Unit 1 A land of diversity Warming Up Can you guess it ? It is a very young country in the world, which has only a history of 200~300 years. There.

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Unit 1 A land of diversity

Warming Up

Can you guess it ?

It is a very young country in the world,

which has only a history of 200~300 years.

There is a Statue of Liberty in the east

coast. It is about 46 meters high. The head

office of the UN was set up there. Two

World Wars didn’t take place there.

Now it is the strongest country of the world.

A Land of Diversity

The Star Spangled Banner 美国国歌Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

The Statue of Liberty

自由女神像 , 位于美国纽约市曼哈顿岛上，

是法国政府作为庆祝美国独立 100周年的礼物

赠给美国。女神像由铁架和铜皮做成 , 高 46米 ,

连同底座总高约 100米。 一个多世纪以来 ,

自由女神像已成为美法人民友谊的象征。 

Wall Street

The White House

Hollywood Film City

Universal Studios

The Central Park

Capitol Hill (国会山庄 )

Manhattan

Golden Gate Bridge

The Grand Canyon

Total area about 9.4 million square kilometers

(the fourth largest ); has a long

coastline of 22,680 kilometers

population about 300 million

Language English & Spanish ( some minority

groups )

Religion Christianity (56%); Catholic(28%); Judaism(2%)

Climate continental climate ( most part )

subtropical climate ( the south )

Nickname Uncle Sam & Melting pot

How much do you know about the USA?

1. Which flag is American flag?

A. B. C.

C

2. Which city is the capital of the

USA?

A. New York

B. Washington D.C

C. Los Angeles

B

A. B.

C. D.

3. Which stands for the USA?

National Emblems (国徽 )

C

4. How many states are there in the USA?

A.

B.

C.

D.

47

48

49

50

D

5. Who is president of America now?

A. B.

C. D.

Barack Hussein Obama 

George H.W. Bush

Putin

Bill Clinton

B

A. B. C. D.

6. Which doesn’t belong to the USA?

Statue ofLiberty

GoldenBridge

WhiteHouse

EiffelTower

C

7. Which are not American brands?

A B

C D

Germany

B F G

E

F

G

GermanyFinland

8.Who are Americans?

A B

C

D E

keanuReeves

Steven

Speilberg

Ronaldinho

Britain

Brazil

A C E

9.The largest state ---Texas

11. The 44th president

--- Geoge W. Bush

10. The first president

--- Washington

George Washington

was the first President

(and is marked on the

US one dollar bill).

Barack Hussein

Obama is

the 45th President.

12. Which city is known as “Big Apple”?

---New York

13. When was the Constitution written?

A. 1789 B. 1777 C. 1786 A

1) When you look at the title, what so you think of?

2) Why is the USA called a melting pot?

A land of differences. California is a land of great

Differences — differences in climate, in landscape

and attitude.

Answer the following questions:

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.

It is a very young country in the world.

It has only a history of 200-300 years.

Most people in the country are immigrates.(移民 )The head office of the UN was set up there.Two World Wars didn’t take place there.

1 Washington DC

2 New York

3 California

4 Mississippi

5 Florida

2. Most state names come from Spanish or English.

1. New York is the largest state in the Us.

3. Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”.

4. The Constitution was written in 1779.

F

F

F

F

New York

Texas

Native American language

In 1789

5. There are 52 stars on the American flag.

6. George Washington was the first American President.

7. The first settlers arrived in North America about 30,000 years ago.

8. The Mississippi River is the longest river in the world.

F

F

T

T

50

The Nile River

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

your answers with other groups.

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Houston

BostonBoston

New YorkNew York

Washington, D.CWashington, D.C

Rocky M

ountains

Mexico

Chicago

Canada

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

the Mississippi

Superior

MichiganErie

Huron

Ontario

Ocean on the east coast _________________

Ocean on the west cost __________________

Country to the north of USA __________________

Country to the south of USA ________________

California

__________________

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Canada

Mexico

Southwestern USA

Great Lakes:

Longest river in the USA:

Some important cities:

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario

Mississippi River

New York, Washington D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans

Rocky Mountains

Mountains range in the west

California (one of the 50 states of the USA)

1. illustrate vt. 解释、说明     illustration n.

2. slave n. 奴隶      slavery n. 奴隶制度、奴隶身份3. Spain n. 西班牙 Spanish adj. 西班牙 (人 )的 , 西班牙语的  n.

