1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 A land of diversity 话题素材 多元文化 话题词汇 1.race n. 种族 2.racism n. 种族歧视；种族主义 3.expand vi. 扩展 4.immigrant n. 移民 5.religion n. 宗教 6.be divided into . 被分成 ? 7.culture shock 文化冲击 8.crowd into 涌入 9.make a fortune 发财 10.way of life 生活方式 11.cultural symbols 文化标志 12.settle down 定居 13.cultural
2、background 文化背景 14.own a diverse culture 拥有多元文化 15.be rich in natural resources 自然资源丰富 经典佳句 1.Race has_always_been_a_hot_button in this countrys history. 种族一直是这个国家历史上争论不休的问题。 2.Ive_been_longing_to go to America, mainly for two reasons. One is that I can experience American culture, which_is_believed
3、 to be the most diverse in the world. The other is that I can broaden_my_horizons in this developed country. 我一直盼望去美国，主要有两个原因。其一是我能够体验美国文化，它被认为是世界上最多元化的。其二是我能够在这个发达国家开拓视 野。 3.The history of the early immigrants makes_us_thankful_for our life today. 早期移民者的历史使我们感恩今天的生活。 精美语篇 In 1848, gold was discover
4、ed in California. The dream of becoming rich attracted the Chinese. However, few achieved their dream. The majority still chose to remain in California to make a life despite great hardship. Their cells were cold and damp, but they had nowhere to go. Their miserable life seemed to be punishment rath
5、er than justice. They wrote poems to mourn their former life in China. In the meanwhile, they applied for right to live in the USA, but it was not until the civil authorities 【 精品教育资源文库 】 reformed the system that they were able to grasp the opportunity. The customs and languages live on in their ne
6、w home. Today, a large percentage of ChineseAmericans live in the Chinatowns, still keeping up their Chinese culture. The history of the early immigrants makes us thankful for our life today. 高频单词 1.distinct (adj.) 清晰的；明显的；明确的 distinction (n.) 差别；区分；卓著 2.means (n.) 方法；手段 meaning (n.) 意思 mean (v.) 打算
7、；意味 meaningful (adj.) 有意义的 3.majority (n.) 大多数；大半 major (adj.) 主要的 (v.) 主修 minority (反义词 ) (n.) 少数；少数民族 minor (adj.) 较小的；次要的 4.elect (vt.) 选择；决定做某事；选举某人 election (n.) 选举 5.boom (n.) (人口、贸易的 )繁荣 (vi.) 处于迅速发展时期 6.racial (adj.) 人种的；种族的 race (n.) 种族；比赛 racism (n.) 种族主义；种族歧视 7.applicant (n.) 申请人 apply (v
8、i.) 申请 application (n.) 申请书；申请 8.customs (n.) 海关；关税；进口税 custom (n.) 风俗；习惯 customer (n.) 顾客；主顾 9.socialist (n.) 社会主义者 social (adj.) 社会的 socialism (n.) 社会主义 society (n.) 社会 10.occur (vi.) 发生；出现 occurence (n.) 事件；发生的事 occurred (过去式 /过去分词 ) 11.indicate (vt.) 指出；标示；表明；暗示 indication (n.) 象征；标示；表明；暗示 12.lu
9、ggage (n.) 行李 baggage (近义词 ) (n.) 行李 13.apparent (adj.) 显而易见的；显然的；表面上的 apparently (adv.) 显然地；显而易见地 14.slip (vi.) 滑动；滑行；滑跤 (n.) 滑动；滑倒 slipper (n.) 拖鞋 slippery (adj.) 滑的 15.hire (vt. from 7.In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps _ their Danish culture.
