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高二人教新课标版选修八
Unit 1 A land of diversity
Using Language
New Words
Palm Springs
Hispanic
ancestors
n. 棕榈泉
adj. 西班牙的n. 祖先
1 George is on holiday in the United
States and he is touring around
California. He is telephoning his friend
Christie. Before listening, look at the
pictures and go over the exercises below.
Guess what might be included in their
conversation.
A tour round California.
A visit to Joshua Tree National Park.
George’s feelings and reactions to
what he is seeing.
1. Where did George’s tour start and in
which direction has he been travelling?
2. What surprised George about California?
3. Why did George have the wrong idea
about California before he went there?
4. Why are there so many different kinds
of music, food and art in California?
2 Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.
1. Where did George’s tour start and in which direction has he been traveling?
He started in northern California, and
he has been traveling south.
The facts that not everybody lives on the
coast, and the desert in California is not
like the rest of the climate of California,
surprised him.
2. What surprised George about California?
He had watched too many American movies.
3. Why did George have the wrong idea about California before he went there?
Many people from different countries moved
to California. They brought their own customs,
culture and food. They kept them up and so
produced the large variety of food, music,
customs, art and cultural activities.
4. Why are there so many different kinds of music, food and art in California?
Dear Christie, I am here in Joshua Tree National Park, in the _____________________. Have been traveling around the state of California for three weeks now. Very different from what I have seen in _______________. Not everyone is ____and not everyone lives near the ___________. First traveled southeast through rich farmland then to the central part.
Southeastern California
American moviesbeach/coast
rich
3 Listen again and complete the postcard George wrote.
They grow everything here including
_____________________and fruit. Cattle too.
Then traveled further _________into mountains
and ______. Californians are very friendly, and
they are from many different ______ and
cultures. Every culture has its own ________,
_______, food and art. Most interesting.
Wish you were here. Give my love to Paula.
Yours,
George.
cotton, vegetables, nuts
southeast
desert
races
music
festivals
4 Read the questions and expressions
below. There are different ways for a
speaker to encourage someone else to
talk. Christie uses some of them to find
out more about George’s tour. Listen to
the tape again and underline the
questions and expressions that
Christie uses.
Where are you? Where’s that?
What are you doing down there? Really?
So how’s the trip been? And what about ...?
What’s it really like? What do you think?
What happened then? Indeed?
What other scenery is there?
Such as? Hispanic? Is that so?
QUESTIONS
Cool. Good. Yes, that’s right.
Lucky you! Mmm, sounds interesting.
That surprises / doesn’t surprise me.
Wow ! Sounds fantastic! Give an example.
Oh I see. Sounds great! Ah ha!
Gosh, George! Just as I thought.
EXPRESSIONS
Giving comments
Speaking Task
Cool!
Really?
Oh, I see/ that’s all right.
I wish I could see it for myself.
…That’s terrific!
Topics Talk about traveling to some places in a telephone conversation.
Where have you visited recently?
What is the climate like?
What did you think about the people?
What other interesting things did you see?
That’s interesting / terrific / marvelous / cool / lovely !!
The following sentence patterns are helpful for you:
That’s interesting / terrific / marvelous / cool / lovely! Really? How do you feel about…It seems to me …because…Sounds good.I see.Sorry to interrupt / for interrupting, but…
Fisherman’s Wharf ( 渔人码头 )
Chinatown (San Francisco)
Golden Gate Bridge
cable car
Wednesday Monday Tuesday
1 Read George’s diary quickly then do exercise 1 on page 7.
Tuesday Wednesday Monday
Careful Reading
Fill in the blanks with words in the passage.
Monday
_____straight to hotel and ________
luggage, then went __________
Rode on _____________
Visited ___________________
went dropped
exploring
a cable car
Fisherman’s Wharf
Paragraph 1
Tuesday
________________ a couple from
hotel and _______ a car.
Spend all day _________________
In evening, went to ____________
Teamed up with
hired
driving around city
Chinatown
Para 2
Wednesday
Took ferry to ______________
and had a good view of
____________________
Visited an ___________________
Para 3Angel Island
Golden Gate Bridge
immigration station
1. Teamed up with a couple from my hotel and
hired a car.
A. bought B. rent C. stole D. borrowed
B
Choose the Synonyms
( 同义词 )
2. More and more people were able to grasp
the opportunity.
A. hold B. miss C. lose D. have
3. Apparently he’d been shocked when he
saw a terrible accident.
A. distinctly B. thankfully
C. obviously D. relevantly
A
C
4. It is a 79km round-trip that takes in all the
famous tourist spots.
