1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 A land of diversity 【题目优选】 假设你是李华，你生活的城市肥城是国家级园林城市。为扩大知名度，你打算在互联网上对其进行宣传。请根据所提供的信息用英语写一篇短文介绍自己的家乡。 概况 1.地处泰山脚下，占地约 1,277 平方千米，人口约 100 万； 2历史悠久，矿产资源丰富； 3环境优美，公园众多 (如范蠡公园、白云山公园等 )； 4经济发展迅速，人民生活幸福，竞争力不断提高。 注意： 1.词数 100 左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 参考词汇：国家级园林城市 national garden city 【经典范文】
2、Located at the foot of Mount Tai, our city Feicheng covers an area of 1,277 square kilometers or so and about one million people are living in it. With a long history, it is rich in mineral resources. Whats more, being a national garden city, it is very beautiful. For example, there are many attract
3、ive parks in our city, such as Fanli Park and the Park of Baiyun Mountain. In the free time, especially during the holidays, a lot of citizens as well as tourists often travel there to relax and enjoy themselves. Much to our delight, with the fast development of economy, not only are people living a
4、 happy life, but its competitive power is also much stronger than before. I am convinced that our city will become a more and more beautiful place to live. 【名师点拨】 文章运用了多样化的短语及句式结构。如： cover an area of . (占地 ?) ； whats more (而且，除外 )； much to our delight(令我们非常高兴的是 )； live a . life(过着 ? 的生活 )以及分词作状语： lo
5、cated at the foot of .; not only . but also . (不但 ? 而且 ?) 句式和固定句型 I am convinced that . 等。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 1核心单词 (1)means (n.) 手段；方法 meaning (n.) 意思 mean (vt.) 意味着；打算 meaningful (adj.) 有意义的 (2)majority (n.) 大多数；大半 major (adj.) 主要的 (vi.) 主修 minority (n.) 少数；少数民族 minor (adj.) 较小的；次要的 (3)elect (vt.) 选择；决
6、定做某事；选举某人 election (n.) 选举 (4)boom (n.) (人口 、贸易的 )繁荣 (vi.) 处于经济迅速发展时期 (5)occur (vi.) 发生；出现 occurred ( 过去式 /过去分词 ) occurence (n.) 事件；发生的事 (6)indicate (vt.) 指出；标示；表明；暗示 indication (n.) 迹象；标示 (7)slip (vi.) 滑动；滑行；滑跤 (n.) 滑动；滑倒 slipper (n.) 拖鞋 slippery (adj.) 滑的 (8)hire (vt.& n ) 租用；雇用 fire (vt.) 解雇 (9)n
7、owhere (adv.) 无处；到处都无 (10)reform (vt.& vi.) 改革；革新 (n.) 改革；改造；改良 2阅读单词 (1)distinct (adj.) 清晰的；明显的；明确的 (2)percentage (n.) 百分比；百分率 (3)racial (adj.) 人种的；种族的 (4)crossing (n.) 横渡；横越；十字路口；人行横道 (5)applicant (n.) 申请人 (6)customs (n.) 海关；关税；进口税 (7)luggage (n.) 行李 (8)punishment (n.) 处罚；惩罚 (9)grasp (vt.& n ) 抓住；
8、抓紧；掌握；领会 (10)thankful (adj.) 感激的；感谢的 【即景活用】 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 1 Besides, I have such a good command of English that I _ (elect) as assistant to my English teacher. 答案： am elected 2 Jack was working in the lab when the power cut _ (occur) 答案： occurred 3 I couldnt understand the words _ (mean) 答案： meani
9、ng 4 All the _ (apply) should fill in the form first. 答案： applicants 5 One of the _ (majority) problems is that they cant raise enough money. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案： major 6 Walk along the street and turn left at the first _ (cross) 答案： crossing 7 The _ (customs) of lighting the Olympic flame goes back ce
