Unit
5
Languages
Around
The
World
Words
and
expressions
1.基数词hundred(百)?,?thousand(千)?,?million(百万)?,?billion(十亿)用法表示具体的数目,后面不加“s”;表示不确定的数目,后面要加“s”并且组成of短语。
如:
1).?There?are?two?hundred?workers?in?the?workshop.?那个车间有200名工人。
2).?He?has?read?thousands?of?books.?他读过的书数以千计。
2.
native adj.本国的;本地的 n.本地人;本国人
How
many
billion
people
speak
the
UN’s
official
languages
as
their
native
or
second
language?
有多少亿人把联合国的官方语言作为他们的母语或第二语言?
(1)be
native
to
原产于
one’s
native
country/land/language
某人的祖国/故乡/母语
(2)be
a
native
of...
……的人;原产于……的动物或植物
①As
a
matter
of
fact,
French
is
not
my
native
language.
事实上,法语不是我的母语。
②The
researcher
says
the
tiger
is
native
___________
India.
研究人员说这种虎原产于印度。
③Is
her
uncle
a
native
___________
Shanghai,
or
just
a
visitor?
她叔叔是上海人,还是只是一名游客?
3.
attitude
n.态度;看法
an
attitude
to/toward(s)...对……的态度
take
a(n)
...
attitude采取……态度
公众对婚姻的看法的转变
你对这个问题的看法相当自私,对不对?
changes
in
public
attitudes
to
marriage
You're
taking
a
pretty
selfish
attitude
over
this,
aren't
you?
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
proper
words.
refer
to...as...把……称作……
refer...to...把……提交给……;把……委托给……
reference
n.
言及;提及;参考;查阅
“查字典”的常用短语小结:
look
up
the
word
in
the
dictionary
refer
to
the
dictionary
你知道我指的是谁。
他在讲演中提到了前不久的加拿大之行。
马西娅(Marcia)把他称作好朋友。
You
know
who
I'm
referring
to.
In?his?speech,?he?referred?to?a?recent?trip?to?Canada.?
Marcia?had?referred?to?him?as?a?dear?friend?.
5.base
vt.以……为据点;以……为基础 n.底部;根据
At
the
beginning,written
Chinese
was
a
picture-based
language.
一开始,书面汉语是一种以图画为基础的语言。
Please
do
remember
that
success
is
based
on
hard
work.
请一定要记住,成功基于艰苦的努力。
He
used
the
house
as
a
base
for
his
printing
business.
他把这座房子用作印刷业的基地。
You
shouldn’t
have
based
your
report
on
inaccurate
information.
你不应该把你的报告基于不准确的信息。
The
study
was
based
on
data
from
2,100
college
students.
这项研究基于从2,100名大学生那里收集来的数据。
Although
he
was
based
in
Wales,distance
didn’t
matter.
虽然他以威尔士为基地,但距离不是问题。
Exx.
①One
should
always
base
his
opinion
______facts.
一个人应该始终以事实为根据发表自己的观点。
②The
film
___________
(base)
on
a
true
story,
and
it
is
very
popular.
=____________
(base)
on
a
true
story,
the
film
is
very
popular.
以一个真实故事为基础,这部电影非常受欢迎。
③They
have
to
have
a
___________
(base)
understanding
of
computers
in
order
to
use
the
technology.
为了使用这项技术,他们必须对计算机有基本的了解。
on
6.date
back
to追溯到……;始于……
It
dates
back
several
thousand
years
to
the
use
of
Longgu...
它可以追溯到几千年前的龙骨的使用……
The
old
town
dates
back
to
the
late
seventeenth
century.
这个古老的城镇始于十七世纪末。
My
interest
in
stamp
collecting
dates
from/back
to
my
school
days.
我从学生时代就开始爱好集邮。
In
China
acupuncture
dates
back
to
ancient
times.
在中国,针灸疗法可以追溯到古代。
date
back
to相当于date
from,意为“追溯到……;始于……”,一般无进行时态和被动语态。
date
back
to/date
from做后置定语时,用动词-ing形式。
There
is
a
wooden
tower
dating
back
to
the
Qing
Dynasty
in
the
village.
村子里有一座清朝的木塔。
The
South
Lake
Park
in
Changchun,dating
back
to
1933,is
located
in
the
southwestern
part
of
the
city.
长春南湖公园始于1933年,位于城市的西南部。
【词汇拓展】
3.
This
proverb
is
based
on
an
old
English
law___________(date)
back
to
the
17th
century.
dating
7.
symbol,mark,sign,signal的区别
symbol:“象征,符号”,指被人们选出的物体或图案,用来代表另一事物,并作为该事物的标记或象征。?
mark:“标志,标记",含义广泛,指事物留下的深刻印迹或某物上用于辨别该物品的附属物,比?sign?更侧重于区别性或揭示性的标志,有时不一定十分直观或明显。
sign:“记号,标记”,用法最广,可指符号(装置),也可指情绪,性格的直观显示,还指具体的用于识
??别或指示的标志,如指标牌,卡片等。借喻时讲作“征兆,迹象”。如:
signal:“信号”,常指约定俗成,用于传达某些信息的信号,也指灯光,声音或信号标志。
1).In
the
picture
the
tree
is
the
________of
life
and
the
snake
the
symbol
of
evil.
