高中英語(yǔ)選修8unit1WarmingUpItisaveryyoungcountryintheworld.Ithasonlyahistoryof200-300years.Mostpeopleinthecountryareimmigrates.(移民)TheheadofficeoftheUNwassetupthere.TwoWorldWarsdidn’ttakeplacethere.GuessingWhatcomestoyourmindwhenyouhear“USA〞?Freetalk

TheStatueofLiberty自由女神像,位于美國(guó)紐約市曼哈頓島上，是法國(guó)政府作為慶祝美國(guó)獨(dú)立100周年的禮物贈(zèng)給美國(guó)。女神像由鐵架和銅皮做成,高46米,連同底座總高約100米。

一個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái),自由女神像已成為美法人民友誼的象征。TheWhiteHouseManhattanGoldenGateBridgeTheGrandCanyonWallStreet

HollywoodFilmCity

Universal

Studios

The

Central

ParkCapitolHill(國(guó)會(huì)山莊)HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSA?1.HowmanystatesarethereintheUSA?A.B.C.D.47484950D

2.WhichflagisAmericanflag?A.B.C.C

Star-SpangledBanner(星條旗)TheAmericaflagisknownas“thestarsandstrips〞.50stars——Eachstarrepresentsonestate13stripes——theoriginal13states.Red——courageWhite——freedomBlue——loyaltyandjusticeJune14——FlagDay.NationalFlag3.WhichcityisthecapitaloftheUSA?A.NewYorkB.WashingtonD.CC.LosAngeles

B

A.B.C.D.

4.WhichstandsfortheUSA?

NationalEmblems

(國(guó)徽)C

5.WhoispresidentofAmericanow?A.B.C.D.Barack

Hussein

Obama

George

H.W.Bush

Putin

Bill

Clinton

B

A.B.C.D.6.Whichdoesn’tbelongtotheUSA?StatueofLibertyGoldenBridgeWhiteHouseEiffelTowerC

7.WhicharenotAmericanbrands?ABCDGermanyBFGEFGGermanyFinland8.WhoareAmericans?ABCDEKeanuReevesSteven

SpeilbergRonaldinho

BritainBrazilACESchwarzenegger

9.The

largest

state---Texas11.

The

45th

president

---BarackObama

10.

The

first

president---

Washington12.Whichcityisknownas“BigApple〞?---New

York13.WhenwastheConstitutionwritten?A.1789B.1777C.1786ATrueorFalse2.MoststatenamescomefromSpanishorEnglish.1.NewYorkisthelargeststatein

theUs.3.Atlantaisknownasthe“BigApple〞.4.TheConstitutionwaswrittenin1779.FFFF

NewYorkTexasNativeAmericanlanguageIn

17895.Thereare52starsontheAmericanflag.6.GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstAmericanPresident.7.ThefirstsettlersarrivedinNorthAmericaabout30,000yearsago.

8.TheMississippiRiveristhelongestriverintheworld.FFTT50TheNileRiver

LookatthemapoftheUSA.Workwithyourgrouptowriteonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Compareyouranswerswithothergroups.Oceanontheeastcoast_________________Oceanonthewestcost__________________CountrytothenorthofUSA__________________CountrytothesouthofUSA________________California__________________AtlanticOceanPacific

OceanCanadaMexico

Southwestern

USAGreatLakes:LongestriverintheUSA:Someimportantcities:Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntarioMississippi

RiverNewYork,WashingtonDC,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,Houston,Seattle,BostonRockyMountainsMountainsrangeinthewestSanFranciscoLosAngelesHoustonBostonNewYorkWashington,D.CRockyMountainsMexicoChicagoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceantheMississippiSeattleSuperiorMichiganErieHuronOntarioTotalareaabout9.4millionsquarekilometers(thefourthlargest);hasalongcoastlineof22,680kilometerspopulationabout300million

LanguageEnglishReligionChristianity(56%);Catholic(28%);Judaism(2%)Climatecontinentalclimate(mostpart)subtropicalclimate(thesouth)NicknameUncleSam&MeltingpotBriefIntroductionCalifornia

(oneofthe50statesoftheUSA)alandofdifferentculturesapowerfulcountryWhatdoyouthinkofwhenyoureadtheunittitle?Whichcountrydoyouthinkthetitlerefersto?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutit?ALandofDiversityCanyouguessit?Itisaveryyoungcountryintheworld,whichhasonlyahistoryof200~300years.ThereisaStatueofLibertyintheeastcoast.Itisabout46metershigh.TheheadofficeoftheUNwassetupthere.TwoWorldWarsdidn’ttakeplacethere.Nowitisthestrongestcountryoftheworld.

