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Warming&readingUnit1AlandofdiversityHowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?1.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.2.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?A.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngelesA.B.C.D.3.WhichstandsfortheUSA?√NationalEmblems（国徽）4.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.474849505.WhoispresidentofAmerica?A.B.C.D.GeorgeW.BushGeorgeH.W.BushPutinBillClintonA.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTower7.WhichareAmericanbrands?ABCDEFGGermanyGermanyFinland8.WhoareAmericans?ABCDEkeanuReevesDavidBeckhamStevenSpeilbergRonaldinhoBritainBrazilArnoldSchwarzeneggerafamousactorthegovernorofCaliforniaFastreading1.What’sthetopicofthistext?A.thecultureofCaliforniaB.thehistoryofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestPopulation?California(over30millionpeople)RussiansLaterArrivalspeopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?GoldMinersNativeAmericans•1.Time:15000yearsago•2.Wheredidtheycomefrom:fromAsiantoAlaska•3.Whathappenedinthesixteenthcentury?•werekilledbyEuropean•wereforcedintoslavery•diedfromthedisease•survivedtheterribletimesNativeAmericansTheSpainshFillintheform:(notedownanimportantevents)16thcentury18thcenturyin1821in1846SpainsoldiersarrivedandtooktheirlandCaliforniawasruledbySpainCaliforniabecamepartofMexicoMexicogaveCaliforniatotheUnitedStatesInfluence:todayover40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpainishasafirstorsecondlanguageRussians&GoldMinersDosomeTorFquestions:1.Intheearly1800s,RussianfurtrappersbegansettlinginCalifornia.2.In1848,beforetheAmerian-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.Alotofadventuresachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.4.Californiabecomethethirty-firststateoftheUnitedstatesofAmerianin1850.afterfewStagePeopleTimeEventLaterarrivalsAfricansMovedfromMexicoChineseBuildtherailwayJapaneseFarmedDenmarkEstablishedatownJewishDevelopedindustryItaliansFishedandmadewineAfricans1942-1945Workedinship&aircraftindustries1860s1800sLate1900sBy1920sEarly1900s1911StagePeopleTimeEventRecentarrivalsIndians,PakistanisWorkedinComputerindustryCambodiansKoreansVietnameseLaotiansImmigratedFutureDifferentpartsFutureImmigratedRecentdecades1970sLookatthepicturesbelow.EachillustratessomethingaboutCalifornia.Discussingroupswhateachpicturemeanstoyou.AnativeAmericanIndianwasstandingbesideacamp.Itseemedthatheorshefeltveryhappy.Maybeheorshehadagoodharvest.DisscusionNativeCaliforniaIndiansHewasagoldminer.Hewaspanninggold.Helookednotonlythinandweak,butalsothirstyandtired.Itwasdifficultforthemtoachievethedreamofbecomingrich.Californiagoldminersaround1849AbuildinginChinatown•ManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.By1990,thenationsbeingimmigratedfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhadmadeCaliforniaintothemostraciallyandethnicallydiversestateinthecountry.ChinatownsinCaliforniaOtherreferencepicturesaboutgoldrushinCaliforniaWhyisCaliforniainthe21stcenturysuchamulticulturalcommunity?Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentence.TASK1•ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenimmigratingtothestateforthelast200years.Beforetheirarrival,nativeAmericanpeoplehadlivedthereforthousandsofyears.PeoplefromallovertheworldarestillcomingtosettleinCaliforniabecauseofitsgoodclimateandthelifestyleitoffers.•ImagineyouareaCalifornian,andintroduceCaliforniatotourists.TASK2Homework1.Makeasummaryofthetextandtrytoretellit.2.Underlinetheusefulwordsandexpressionsinthereadingtextandlearnbyyourself.