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CONTENTS Unit Topics Functional items History and geography of the USA Encouraging others to A land of diversity ationality and people P1 nd culture robing a pl Cloning Natural clones and man-made clones The history of cloning Praise and encouragement P10 Controversy about cloning Acceptance and refusa Inventors and Inventions inventions Patent applications Making telephone calls P19 reat inventors Conjecture galion Literary work Emotions P28 Drama Judgement and evaluation Meeting ng your Description of features General knowledge of archaeology ancestor Suggestions P37 Anthropology as well as history Assumption Notes to the texts P86 开 penrice Grammar P95 Words and expressions in each unit P97 Vocabulary P104
Structures Reading Writing California Revise Noun Clauses(as the George's diary 12th-14th June Non-chronological report P46 Subject, Object and Predicative) Louis Armstrong: the description of a place grandfather of jazz Cloning: where is it leading us? Revise the Appositive The return of the dinosaurs? Discussion: an argument P54 (words, phrases and clauses) a deb The problem of the snakes Revise the Past Participle as Alexander Graham Bell Practical writing: letter of the Attribute, Predicative and P62 Obiect Complement Was Leonardo da Vinci just application a painter? Pygmalion(Act One) Revise the Past participle as Creative writing: a scene the Adverbial Pygmalion(Act Two, Scene 1) for Pygmalion P70 Pygmalion(Act Five) A visit to the Zhoukoudian caves Revise the verb tenses The feast: 18.000 BC Description of (including the Present Perfect P78 a great archaeological archaeological finds Continuous Tense) discovery in the 20th century Irregular verbs P112 Changes in international phonetic symbols for English P115
Unit A Land of diversity Warming Up Look at the map of the USA. Work with your group to write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can Compare your answers with other groups o ocean on the east coast e ocean on the west coast o country to the north of USA e country to the south of USA e California o mountain range in the west o Great lakes o longest river in the USA e some important cities Pre-reading Look at the pictures in the reading passage. Each illustrates something about California. Discuss in groups what each picture means to you Reading c CALIFORNIA California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California