the third largest state in the USA美国第三大州, have the largest population人口最多, the most multicultural state in the US 美国最具多元文化的州, know the history of California了解加州的历史, at various times 在不同的时代, attract... from... 吸引了来自......的..., arrive in... 到达......, it is likely that... 很有可能......, at least fifteen thousand years ago 至少在15,000年以前, cross...from... to... 从......跨过......来到......, by means of... 通过......, a land bridge 大陆桥, exist in prehistoric times史前时期曾经存在过， in the 16th century 在16世纪，after the arrival of ... 在......来到......之后, suffer greatly遭受很大的苦难, force... into slavery 迫使......成奴隶, in addition 此外, die from... 死于......, survive the terrible times 经历着些恐怖时期而活了下来, be ruled by... 被......所统治, in the early 16th century 在16世纪初期, fight against...与......打仗, take the land 夺去了土地, two centuries later 两个世纪以后, settle in most parts of... 在......的大部分地区定居下来, along the northwest coast of... 在......西北沿海地区， religious men 宗教人士, teach the Catholic religion to... 向......传授天主教， gain one's independence from... 从......获得了独立, become part of... 成了......的一部分,declare war on... 向......宣战, lose the war 战败, a strong...influence in... 在......仍保持......的影响, over 40% of ... 有40%多的......, speak...as a first or second language 把......作为第一或第二语言, in the early 1800s 在19世纪初期, live in and around... 住在......及附近，not long after...在......不久之后, the dream of becoming rich quickly 发财梦, attract...from all over...吸引了来自......的......, achieve one's dream of becoming rich 圆了发财梦, return home回家, remain in... 留在了......, make a life for oneself 过自己的生活，in the new towns 在新的城镇, on farms 在农场, become the thirty-first state 成为第31个州, a multicultural society一个多元文化的社会, during the Gold Rush Period在淘金热时期, from the west to the east coast 从西海岸到东海岸，bring even larger numbers to...吸引了大批量的......到......，live in all parts of... 居住在遍布......的地方, a large percentage 很大比例， stay in the "Chinatowns" of...... 住在......的"中国城", wine makers制酒工人, establish a town of one's own建立了他们自己的城镇, keep up one's culture 保持着自己的文化, establish the film industry 建立的电影行业, have the second largest Jewish population 拥有第二大的犹太人口, at the beginning of the 20th century 在20世纪初期, move north from... 从......向北迁移, work in the ship and aircraft industries 在船厂和飞机厂工作, in more recent decades 在最近的几十年里, since its beginning in the 1970 从20世纪70年代开始，migrate to...迁入......, the mix of nationalities 多种国籍的混合, major racial or cultural groups主要的种族或文化群体, a mixture of many races and cultures多种族、多文化的混合体 V. Transferring information

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CALIFORNIA Native Americans Native Americans living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago; crossing the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska by

means of a land bridge; in the 16th century the native People suffering greatly The Spanish In the18th century, California being ruled by Spain; first arriving in South America in the early 16th century; two centuries later, the Spanish having settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the Untied States; there being still a strong Spanish influence in the state Russians In the early 1800s, Russian fur trappers settling in California; today there being about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco Gold minors In 1848, gold being discovered in California; the nearest, and the first to arrive being were South Americans, and people from the United States; adventurers from Europe, then later from Asia and even the Pacific Islands arriving soon after; California becoming the thirty-first state of the United States of America in 1850, being a multicultural society