1、 Book 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity 1.means n.手段 , 方法 教材原句 Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.科 学家们认为这些移民通过一条史前时代曾经存在的大陆桥穿越北极地 区的白令海峡到达美洲。 语言点用法过关 means 语境应用 完成填空 The car is , but we have mad
2、e it our way of life. 汽车是一种方便的交通工具 , 但我们已经使它成为我们 的生活方式。 Sometimes can we express our feelings by means of words. 有时我们绝不能用言语来表达我们的感受。 单句改错 All possible means has been tried, but none works. a convenient means of transport by no means hashave 同义句转换 He was by no means able to handle it. (将 by no means
3、放在句首 ) 写作微练 我们打算举行乒乓球比赛来提高队员的技能。 (2017课标全国 书 面表达 ) We mean to hold table tennis competitions to improve the players skills . By no means was he able to handle it. 用法点拨 by no means决不 ,一点也不 (放在句首时 ,用部分倒装语序 ) by all means没问题 ,当然可以 by means of.用 方法 ,借助 手段 by this means用这种方法 a means of doing sth.做某事的方法 联
4、想 mean v.意思是 ;打算 mean to do sth.打算做某事 mean doing sth.意味着做某事 点津 means单复数同形。若作主语 ,其谓语动词的数要根据句意来确定。当 前面有 every, each, one等修饰语时 ,谓语用单数 ;当前面有 several, some, many, a few, all等修饰语时 ,谓语用复数。 2.majority n.大多数 ;大半 教材原句 Of the first Spanish to go to California,the were religious men, whose ministry was to teach
5、 the Catholic religion to the natives.在首批移 居加利福尼亚州的西班牙人中 ,大部分是宗教人士 ,他们的职责是向原 住民传授天主教。 majority 语境应用 完成句子 大多数学生都很勤奋。 hard-working. 大多数人支持这项提议。 in favour of the proposal. 写作微练 据说他的姐姐现在在大学主修历史。 The majority of the students are The majority are/is Its said that his sister is majoring in history at colle
6、ge now. 单句改错 As far as I know, the majority of the students objects to the proposal. 用法点拨 (1)the majority of.大多数 be in the/a majority构成大部分 /大多数 (2)minority n.少数 in the minority占少数 (3)major adj.主要的 vi.主修 n.主修课程 major in主修 ;以 为专业 点津 the majority of+名词 ,表示“大多数 ”,谓语动词的数与 of后面的名 词保持一致 ;the majority单独作主语时
7、 ,谓语动词用单复数均可。 objectsobject 3.occur vi.发生 教材原句 It didnt to me that.我没想到 语境应用 完成句子 It didnt she would refuse his invitation. 他没有想到她会拒绝他的邀请。 occur occur to him that 单句改错 It was never occurred to her to ask anyone when she was in trouble. The idea struck to him in a dream. 一句多译 (每空一词 ) 他从未想到他会在生意场上取得如此巨大的成功。 It never him that he would make such a great success. It never him that he would make such a great success. 去掉第一个 was occurred to 去掉 to stru ck/hit