10、 答案： up 8._ the 1920s the film industry was well established in Holleywood, California. 答案： By 9.Its a 79 km roundtrip that takes _ all the famous tourist spots. 答案： in 10.From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station _ many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. 答案： wher
11、e 1 majority n大多数；大半 教材原句 Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. (P2) 在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原住居民传授天主教。 (1)a/the majority of . most of . 大多数 be in a/the majority 构成大多数 /占多数 (2)major adj. 主要的
12、vi. 专修；主攻 (3)major in 主修 ? (4)minority n. 少数；少数派 /人 (5)the majority 和 the minority 单独用作主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数形式；若强调个体，谓语动词则用复数形式；但其后表语是复数时，谓语动词通常也要用复数。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 (6)“the majority of 名词 ” 用作主语，其谓语动词的数应与名词的数保持一致。 The_majority_of them take an online language test before starting their programme. 他们大多数人在
13、开始上课 前要进行网上语言测试。 At the meeting, young people were in_the_majority. 在会上，年轻人占大多数。 What subject did you major_in when you were in university? 你在大学主修什么科目？ The_majority was/were in favour of banning smoking. 大多数人支持禁烟。 2 occur vi.发生；出现 教材原句 It didnt occur to me that . (P5) 我没有想到 ? occur prep./adv. 发生；存在
14、sth. occurs to sb. 某人突然想起某事 It occurs to/strikes/hits sb. that . 某人突然想起 ? It occurs to sb. to do sth. 某人突然想起 /想到做某事 A great decline in young work force is likely to occur in China. 中国很有可能出现年轻劳动力减少的问题。 It_occurred_to/struck/hit me that Id left my purse in the office. 我突然想起把钱包落到办公室了。 It didnt occur_to
15、 me to phone the police. 我根本没想到打电话报警。 3 indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示 教材原句 Try to use the expressions above to indicate that you are listening carefully to your partner.(P7) 试着用以上表达来表明你在认真倾听你搭档的话。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 (1)indicate sth. to sb. 向某人指出某物 indicate that . 示意；表明 ? as . indicate 正如 ? 所示 (2)indication n.
16、指示；象征；预示 There is no indication that . 无迹象表明 ? There are some indications that . 有迹象表明 ? A red sky at night often indicates fine weather the next day. 夜空呈红色往往预兆第二天天气晴朗。 Michael Tomasellos tests on young children indicate_that they have the instinct to help others. 迈克尔 托马塞洛的关于小孩的实验表明他们具有帮助他人的本性。 They
17、 gave no_indication of how the work should be done. 他们根本没说明这项工 作该怎么做。 There_are clear indications_that the economy is improving. 有明显的迹象显示经济正在改善。 .单句语法填空 1 Lets assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the _ (major) of people. 答案： majority 由句意可知此处表述 “ 大多数人 ” 。 the majorit
18、y of . “ 大多数 ?” ，故填其名词形式。 2 _ (apparent), she took no notice of the mistakes in the accident. 答案： Apparently apparently “ 明显地 ” 。副词修饰整个句子。 3 Could you give me some _ (indicate) as to when I am likely to receive a reply? 答案： indication 此处应填名词作 give 的宾语，且意为 “ 暗示 ” ，为不 可数名词。 4 _ (hire) a car, you must
19、produce a passport and a current driving license. 答案： To hire 此处用不定式作目的状语。句意：若想租车，你需要出示护照及当前驾照。 5 All the _ can _ in person or by letter and at the same time should hand in their _ before May 6th. (apply) 答案： applicants; apply; applications 句意：所有申请人都可以本人亲自或通过书信进行申请，并且同时于 5 月 6 日前递交申请书。 applicant 名词
20、“ 申请人 ” ； apply 动【 精品教育资源文库 】 词 “ 申请 ” ； application 名词 “ 申请 (书 )” 。 .单句改错 1 Not once did it occur Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class. _ 答案： occur 后加 to 2 She slipped out the house before the others were aware. _ 答案： out 后加 of 3 In fact, I didnt realize its importance until I was elected the monitor. _ 答案： 去掉 the 4 A large percentage of this hotels income are from the visitors to the lake nearby. _
