1、,Unit 1A land of diversity,选 修 8,栏目导航,ministryhardshipfederalboomvicenephewcattleluggageshave,brakesliphirenowherejusticemournauthorityreformgraspinsertillustrate,illustration,distinct,distinction,majority,major,minority,elect,election,racial,race,indicate,indication,indicator,apparent,apparently,li
2、ve onby means ofmake a lifekeep upback to backteam up withmark outtake ina great/good manyapply for,Great Britain became the first urban society in historya society in which _ majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.英国成为历史上第一个都市社会一种多数人居住在城市而不以务农为生的社会。78 percent of volunteers w
3、ere female, the majority of whom _(be) between 20 and 40 years of age.78%的志愿者是女性，其中大多数年龄在20岁到40岁之间。,a/the,were,【提示】a/the majority of名词，表示“大多数”，谓语动词的数与of后面的名词相一致；the majority单独作主语时，谓语动词用单复数均可。,in,Purchasers can elect _(pay) in monthly installments. 购买者可选择逐月分期付款。She was the Minister of Education befor
4、e he _(elect) President last year.在他去年当选总统之前，她是教育部长。During his _(elect) campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet.在竞选活动期间，他承诺要重振经济。,to pay,was elected,election,The possibility that Carolina might be wrong never occurred _ her.卡罗莱娜压根没想过自己可能会错。I was going along the street looking for a
5、place to park when the accident _(occur)我正沿街寻找停车的地方时，那起事故发生了。_ occurred to her that she should adopt the homeless child.她突然觉得她应该收养这个无家可归的孩子。,to,occurred,It,As _(indicate) in the survey, more and more people choose to travel abroad.调查显示，越来越多的人选择出国旅游。There are clear _(indicate) that the global economy
6、 is improving.有明显的迹象显示全球经济正在改善。,is indicated,indications,by this means用这种方法by any means 无论如何by no means决不，一点也不(放在句首时，句子部分倒装)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a means of communication一种通讯/交流工具,Every possible means _(try), but none worked.All possible means _(try), but none worked.各种可能的办法都尝试了，但
7、没有一种奏效。She could not speak, but made her wishes known _ means of signs.她不会说话，但她用手势表达了她的愿望。By no means was he _(satisfy) with the job and he asked us to finish it by all means.他对这项工作一点也不满意，他要求我们务必完成。【提示】means意为“方式；方法”时，单复数同形。若all/some/several/many means作主语，谓语动词用复数形式；若every/each/one/a means作主语，谓语动词用单数
8、形式。,has been tried,have been tried,by,satisfied,【一词多义】写出下列句中take in的含义。This is the total cost of the holiday, taking everything in. _He was homeless, so we took him in. _The students find it difficult to take in what you teach. _Dont be taken in by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.
9、 _,包括,收留,理解,欺骗,take away拿走；使离开；消除(病痛等)take off起飞；匆匆离去；脱下；(突然)大获成功take on呈现；雇用；承担take over接收；接管；取代take up占据；(开始)从事,My writing career took _ when I discovered my own style.找到自己的写作风格后，我的写作事业开始有起色了。Meetings and phone calls take _ a large part of the day.开会和接电话占用了一天中的大部分时间。In the past few years, the vill
10、age has taken _ a new look.在过去的几年里，这个村庄呈现出了一个新面貌。,off,up,on,【句式点拨】what在句中引导宾语从句，表示所指的某事(物)，意思相当于the thing(s) that/ which。what可引导主语从句、表语从句以及动词或介词后的宾语从句。,本文档仅为全套资料之一，欢迎点击下方按钮链接，下载全套资料！,请点此到下载本文全套资料,what,of,【句式点拨】It is likely that.意为“很可能”，本句式中it为形式主语，真正的主语为that从句。likely可以用possible, probable来替换，只是probab
11、le可能性大些。此句型可转化为：sb/sth be likely to do sth某人/物可能做某事，但不能用sb be possible/ probable to do sth。,【句式点拨】(1)This/That is why.为表语从句的常用句型结构，意为“这/那就是为什么”，用来表示原因。(2)Thats because.意为“这是因为”，because从句表示原因时，只可用在“It/This/That is/was.后”。(3)The reason why.is/was that.意为“的原因是”，此句型结构中表语从句常用that引导，而不用because，即当主句中有reaso
12、n或why时只可用that引导。,This is _ it is possible to produce more food on the same amount of land.这就是为什么能够在同样面积的土地上生产出更多食物。Tom came late for the meeting. That was _ he was ill.The reason why Tom came late for the meeting was _ he was ill.汤姆开会迟到的原因是他生病了。There are a number of other reasons _ might explain why you have a terrible headache.有很多别的原因可以解释你为什么有严重的头痛病。,why,because,that,that/which,
