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, 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 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 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 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

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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mirrors on the celling the pink champagne on ice,and she said:" we are all just prisoners here of our own device and in the master's chambers they gatheres for the feast they stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast last thing i remember i was running for the door i had to find the passage back to the place i was before relax said the night man we are programmed to receive you can check out any time you like but you can never leave