     西班牙人 , 西班牙语4. majority n. 大多数、大半    major adj.

minority n. 少数 , 少数派 , 少数民族5. immigrant n. (从外国移入的 )移民 immigration n. 移民 immigrate v. 使移居入境 /移来   

New Words

6. nationality n. 国籍     national adj 国家的 , 民族的 nation n. 国家 , 民族   native adj.&n. 当地人 , 本国人7. prehistoric adj. 史前的   ____________ n.

8. react vi. 做出反应 , 回应  __________ n. 反应 , 反作用  9. mix n. 混合 ; 结合 v. 混合 ; 拌和 ;结合 mixture n. 混合 ; 混合状态 ; 混合物 mix…with／ and … 把…和…混合10. racial adj. 人种的 ; 种族的 race n. 种族              racialist n. 种族主义者

prehistory

reaction

11. percentage 百分比 , 百分率 (单词前面不用具体的                            数据 )

percent 百分之… ( 单词前通常有具体的数据 )

e.g. a large /high percentage

-- What ____________ of students in your school

go to college?

-- 97 _________.

12. applicant n. 申请人 apply vi. 申请       apply for sth. to sb.

vt. 运用      be applied to sth

application n. 申请 , 申请表 , 应用 , 运用

percentage

percent

13. socialist n. 社会主义者 ; 社会党人 adj. 社会主义者的 society n. 社会 social adj. 社会的 , 爱交际的 , 社交的14. central adj. 中心的 ; 中央的 ; 主要的 centre n. 中心 ; 中央 in the center of 在中间 , 在中央15. occur-occurring-occurred- occurred vi. 发生 ;出现 ; 想起 ; 想到 ; 存在 ; 被发现 sth occur to sb 被想到 ; 出现在大脑中 It occurs /occurred to sb that.. 某人想到…

16. indicate v. 指出、标示、表明、暗示 indication n. 指出 , 指示 , 迹象 , 暗示17. apparent adj 显而易见的 /显然的 /表面上的 apparently adv 显而易见地 /表面上地 appear v.

18. slip-slipped-slipped 滑行、滑动、滑19. bakery n. 面包房、面包厂 baker n. 面包师       bake v.

20. hire v./n. 租用、雇佣 fire v 解雇

21. ___________________ n. 行李   一件行李 

22. __________ n. 丹麦  _________ adj. 丹麦 (人 )的 ,

      丹麦语的   n. 丹麦人 , 丹麦语23. _________n. 韩国  ___________adj. 韩国 (人 )的； n. 韩国人 ; 朝鲜语24. __________n. 巴基斯坦  ___________ adj.

      巴基斯坦 (人 )的 ; 巴基斯坦人25. _____________ 用……办法 ; 借助  

luggage / baggage

a piece of luggage/baggagean article of luggage/baggage

Denmark Danish

Korea Korean

Pakistan Pakistani

by means of

26. ______________ 习惯于新的生活方式、

       工作等， _____________________ 谋生

27. ______________与 ..合作或一起工作

28. _________ v./n. 租用、雇佣    ________ v 解雇

29. __________ 包括、吸收

make a life

make/earn a living by

team up with

hire fire

take in

1. It was a_________ from her face that she was really upset.

Fill in the blanks.

pparent

2. Take care of our l________ while I find a cab.

3. An increase p___________ of the population own

their own homes.

4. These animals i__________ to North Africa in winter.

5. I think their failure is due to a m_______ of bad luck

and poor management.

6. His angry r________ to the decision was beyond my

imagination.

7. The quickest m______ of travel is by plane.

8. I have finished this magazine. Can I s_____ with

you?

uggage

ercentage

mmigrate

ixture

eaction

eans

wap

1. Review what you already know about the

geography of the USA. Find more

information about California.

2. What does your hometown look like?

Describe it.

Homework

Useful expressions

How long /wide/high/tall is ….?

It’s …metres/feet long/wide/high/tall.

There is …in the north/south/east/west.

It looks like….

Sample description

My Hometown

My hometown isn’t very large. It is located

next to a river and there are three main parts.

On the east side of the river, there are many

apartment buildings and two middle schools.

Most people in my town live here. The west side

of my town is divided into two parts.

In the north, there are two factories, a power

plant, and a train station. There is a small park

between the north and the south, and there is a

small lake in the park. In the south, there is a

shopping center and many important buildings,

e.g. a hospital, a police station, and a government

building. There is also a small university.