Unit 1 A land of diversity
课文要点（模块）
Ⅰ.课文词汇等填空（旨在复习本课文中的单词拼写和主要词语等）
根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：
California is the _____1_____(three)largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It has _____2______ (attraction) people from all over the world. No one really knows when the first people arrived in ______3____ we now know as California. Now there are more Native Americans _____4_______ in California than in any other state. California _____5________(统治) by Spain and there is still a strong Spanish ______6_____（影响） in the state. People began _____7______（settle） in California when gold _____8_______(发现)there. But people from Africa have been living there. It is believed that before long the mix of _____9______（国籍） will be so great that there will be no major racial of cultural groups, but simply a ____10______（mix） of many culture
答案： 1.third 2.attracted 3.what 4.living 5.was ruled 6.influence 7.settling 8.was discovered 9. nationalities 10. mixture
Ⅱ.课文大意概括 （旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力）
阅读课文，试着用30来个单词概括课文大意或翻译下面短文。
整篇文章分别介绍了美洲土著人，西班牙人，俄罗斯人，金矿工人，后来移民与未来移民及解释为什么加州是一个多民族，多文化的地方。
The whole passage introduced __________________________________________________________
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答案：The whole passage introduced the native Americans, the Spanish, Russians, gold miners, later arrivals and future immigrants and explain why California is a multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural place.
Ⅲ.课文佳句背诵与仿写 （旨在培养对难句的理解和写作能力）
1.【原句】Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. 最早一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在了解的加利福尼来地区的，谁也说不清楚。
[模仿要点] 句子结构：状语从句 + what从句，+ 主句
【模仿1】当我们把它和我们称之为 “大哥大”相比，我们发现新的移动电话携带轻便，小巧，价格便宜。
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答案： When we compared it to what we called “Da Ge Da”, we found new mobile phones are light and small to carry with a low price.
【模仿2】当我们到达人们称之为小鸟天堂的地方时，我们兴奋地发现数千种鸟类定居在那。
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答案： When we arrived at what people call Bird Paradise, we were excited to find thousands of kinds of birds are settling there.
2．【原句】Although 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 1860s. 虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始来到（美国），但是更大批量的中国移民却是在19世纪60年代为了修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。
[模仿要点] 句子结构：让步状语从句+强调句
【模仿1】虽然他妹妹和他没有血缘关系，但是洪战辉他自己坚持背她上大学，这件事感动了整个中国。
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答案：Although his young sister has no blood relationship with him, it is Hong Zhan Hui himself that insists on carrying her on his back to college, which moves the whole China.
【模仿2】虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但是我的努力使我适应新的校园生活。
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答案：Although my daily life is extremely monotonous, it is my hard work that makes me adapt myself to the new life on campus.
3. 【原句】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. 人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常之大，以至于不可能存在一种主要的种族或文化群体，而只是多种族，多文化的混合体。
[模仿要点] 句子结构：It is +V-ed +that从句；so…that…
【模仿1】据报道2008奥运福娃的英文名已经从 Friendlies 改为 Fuwa , 它易发音，易记忆， 很受人们的欢迎。
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答案：It is reported that the English name of the five mascots of the 2008 Olympics has changed from “Friendlies” to “Fuwa”, which is so easy to pronounce and remember that it is popular with all the people.
【模仿2】人们普遍认为书的影响是如此之大以至我们的父母总是鼓励我们养成良好的阅读习惯，阅读更多的书籍，但是我们必须非常注意书的选择。
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答案：It is commonly believed that the influence of books is so important that our parents always encourage us to form good habits of reading and to read more books, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.
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