人教版英语选修八Unit1Section1

Unit 1Section ⅠⅠ.单词拼写1．The________(大多数)of boys like playing basketball.2．The quickest m________of travel is by plane.3．A large p________of the population own their homes.4．All applicants will be considered regardless of age, sex，religion or________(国籍)．5．We________(推选)John as chairman，for he was reliable.6．It's difficult to move to America, because the rules of i________is rather strict for the foreigners.7．He is fair to us without d________.8．Is the account insured by the ________ (联邦制的) government?9．The sea narrows into a s______ there.10．Venice is an I______ city.答案：1．majority2．means3．percentage4．nationality5．elected6．immigration 7．distinction8．federal9．strait10．ItalianⅡ.选成句子根据相关的汉语提示，完成下列句子。

每空仅限一个单词。

1．我借助报纸上的一则广告找到了我的自行车。

I found my bike________ ________ ________a notice in the newspaper.2．科学家们说，他们在防治癌症方面开始有所突破。

优选文档修 8Unit 1及文解△C alifornia 加利福尼（州）△C alifornian 加利福尼（州）人△illustrate vt.明；明 illustration例插解Be illustrated with 有插 - sth. 加插明By way of -tion作明 in -tion of 作 ...例distinct adj.清楚的；明的；明确的distinctive独到的有特色的distinction n.差；区分 cn；卓著秀 un.Distinguish between and :distinguish A from B-ed优异的以 ...闻名Make a distinction between andMake no distinction 没有区： without distinction with distinction 异地△i mmigrant n. （从外国移入的）移民live on 存在；生计 - by 以 ..生 - through 活度 ...熬 Live up to 践原誓言等做到 - down 改自再生活忘掉 strait n. 海峡 =straits△B ering 白令海峡Arctic adj.北极的；北极区的the Arctic北极means n.手段；方法by means of⋯用⋯⋯ 法；借助By all means 必然必by no means 不By this means 通种方式： in this way/ with this method/ in this manner by some means or other 想尽法△p rehistoric adj. 史前的majority n.大多数；大多数 the - 做主数各个成可用复数The - of +数名或 pl. 与名保持一致In a - 占大多数 get a - 得多数票 have a - 有多数Major minor minority -ity ... 状、性ministry n.（政府的）部；（全体）牧；牧的神任期 the - of DefenseCatholic adj.天主教的 n.天主教徒△A laska n. 阿拉斯加（州）△S an Francisco n. 圣弗朗西斯科（也称旧金山）△a dventurer n. 冒家make a life于新的生活方式、工作等△d espite prep. 尽管；无论hardship n.苦；困苦elect vt.；决定做某事；某人federal adj.邦制的；邦政府的rail n. 路；扶手；（的）横条percentage n.百分比；百分率△Los Angeles n. 洛杉Italy n.意大利Italian n.意大利人；意大利 adj.意大利人的；意大利的Denmark n.丹麦（北欧国家）keep up 持；持；沿（俗、等）- away from 不凑近- back 阻拦控制 -... From 阻拦免受害- off 离 - out 使不入内- up with 跟上 -an eye on 注 - hold of抓住 - a record of- in touch with△H ollywood n. 好莱；美国影boom n. （人口、易的）繁荣（运音）突然靡的期深沉的响声 V. 激增于迅速展期-er=baby -er 生育巅峰期出生的人- town 新都市aircraft n.行器；航空器；机△C ambodian n. 柬埔寨人；柬埔寨Korea n.国；朝Korean n.国/朝人；朝/adj. 国（人 /）的；朝（人/ ）的Pakistan n.巴基斯坦Pakistani adj.巴基斯坦（人）的n.巴基斯坦人△i mmigrate vi. 移入（外国定居）immigration n. 移民；移居入境racial adj. 人种的；种族的crossing n.横渡；横越；十字路口；人行横道vice n. & adj.代理；副nephew n.侄子；外甥pole n.地极；极；磁极applicant n.申人customs n.海关；关税；口税socialist n.社会主者；社会党人adj.社会主者的socialism n.社会主occur vi.生；出有划或无划It -s to sb. To do/ that...某人想到 -rencecattle n.牛（称）△H ispanic n. （美）西班牙的美国人 indicatevt. 指出；指示；表示；表示back to back背靠背luggage n.行李（<美>baggage）shave vt. & vi. (shaved; shaved, shaven)刮；剃△c able n. ；索；△c able car ；（美）有△Andrew Hallidie安德 ?海利迪tram n.（有）apparent adj. 而易的；然的；表面上的apparently adv.然地；而易地It is - to sb. That...在某人看来然 ...brake n.；刹；制器Vi. & vt. 刹（）；用制器减速conductor n. （公）售票；列；（）指slip vi.滑；滑行；滑跤n.滑；滑倒小- off迅速脱去衣服： - out of-on 迅速穿上-out 被没心中出-away 消失消亡 - up 犯粗心△wharfn.bakery n.面包房；面包厂ferry n.渡船；渡口vt.渡；渡运△A ngel Island 天使team up with与⋯⋯ 合作或一起工作hire vt. & n.租用；聘任- sth. To ...租- ... From... 向 ...租借租用hire租房子：let/rent△f ascinating adj. 迷人的；吸引人的mark out 划；出⋯⋯界定表示- down下减价低分 - off划出界限-up 高价格- with 以..- for life留下生的痕seagull n. 