?????
?2)?The
lighthouse
on
the
top
of
the
hill
serves
as
a
________for
fliers.
?3)???Sir,
you
are
not
to
walk
your
pet
on
the
lawn.
Don't
you
see
the
_____:
"keep
off
the
grass"?
?4)???A
red
light
is
a
______of
danger,
which
is
even
known
to
a
five-year-old
child.
??红灯是危险的信号,这一点就连五岁的孩子都知道。
???
symbol
mark
sign
signal
9.major
adj.
主要的;重要的;大的 vi.
主修;专门研究
n.主修课程;主修学生
Emperor
Qinshihuang
united
the
seven
major
states
into
one
unified
country
where
the
Chinese
writing
system
began
to
develop
in
one
direction.
秦始皇将七大国统一为一个统一的国家,中国的书写制度开始朝一个方向发展。
There
is
a
major
problem
with
parking
in
London.
在伦敦,停车是一个大问题。
I
think
that
is
one
of
the
major
factors
in
his
success.
我认为那是他成功的主要因素之一。
I’ve
made
up
my
mind
to
major
in
English
after
I
finish
middle
school.
我决定中学毕业后主修英语。
My
best
friend,Tom,is
a
physics
major.
我最好的朋友,汤姆,是专攻物理的学生。
It
is
not
their
interest
but
the
need
of
the
market
that
affects
students’
choices
of
college
majors.
不是他们的兴趣而是市场需求影响着大学生的专业选择。
“the
majority
of+复数名词”用作主语时,谓语动词常用复数;“the
majority
of+不可数名词”用作主语时,谓语动词用单数;“a
majority
of+复数名词”用作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数。
表示“无论,不管---”
no
matter可以与where/when/how/what/who
疑问词连用,引导让步状语从句,相当于whenever/however/whatever/whoever。
e.g.
Whichever/
No
matter
which
book
you
borrow,
you
must
return
it
in
a
week.
你无论借哪本书,都必须一周内归还。
whenever/however/whatever/whoever除引导让步状语从句外,还可以引导主语从句和宾语从句,此时不能与no
matter
when/how/what/who互换。
e.g.
Only
when
we
match
our
words
with
our
actions
can
we
make
a
difference
in
whatever/
anything
that
we
hope
to
accomplish.
只有我们言行一致才能对我们希望完成的事情产生影响。
10.
no
matter
where/how/what/when..
Revision
of
words
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
the
correct
form
of
the
words
and
phrases.
1)
He
has
a
very
bad
________
towards
work.
2)
I
still
enjoyed
the
weekend
________
the
bad
weather.
3)
Both
Tom
Jones
and
Wuthering
Heights
are
_______
pieces
of
work.
4)
We
managed
to
finish
the
work
on
time
but
it
was
a
_______.
attitude
despite
classic
struggle
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
the
correct
form
of
the
words
and
phrases.
5)
He
spent
most
of
his
professional
life
outside
his
_______
Poland.
6)
Some
people
think
that
nuclear
war
would
mean
the
end
of
human
__________.
7)
Light?industry?__?closely?
_________
agriculture.?
8)
From
a
medical
_____________,
there
was
no
need
for
the
operation.
native
civilisation
is?
?
related?to?
point
of
view
Practice
Read
the
first
part
of
a
passage
and
find
suitable
words
for
the
blanks.
Part
I
The
first
foreign
language
I
ever
learnt
was
French,
but
it
didn’t
go
very
well.
My
mother
asked
our
neighbor
to
teach
me
when
I
was
seven.
French
wasn’t
his
_______
language,
but
he
used
to
live
in
France,
so
he
could
speak
a
little.
However,
________
his
help,
I
learnt
very
little
French.
I
just
didn’t
feel
that
it
_________
my
daily
life
in
any
way,
so
I
didn’t
try.
When
I
entered
senior
high
school,
my
________
towards
language
learning
changed.
attitude
classic
point
of
view
civilisation
despite
native
related
to
struggle
native
despite
related
to
attitude
Read
the
first
part
of
a
passage
and
find
suitable
words
for
the
blanks.
I
had
to
learn
Latin,
which
I’ve
always
been
interested
in
because
I
want
to
study
law.
For
this
reason,
learning
Latin
wasn’t
a
_________
for
me
like
learning
French.
Soon
I
began
to
read
_______
books
in
Latin.
It
certainly
wasn’t
easy,
but
I
got
to
read
lots
of
interesting
stories
about
ancient
___________.
Reading
those
books
opened
a
window
for
me
to
another
world
and
gave
me
a
new
____________
on
my
own
world.
attitude
classic
point
of
view
civilisation
despite
native
related
to
struggle
struggle
classic
civilisation
point
of
view
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