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Unit 8 Lesson 46
重点:
掌握词汇:according to
接触词汇:percent, central, immigrant, official, custom, Central America
3. 会表达百分数
Aims
How many cultures does China have How many can you name
Warm-up
There are 56 cultures in our country.
Do you know Canada is also a country that has many cultures
Canada
Warm-up
How many cultures does China have How many can you name
Lead in:
What are any interesting things in your culture
Presentation
Only 8 percent of the area is forested.
percent [p sent]
Look and say
central [ sentr l/]
The traffic lights are controlled by a central computer.
Presentation
An immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
immigrant [ m ɡr nt]
Presentation
according to [ 'k d t ]
Prices change according to supply and demand.
Presentation
New words
central adj. 中部的;中央的
although conj. 虽然;尽管;即使;然而
immigrant n. 移民
respect v. 尊敬
percent n. 百分之。。。。
official adj. 官方的
custom n. 分俗,习俗
Presentation:
Warm-up
Canada is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean.
It is the world's second largest country by total area.
Location:
Reading tasks
How many parts are Canadians mainly made up of
They are _____________ people, the people who have ______________________ and the people ___________
————————.
Three.
First Nations
British or French blood
from every part of the world.
What is the main idea of the passage
1. What kind of Canadians are the most
2. What the people of the First Nations
3. What does “the rest” mean here
3%
The people who have British and French blood.
They were there before other people came to North America.
The others .
Reading tasks
Language points
The rest are from every part of the world: Asia, Africa, Central America, South America and other European countries.
rest 为名词,表示 “剩余部分”,常用 the rest,可以指人,也可以指物,常用搭配结构为 “the rest of the +名词”,其中的名词可以是复数名词,也可以是不可数名词。如果后面的名词是不可数名词,谓语动词用单数;如果后面的名词是可数名词复数,谓语动词用复数。用法相同的还有percent和half 等.
This e-mail is for me, and the rest of e-mails are for you.
According to a survey, the number of European immigrants dropped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent.
根据调查,欧洲移民的数量从90%下降到25%,而亚洲和中东的移民数量从3%上升至48%。
according to…意为“根据……”,后加名词或代词后用作状语,多用于句首。
e.g. According to this map, that city is far from here.
根据这张地图,那座城市距离这里很远。
Language points
According to a survey, the number of European immigrants dropped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent.
根据调查,欧洲移民的数量从90%下降到25%,而亚洲和中东的移民数量从3%上升至48%。
the number of意为“……数量”,后加名词,以这类短语作主语时,谓语动词多使用单数形式。类似短语a number of意为“一些”,后加名词复数,以这类短语作主语时,谓语动词多使用复数形式。
e.g. The number of the students in our class is fifty.
我们班的学生数量是50。
Language points
It’s important to keep different languages, religions and customs alive.
辨析:alive, live, lively 与living
alive / 'la v/ adj. 活着;在世
Language points
alive 表示“活着的”,与“死去的,逝去的”相对,可以作表语或后置定语 The bear was still alive.
这只熊还活着。
live 作形容词时,表示“现场直播的;活的”,可以作前置定语。 Look! A real live elephant.
瞧!一头活生生的大象。
lively 表示“生动的;活泼的”,与“死气沉沉的”相对,可以作定语、表语或宾语补足语 He always makes his class lively.
他总是使他的课堂生动。
living 表示“活着的”,可作前置定语。 She has no living relatives.
她没有活着 的亲人。
Language points
Homework
Write an e-mail about some similarities and differences between China and Canada.
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