Became part of
1846
Declared war & Given back
Russians
Russians
1800s
Settled in
Gold miners
South Americans
Americans,
Europeans, Asians
1848
Discovered &
Rush for gold
1850
Became a state
Later arrivals
Africans
1800s
Moved from
Chinese
1860s
Built the railway
Japanese
Early 1900
Farmed
Demark
1911
Established a town
Jewish
By 1920s
Developed industry
Italians
Late 1900s
Fished and made wine
Africans
1942~1945
Worked in ship & aircraft industries
Recent
Arrivals
Indians, Pakistanis
1970s
Worked in Computer industry
Cambodians, Koreans,
Vietnamese, Laotians
Recent
decades
Immigrated
Future
Different parts
Future
Immigrated
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1. Ask the students to turn to page 3 and do EX-2. Fill in the given form.
15,000 years ago:
First settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia. These people are now known as Native American
16thcentury: Spanish soldiers arrived in South American
182: Became part of Mexico
1846: The US declared war on Mexico
1848: Gold was discovered in California
1850: California became the 31st state of the US.
2. Ask the students to turn to page 4 and do EX-3.
Cultural groups-------Periods
Russians------early 1800s
Chinese------Late 1840s/early 1850s
Africans------1800s
Italians------Late 1800s
Jewish------1920s
Japanese------Early 1900s
Cambodians------From about the 1970s
Koreans------From about the 1970
Danish------1911
Pakistanis------From about the 1970s
Step 7 Discussion
Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural ? (Using 3 or 4 sentences to explain. )
Step 8 Explanation
1. population un / cn. 人口
The population of China___is____ large. And 70% of the population of China___are______ peasants.
表示整体人口时谓语动词用单数，表示部分人口时谓语动词用复数。 而形容人口的多少通常用large / small.
对人口的多少进行疑问时，可用
What’s the population of ….?
What’s the population of Guangdong?
have a population of …. 有多少人口
China has a population of 1.3 billion.
an increase / growth in population 人口
2. California is the third largest state in the …
序数词可以修饰形容词的最高级
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
可以修饰形容词最高级的词：far / by far /much
可以修饰比较的词：no / a little / a bit / any
You ‘re standing too near the camera . Can you move __B__?
A. a bit far B. a little farther C. a bit of farther D. a little far
3. multicultural adj.
multi- 多、多方面、多方向的
multi-coloured 多色的
multi-racial 多种族的
multi-media 多媒体
4. When the first people arrived in what we now know as California,…宾语从句
= the place that we now know as California. 定语从句
George Washington was born in __D____ is now the state of Virginia.
which B. where C. that D. what
= George Washington was born in the place that is now the state of Virginia.
Pudong Development Zone is no longer a rural area ___C____ it used to be.定语从句
2. Pudong Development Zone is no longer __A___ it used to be. 表语从句
