高中人教版英語Unit5 Canada ─“The True North”重點(diǎn)詞匯講與練

1、PAGE PAGE 4 Canada “The True North”重點(diǎn)詞匯講與練語言點(diǎn)總結(jié)Word usagesurround v: extend on all sides of ; encircleeg. Trees surround our house.The police surrounded the thief。The wall surrounds our school.2.extremely adv: to a very high degree.eg. Thats extremely interesting.We got on extremely well.I am extrem

2、ely sorry.within prep: not more thaneg. She returned within an hour.If you dont hear anything within three days, phone again.They finished the house within half a year.He lives within five minutes walk.slightly adv: to a slight degreeeg. The patient is slightly better today.I know her slightly.She s

3、peeded up slightly.I feel slightly ill today.5. distance n: separation in space or time CU(+to/from/between)eg. It is a long distance from New York to Hongkong.The distance between the two places is twenty kilometers.What is the distance to Guangzhou?詞組in the distance: 在遠(yuǎn)處They saw a few houses in th

4、e distance.There is light in the distance.6wealthy adj: richeg. He was the eldest son of a wealthy family.It is a wealthy city in the country.He is a wealthy man.7.dawn n: the first glimpse of light in the morning eg. The dawns here are beautiful.該詞通常構(gòu)成詞組at dawnWe must get up at dawn.They take the b

5、oat out every day at dawn.The scenery is beautiful at dawn.8. downtown adv or adj: in the business center of a city or a towneg. They went downtown to do some shopping.It is a downtown city.9. flow vi: to move freelyeg. The river Thames flows into the North Sea.The river flows rapidly.After the conc

6、ert the people flowed out of the hall.The blood flowed out.10bordera) n: outer areaeg. Their house is on the border of the river.They picked on the border of the lake.Her handkerchief has a white border.b) n: boundary of countryeg. They were near the border between France and Germany.It is a border

7、city.They will ask for your passport at the border.11. terrify : make someone feel terrifiedeg. He was terrified of being left alone in the room.You terrified me just now!The thunderstorm terrified the child.12. officiala) adj: relating to a public officeeg. He gave me an official letter.The officia

8、l language of the country is English.Is the news official?b) n: person who holds a position of authorityeg. The government officials are having a meeting.He is an official at the local bank.The mayor is an elected official.13. toura) n: visit other places or journey through which performances are gi

9、veneg. Mr. Adams made a tour around East Asia last year.He joined a bicycling tour.The film star is on tour in our city.b) v: make a toureg. Well tour around Italy for our holiday this summer.Many Americans tour by car14settle v: make ones home in a place.eg. After years of travel, we decided to set

10、tle here.He settled in Canada at last.They got married and settled near Beijing.15. broad adj: wideeg. He worked in the broad fields.It is a broad river.He has broad shoulders.16. eastward adv: towards the easteg. They sailed eastward.We couldnt decide whether to go eastward or westward.Useful expre

11、ssions1. settle down: sit or lie in a comfortable position or get used to a new way of life, job etceg. She settled down in an armchair to read a book.Mary is settling down well in her new job.He got used to settling down in the foreign country.have a gift for: natural talent or abilityeg. He has a

12、gift for music.Tom has a gift for making friends.The girl has a gift for learning English.3. figure out : work out or understandeg. She figured out the problem at last.The boss asked me to figure out the cost of the plan.I cant figure him out.4. as far as a) to the extent that; as much aseg. As far

13、as I know, the book is popular with students.As far as I know, he is likely to come.Ill help you as far as I can.b) the same distance aseg. They walked as far as the lake.The children walked as far as the seaside.Ill walk as far as the post office.rather than : in preference to sb or sth; insteadeg.

14、 I think I will have a cold drink rather than coffee. Rather than getting money in such a dishonest way, Tom would beg in the street.用與平行結(jié)構(gòu)中Id call her hair chestnut rather than brownI prefer to go in summer rather than in winter.綜合練習(xí)Exercise 1 據(jù)句意及所給單詞首字母或漢語意思完成下列句子.China is in Asia, one of the sev

15、en c_ on the earth.The house was s_ by high walls.In those days, mothers usually t_ the babies by telling stories of wolf or ghosts.Chinas former Prime M_, Zhu Rongji stressed the need for equality and fairness in the world at the Earth Summit.We must make sure that everyone is able to take part in

16、the new world we c_ to develop the world successfully.They couldnt wait to stop to admire the _ (風(fēng)暴) on arriving the park.Im _ (極其,非常)sorry for the delay.We must reach the _ (港口) before sunset in case of the bad weather.He is going to _ (競(jìng)賽,比賽) against his old rival in the second round.Not having se

17、en each other for ages, they found it difficult to make _ (交談).Exercise 2 根據(jù)句意, 用所給的詞或詞組的最恰當(dāng)形式填空(注意有多余選項(xiàng))flow into, figure out, do well in, be ready to, spend, take, at dawn, at noon, as/so far as, as well as, in size, at leastHe grows flowers _ vegetables, so he can save much money to buy from the

18、market.They started _, hoping to arrive before 10:00 am.Offers of help _ the homeless people because of the tsunami._ I can see that is impossible.I cant _ how much the holiday will cost before it ends.My house is the same as hers _.She may be slow, but _ shes reliable (可靠的).Ive got changed, so I _ start work at any time.Take trouble to _ your examination despite you are good at it or not.Although he is a man, he _ too much time