北沿海地区住下来。

3. Scientists believe that these first settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.( )

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)

4. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority

were religious men who came to tech the Catholic r

eligion to the natives 。

4. 在第一批来到加利福尼亚的西班牙人中大多数是来向土著 人传授天主教教义的传道士。

5. The nearesnt, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans.

3. 科学家们认为，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，跨过白令海峡来到阿拉斯加的。

5. 距离最近因此也来的最早的是南美洲人。

6. Many died or returned home, but most remained in

California to make a life for themselves in the new

towns or on farms.

7. ...it was the building of the railway from the west to th

e east coast that brought even larger numbers (of Chine

se) to California in the 1860.

7. ..., 但是更大批量的移民却是在 19 世纪 60 年代为了修建贯穿美国东部海岸的铁路而来到加利福尼亚的。

6. 许多人死了或是回家了，但是多数人留在了加利福尼亚，在新的城镇或是农场里开始（适应）新的生活。

8. People from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and lifestyle, still immigrate to

California. ︱ It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.

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8. 世界各地的人，由于受气候条件和生活方式的吸引，仍然在继续迁入加利福尼亚。

人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常之大，以致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。