1. Unit 1

2. United States of America is composed of a federal district - Washington DC and 50 states. All the states except for Hawaii islands are situated in mainland America. It has a population of about 2,900 million. Its area is 9,370,000 sq km. The climate of USA is mainly temperate in nature but in Hawaii and Florida, it is tropical.

3. Star-Spangled Banner

4. The American flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes, with 7 red stripes alternating with 6 white stripes. The upper left corner has a rectangular blue field, containing 50 five-pointed white stars. The stripes of the American flag symbolize the 13

5. colonies that originally constituted the United States of America. The stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The stars are arranged in a circle so that no one colony would be viewed above another.

6. The White House The executive mansion of the President of the United States. The American President lives and works in the building.

7. The Statue of Liberty The crowned lady is 46 meters high, with a torch in her right hand holding aloft and Declaration of Independence in her left.

8. Warming up Warming up

9. Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Houston New Orieans Miami Atlanta Boston New York Philadelphig Washington, D.C Appalachian Rocky Mountains Mexico Chicago Detroit St. Louis Canada Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean the Mississippi

10. Superior Michigan Erie Huron Ontario

11. Pre-reading It has an area of 411.ooo square kilometers. And it is one of the American states of the largest population, with the most developed economy.

12. California is amazing. The pleasant weather, long beach and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.

18. Some pictures about the history of California!

19. Native Americans

21. Gold Rush Period

23. Reading 1. California is the largest state in the USA but has the third largest population. 2.Many Californians speak Spanish because they think the 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 immigrant arrived in California only to find gold. 5. Indians and Pakistanis are good at making computers. Scanning Reading the article and tell the statements are true or false. F F F T T

24. How each picture is relevant to the history of California? Native American Indian—one of the first people to live in California. Comprehending Task One

25. A gold miner— the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.

26. A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.

27. It shows us a Catholic religious man who came California to teach the natives. In the early 16th century, Spanish fought against the naïve people, took their land and settled in California.

28. So 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. School segregation and discrimination

29. in housing were banned, but African Americans still encountered prejudice and hostility.

30. Task Two Beside each date note down an important event in Californian history.  15,000 years ago  16th century  1821  1846  1848  1850  First settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia. These people are now known as Native Americans.  Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.  California became part of Mexico.  The US declare war on Mexico.  Gold was discovered in California.  California became the 31 st state of the US.

31. Beside each cultural group, write the period in which they first came to California in large numbers. Task Three Russians Chinese Africans Italians Jewish Japanese Cambodians Koreans Danish Pakistanis early 1800s late 1840s/ early 1850s 1800s late1800s 1920s early 1900s from about the 1970s 1911 from about the 1970s

32. Why is Califaornia in the 21 st century such a multicultural community? Explain in your own words. Write three of four sentences. Compare your answer with others in your class. Task Four Discussion

33. 1.Recite the new words and useful expressions in the text. 2. Surf the internet to learn more about California. 3. Finish Learning about language Exx. 1&2 on page 4. Homework