高中英语 Unit1 A land of diversity 第3课时导学案 新人教版选修8

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Unit1 A land of diversity

第3课时导学案 新人教版选修8

【学习目标】

1、培养学生阅读理解的能力。

2、 通过阅读篇章，了解加利福尼亚是一个多民族、多文化的地方，并加州的变化发展过程有更深的了解

【重点难点】

快速阅读的方法及策略

【学习内容】

Step

1、Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the

problems Task

1、Fill in the blankets according to the map、1、Ocean on the east coast _________________

2、Ocean on the west cost __________________

3、Country to the north of USA __________________

4、Country to the south of USA ________________

第 1 页 共 1 页 5、Mountains range in the west

______________________Step

2、Finishing plan & asking questionsRead the passage

quickly and finish the following comprehensive

exercises:Taks

2、 Read the short passages at Page1-3 and choose one

from A,B,C and D for each exercise in the following、

1、The main idea of this passage is _________、

A、 the life of Californians

B、 the population of California

C、 the land of California

D、the history of California

2、How did the first settlers come to

California?___________

A、 They flied to California over the Pacific Ocean

B、They sailed southward through the Indian Ocean

C、They got to America crossing the Bering Strait in

the Arctic by means of a land bridge

D、 They sailed to the west in the Spanish ships

3、 Which of the following is TRUE according to the

passage? __________

第 1 页 共 1 页 A、 Most people did not become rich but settled in

California

B、 Most people died in the gold rush

C、 The first to arrive in California for gold were

Asians

D、 All the people became rich in the gold rush

4、Where do Chinese-Americans live ? ___________

A、 They live in all parts of California

B、 They only live in the Chinatowns of Los Angeles

C、 They only live in San Francisco

D、 They live in California as well as in Los Angeles

5、What about the future of California?_________

A、 The racial culture will go on

B、 Its climate and lifestyle will change a lot

C、 More and more people will come to California only

for gold

D、 More travelers will be attracted to California

for the climate and the lifestyleStep

3、Researching cooperatively& answering questions(合作探究, 解决问题)Task

3、Skimming: answer the following questions:

第 1 页 共 1 页 1、Who were the first to arrive in California to rush

for gold?

2、 When and why did the large number of Chinese

immigrate to California?

3、 What attracted people from different parts of the

world to immigrate to California?Step

4、Summing and summarizing knowledge（总结，梳理知识）Task

4、 Get the students to find the following sentences

in the passage and learn the usages of them、1、(1)However, it is likely that Native Americans were

living in California at least fifteen thousand years

ago、然而，美洲土著人很可能在15 000年前就在加州生活着。本句式中 it为________主语，真正的主语为 ___________。It

is likely that、、、 ……是可能的。此句型可转化为：Sb、/Sth、 be likely to do、、、 某人/物可能干某事。(1)

It is likely that he has gone abroad、 转化为_____________________________________、(2)

Studies show that people are more to suffer from back

problems if they always sit before computer screens for

long hours、 （xx陕西）

A、 likely

第 1 页 共 1 页 B、 possible

C、 probable

D、 sure (2)

It is believed that before long the mix of

nationalities will be so great that there will be no

distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a

mixture of many races and cultures、人们相信过不了多久国籍间相混的程度将如此大以至于不再有明显的种族或文化团体，而仅仅是一个种族和文化的混合体。本句用的句型是 It is

believed that－clause。it 是______主语，真正的主语是_________类似的结构还有：It be

said/known/agreed/thought/supposed/reported＋that－clause、此句型可转化成：(1)People

say/know/agree/think/suppose/report＋that－clause、(2)Sb、/Sth、 be

said/known/agreed/thought/supposed/reported ＋ to do、(3)

It is said that she has gone to the US

A、______________________________________________、______________________________________________、(4)The

lake by the village is believed ______ a number of

victims in the past3 years、

A、to claim

第 1 页 共 1 页 B、to have claimed

C、claiming

D、being claiming

2、 (1)Exactly when the first people arrived in what

we now know as California , no one really knows、 (2)Two

centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of

South America and along the northwest coast of what we

now call the United States、 考点：what 引导的介词宾语从句1)Our hometown has changed a lot, and now it is quite

different from _____ a few years ago、

A、 what it used to be

B、 that it used to be

C、 which it used to be

D、 what was it2)A modern city has been set up in

_____ was a wasteland ten years ago、

A、 what

B、 which

C、 that

D、 where3)The other day, my brother drove his car

down the street at _____ I thought was a dangerous

speed、

A、 as