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1、Unit1AlandofdiversityWarmingupandReadingIWarmingup(5m)LookatthemapoftheUSAwithyourgroup.Writeonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Oceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA
2、________________Mountainsrangeinthewest______________________AtlanticOceanPacificOceanCanadaMexicoRockyMountainsGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippiRiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,New
3、OrleansSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioCALIFORNIA(theGoldenState)LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverse
4、intopography(地形),climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,anditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.California(oneofthe50states
5、oftheUSA)CaliforniaPre-reading--(2m)NativeCaliforniaIndiansCaliforniagoldminersaround1849ChinatownsinCaliforniaAlandofdiversityReadingSkimming:answerthefollowingquestions:WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifor
6、nia?WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?1.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?2.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChineseimmigratetoCalifornia?SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Duringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigrated
7、toCaliforniatoachievetheirdreamofbecomingrich,andinthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.Keys:3.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattract
8、edimmigratestoCalifornia.Keys:DetailedreadingIReadparagraph1toparagraph5againandtr