10、nturies. 答案： custom 8 Did he give you any _ (indicate) of his feelings? 答案： indication 9 The people there suffered many _ (hard) during that long winter. 答案： hardships 10 The road is _ (slip) and youd better slow down. 答案： slippery 联想积累 1与 “ 雇用、辞退 ” 有关的词汇全接触 hire n & vt.雇用 employ vt.雇用 fire vt.解雇 di
11、smiss vt.解雇 lay off 解雇；下岗 turn away 解雇 take on 雇用 2单复数意义不同的名词小结 custom(风俗 )customs( 海关 ) manner(方式 )manners( 礼貌 ) paper(纸 )papers( 文件 ) art(艺术 )arts( 文科 ) arm(手臂 )arms( 武器 ) brain(脑袋 )brains( 脑力 ) work(工作 )works( 作品 ) short(短的 )shorts( 短裤 ) compass(指南针 )compasses( 圆规 ) 1 live_on 继续存在；继续生存 2 by means
12、 of . 用 ? 方法；借助 ? 3 make_a_life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 4 keep_up 坚持；维持；沿袭 (风俗、传统等 ) 5 back_to_back 背靠背 【 精品教育资源文库 】 6 team up with 与 ? 合作或一起工作 7 mark out 用线画出范围；标出 ? 界线 8 take in 包括；吸收 9 a great/good many 许多；很多 10 apply for 申请 ；请示得到 【即景活用】 用所给短语的适当形式填空 keep up， apply for， mark out， a great/good many， make a
13、 life， team up with 1 In the coming three years, our school life will be challenging and you will try to _ for yourself. 答案： make a life 2 _ houses were knocked down by the earthquake. 答案： A great/good many 3 When you are reading an article, youd better _ the key words and topic sentences. 答案： mark
14、out 4 Im writing to _ the position as a student volunteer. 答案： apply for 5 You can _ one other class member if you cant finish it on time. 答案： team up with 6 In some rural places of China, some people still _ their traditional lifestyle. 答案： keep up 联想积累 1 “ 动词 out” 短语再记 mark out 用线画出范围；标出 ? 界线 brin
15、g out 阐释；说明；出版 carry out 完成；实施计划 come out 出现 ；传出；出版；开花 help out 帮助克服困难 give out 用尽；分发；发出 (光、热等 ) turn out 证明是；结果是 work out 计算出；拟定出；解决 run out 用完 set out 启程；出发 ?cut out 删去 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2 “ 动词 in” 短语荟萃 take in 包括；吸收；欺骗 break in 闯入 give in 屈服；让步；投降 turn in 上交 arrive in 到达 (较大地方 ) consist in 在于；存在于 joi
16、n in 参加 result in 导致 1 The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. 距离最近因而来得最早的是南美人和美国人。 2 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, but simply a
17、 mixture of many races and 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、多文化的混合体。 【句式仿写】 1 In my family, my mother is always the first one _ (起床 ) 答案： to get up 2 _ (人们相信 ) we shall make full use of the suns energy some day. 答案： It is believed that 联想积累 1不定式作定语的特殊用法 不定式 to arrive
18、在句中作定语修饰 the first, 这是不定式作定语的一类特殊用法。即当名词或代词前有序数词或形容词最高级修饰或本身就是序数词或形容词最高级时，其后置定语由动词不定式来充当。 2 that 引导的名词性从句 It is believed that . 中 it 为形式主语，真正的主语为 that 引导的从句。注意： (1)that 引导主语从句，无意义，但不可省略。 (2)that 从句作主语时，常用 it 作形式主语，常见的句型有： It be形容词 (obvious, true, natural, surprising, wonderful, funny, possible, cert
19、ain, etc.) that 从句。 It be名词词组 (no wonder, an honor, a pity, no surprise, etc.) that 从【 精品教育资源文库 】 句。 It be过去分 词 (believed, said, reported, thought, expected, announced, etc.) that 从句。 单词点津 means n. 手段；方法 (单复数同形 ) 教材原句 Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. 科学家们认为这些迁居者通过一条史前时期曾经存在的大陆桥穿越北极地区的白令海峡到达美洲。 by this means用这种方法by means of 借助于；通过 ? 方法by no means决不；一点也不 ?放在句首时，句子用部分
