The main idea of each part:
Part 1 The introduction of California
Native Americans The Spanish
C A N A D A
California
Pacific Ocean
MEXICO
Los Angeles
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Hollywood
好莱坞星光大道
Native California Indians
California gold miners around 1849
Chinatowns in California
General quiz about the USA and California.
1. The most important and largest river in
the United States of America is ______? D
4 Mississippi 5 Florida
California (one of the 50 states of the USA)
Pre-reading
CALIFORNIA (the Golden State)
Lying on the Pacific Ocean,
California is on the west coast of the United States, which is diverse in topography(地形), climate and
There are many immigrants to the USA and there are many cultures and nationalities. So it is a place in which people, ideas, etc of different kinds gradually get mixed together.
Southwestern USA __________________
Mountains range in the west Rocky Mountains Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario Longest river in the USA: Mississippi River Some important cities: New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
your answers with other groups.
Canada
Boston New York San Francisco Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Mexico Houston Chicago
Washington, D.C
Atlantic Ocean
Superior Huron Ontario
3. Which stands for the USA?
C
A.
National Emblems (国徽)
B.
C.
D.
4. How many states are there in the USA? D
A. 47
B. 48 C. 49 D. 50
5. Who is president of America now?
B.
C.
D.
7. Which are not American brands? B F G
A C
B
Germany
D
E
G
F Finland
Germany
8.Who are Americans? A C E
keanu Reeves
A
B C
Steven Speilberg
D
Britain Ronaldinho Brazil
ecological environment. It has an
area of 411 square kilometers,
and it is one of the US states of the largest population, with the most developed economy. Meanwhile, its pleasant weather, long beach, and graceful natural landscape make the tourism prosperous.
A. the Ohio River
B. the Colorado River
C. The Missouri River
D. the Mississippi River
2. California is the _____ A largest state in the USA. A. third B. second C. fourth D. fifth 3. California, a state in the western USA, A borders _______. A. the Pacific Ocean B. the Indian Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean D. the Arctic Ocean B is California’s largest and the nation’s 4. _____ second largest city. A. Sacramento B. Los Angeles C. San Diego D. San Francisco
about 9.4 million square kilometers ( the fourth largest ); has a long coastline of 22,680 kilometers about 300 million English & Spanish ( some minority groups ) Christianity ( 56% ); Catholic ( 28% ); Judaism( 2% ) continental climate ( most part ) subtropical climate ( the south ) Uncle Sam & Melting pot
E
9.Which city is known as “Big Apple”? ---New York
Look at the map of the USA. Work
with your group to write on the
map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare
California
Listen to the tape and find out the main idea.
The text mainly introduces ________________ the short history of California. It describes _________________ the great history events happened in various times. It also tells ______ when ______ how and _____ why different people us _____, from all over the world having been immigrating to California. It explains to the reasons us ____________why it will be a simple multicultural community in the 21st century.
Answer the following questions:
1) When you look at the title, what do you think of ? A land of differences. California is a land of great Differences — differences in climate, in landscape and attitude. 2) Why is the USA called a melting pot?
Erie
Michigan
Ocean on the east coast Atlantic Ocean _________________
Ocean on the west cost Pacific Ocean __________________ Country to the north of USA Canada __________________ Country to the south of USA Mexico ________________ California
5. California’s official nickname is the _______? B A. Sunflower State B. Golden State C. Land of opportunity D. Evergreen State A 6. _____has the largest population in the USA. A. California B. Alaska C. Washington D. Texas 7. California entered the Union on September 9, D state. 1850, as the ______ A. thirtieth B. thirty-eighth C. thirty-second D. thirty-first