1.illustratevt.

解釋、說(shuō)明illustration

n.2.slaven.

奴隸slavery

n.奴隸制度、奴隸身份3.Spainn.

西班牙

Spanish

adj.西班牙(人)的，西班牙語(yǔ)的n.

西班牙人，西班牙語(yǔ)4.majorityn.

大多數(shù)、大半major

adj.minorityn.

少數(shù),少數(shù)派,少數(shù)民族5.immigrant

n.(從外國(guó)移入的)移民

immigration

n.移民

immigrate

v.使移居入境/移來(lái)New

Words6.nationalityn.國(guó)籍nationaladj國(guó)家的,民族的nationn.國(guó)家,民族nativeadj.&n.當(dāng)?shù)厝?本國(guó)人7.prehistoricadj.史前的____________n.8.reactvi.做出反響,回應(yīng)__________n.反響,反作用9.mixn.混合;結(jié)合v.混合;拌和;結(jié)合mixturen.混合;混合狀態(tài);混合物mix…with／and…把……和……混合10.racialadj.人種的;種族的racen.種族racialistn.種族主義者prehistory

reaction

11.percentage

百分比,百分率(單詞前面不用具體的數(shù)據(jù))percent百分之……(單詞前通常有具體的數(shù)據(jù))e.g.alarge/highpercentage--What____________ofstudentsinyourschoolgotocollege?--97_________.

12.applicant

n.

申請(qǐng)人

applyvi.申請(qǐng)applyforsth.tosb.

vt.運(yùn)用beappliedtosthapplication

n.申請(qǐng),申請(qǐng)表,應(yīng)用,運(yùn)用percentagepercent13.socialistn.

社會(huì)主義者;社會(huì)黨人

adj.社會(huì)主義者的

societyn.社會(huì)

socialadj.社會(huì)的,愛(ài)交際的,社交的14.central

adj.中心的;中央的;主要的

centren.中心;中央

inthecenterof在中間,在中央15.occur-occurring-occurred-occurred

vi.

發(fā)生；出現(xiàn)；想起；想到；存在；被發(fā)現(xiàn)

sthoccurto

sb

被想到;出現(xiàn)在大腦中

Itoccurs/occurredto

sbthat...某人想到……16.indicatev.指出、標(biāo)示、說(shuō)明、暗示indicationn.指出,指示,跡象,暗示17.apparentadj顯而易見(jiàn)的/顯然的/外表上的apparentlyadv顯而易見(jiàn)地/外表上地appearv.18.slip-slipped-slipped滑行、滑動(dòng)、滑19.bakeryn.面包房、面包廠bakern.面包師bakev.20.hirev./n.租用、雇傭firev辭退21.___________________n.行李一件行李22.__________n.丹麥_________adj.丹麥(人)的,丹麥語(yǔ)的n.丹麥人,丹麥語(yǔ)23._________n.韓國(guó)___________adj.韓國(guó)(人)的；n.韓國(guó)人;朝鮮語(yǔ)24.__________n.巴基斯坦___________adj.巴基斯坦(人)的;巴基斯坦人25._____________用……方法;借助

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Danish

Korea

Korean

Pakistan

Pakistani

by

means

of26.______________習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、工作等，_____________________謀生27.______________與……合作或一起工作28._________v./n.租用、雇傭________v辭退29.__________包括、吸收

makealife

make/earnalivingby

team

up

withhirefiretake

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expressionsHowlong/wide/high/tallis…?It’s…metres/feetlong/wide/high/tall.Thereis…inthenorth/south/east/west.Itlookslik