(
课件网) Unit 3 UNIT 3 DIVERSE CULTURES World's Biggest Melting Pot To get more detailed information about Queens by watching a video To be able to express your ideas about diverse cultures Queens is a neighbourhood in the city of New York. Queens is the largest in area and the second most populous (人口稠密的) of the five boroughs (行政区) of New York city. 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 example of a melting pot. Match each word or phrase with the correct definition. You may use a dictionary to help you. ___ 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 lives in a place 3 4 7 1. global village 2. multiculturalism 3. resident 4. ethnicity 5. cherish 6. Hispanic 7. random 8. melting pot 1 ___ 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 US 8 5 6 2 1. global village 2. multiculturalism 3. resident 4. ethnicity 5. cherish 6. Hispanic 7. random 8. melting pot Watch the video and try to understand its main ideas. Watch the video again. The following table may help you. Pay attention to some numbers. People What he/she says Key words Narrator What is Queens like Population, residents, languages, cultures, nationalities, ethnicities Four immigrants What do they say about their ethnic origins and the diverse backgrounds of the people living here Madras, India; South Korea, German, Irish, English, Native American; Puerto Rican; Eastern European, Hispanic, Turkish, Arabic Narrator What is the 2001 study about diversity, randomly, selected, backgrounds, highest 1. The residents of Queens come from _____ different nations. 2. Almost _____ different languages are spoken in Queens. 3. The family of one woman who was interviewed has been Puerto 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 prove that Queens is the _____ place in the US. 100 150 five two most diverse Complete the sentences with the correct words. Discuss the following questions in groups. Do you think it would be easy to live in Queens if you were an immigrant Why or why not Compared to many other places, 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. 2. Do you think China is a diverse country Why or why not I think China is a diverse country. China has a vast territory with more than fifty ethnic minority groups, each has their ... ...
