人教版高中英语选修8课文原文及翻译.pdf

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选修8Unit1Alandofdiversity-Reading一个多元文化的国家

CALIFORNIA加州

CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.Italso

hasthedistinctionofbeingthemostmulticulturalstateintheUSA,havingattracted

peoplefromallovertheworld.Thecustomsandlanguagesoftheimmigrantsliveon

intheirnewhome.Thisdiversityofcultureisnotsurprisingwhenyouknowthe

historyofCalifornia.

NATIVEAMERCANS

ExactlywhenthefirstpeoplearrivedinwhatwenowknowasCalifornia,noone

reallyknows.However,itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaat

leastfifteenthousandyearsago.Scientistsbelievethatthesesettlerscrossedthe

BeringStraitintheArctictoAmericabymeansofalandbridgewhichexistedin

prehistorictimes.Inthe16thcentury,afterthearrivaloftheEuropeans,thenative

peoplesufferedgreatly.Thousandswerekilledorforcedintoslavery.Inaddition,

manydiedfromthediseasesbroughtbytheEuropeans.However,somesurvived

theseterribletimes,andtodaytherearemoreNativeAmericanslivinginCalifornia

thaninanyotherstate.

THESPANISH

Inthe18thcenturyCaliforniawasruledbySpain.Spanishsoldiersfirstarrivedin

SouthAmericaintheearly16thcentury,whentheyfoughtagainstthenativepeople

andtooktheirland.Twocenturieslater,theSpanishhadsettledinmostpartsof

SouthAmericaandalongthenorthwestcoastofwhatwenowcalltheUnitedStates.

OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen,whose

ministrywastoteachtheCatholicreligiontothenatives.In1821,thepeopleof

MexicogainedtheirindependencefromSpain.Californiathenbecamepartof

Mexico.In1846theUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico,andafterthewarwonby

theUSA,MexicohadtogiveCaliforniatotheUSA.However,thereisstillastrong

Spanishinfluenceinthestate.Thatiswhytodayover40ofCaliforniansspeak

Spanishasafirstorsecondlanguage.

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