Unit1Alandofdiversity新人教版选修8

1、学海无涯新课标人教版Unit 1 A land of diversity 多元化的社会核心词汇If you fired John , it would be difficult to（雇用）a cook like him.The government is planning to（ 改革）the tax system.A red sky at night（ 表明，暗示 ）fine weather the following day.The（大多数）of students were in favor of the suggestion that they go for a picnic the

2、next day. We are strongly against（ 种族的 ）discrimination in areas such as employment.He（溜）into the room when no one was noticing him.You d better（抓住）the chance , or you ll regret.She had looked everywhere for her children, but they were（至U处）to be found, which made her very worried. , she took no notic

3、e of the mistakes in theaccident.（apparent）1. hire 2.reform 3.indicated 4.majority 5.racial ,6.slipped 7.grasp8.nowhere 9.Apparently ; apparent,10.applicants ; apply ; applications10. All the can in person or by letter and at the same timeshould hand in their before May 5th.（apply）高频短语 继续存在；继续生存用办法；

4、借助 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 坚持；维才I;沿袭（风俗、传统等）背靠背 与合作或一起工作 画线；标出界线 包括；吸收 许多；很多 申请；请示得到1.live on 2.by meansof. 3.make a life 4.keep up 5.back to back 6.team up with7.mark out 8.take in 9.a great/good many10.apply for重点句式. , the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie , who wantedto find a better form of

5、 transport than horse- drawn trams.缆车系统建立于1873年，是由安德鲁哈利迪发明的，他试图找到一种比马拉轨道车更好 的交通方式。before long the mix of nationalities be so great that there willbe no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many racesand cultures.人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常之大，以至于不可能存在一种明显主要的种族或文化群体，而只是多种族、多文化的

6、混合体。重点句式学海无涯California elected to become the thirty -first federal state of the USA in 1850 , it was already a multicultural society.到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国第31个州的时候，它已经是一个有着多种文化的社会了。However, that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.然而，很可能至少在 15000年前美洲土著人就住在加利福尼亚了。1

7、.Built in 1873 2.It is believed that3.By the time 4.it is likely知识详解1 .means n. 手段；方法（回归课本 P2）Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait inthe Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistorictimes.科学家们认为这些迁居者通过一条史前时代曾经存在的大桥穿越北极地区的白令海峡到达 美洲。by this means用

8、这种方法by means of通过，用，借助于by no means 决不，一点也不（放在句首时，句子用部分倒装语序）by all means 务必，不惜一切地；（用于交际英语表示同意）当然可以，没问题归纳拓展例句探源Every possible means has been tried , but none worked.=All possible means have been tried , but none worked.各种可能的办法都尝试了，但没有一种奏效。（朗文 P1277）Millions of Chinese rely on bicycles as their importa

9、nt means of transportation.自行车是数百万中国人赖以出行的重要交通工具。（3）（朗文 P1277）By all means , drink plenty of water while exercising.当然，锻炼的时候多喝水。 By no means am I satisfied with my present job.我对目前的工作一点也不满意。即境活用. （2010 年高考江苏卷）一Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?.O

10、urs is much stronger than theirs.A. Of courseB. It dependsC. Don t mention itD. By no means解析：选 Do句意：“一你认为他们的乒乓球队在即将到来的亚运会上会获得冠军吗？一 一绝对不会，我们的球队比他们的球队要强大得多。Of course当然可以；It depends视情况而定；Don t mention it不用谢；By no means绝对不会，绝不。根据句意可知答案为D项。.众所周知，电话是一种有用的通讯工具。As is known to us , the telephone is.答案： a us

11、eful means of communication学海无涯.majority n.大多数；大半（回归课本 P2）Of the first Spanish to go to California , the majority were religious men whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原居住人民传授天主教。归纳拓展例句探源The majority of students find it quite hard to live o

12、n the amount of money they get.大多数学生认为靠他们挣得钱生活很难。（2）（牛津 P1220）In the nursing profession , women are in a /the majority.女性在护理行业中占大多数。【温馨提示】（1）单独用作主语，谓语动词用单数、复数均可。（3）（牛津 P1220）The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking.大多数人支持禁烟。（2）单独用作主语，如果后面的表语是复数，那么谓语动词也用复数。The majority who attended the meet

13、ing yesterday are students.昨天参加会议的大多数是学生。The majority of the damage is easy to repair.这次的损失大部分容易补救。The majority of people seem to prefer computer to TV.多数人喜欢电脑胜过电视。即境活用.完成句子（1）Don t worry about the present situation in the world ;（大多数人喜欢和平而不是战争）.答案：the majority of people prefer peace to war（2）Among

14、the members of the committee those who are in favour of the plan are （占大多数）.答案：in a/the majority.occur vi. 发生；出现（回归课本 P5）Yes.It didn t occur to me that.是的，我没想到归纳拓展例句探源I was going along the street looking for a place to park when the accident occurred.我正沿街寻找停车点时，突然发生了事故。（牛津 P1377）It didn t occur to h

