高二英語(yīnɡyǔ)選修8-unit1reading2第一頁，共11頁。RockyMountainsMexicoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiLosAngelesNewYork

Someimportantcities:

NewYork

LosAngeles

SanFranciscoSanFranciscoCalifornia

第二頁，共11頁。Task1:Fastreading1.What’sthemainideaofthistext?A.thepopulationofCaliforniaB.thehistoryandcultureofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestpopulation?

California3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?

第三頁，共11頁。RussiansLaterArrivals

peopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMiners第四頁，共11頁。15,000yearsago16thcentury:1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericanSpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericaBecamepartofMexico

TheUSdeclaredwaronMexicoGoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia

Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.Task2ScanningWhathappened?第五頁，共11頁。Task3Detailedinformation1.Fromthetext,weknowthat_________.A.CaliforniaoncebelongedtoRussia.B.CaliforniaisaplacewhichincludesavarietyofculturesC.theSpanishwerefriendlytonativeAmericansatfirstD.allwhowenttoCaliforniaforgoldmadeafortune2.ManyCaliforniansspeakSpanishbecause__________.A.thestatewasonceruledbySpainB.thesepeoplecamefromSpainC.TheythinktheSpanishlanguageisbeautifulD.religiousmentaughtthemtheSpanishlanguage3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.MostpeoplediedinthegoldrushB.ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereAsiansC.MostpeopledidnotbecomerichbutsettledinCaliforniaD.Allthepeoplebecamerichinthegoldrush第六頁，共11頁。Task3Detailedinformation4.WheredoChinese-Americanslive?___________TheyliveinallpartsofCaliforniaTheyonlyliveintheChinatownsofLosAngelesC.TheyonlyliveinSanFranciscoD.TheyliveinCaliforniaaswellasinLosAngeles5.WhataboutthefutureofCalifornia?_________TheracialculturewillgoonB.ItsclimateandlifestylewillchangealotC.MoreandmorepeoplewillcometoCaliforniaonlyforgoldD.MoretravelerswillbeattractedtoCaliforniafortheclimateandthelifestyle第七頁，共11頁。Thinking

WhyisCaliforniaamulticulturalstatenow?Task4第八頁，共11頁。Homework

1.

Findsomeusefulexpressionsandunder