Unit One |
The Face of the People
Chapter 1 The Population
I. PRELISTENING_____________________
B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts
1. census
2. populous
3. race
4. origin
5. geographical distribution
6. made up of
7. comprises
8. relativcly/progressively
9. Metropolitan/densely
10. decreased/death rate
11. birth rate/increasing
12. life expectancy
a. 18.5 mill. |
f. 4% |
b. 80% |
g. 1990 |
c. 1/2 |
h. 40% |
d. 13.4 mill. |
i. 3/4 |
e. 2:10 |
j. 33.1% |
a. TOC o "1-5" h z 3
b. 1
c. 2
d. 5
e. 4
A. First Listening |
Major Subtopics ST1 population by race and origin ST2 geographical distribution ST3 age and sex |
A. Accuracy Check |
1. People’s Republic of China, India 2. 281 mill. 3. Hispanics (12.5%) 4. Texas 5. the South and the West 6. 20% 7. by more than 5 million 8. about 6 years 9. 2.2 years 10. a decreasing birth rate and an increasing life expectancy |
Chapter 2 Immigration: Past and Present
B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts
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1. immigrated 2. Natural disasters/droughts/famines 3. persecution 4. settlers/colonists 5. stages 6. widespread unemployment 7. scarcity 8. expanding/citizens 9. failure |
10. decrease
11. limited
12. quotas
13. steadily
14. trend
15. skills/unskilled
a. TOC o "1-5" h z 1850 f. 1776
b. 1915 g. 1882
c. the 1840s h. 1929
d. from 1890 to 1930 i. 1860
e. between 1750 and 1850 j. from approximately 1830 to 1930 2. Language Conventions: Countries and Nationalities
Country |
People |
France |
French |
Germany |
Germans |
Scotland: Ireland |
Scotch-Irish |
Great Britain |
Britons; the British |
Denmark |
Danes |
Norway |
Norwegians |
Sweden |
Swedes |
Greece |
Greeks |
Italy |
Italians |
Spain |
Spaniards |
Portugal |
Portuguese |
China |
Chinese |
Philippines |
Filipinos |
Mexico |
Mexicans |
India |
Indians |
Russia |
Russians |
Poland |
Poles |
The Scandinavian countries are Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. The Southern European countries are Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. The Eastern European countries are Russia and Poland.
II, LISTENING_____________________________________________
ST1 the Great Immigration
ST2 reasons for the Great Immigration and why it ended ST3 immigration situation in the United States today
III. POSTLISTENING
1. colonists or settlers
2. Dutch, French, German, Scotch-Irish, Blacks
3. The third, 1890-1930
4. Southern Europe and Eastern Europe
5. The population doubled, there was widespread unemployment, and there was a scarcity of farmland.
6. free land, plentiful jobs, and freedom from religious and political persecution
7. the failure of the potato crop in Ireland
8. laws limiting immigration from certain areas, the Great Depression, and World War П
9. They are largely non-European.
10. Industry doesn’t need a large number of unskilled workers.
Chapter 3 Americans at Work
I, PRELISTENING____________________
B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts
1. statistics
2. goods producing/service
3. stricter/illegal
4. per capita
5. benefits/health insurance
6. wages/workweek
7. romanticize
8. study/productive
9. rising/opposite
10. outproduce
11. stressed
12. matched
13. stagnated
14. CEOs/profits
15. unions/favor
a. TOC o "1-5" h z 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 4
ST1 a historical look at work in America ST2 how U. S. workers are doing today
1. 38%
2. 3%
3. service industries
4. 19% in 1900; 60% in 1999
5. $4,200 in 1900; $33,700 in 1999
6. health insurance
7. U. S. workers
8. They are less stressed (more vacation weeks)
9. No
10. to CEOs, the stock market, and corporate profits
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