15、er to ask for help.她没想到请别人帮忙。（D（辽宁高考 ）When Babbage was working at Cambridge , a new idea occurred to him.在剑桥工作时，巴比奇想到了一个新主意。 It occurred to her that she should adopt the homeless child.她突然想到她应该收养这个无家可归的孩子。即境活用. Why are you so late?学海无涯I was on half way when itto me that I had left my notebook home,

16、so I hadto fetch it.A. occurredB. hitC. happenedD. reminded解析：选 Ao It occurred to methat. 意为“我突然想起。hit打击（不与to搭配）；happen发生（指具体事件）；remind提醒（不与to搭配）。4 .make a life习惯于新的生活方式、工作等（回归课本 P2）Some died or returned home , but most remained in California to makea life for themselves despite great hardship.有些人死了

17、或回家了，但是大多数人留在了加利福尼亚谋生，尽管困难重重。归纳拓展come to life变得更有趣；变得活跃live/lead a . .life 过着生活come back to life苏醒过来，恢复生机bring.back to life 使苏醒过来make/start a new life 开始新生活make a living by 靠谋生例句探源 Some people from the country find it hard to make a life in big cities.一些来自农村的人发现很难习惯大城市的生活。（2）（朗文 P1188）They moved out

18、 West to make a new life there.他们迁往西部去开始新生活。（3）（牛津 P1166）The match finally came to life in the second half.比赛在下半场终于精彩起来。 The old couple made a living by selling vegetables.这对老夫妇靠卖菜维持生活。即境活用5. Soldiers who fought all the way to the faraway places couldn t come back , andthey had to a life on the fore

19、ign lands.A. makeB. comeC. bringD . lay解析：选Ao考查动词短语搭配。句意：一路拼杀到很远的地方的士兵们无法归来，于是他们就只得在异国他乡谋求生活。只有make a life搭配正确；而 come to life ; bringsb./sth.to life不构成搭配，所以 A项正确。5 .a great many 很多，许多（修饰可数名词）（回归课本 P8）Saw some interesting temples here , a number of markets and a great many restaurants.参观了这儿一些有趣的寺庙，不少

20、的集贸市场和许多餐馆。例句探源（牛津 P1230）I ve known her for a great many years.我认识她好多年了。A great many of us don t like speaking English in class.我们当中许多人不喜欢在课堂上讲英语。【温馨提示】a good/great many后接复数名词，但 a good/great many 后接of时，必学海无涯须加限定词，如these/those/the/one s等，然后再加名词复数。 A good many of the/those students in our class have p

21、assed the exam.我们班中有很多学生通过了考试。6. the houses were knocked down in the earthquake.A. A great manyB. The number ofC A great many of D A great deal of解析：选 C。名词前有the , these , those及my, your等物主代词时，a great many 后要 加of。即境活用6 .take in 包括；吸收；理解；欺骗（回归课本 P8）It s a 79km round - trip that takes in all the famous

22、 tourist spots.这是一次往返79公里的旅行，它涵盖了所有著名的旅游景点。归纳拓展take away拿走，使离开；消除（病痛等）take down记下来；拆掉take for（错）当作；（误）以为take off 起飞；匆匆离去；脱下；大获成功例句探源（牛津 P2059）He was homeless , so we took him in.他无家可归，我们便收留了他。（辽宁高考）Don t be taken in by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. 不要被许诺能使你快速减肥的商品所欺骗。This is th

23、e total cost of the holiday, taking everything in.这是假期的全部费用，一切都包括在内。 The students find it easy to take in what you teach.学生们觉得你教的课容易领会。即境活用7.完成句子（1）I needed a minute to（ 理解）what he had told me.答案：take in（2）Sometimes I think he wants to（掌管）the world.答案：take over7 .apply for 申请（回归课本 P8）From 1882 to 19

24、40 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA.从1882年到1940年，天使岛就成为著名的移民居住区，在那里，许多中国人申请在美国的居住权。归纳拓展例句探源（D（朗文 P82）Some of the children seem unable to apply what they have learned.有些孩子似乎不会应用他们所学的知识。You can t apply for the job until you have s

25、atisfied certain conditions.在符合一定的条件之后你才能申请这份工作。（3）（朗文 P82）I wish Sam would apply himself a little more to his schoolwork.学海无涯真希望萨姆能再专注于学业。即境活用Due to the fact that he failed to adapt himself to the present job（申请另一个工作）.答案：applied for another one句型梳理1【教材原句】 That is why today over 40% of Californians

26、speak Spanish as a first or second language.（P2） 这就是今天有超过 40%勺加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的原因。 【句法分析】 句中的why引导的是表语从句，注意以下句式的区别：（1）That s why.那就是为什么 （why从句表示结果）（2）That s because. 那是因为 （because从句表示原因）The reason why.is/was that. 的原因是 （表语从句常用 that引导，而不用because）Tom came late for the meeting.That was because he w

27、as ill.汤姆开会迟到了，那是因为他病了。Tom was ill.That was why he came late for the meeting.汤姆病了，那就是他开会迟到的原因。The reason why Tom came late for the meeting was that he was ill.汤姆开会迟至 U的原因是因为他病了。 即境活用（2011 年石家庄检测）Is this the reason she explained in the report for hersuccess in the job? A. whatB . thatC howD why解析：选Bo考查定语从句。因