1. Unit1 A Land of Diversity

2. California Atlantic Pacific 3 Rocky Mountains 7 Mississippi 6 8 5 2 1
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Superior 7
Huron
Mississippi
Ontario
Boston 6
New York
Erie
Michigan
Philadelphia 8
San Francisco
WashingtonDC 5
California
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Pacific 2 1 4
Mexico
Mexico Gulf

3. A quiz: How much you know about the USA.
The USA lies in _________________,
bordering both the ________Ocean and
the ________ Ocean, between _______
And ________. There are _____ states in
the US. 48 of them are in the single region,
while ______and _______ are not
contiguous （相邻的）with any of the other states.
the North America
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
fifty
Alaska
Hawaii

4. The White House

5. The Statue of Liberty

6. Who can name some important cities of the USA?
New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, Kansas, Detroit,Boston, …

8. Let’s appreciate some pictures about California.

9. Hoover tower
Hotel California
California sunset
One corner of the city
California coast

10. Pre-reading
It has an area of 411,000 square kilometers. And it is one of the American states of the largest population, with the most developed economy.

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

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

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

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

15. New words illustrate vt. 说明; 阐明 distinction n. 差别; 区别；卓著
majority n. 大多数; 大半
prehistoric adj. 史前的
elect v. 选择；决定做某事; 选举某人
percentage n. 百分比; 百分率

16. boom n. (人口、贸易的) 繁荣
vi. 处于经济迅速发展时期
immigrate vi. 移入（外国定居）
racial adj. 人种的；种族的

17. Skimming
1. What’s the topic of this text?
A. the culture of California
B. the history of California
C. the weather of California
D. the history of USA
2. Which state in the USA has the largest Population?
California (over 30 million people)

18. 3. How many kinds of people are mentioned in this text?
Native Americans
The Spanish
Russians
Gold Miners
Later Arrivals
Most Recent Arrivals

19. Detailed reading I. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
Historical periods
Historical events
At least _______ _______ ago
It’s likely that Native Americans crossed the Bering Strait in the _____ to America.
15,000 years
Arctic

20. In the early 16th century
◆ Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America.
◆ Most of the first Spanish to go to California were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the _______ religion to the natives.
Catholic

21. In the early
_____
◆ Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California.
◆ People from Africa lived in California.
In 1821
California became part of_______.
In ____
The USA declared war on Mexico.
1800s
Mexico
1846

22. In 1848
South Americans, people from the United States and adventurers from Europe and Asia came to California searching for ____.
In 1850
California became the _________ federal state of the USA.
In the 1860s
A larger number of _______ came to California to build the ___________ from the west to the east coast.
gold
thirty-first
Chinese
rail network

23. In the ______________
Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers arrived in California.
In the first decades of the 20th century
◆ People from Denmark established their own town in California.
◆ Europeans arrived in California because of the ___________ boom, including many Jewish people.
◆ Japanese farmers arrived in California.
late 19th century
film industry

24. ship and aircraft Between 1942 and 1945
More people from Africa worked in the ________________ industries.
In more recent decades
◆ California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians.
◆ The computer industry has ________ Indians and Pakistanis.
ship and aircraft
attracted

25. In the future
People believe that there will be no distinct major _____ or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures in California.
racial

26. Reading-task
The passage can be divided into three parts. According to the main idea of each part,find out their paragraphs.(10paras)
Part1 ( ) Brief introduction to California.
Part2 ( ) When and why people from different countries moved to California.
Part3 ( ) The future of California.
para1
para2-para9
para10

27. II. Choose the best answer.
1). What does the text mainly talk about? A. The history of California. B. The population of California. C. The culture of California. D. The lifestyle of California. A

28. 2). During which period was California part of Mexico?
B — 1848.
C — 1846.
D — 1850. C

29. 3). Which of the following is NOT true about the Gold Rush. A
3). Which of the following is NOT true about the Gold Rush? A. Only a few people became rich in the Gold Rush. B. Many people died in the Gold Rush. C. It happened during the American-Mexico war. D. The first to arrive for gold were South Americans. C

30. 4). Which of the following is NOT true according to the 7th paragraph
4). Which of the following is NOT true according to the 7th paragraph? A. Film industry attracted many foreign people to California. B. The town established by the Japanese was located in Hollywood. C. Most Africans worked in the ship and aircraft industries. D. Jewish people take up a large percentage in California. B

31. 5). Which of the following is NOT true?
The text mainly talks about the history of California.
B. Over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language today.
C. It was so hard to make a life in California that most didn’t survive during the Gold Rush Period.
D. Today a large percentage of Chinese-Americans live in the “Chinatowns” of Los Angeles and San Francisco in California. C

32. III. True or False.
1. California is the third largest state in USA but has the largest population.
2. In 1848, before the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.
3. The native people suffered greatly after the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century. T F T

33. 4. Over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first language.
5. In the 1800s, Russian hunters began settling in California. F T

34. 6. A lot of people rushing for gold lost their lives or went back home, but most of them left in California to make a living for themselves in the new towns or on farms.
7. Compared with the period of gold rush, less Chinese immigrate to California during the period of building the rail network from the west to the east coast.
8. By the 1920s, the film industry was well established in California. T F T

35. 9. It is the computer industry since its beginning in 1970s that has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.
10. With more immigrants coming to California now and then, It is believed that before long there will be a even greater mix of nationalities in this state. T T