A. cheats B. includes
C. understand D. absorbs
5. Chinese people applied for right to live in
USA.
A. approved of B. asked for
C. devoted to D. put on
B
B
2 Read the diary carefully and answer the questions in pairs.
1.Why did Andrew Hallidie invent the cable car system?
2. Where did George eat lunch on his first day in San Francisco?
He ate at Fisherman’s Wharf.
He invented the cable car system because the horse-drawn trams used before were unsafe. horse-drawn 为 n + pp→
adj
3. Why did George hire a car? Why do you
think he joined up with Terri and Peter?
It was convenient for him to tour around
the city. It was cheaper to hire a car with
other people because they could share the
cost. Also he probably enjoyed being in
the company of other tourists.
4. What three things can visitors do in Chinatown?
Eat in Chinese restaurants, go to markets, visit temples and museums.
5. What is Angel Island famous for?
It was famous as a place for immigrants
to be checked before they could enter
California.
Discussion: Why did George leave out
some words when he wrote his diary?
Post Reading
Rewrite the diary entry for Tuesday
inserting all the missing words.
I teamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter
and Terri) and hired a car. We spent all day
driving around the city. There’s a great drive
marked our for tourists. It has blue and white
signs with seagulls on them to show the way to
go. It’s a 79 km round-trip that takes in all the
famous tourist spots. We stopped many times to
admire the view and take photographs. I now
have a really good idea of what the city’s like.
Speaking
Suppose you are George, choose one day of your trip to make a telephone call to your friend or your relative.
Hello, may I speak to… ; Yes, speaking ; So how’s the trip been? What’s it really like?Great! Sounds wonderful! Cool!Please give me a call when you are back. OK, that’s all.
1. cattle n. 集体名词 , 指复数概念， 谓语用复数。如 :
We have five (head of) cattle.
The cattle are raised on my farm.
类似集体名词有 people, police, folk,
militia ( 民兵部队 ) 等。
Language Points
2. indicate vt. 指示 , 标出 , 表明 , 暗示He indicated the door hinting me to go out.他指着门示意我出去。The signpost ( 路标 ) indicates the right road.His hesitation indicated that he doubted about the plan. ( 暗示 )His red face indicates high blood pressure.( 是……的征兆 )The bell rang, ____ that class was over.• indicated B. indicating C. indicate D. to indicate
B
3. Apparently he’d been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a train slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it. 显然当他看到一场事故中轨道车拖着马匹 滑下山坡时大为震惊。1) apparently 据我所知 , 显然的 , 显而易见的I wasn’t there, but __________ it was a good party.
She managed to climb out of the car, __________
unhurt.
apparently
apparently
In winter drivers have trouble stopping their
cars from _____ on icy roads.
A. skating B. skidding C. sliding D. slipping
2) slip v. 滑 , 滑倒 , 失足 A book slipped of/from her hand. 书本从她的手中滑落。 n. [c] 小错误 It’s normal for a young man to make a slip. 年轻人犯错误很正常。
在冬天 , 司机很难避免汽车在结了冰的路面上打滑。
B
skate 表示“ ( 在冰面上 ) 滑行”、“溜 ( 冰 )”
一般指滑冰运动 ;
skid 表示“ ( 人、车等行进时因路面滑而向一侧 )
打滑 , 滑倒” ;
slide 表示“ ( 在冰、滑梯、跑道等上 ) 滑行 , 滑动 ;
滑落” ;
slip 表示“失脚 , 滑跤” , 常指由于不小心、路滑等 而滑倒。根据句意 , 此处指“车轮的打滑”。
4. Teamed up with a couple from my hotel
and hired a car.
team up with
与……合作或一起工作，与……结成一队 Let’s team up!
让我们联起手来吧 !
It’s a pleasure to _____________
such an excellent worker.
与这样的优秀工人合作真是件愉快事。
team up with
5. hire v. 雇佣 , 租用Hiring a car is paid by the hour.
I hired a private detective to look into it.
hire out 出租 hire oneself out (as) 受雇 ( 当…… )
He hired himself out as a bodyguard in a company.
rent 租借 ( 让 ) 土地、房屋、动产等。Do you own or rent the video?
录像带是你自己的还是租的？He will rent this land (out) to me at $ 1000 a year.
他将把这块土地以每年 1000 美元的价格租给我。
6. There’s a great drive marked out for tourists.
有一条用线为游客画出界线的大道。
1) drive n. used in the names of roads 路 , 大道
They live at 141 Park Drive.
他们住在公园路 141 号。
2) mark out 划线分出， ( 标记 ) 选出
7. It’s a 79 km round-trip that takes in all the
famous tourist spots.
