XB3Unit1 Reading2
Learning objectives:
Important words and phrases: distinct, minority, depth, come as no surprise
Sentences structures:
Wish you were here.
To the east of the Pacific coast rise the grand Rocky Mountain.....
Should you find yourself in one of these subcultures, ......
Step 1 Important phrases
1.赢得某人的心________________
2.从......延伸到......_____________
3.除.....外(还);要不是___________
4.被认为是......________________
5.用,依靠____________________
6.五分之一___________________
7.反过来,继而_________________
8.导致;引起;发生________________
9.随着......起舞__________________
10.接触;暴露;曝光_______________
11.不足为奇,毫不奇怪____________
12.被列为______________________
13.将......比作......________________
14.表明观点____________________
15.不落俗套,打破常规;远离闹市,__________________________________
16.最适宜人居住城市之一________________________________________
Step 2 Important words
It is also one of the most ethnically diverse nation in the world with distinct cultures.(L3-4)
写出下列句中distinct的含义:
1)Incorporation establishes the business as a distinct financial entity. ____________
2)There is a distinct smell of oranges in this room! ____________
3)The twins had distinct tastes. ____________
4)The truth that Diaoyu Island is the part of China is distinct.____________
【总结】distinct的词义___________________________________________
【用法】①It’s distinct that___________ ②be distinct from______________
【拓展】distinction n.差别;特点;杰出;(尤指给学生的)优等评分,荣誉
【用法】
①make no distinction________________________
②the distinction between ... and ...______________
③a singer/writer of distinction _________________
④graduate with distinction ____________________
【即学即练】
1)_________________________the technician will win the prize for the most innovative design. 很明显,这位技师将获得最具创意设计奖。
2)To answer that question, my desk mate says we need to make a ____________________(distinct).
3)Those two ideas are quite distinct ____________each other.
2. ......, while the minority groups include residents from Singapore and the Pacific Islands.(L22)
minority n. 少数民族,少数群体;少数,少数人 minor adj.较小的;次要的
【用法】①be in a/the minority_____________ ② the minority ____________
③a small minority of_____________________
【拓展】major adj.主要的;重要的n.专业课;主修学生v.主修
majority n.大多数,大部分
【用法】① an English major _________② major in Chinese__________
【即学即练】
Only _______________________________ my friends come to my party.
只有很少的朋友来参加我的聚会。
The media ___________________________ influencing people’s opinion.
媒体在影响舆论方面发挥着重要作用。
When I graduated from high school, I wanted to major _______ comparative literature.
3.Form the towering mountain peaks to the depths of the urban centers,.....(L37)
depth n.最深处;深(度);深刻;深厚
【用法】 ①to/at a depth of ____________②in depth_____________
③be out of one’s depth______________________________________
【拓展】 deep adj.→ depth n.→ deepen v.
类似转换:strong adj.→ _____________n.→ ________________v.
long adj.→_______________ n.→ ________________v.
wide adj.→_______________ n.→ ________________v.
【即学即练】
Plant the beans ___________________ about one inch.
把这些豆子种在大约一英尺深的地方。
I haven’t studied this guideline___________________.
我还没有全面的学习这个指导方针。
I felt completely out of my depth at the meeting._____________________
4......., it comes as no surprise that Canada has been celebrating ......(L35)
comes as no surprise 不足为奇,毫不奇怪
【拓展】①to one’s surprise ______________________
② in surprise_________________ ③take ...by surprise________________
④ It’s no surprise that___________________________________________
【即学即练】
1)The news came as no surprise to me._________________________
2)_______________, the ball went into the net.令每个人吃惊的是,球进了网。
3)It ________________ that her first instinct was to protect her child.
她本能的第一反应就是保护自己的孩子,这不足为奇。
Step 3 Important sentences
Wish you were here.
【分析】翻译:_______________________。本句为虚拟语气,wish后接省略that的________从句。were是虚拟语气,表示与_________事实相反。
观察下列句子:
I wish I were a bird. 我要是只鸟就好了。
I wish he had been there yesterday. 但愿他昨天到过那儿。
I wish you could go with us tomorrow. 要是你明天能和我们一起去就好了。
【总结】wish虚拟语气用法:①表示与现在事实相反:wish+_____________;
②表示与过去事实相反:wish+___________________;
③表示与将来事实相反:wish+___________________
【即学即练】
1) I wish it ___________(be) spring all the year round.
2) I wish I __________(take) my teachers’ advice when I was in high school.
3) I wish you ____________(go) with us tomorrow.
2.To the east of the Pacific coast rise the grand Rocky Mountain,which are home to high peaks and deep valleys carved by ice and water.(L6-7)
【分析】本句为一个主从复合句,主句采用了介词短语_________________置于句首的__________结构。句中还有一个由______ 引导的__________定语从句;其中carved在从句中充当___________(句子成分)。
【补充讲解】为了强调或为了使句子平衡、上下文连接得更加紧密,会把表语或地点状语(多为介词短语)置于句首;谓语动词(如lie,stand,sit,exit等或系动词be)置于主语前(主语是名词时)构成完全倒装。
【即学即练】
On the wall ___________ (hang) a map of the world. (过去)
Between the two houses _____________(stand) a big tree.(过去)
Under the tree _______________(lie) a naughty boy. (过去)
3.Should you find yourself in one of these subcultures, languages, cuisine, architecture, art and music will define your encounter.
【分析】翻译:__________________________________________________
句中________ 置于句首,省略连词if,构成倒装。
【即学即练】万一有人打电话来,请告诉他们我很快就回来。
Should anyone call, please tell them I’ll be back soon.
=_____________________________, please tell them I’ll be back soon.
Step 4 Practice
1.单句语法填空
1)The tigers’ distribution___________(unfold)on the map is very clear.
2)We must draw a clear___________( distinct) between the legal and the illegal.
3)The president highlighted the importance of getting back the occupied
____________________(territory) in the development of the country.
4)The_______________(valley)in the mountain are similar in surroundings.
5)The capacity of the cave_________________(carve) out in the mountain is beyond our imagination.
6) The power of the network is_________________(mighty) than what you can understand.
7)A host of young women are_____________(splendid) dressed at the ball.
8) The old man also made many other predictions apart from____________ (predict)this earthquake exactly.
9)Crops have been planted in large quantities by our__________(ancestor) since humans came into agricultural society.
10)We can conclude that some important___________(strait) in the world
will become busier with the requirements of oil increasing.
11)The Chinese economy has________________(dynamic) growth in the domestic market in recent years.
12) They asked their children to learn English and ___________(sample) the British way of life.
13) They found the source of the fountain at a____________(deep)of 1,358 meters underground.
14)Some workers’ being late for work is justified, because most of them live
in the_______________(suburb).
15) The scientist predicted that the area would be of great_______________(botany) interest.