人教版英语选修八 Unit 1　A land of diversity知识点课件35张

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Book 8　Unit 1　A land of diversity
1.means n.手段, 方法
教材原句
①Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arc-tic to America by 　means????(mean) of a land bridge which existed in pre-historic times.重点单词◆单句填空
②The 　meaning????(mean) of silence varies among cultural groups. (2016课标全国Ⅰ)
③The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it 　meant????(mean) to be a pioneer. (2017课标全国Ⅰ)
④The median number (中位数)of speakers is a mere 6,000, which ??means????
(mean) that half the world's languages are spoken by fewer people than that. (2018课标全国Ⅰ)◆单句改错
⑤All possible means has been tried, but none works.　has→have????
◆同义句转换
⑥He was by no means able to handle it. (将by no means 放在句首)
　By no means was he able to handle it.????◆写作微练
⑦我们打算举行乒乓球比赛来提高队员的技能。(2017课标全国Ⅱ书面表达)
　We mean to hold table tennis competitions to improve the players' skills.点拨
by no means决不,一点也不(放在句首时,用部分倒装)
by all means没问题,当然可以
by means of...用……方法,借助……手段
by this means用这种方法
a means of doing sth.做某事的方法[联想]
mean v.意思是;打算
mean to do sth.打算做某事
mean doing sth.意味着做某事
[点津]
means单复数同形。若作主语,其谓语动词的数要根据句意来确定。当前面有every, each, one等修饰语时,谓语用单数;当前面有several, some, many, a few, all等修饰语时,谓语用复数。2.majority n.大多数;大半
教材原句
①Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority　were????(be) reli-gious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.◆单句填空
②The 　majority????(major) of them take an online language test before starting their programme. (2016浙江)
③A majority of Africans　are???? (be) forced to work for the Europeans.
④The majority of the land 　has been destroyed???? (destroy) by the flood so far.◆一句多译
我弟弟现在大学主修历史。
⑤　My brother is majoring in history at college now.???(major v.)
⑥　My brother is a history major at college now.???(major n.)
⑦　My brother’s major at college is history now.???(major n.)点拨
(1)the majority of...大多数……
be in the/a majority构成大部分/大多数
(2)minority n.少数
in the minority占少数
(3)major adj.主要的 vi.主修 n.主修课程
major in主修……;以……为专业[点津]
the majority of+名词,表示“大多数……”,谓语动词的数与of后面的名
词保持一致;the majority单独作主语时,谓语动词用单复数均可。3.occur vi.发生
教材原句
①It didn't 　occur???? to me that...我没想到……
◆完成句子
②It didn't　occur to him that????she would refuse his invitation.
他没有想到她会拒绝他的邀请。◆单句改错
③It was never occurred to her to ask for help when she was in trouble.
????去掉第一个was????
④The idea struck to him in a dream.　去掉to????
◆一句多译
他从未想到他会在生意场上取得如此巨大的成功。
⑤It never 　occurred to???? him that he would make such a great success.
⑥It never 　struck/hit???? him that he would make such a great success.点拨
sth. occurs to sb.某人突然想到某事
It occurs to sb. that...某人想到……
It occurs to sb. to do sth.某人想到要做某事
[联想]
表示“某人想到某事”的表达还有:
sth. strikes/hits sb.
sth. comes to sb.
It hits/strikes sb. that...4.apparently adv.显然地,显而易见地
教材原句
①　Apparently????(apparent) he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible ac-cident in which a tram's brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.◆完成句子
②很显然他没有领会这篇文章的写作目的。
　It is apparent that????he hasn't grasped the writing purpose of the article.
③正如上面的图表中明显表明的那样,很多人不遵守交通规则。
　As is apparently shown????in the chart above, a good many people don‘t obey the traffic rules.◆写作微练
④显然,你的弟弟还没有适应大学生活。
　It's apparent that your brother hasn't adapted to the college life.????点拨
apparent adj.显然的,显而易见的
It's apparent that...显然……
It is apparent to sb. that...某人明白……
as is apparently shown/indicated in the picture/chart/passage above...正如上面的图片/图表/文章中明显表明的那样……5.elect vt.选择;决定做某事;选举某人
教材原句
①By the time California 　elected????(elect) to become the thirty-first fed-eral state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.◆单句填空
②It's difficult to predict who will be elected　as???? leader of the re-gion.
③If I am lucky enough to win the　election???? (elect), the first thing I will
do is to enrich our students' out-of-class activities.◆写作微练
④Besides, I have such a good command of English that 　I am elected as/to be assistant to my English teacher???? (我被选为英语老师的助手).点拨
(1)elect sb. (as/to be)+职位=sb. be elected (as/to be)+职位(职位前无冠词)
(2)election n.选举1.take in 包括;吸入;欺骗;收留;理解
教材原句
①It's a 79km round-trip that 　takes????(take) in all the famous tourist spots.重点短语◆写出下列句中take in的含义
②The kind old man took in 5 homeless children.　收留????
③Happily, I have taken in what the teacher said in class.　理解????
④As we all know, the United States takes in a great number of states.
　包括????
⑤While reading popular science books, children can take in more common knowledge. 　吸收????
⑥Lacking necessary social experience, teenagers tend to be taken in by ill people.　欺骗????点拨
take up开始从事;占用(时间或空间);着手处理
take off脱下;起飞
take on承担;呈现
take apart拆开
take it easy别紧张,慢慢来
take one's time不急,慢慢干
take over接替,接手,接管
take down拆卸;记下2.make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等
教材原句
①Some died or returned home, but most remained in California 　to make????
(make) a life for themselves despite great hardship.◆完成句子
②The majority of those farmers　make/earn a living????(谋生) by growing wheat and corn.
③All these flowers　come to life????(恢复生机)when the rains come.
④Thanks to the good policy, the people here　are leading/living a happy life now??(现在过着幸福的生活).◆写作微练
⑤在接下来的三年里,我会努力习惯新的生活方式。
　In the next three years, I will try to make a life.????
◆单句改错
⑥It is thanks to their great contributions that we are living happy life now.　living后加a????点拨
live/lead a...life过着……的生活
come to life变得活跃
come back to life苏醒过来;恢复生气
bring...back to life使……苏醒过来;给……活力
start/make a new life开始新生活
earn one's living谋生
make a living谋生
That is why...那就是为什么……
教材原句
①That is 　why???? today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.重点句型◆单句填空
②From space, the earth looks blue. This is 　because???? about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water.
③—I drove to Zhuhai last week.
—That was 　why????you took a few days off.◆同义句转换
④I had an urgent thing to deal with. That was why I didn't attend the party.
→I didn't attend the party. That was　because I had an urgent thing to deal with????.
◆写作微练
⑤那就是我认为长江之行是更好的选择的原因。(2017北京书面表达)
　That's why I think????the trip to the Yangtze River will be a better choice.
点拨
This/That is why...“这/那就是……的原因”,why引导表语从句,表示结果。
[联想]
this/that is because...这/那是因为……
this is the reason why...这就是……的原因
the reason why...is that...……的原因是……(why引导的是定语从句)the reason that...is...……的原因是……(that引导同位语从句)