海take in包括；吸取理解欺- apart翻开 -away拿走 - back回收 - to喜- on 肩负呈聘任 - over 接收 -up 据有-up with和交往angle n.角；角度a great/good many好多；好多Many/many a/an / a great/good many/ more than one/ a good/large number of +pl.Much/ a good/great deal of/ a large amount of /amounts of+unA lot of/lots of/ a quantity of/ quantities of/ plenty of/ a supply of/suppliedof+pl./un Amounts of/ quantities of+un. 谓语动词用复数Many a(more than one)+ 单数谓语动词用单数apply for申请；请示获得Apply申请敷产生作用使努力- to do 申请做- ..to.. 将 ...涂抹于- oneself to 专心从事applicant application appliednowhere adv.无处；各处都无△m iserable adj. 悲伤的；悲惨的punishment n. 处罚；处罚justice n.公正；公正mourn vt. & vi. 哀悼；哀悼；表示沉痛-er 哀悼者-ful 伤心的 -ing n,哀悼civil adj.公民的；国内的；民间的authority n. 声威；权益(pl) 当局；官方reform vt. & vi.改革；改革 n.改革；改造；改良grasp vt. & n.抓住；抓紧；掌握；意会△t houghtful adj. 关切的；谅解的；深思的thankful adj. 感谢的；感谢的insert vt.插入；嵌入n. 插面广告挿入物-ion 放入选修八 Unit1 CALIFORNIA加利福尼亚California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population （ grow/fall; large/small）. 加州是美国第三大洲, 而且是人口最多的州。

Unit 1 A land of diversityThe First Period Warming up一．Aims:1. Teaching aimsHelp the students learn more information about America.Important words: ocean, coast, mountain, range, compare2. Ability aimsEnable the students to know more about Ameri ca and can give some cities’ names 二．ContentsStep IAsk the students to talk about the names in groups, and then write down them on the map.Step IICompare answers with other groupsStep IIIGive the correct names to the students.Step IVTell the students some information about America to improve their interest. And ask some students to say what they know about America.Homework To observe an American mapAdd:__________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Teaching reflecting:_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________The Second Period Reading 一．Aims:1.Enable the students to talk about things about the USA.2.Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America,especially in California.二．Contents:Step 1 Warming up.1.Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA.2.Group work: look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map thenames of as many of the following as you can. Compare your names with other groups.Step 2 Pre-reading1.Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size,population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California?2.Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what eachpicture is about but how each one relates to California.Step 3 Fast reading1.Read through the passage and get the main idea.2.Reading comprehension.Ask the students the following questions:1)When you look at the title, what so you think of ?A land of differences. California is a land of great differences — differences in climate, in landscape and attitude.2) Why is the USA called a melting pot?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.3.Beside each date note down an important event in Californian history.Step 4 Detail readingBeside each cultural group , write the period in which they first came toStep 5 After readingWhy is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? (Using 3 or 4 sentences to explain. )Step 6 HomeworkFinish “Learning about language” on page 4.Teaching reflecting:_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________The Third Period Language Points 一．Aims:1.Learn expressions and phrases.2.Learn language points.二．Contents:1. means: a method or a way of doing. 方式，方法，手段（但复数同形）Translate:一切可能的办法都试过了。

