Chapter 1 The Population
I 2 populous 3 race 4 origin 5 geographical distPrelistening
B 1 census ribution
6 made up of
7 comprises
8 relatively progressively
9 Metropolitan densely 10 decreased death rate
11 birth rate increasing 12 life expectancy
D 1 a 18.5 mill b 80% c 1/2 d 13.4 mill e 2: 10
f 4%
g 1990
h 40%
i 3/4
j 33.1%
2 a
3 b 1 c 2 d 5 e 4
II First Listening
ST1 population by race and origin
ST2 geographical distribution
ST3 age and sex
III Postlistening
A 1. People’s Republic of China, India
2. 281 mill
3. Hispanics(12.5%)
4. Texas
5. the South and the West
6. 20%
7. by more than 5 million
8. about 6 years
9. 2.2 years
10. a decreasing birth rate and an increasing life expectancy
Chapter 2: Immigration: Past and Present
PRELISTENING
B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts
immigrated
natural disasters/ droughts/ famines
persecution
settlers/ colonists
stages
widespread unemployment
scarcity
expanding/ citizens
failure
decrease
limited
quotas
steadily
trend
skills/ unskilled
D Notetaking Preparation
Dates: Teens and Tens
1850
1951
The 1840s
From 1890 to 1930
Between 1750 and 1850
1776
1882
1329
1860
From approximately 1830 to 1930
Language Conventions: Countries and Nationalities
The Scandinavian countries are Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. The Southern European countries are Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. The Eastern European countries are Russia and Poland.
LISTENING
First Listening
Major Subtopics
ST1 the Great Immigration
ST2 reasons for the Great Immigration and why it ended
ST3 immigration situation in the United States today
POSTLISTENING
A. Accuracy Check
colonists or settlers
Dutch, French, German, Scotch-Irish, Blacks
The third, 1890-1930
Southern Europe and Eastern Europe
The population doubled, there was widespread unemployment, and there was a scarcity of farmland
free land, plentiful jobs, and freedom from religious and political persecution
the failure of the potato crop in Ireland
laws limiting immigration from certain area, the Great Depression, and World War Ⅱ
They are largely non-European.
Industry doesn’t need a large number of unskilled workers。
Chapter 3 American Trademarks
I B 1 statistics
2 goods producing / service
3 stricter / illegal
4 per capita
5 benefits / health insurance
6 wages / workweek
7 romanticize
8 study / productive
9 rising / opposite
10 outproduce
11 stressed
12 matched
13 stagnated
14 CEOs / profits
15 unions / favor
D a 2 b 1 c 3 d 4
Ⅱ A ST1 a historical look at work in America ST2 how U.S. workers are doing today