正是这 79 公里的往返旅程包括了所有的 著名的旅游景点。 take in 1) 包括 This price takes in the cost of all the
accommodation and food.
这个价格包括了食宿等一切费用。
2) 吸收 , 收留 , 收容 , 收养 , 接待Our party branch took in a new member
yesterday. 我们党支部昨天吸收了一名新党员。3) 理会 , 理解 , 记住I wonder if he’s really taking it in.
我想知道他是否真正明白了。4) 欺骗 , 使上当The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies.
这个推销员发现老太太容易上当受骗。
8. Some interesting temples here, a number
of markets and a great many restaurants.
这里有一些有趣的寺庙、一些集市和 许多饭店。
“许多 , 大量” ,
修饰可数名词
many
many a/an
a great/good many
a good/large number of
修饰不可数名词
much
a good/great deal of
a large amount of
amounts of
修饰可数与不可数名词
a lot of
lots of
a quantity of
quantities of
plenty of
a supply of
supplies of
1) A good many people _______ watching on
the beach now.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
2) ______ the students in per school go to
college in their teens.
A. A good many B. A great many of
C. A great deal of D. A lot of
A good/great many
C
B
注意 (1) amounts of 与 quantities of 后接不可数 名词作主语时 , 谓语动词用 Large amounts of money are spent on
tobacco every year.
每年都要花大量金钱在烟草上。
(2) many a +(single.) n. 作短语 , 谓动用 Many a student wants to see the film Hero.
很多学生想看电影《英雄》。
复数
单数
9. …noticing how the listener reacts and, if
necessary, changing your way of speaking
to suit the listener.
react 反应，回应，作出反应 e.g. How did she ________to your answer?
对你的回答她如何反应 ?
The people soon _______________the
dictator.
人民很快起来反对独裁者。
react
reacted against
be/go on holidaygo straight todrop one’s luggagego exploringa cable carget a spectacular view ofa better form of transportit’s the place to do sthfeel like doing have good idea ofidea 印象 , 感想
在度假直接去……放下行李去探索缆车观看美景一种更好的交通方式这是做某事的地方想要做某事对……有很好的了解
Phrases
a number ofall sorts oftake ferryallow sb. to do sthattempt to do sthpull out ofbe famous forleave out it’s one’s turn to do sthmake sure that….team up withmark out
大量的各种各样的乘轮渡允许某人做某事试图做某事从……中拉出来 因为……而出名省略 , 遗漏轮到某人做某事确信 , 确保……与……合作 / 一起工作划线标出……界限
1) 他虽然不会说话 , 但能通过手势让别人知道 他的意思。 (by means of) He couldn’t speak, but made himself understood by means of signs．2) 他宣称他是正确的。 (declare) He declared that he was right．3) 鼓起勇气，成功就属于你。 (keep up) Keep up your courage, and success will be yours．4 ) 他说的话打动了我。 (subject Clause) What he said moved me．
翻译
5) 事实是我从未到过那儿。 (Appositive Clause)
The fact is that I have never been there.
6) 显而易见，英语很重要。 (Subject Clause)
It is clear that English is very important.
7)问题是我们下一步该怎么办。 (Predicative Clause)
The problem is what we should do next．8)玛丽认为他会帮助她。 (Object Clause)
Mary thinks that he will help her.
9) 人们认为运动会会按计划举行。 (Subject Clause)
It is believed that the sports meet will be held as planned.
Writing
In this unit you have learned some new
language to help you talk and write about
the USA. You are going to use this language
to discuss a Chinese city, province or zone
and then write a group text about it.
Brainstorming for writing
Describe places
location climate
history
geographical features
culture/…
1.Use the information in reading to write a postcard to your friend Jane. You can follow the example on P6.
Dear Jane:
I’m here in …
2. Read the speaking and writing task on Page 52.
Homework
Warming up P51
Louis Armstrong
Reading I----Scanning (2m)
Paragraphs Topics
1
2
3
4
5
6
Great jazz musician
Childhood Learning to play music
Playing & recording Acting & writing
Death
Reading II----Detailed Reading (3m)
Time Event 1901
childhood
12 years old
14 years old
1917
Next few years
Born
Sang to earn money
Arrested and sent to school
Learn how to play music
Worked in bands and learned jazz
Worked in a best band
Became a musician
Time Event
1922
1924
1932
By 1960s
1971
Traveled in USA Introduced his jazz
Recorded his musicPopular as a jazz star
Traveled to Europe;Played, recorded, acted, wrote. Traveled aboard as a ambassador,Spoke publicly
Died