人教版英语选修8课文原文及课文译文Unit 1 Aland of diversity 第一单元一个多元文化的国土ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California. NATIVE AMERCANSIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. 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. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Me某ico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Me某ico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Me某ico, and after the war won by the USA, Me某ico had to give California to the USA. However, thereis still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco. GOLD MINERSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the \Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was well established in Hollywood, California. The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Me某ico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945to work in the ship and aircraft industries. MOST RECENT ARRIVALSCalifornia. THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. It is believed that before long the mi某 of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mi某ture of many races and cultures.加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州，而且是人口最多的州。

高二英语选修八unit 1 第一课时Warming up & readingTeaching Goal:Enable the Ss to learn sth about the USAEnable the Ss to talk about some places with frequent englishTeaching important and difficult pointsPractice some important words and expressionsPart 1 Warming upLook at the warming-up part on page 1 and fill in the map(refer to the ppt.) What do you know about the USAlet’s have a small test.1. Which flag is American flag2. Which city is the capital of the USAA.New YorkB.WashingtonC.Los Angeles3. Which stands for the USA National Emblems（国徽）4. How many states are there in the USAdoesn’t belong to the USAPart 2 Reading.Fast readingstate in the USA has the largest Population2. Why is California called the most multicultural state in the USmany kinds of people are mentioned in this textDetail readingNative Americans•:• did they come from:• happened to the native Americans in the sixteenth centuryNative AmericansThe Spainsh16th century 18th century in 1821 in 1846Influence:today over 40% of Californians speak Spainish as a first or second languageRussians & Gold MinersDo some T or F questions:the early 1800s, Russian fur trappers began settling in California.1848, before the Amerian-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. lot of adventures achieved their dream of becoming rich.4.California become the thirty-first state of the United states of Amerianin 1850.Later arrivalsRecent arrivalsLook at the pictures below. Each illustrates something about California. Discuss in groups what each picture means to you.native American Indian was standing beside a camp .It seemed that he or she felt very happy. Maybe he or she had a good harvest.was a gold miner. He was panning gold. He looked not only thin and weak, but also thirsty and tired. It was difficult for them to achieve the dream of becoming rich.building in ChinatownMany Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.。

人教版高中英语选修8 课文及翻译选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. 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. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Mexico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They settled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become thethirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.LATER A RRIVALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco.Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was well established in Hollywood, California. The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Mexico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries. MOST RECENT ARRIVALSIn more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians. Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California. THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. 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.GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH—14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus. Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage, shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top of the hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873, the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn trams. Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it. Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermen first came to San Francisco in the late 19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops, sea food restaurants and bakeries. It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything else. Early bed tonight!Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent all day driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots. Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a really good idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old buildings in southern China. Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants. Also art galleries and a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal and then walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On the way had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not even have light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemed to be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on the walls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were able to grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today.选修8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep.The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fate affected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned all scientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Would it happen forever? Could it be solved if corrections were made in their research procedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a great impact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research are difficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative. Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning, but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.克隆一直在我们左右并且已经被大多数人接受。