课件17张PPT。M8U1 A land of diversityLanguage points 1. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living
in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.It is likely/possible/probable that …
sb/sth is likely to do sth
某人/物有可能做某事e.g. She is ______ to succeed.
她有可能会成功.
= It is likely that she will succeed.likelyThis is a ________ story.
这是一个有可能发生的故事.likely2. by means of…: 用……办法, 借助
He crossed the river by means of a raft.
We express our feelings by means of words.
means 单复数同形
All possible means have been tried.
The quickest means of transport is by plane.
by this means 用这种方法
by no means 决不, 一点也不
eg:无论遇到什么困难,我们绝不能放弃。
Whatever difficulty we meet, by no means should we give up.我们用语言表达情感3. majority n. 大多数…
The majority of students _______ hard-working.
The majority of the damage ______ easy to repair.areis
a/ the majority of + n. 大多数...
谓语动词由后面的名词决定。
minority 少数的……be in (the /a) majority 占多数、过半数
1).Those who are for the proposal _______.
in the majority B. are the majority
C. are in the majority D. is in the majority
2).The number of students in our class ___63 and the majority of them ___ clever and work hard.
is; is B. are; are C. is ; are D. are; is
3) Young people were in the majority at the meeting. (Translate)√√4. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now
know as California, no one really knows.
= the place that we now know as California.
George Washington was born in ______ is
now the state of Virginia.
which B. where C. that D. what
= George Washington was born in the place
that is now the state of Virginia.
DPudong Development Zone is no longer a
rural area ________ it used to be.
2. Pudong Development Zone is no longer ________ it used to be.
A. what B. where C. that D. there
CA定语从句, 先行词是area, that作关系代词表语从句
5. make/earn a/one’s life 谋生、习惯新的生活方式
make /earn a / one’s living 谋生
现在越来越多的年轻人去了城市并在那儿谋生。
Nowadays more and more young people move to cities to make a life there.6. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.(para-5)
(1)By the time we arrived, the meeting had been over.
By the time Jane gets home, her aunt ___________________for London for a meeting.
A.will leave B.leaves C.will have left D.left.
归纳用法: by the time of当……的时候。通常引导一个时间状语从句,表示“到……的时候”时主句则表示在此时间之前某件事已完成。
By the time ... did..., ... had done...
By the time ... do/does..., ... will have done...7. Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. (para-6)
虽然中国移民在淘金热时期就开始到来了, 但是更大批量的中国移民却是在19世纪60年代为修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路而来的。
It was being invited to the party that was a great honor for the family.
被邀请参加聚会是这家人的荣幸。
It was Tony's sister you met at the park yesterday. who/that8. In more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians.(para-9)
最近几十年, 加利福尼亚成了更多亚洲人的家, 其中包括韩国人、柬埔寨人、越南人和老挝人。9. It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups.
这是一个 句。It作 ,真正的主语是 。
本结构为:it is/was+ done+that…。常用于此结构的动词有:say, report, think, hope,suggest,believe,know等。
此句型可改写为:sb. /sth. be+ said/believed/thought+不定式的各种结构。
It is reported that the way people spend their holidays have changed a great deal in the past ten years.
= have changed a great deal in the past ten years.
主语从 形主 that 从句The way people spend their holidays is reported to 人们认为,科技发展如此迅速,以致于要不了多久工厂将不再
需要工人,而只是一些机器人。 It is believed that the development of technology is so rapid that before long there will be no need for any workers in factories, but simply some robots.现在的人,大部分似乎喜欢玩电脑而不喜欢看电视。(a majority of )
2. 最快的交通工具是飞机。(means)
3. 很有可能他不会按时参加晚会。(It is likely that ...)
4. 大家都相信汉语将会在全世界得到更广泛的传播。(It is believed
练习:根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。A majority of people today seem to prefer playing computer to watching TV.The quickest means of transport is by plane.It is likely that he will not take part in the party on time.It is believed that Chinese will be spread even more widely in the world.THANKS