1
1.
閫変慨鍏?/p>
Unit1 CALIFORNIA
鍔犲埄绂忓凹浜?/p>
California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.
鍔犲窞鏄編
鍥界涓夊ぇ娲?/p>
,
鑰屼笖鏄汉鍙ｆ渶澶氱殑宸炪�?/p>
It
also
has
the
distinction
of
being
the
most
multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world.
鍔犲窞涓?/p>
浼椾笉鍚屼箣澶勫湪浜庡畠涔熸槸缇庡浗鏈�鍏峰鍏冩枃鍖栫殑涓�涓窞銆傚畠鍚稿紩浜嗘潵鑷笘鐣屽悇鍦扮殑浜?/p>
浠�?/p>
The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home.
杩欎簺绉?/p>
姘戠殑椋庝織涔犳儻浠ュ強璇█鍦ㄤ粬浠殑鏂板閮藉緱浠ュ欢缁�?/p>
This
diversity
of
culture
is
not
surprising when you know the history of California.
褰撲綘浜嗚В浜嗗姞鍒╃灏间簹鐨勫巻鍙诧紝
浣?/p>
灏变笉浼氬鍏舵枃鍖栫殑澶氭牱鎬ф劅鍒版儕濂囦簡銆?/p>
NA
TIVE AMERCANS
缇庢床鍦熻憲浜?/p>
Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really
knows.
鏈�鏃╀竴鎵逛汉鍏蜂綋鏄粈涔堟椂鍊欐潵鍒版垜浠幇鍦ㄤ簡瑙ｇ殑鍔犲埄绂忓凹浜氬湴鍖虹殑
,
璋佷篃
璇翠笉娓呮銆?/p>
However,
it
is
likely
that
Native
Americans
were
living
in
California
at
least fifteen thousand years ago.
鐒惰�岋紝鍙兘鑷冲皯鍦ㄤ竴
15,000
骞翠互鍓嶇編娲插湡钁椾汉灏变綇
鍦ㄥ姞鍒╃灏间簹浜嗐�?/p>
Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the
Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.
绉戝瀹?/p>
浠涓鸿繖浜涜縼灞呰�呴�氳繃涓�鏉″彶鍓嶆椂鏈熸浘缁忓瓨鍦ㄧ殑澶ч檰妗ョ┛瓒婂寳鏋佸湴鍖虹殑鐧戒护娴峰场
鍒拌揪缇庢床銆?/p>
In the 16th century, after
the arrival of
the Europeans, the native people
suffered
greatly.
娆ф床浜哄湪
16
涓栫邯鍒版潵杩欓噷涔嬪悗锛屽湡钁椾汉閬彈浜嗘瀬澶х殑鑻﹂毦銆?/p>
Thousands
were
killed
or
forced
into
slavery.
鎴愬崈涓婁竾浜鸿鏉�鎴栬杩垚涓哄ゴ闅躲�?/p>
In
addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans.
鍙﹀
,
娆ф床浜哄甫鏉ョ殑
鐤剧梾锛屼娇璁稿浜烘煋鐥呰�屾銆?/p>
However, some survived these terrible times, and today
there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.
涓嶈繃锛岃繕