Deal with some language points in the text. Look at the sentences on the screen. Who can explain the sentences on the screen.

1. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California… (But it is probably that the Native Americans had been living in California for over 15,000 years.)

2. Of the first Spanish to go to…, the majority were … men who… (Most of the first Spanish in California believed in God and they came there in order4 to teach the natives about it)

3. This is why … as a first or second language. ( Nowadays more than a quarter of Californianas speak Spanishas thei native language or second language because there is a strong Spanish influence in California.

4. Many died or returned home, but … to make a life for… ( A lot of people rushing for gold lost their lives or went back home, but most of them left in California to make a living for themselves in new towns or on farms.)

5. Although Chinese immigrants…, it was the building of … that brought … (Chinese people began to immigrate to California during the Gold Rush Period. However, more Chinese immigrants arrived there to build the railway from the west to the east coast in 1860s)

6.    It is believed that before long … so …that …, but …  (people believe that in the near future the different races will be combined very well and there will be a community of many nations and cultures without any major groups of them

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