ReadingandThinking

新人教必修Book3

Unit3DiverseCulturesLearn

about

acity

that

has

diverseculturesWherewerethesescenesfilmed?TheGoldenGateBridgeisan

iconicstructure

(標志性的建筑)connectingthecityofSanFranciscoandCalifornia,whichisfamousforitsplendid

view.TheGoldenGateBridgehasseenmanyupsanddowns(興衰浮沉）ofthecity.Besides,itisconsideredalandmark(地標）andanengineeringmarvel(工程奇跡）Bumblebee

MonstersvsAliensTheGoldenGateBridgeAsuspensionbridgeservesasthesymbolofSF.CALIFORNIASANFRANCISCOPleasefind

San

Francisco

onthe

mapIt’sabeautifulcoastalcityinCaliforniaontheWestCoastofUSA.ATravelJournalofLiLanAtraveljournalispersonalrecordofone’stravels,whichmaybekeptinadiaryorinablogonline.Itisusuallyorganizedintimeorderorspaceorder.SanFranciscoWhatdoyouthinkLiLanmightwriteinthetraveljournal?Prediction

TheRedwoodForestNapaValleyMissionDistrictjazzbarChinatownScanning:Lookatthesephotosandmatchthemwiththecontentsinthepassage.alocalmuseumLiLan'straveljournalBeforecomingtoSF?campedintheRedwoodForest?visited_____________inthemorning(intheMissionDistrict)?manypeoplefrom______orCentralAmerica?acentrefor____,music,andfood(MissionSchool--influencedby______and______art)?ate_______________noodlesintheafternoon(inalocalmuseum)?in1848,gotitfrom_________?in1848,__________started?peoplefromallovertheworldto___________________?Chineseimmigrantsarrived

(openedup______andrestaurants;foundjobs________;joinedthe________;wenttobuildthe_______)learntthehistoricalchangesinCaliforniaintheevening

(Chinatown)?manycafésand____________?selecteda____________________tomorrowevening(intheRichmondDistrict)?willgotoa_________artgraffitiNapaValleyMexicocomicMexican-ChineseMexicogoldrushseektheirfortuneshopsonfarmsgoldrushrailwayrestaurantsCantoneserestaurantjazzbartoearnalivingWhatdidshedoandplantodo?Readandsortouttheagenda.1.WhatimpressedthewriterfirstaboutSanFrancisco?2.WhatissospecialabouttheMissionDistrict?3.WhydidChinese

immigrantsgotoSanFrancisco?

4.Whatexamplesofethnicandculturaldiversitycanyoufindinthejournal?Whatdidshelearn？musicoriginatedfromblackpeopleethnicandculturalculturesethnicdiversityculturaldiversityDidLiLanenjoyhertripinSanFrancisco?Canyoufindsomeevidencetosupportyouridea?PartsFeelingsevidencePara1:cityofSanFranciscoPara2:MissionDistrictPara3:localmuseumPara4:ChinatownPara5:RichmondDistrictamazed,interestedtouchedhappy,satisfiedeagertoknowWhatacity…rebuilditselfaftertheearthquake…somanybeautifuloldbuildingsIwalkedaroundlookingatthestreetartforafewhours…quitemodernandlivelyThemuseumdidareallygoodjob…immigrantslefttheirowncountry…Somanygoodcafesandrestaurants…beautifulchinaplates…whatgoodfood!Can’twait!ReadandanalyzeThinkandShareYourimpressions?WhatkindofcityisSanFrancisco?a

modern,open,tolerant,vibrantcityofart,

mixedcultureandethnicdiversitytough/strong；beautiful/spectacular.historicalSFisacity

that

has

diversecultures

Postreading——criticalthinkingSanFranciscoiscalled“meltingpot”.However,someonethinksitisbettertocallit“asaladbowl”.What’sthedifference?saladbowl:acceptdifferentculturesbuttheykeeptheirownidentity.meltingpot(大熔爐）：heatingmetals（金屬）inacontainer.Whentheymelt(融化），themetalsuniteandbecomesomethingnewandstronger.

meltingpot:isaplacewherepeopleofdifferentbackgroundslivetogetherandgraduallygetmixedtogether.(meltsdifferentculturesintooneculture)WhatcanwelearnfromSanFranciscowhiletreatingdifferentcultures.ToembraceToappreciateTorespectToacceptWeshould

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