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Book8 Unit 11. △ illustrate/ ˈɪləstreɪt / vt.说明；阐明2. distinct / dɪˈstɪŋkt / adj.清晰的；显着的；明确的 distinction / dɪˈstɪŋkʃn / n.差异；区分；卓著It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. 加州与众差别之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。（P1）3. △immigrant / ˈɪmɪgrənt / n.移民4. live on 继续存在；继续生存The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. 这些移民的民俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。
（P1）5. strait /streɪt/ n.海峡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.科学家们认为这些迁居者通过一条史前时期曾经存在的大陆桥穿越北极地域的白令海峡到达美洲。（P2）6. Arctic /'ɑ:ktɪk/ adj.北极的；北极区的 the Arctic 北极7. means /mi:nz/ n.手段；方法8. △ prehistoric /'pri:hɪ'stɔ:rɪk/adj.史前的9. majority /mə'dʒɔrɪtɪ/ n.大多数；泰半Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. 在首批移居加利福尼亚州的西班牙人中，大部门是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原住住民教授天主教。（P2）10. ministry / ˈmɪnɪstri / n.(政府的)部；(全体)牧师11. Catholic /'kæθəlɪk/ adj.天主教的 n.天主教徒12. △ adventurer /əd'ventʃərə/ n.冒险家13. make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、事情等Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They settled in the new towns or on farms. 许多人死了或回家了，可是只管条件十分艰辛，大多数人仍然留在了加利福尼亚劳作营生，在新的城镇或农场里定居下来。（P2）14. △despite / dɪˈspaɪt / prep.只管；不管(=in spite of)15. hardship /'hɑ:dʃip/ n.磨难；困苦16. elect /ɪ'lekt/ vt.选择；决议做某事；选举某人By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国第31个州的时候, 它已经是一个有着多元文化的社会了。
（P2）17. federal /'fedərəl/ adj.联邦制的；联邦政府的18. rail /reɪl/ n.铁路；扶手；横条Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. 虽然中国移民在淘金热期间就开始来到（美国），可是更大批量的中国移民却是在十九世纪六十年月为了修建贯串美国工具海岸的铁路而来的。（P2）19. percentage /pə'sentɪdʒ/ n.百分比；百分率Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco. 今天，加利福尼亚州各地都有美藉华人居住，只管有很。
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