1、Diverse CulturesUnit 3 Video Time 导入话题导入话题 What kind of community do you think it is?I guess it might be a colorful/busy/energetic/community.Activity 1:Look and thinkStep 1:Look at the picture and think about the question.导入话题导入话题What is your understanding of“melting pot”?Worlds Biggest Melting PotS
2、tep 2:Look at the title and think about the question.导入话题导入话题Activity 2:Read and answerWorlds Biggest Melting PotQueens is a neighbourhood in the city of New York.It claims to be one of the most diverse places in the world.With almost half of the population born in another country,it is a great exam
3、ple of a melting pot.1.Where is this place?2.Why is this place considered the worlds biggest melting pot?初步感知初步感知Activity 3:Match each word or phrase with the correct definition global village multiculturalism resident ethnicity cherish Hispanic random melting pot_ the fact of belonging to a particu
4、lar race_ without a set plan or pattern_ used to describe a world where everything is connected_ someone who lives in a place_ a place where people of different backgrounds live together_ accepting and including people from different cultures_ treat with care and love_ a person whose first language
5、is Spanish,especially one from Latin America living in the US初步感知初步感知 global village multiculturalism resident ethnicity cherish Hispanic random melting pot_ the fact of belonging to a particular race_ without a set plan or pattern_ used to describe a world where everything is connected_ someone who
6、 lives in a place_ a place where people of different backgrounds live together_ accepting and including people from different cultures_ treat with care and love_ a person whose first language is Spanish,especially one from Latin America living in the USLocal s have reacted angrily to the news.ethnic
7、+ityWhatever makes you happy,it for as long as possible.Most of the population there came from Mexico.If books in a library were kept in random order,it would be hard for readers to find the books they want.获取获取信息信息 Watch the video to find out the main idea.The video mainly tells us about the worlds
8、 biggest melting pot,Queens in New York,USA.Activity 4:Watch and find out获取获取信息信息Activity 5:Watch and answer 1.Who are those speakers in the video?They are immigrants.2.What are they talking about?They are talking about where the immigrants come from.获取获取信息信息1.The residents of Queens come from _ dif
9、ferent nations.2.Almost _ different languages are spoken in Queens.3.The family of one woman who was interviewed has been Pueto Rican for more than _ generations.4.A 2001 study measured diversity based on how likely it is for _ randomly selected people to have different backgrounds.5.This survey can
10、 prove that Queens is the _ place in the US.150100fivetwomost diverseActivity 6:Watch and completeComplete the sentences with the correct words.分析判断分析判断Activity 7:Discuss in groups What kind of community do you think Queens is?Why?This is a tolerant community rich in diverse cultures.Residents there
11、 are from 100 different countries and speak 150 languages.No racial or ethnic group is a majority there.People enjoy life in New York and cherish and protect the way they are.分析判断分析判断 Do you think it would be easy to live in Queens if you were an immigrant?Why or why not?Compared to many other place
12、s,it should be fairly easy to live in Queens if I were an immigrant,simply because so many of the people living there are immigrants.It would be easy to fit in and get along with people,and meet other people from my country.分析判断分析判断迁移创新迁移创新Activity 8:Watch and finish the tasks What information does
13、the video want to convey?It shows that China is a multi-ethnic country with diverse cultures.Step 1:Watch the video and answer the question.迁移创新迁移创新Step 2:Discuss the following question in pairs.Do you think China is a diverse country?Why or why not?I think China is a diverse country.For one thing,C
14、hina is a country with 56 ethnic groups.They have their own cultures and many even have their own languages with a long history.For another,more and more people from foreign countries work and live in China,who bring their cultures and add to the diversity.课后作业课后作业1.Make a short speech titled Worlds Biggest Melting Pot to introduce Queens.2.Make a short speech titled China,a diverse country to introduce China.(Optional)HomeworkGoodbye!
