Unit 3 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Reading and Thinking & Language Points 课前准备：课本，学案。积累本，双色笔 “The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”  ——William Wordsworth 2019新人教版 1 Prep for Reading 1. Background information about San Francisco? San Francisco is a city in the state of California in the United States. It is in the northern part of California, between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is the economic and cultural center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a metropolitan area with over 7 million people. The city is famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, steep hills, varied architecture. When the California Gold Rush started in 1848, San Francisco's port became very important. Immigrants came by sea from around the world. During World War II, the city was a center of war industries. In the 1990s, the economy became focused on internet companies and other high tech. Many of the world's largest companies have their main offices in San Francisco, such as Wells Fargo【富国银行】, Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb【房屋租赁】, Twitter, Levi's, Gap, Dropbox, and Lyft. The city has among the highest average incomes and highest housing costs in the United States. Find San Francisco on the map and discuss this question in groups: What do you know and want to know about the city? San Francisco is at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula. The Pacific Ocean is to its west, and the San Francisco Bay is to its east. The Golden Gate, a strait that connects the ocean and the bay, is to its north. It has a total land area of 46.9 square miles, or 121 square kilometers. San Francisco has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate. Prep for Reading Quick Reading Scan Li Lan's travel journal and find out the places that she has been to or plans to visit. 1. Information about San Francisco San Francisco is a spectacular, fun city on the _________ coast of California. Union Square, in the heart of ______________, is San Francisco's f