高中英语选修八_Unit_1_Warming_Up课件.ppt

高二人教新课标版选修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity Can you guess it ? It is a very young country in the world, which has only a history of 200~300 years. There is a Statue of Liberty in the east coast. It is about 46 meters high. The head office of the UN was set up there. Two World Wars didn’t take place there. Now it is the strongest country of the world. * Warming Up A Land of Diversity The Star Spangled Banner 美国国歌 Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave? The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像, 位于美国纽约市曼哈顿岛上， 是法国政府作为庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物 赠给美国。女神像由铁架和铜皮做成, 高46米, 连同底座总高约100米。?一个多世纪以来, 自由女神像已成为美法人民友谊的象征。 Wall Street（华尔街） The White House Hollywood Film City Universal Studios The Central Park Capitol Hill (国会山庄) Manhattan Golden Gate Bridge Uncle Sam Melting pot Nickname continental climate ( most part ) subtropical climate ( the south ) Climate Christianity ( 56% ); Catholic ( 28% ); Judaism( 2% ) Religion English Spanish ( some minority groups ) Language about 300 million population about 9.4 million square kilometers ( the fourth largest ); has a long coastline of 22,680 kilometers Total area How much do you know about the USA? 1. Which flag is American flag? A. B. C. C 2. Which city is the capital of the USA? A. New York B. Washington D.C C. Los Angeles B  A. B. C. D. 3. Which stands for the USA? National Emblems (国徽) C 4. How many states are there in the USA? A. B. C. D. 47 48 49 50 D 5. Who is president of America now? A. B. C. D. Barack Hussein Obama George H.W. B