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1、 選修八?Unit1?CALIFORNIA?加利福尼亞 California?is?the?third1._____________(large) state?in?the?USA?but?has?the?largest?population.?It?also?has the?distinction?of?being?the?most?multicultural?state?in?the?USA,?2.__________________(attract)?people?from all?over?the?world.?The?customs?and?langu

2、ages?of?the?immigrants?live?on?in?their?new?home.?This?diversity?of culture?is?not?surprising?when?you?know?the?history?of?California.?Exactly?when?the?first?people?arrived?in 3._________________we?now?know?as?California,?no?one?really?knows. However,?it?is?likely?that?Native?Americans?were

3、?living?in?California?at?least?fifteen?thousand?years?ago. Scientists?believe?that?these?settlers?crossed?the?Bering?Strait?in?the?Arctic?to?America?by?means?of?a?land?bridge 4.___________________existed?in?prehistoric?times. In?the?16th?century,?after?the?arrival?of?the?Europeans,?the?nati

4、ve?people?suffered?greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases 5._________________(bring)?by?the?Europeans. 6._________________,?some?survived?these?terrible?times,?and?today?there?are?more?Native?Americans?living?in California?than?in?

5、any?other?state. THE?SPANISH?西班牙人 In?the?18th?century?California?was?ruled?by?Spain.?Spanish?soldiers?first?arrived?in?South?America?in?the?early?16th century,?when?they?fought?7._____________________the?native?people?and?took?their?land.?Two?centuries?later, the?Spanish?had?settled?in?m

6、ost?parts?of?South?America?and?along?the?northwest?coast?of?8.____________we?now call?the?United?States. Of?the?first?Spanish?9._______________(go)?to?California,?the?majority?were?religious?men,?whose?ministry?was to?teach?the?Catholic?religion?to?the?natives.In?1821,?the?people?of?Mexico?

7、gained?their?independence?from?Spain. California?then?became?part?of?Mexico. In?1846?the?United?States?declared?war?on?Mexico,?and?after?the?war?won?by?the?USA,?Mexico?had?to?give California?to?the?USA. However,?there?is?still?a?strong?Spanish?influence?in?the?state. That?is ___10_______

8、_today?over?40?of?Californians?speak?Spanish?as?a?first?or?second?language. RUSSIANS?俄羅斯人 In?the?early?1800s,?Russian?hunters,11._______________?had?originally?gone?to?Alaska,?began?settling?in California. Today?there?are?about?25,000?Russian-Americans?living?in?and?around?San?Francisco.

9、 GOLD?MINERS?金礦工 In?1848,?not?long?after?the?American-Mexican?war,?gold?was?discovered?in?California. The?dream?of?becoming?rich?quickly?12._________________(attract)?people?from?all?over?the?world. The?nearest,?and?therefore?the?first?to?arrive,?were?South?Americans?and?people?from?the?

10、United?States. Then?13.______________________(adventure)?from?Europe?and?Asia?soon?followed.?In?fact,?few?achieved?their dream?of?becoming?rich. Some?died?or?returned?home,?but?most?remained?in?California?to?make?a?life?for?themselves?despite?great?hardship. They?settled?in?the?new?towns

11、?or?on?farms. By?the?time?California?elected?to?become?the?thirty-first?federal?state?of?the?USA?in?1850,?it?was?already?a multicultural?society. THE?FUTURE?未來展望 People?from?different?parts?of?the?world,?14.______________(attract)?by?the?climate?and?the?lifestyle,?still immigrate?to?C

12、alifornia .?It?is?believed?that?before?long?the?mix?of?nationalities?will?be?so?great?15.____________there?will?be?no?distinct major?racial?or?cultural?groups,?but?simply?a?mixture?of?many?races?and?cultures. 1.?largest 2.?having?attracted 3.?what 4.?which 5.?brought 6.?Howev

13、er 7.?against 8.?what 9.?to?go 10.?why 11.who 12.?attracted 13.?adventurers 14.?attracted 15.?that 選修八?Unit?1?GEORGE’S?DIARY?喬治的日記 12TH—14TH?JUNE Monday?12th,?June6月12日,星期一 Arrived?early?this?morning?by?bus.?Went?straight?to?hotel?to?drop?my?luggage

14、,?shower?and?shave. Then?went____________________(explore)?.?First?thing?was?a?ride?on?a?cable?car.?From?top?of?the?hill?got?a spectacular?view?of?San?Francisco?Bay?and?the?city.?Built?in?1873,?the?cable?car system2.__________________(invent)?by?Andrew?Hallidie,?who?wanted?to?find?a?better?

15、form?of?transport?than horse-drawn?trams. 3._____________________(apparent)?he'd?been?shocked?when?he?saw?a?terrible?accident?in?which?a?tram's brakes?failed,?the?conductor?could?not?control?the?situation?and?the?tram?slipped?down?the?hill?dragging?the?horses with?it. Had?a?late?lunch

16、?at?Fisherman's?Wharf.?This?is?the?district?4.______________Italian?fishermen?first?came?to?San Francisco?in?the?late?19th?century?and?began?the?fishing?industry. Now?it's?a?tourist?area?5._____________lots?of?shops,?sea?food?restaurants?and?bakeries. It's?also?the?place?to?catch?the?ferry?

17、to?Angel?Island?and?other?places?in?the?Bay. Did?so?much?exploring?at?Fisherman's?Wharf.?Am?exhausted?and?don't?feel?like?6._____________(de)?anything else.?Early?bed?tonight! Tuesday?13th,?June?6月13日?星期二 Teamed?up?with?a?couple?from?my?hotel?(Peter?and?Terri)?and?hired?a?car.?Spent?all?

18、day7.________________(drive) around?the?city There's?a?8.____________________(fascinate)?drive?marked?out?for?tourists.?It?has?blue?and?white?signs?with seagulls?on?them?to?show?the?way?to?go. 。It's?a?79km?round-trip?that?takes?in?all?the?famous?tourist?spots. （ Stopped?many?times?9.

19、_______________?admire）the?view?of?the?city?from?different?angles?and?take?photographs. Now?have?a?really?good?idea?of?what?the?city's?like. In?evening,?went?to?Chinatown?with?Peter?and?Terri. Chinese?immigrants?settled?in?this?area?in?the?1850s.?The?fronts?of?the?buildings?10._____________

20、___(decorate) to?look?like?old?buildings?in?southern?China. Saw?some?interesting?temples?here,?a?number?of?markets?and?a?great?many?restaurants. 1.?exploring 2.?was?invented 3.Apparently 4.?where 5.?with 6.?doing 7.?driving 8.?fascinating 9.?to?admire 10.?are?decorated