[高中英语]2017年高二英语人教版选修8学案：Unit1AlandofdiversitySectionⅠ

Unit 1 A land of diversity

重要词汇 重要词汇 distinct adj. 清晰的；明显的；明确的 live on 继续存在；继续生存 means n．手段；方法 majority n．大多数；大半 相关提示 注意distinct及其名词的用法 掌握以live为中心的常见短语的用法 牢记由means构成的常见短语的用法,比如by means of的用法 注意majority的用法,比如the majority of既可以接可数名词,也可以接不可数名词. 掌握elect的用法 make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 掌握由life构成的常见短语的用法 elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人 boom n．(人口、贸易的)繁荣 vi.处于经济迅速发展时期 occur vi.发生；出现 indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示 back to back背靠背 slip vi.滑动；滑行；滑跤 n．滑动；滑倒 team up with 与……合作或一起工作 hire vt.& n．租用；雇用 mark out画线；标出……界线 take in 包括；吸收 a great/good many许多；很多 apply for 申请；请示得到 keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等) 注意keep up与其相似短语的差异 掌握boom作动词及名词时不同的用法 记住occur的常用句型It occured to somebody that... 注意indicate的用法及其派生词indication的构成 掌握与back to back相类似的词组,比如hand in hand 记住slip的现在分词是slipping,过去式和过去分词均是slipped 牢记team up with的意义 牢记hire的用法及其同义词employ和rent 掌握mark out不同含义的用法 牢记由take构成的常见短语的用法 仔细区别表示“很多”的短语的用法和不同 掌握由apply构成的常见短语的用法,比如apply oneself to的用法 reform vt.&vi.改革；革新 n．改革；改造；改良 掌握reform的不同词性的用法 重点句型

1．It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA... (It has the distinction of...……的特征在于……)

2. ...it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers...

(It was...that...是一个强调句型.) 3．It didn't occur to me that ...

(该句型的含义是：我没想到…….其中it是形式主语.)

4．In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were able to...

(so that引导结果状语从句)

5．What do you think？你认为怎样？ 6．Just as I thought.正如我所想的那样. 重点语法

复习名词性从句中的主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句. 写作要求

运用本单元所学的单词、短语、句型以及语法,学会如何使用“方向和位置”来介绍一个地方或描述一个事件.

Section Ⅰ— Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending

一、看下面的图片,回答下列问题

1．Which flag is the American national flag?

________________________________________________________________________ 2．Which city is the capital of the USA? A．New York. B．Washington D．C. C．Los Angeles. D．Houston. 3．The American national flag is known as “the stars and strips(星条旗)”．How many stars are there on the flag？How many strips？How many colours does it have?

________________________________________________________________________ 二、将下列单词与相对应的释义搭配起来 A B 1．means a．a quick increase of business activity 2．boom b．an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 3．elect c．most people or things 4．percentage d．a way of doing something 5．aircraft e．to choose from something 6．majority f．a plane or other vehicle that can fly 三、短语互译

A．从文中找出下列短语并写出它们的汉语意思 1．by the time ______ 2．a mixture of ______ 3．before long ______

4．in the early 1800s ______ 5．declare war on______

B．从文中找出与下列汉语对应的英语短语 1．继续存在；继续生存______ 2．用……办法；借助……______

3．习惯于新的生活方式、工作等______ 4．坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)______ 5．移民到…… ______

四、阅读CALIFORNIA,回答下列问题 1．What does the text mainly tell us?

A．The life of Californians. B．The population of California. C．The land of California. D．The history of California. 2．How did the first settlers come to California? A．They flied to California over the Pacific Ocean. B．They sailed southward through the Indian Ocean.

C．They got to America crossing the Bering Strait in the Arctic by means of a land bridge. D．They sailed to the west in the Spanish ships. 3．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Most people did not become rich but settled in California. B．Most people died in the gold rush.

C．The first to arrive in California for gold were Asians. D．All the people became rich in the gold rush. 4．Where do Chinese-Americans live?

A．They live in all parts of California.

B．They only live in the “Chinatowns” of Los Angeles. C．They only live in San Francisco.

D．They live in California as well as in Los Angeles and San Francisco. 5．What about the future of California? A．The racial culture will go on.

B．Its climate and lifestyle will change a lot.

C．More people will come to California only for gold.

D．More travellers will be attracted to California for the climate and the lifestyle.

答案：一、1.A 2.B

3．There are fifty stars and thirteen strips.The flag has three colours. 二、1.d 2.a 3.e 4.b 5.f 6.c

三、A.1.到……时候为止 2.……的混合 3.不久之后 4.在19世纪早期 5.对……宣战

B．1.live on 2.by means of 3.make a life 4.keep up 5.immigrate to 四、1～5 DCAAD

1.It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA,having attracted people from all over the world.

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州,它吸引了来自世界各地的人们.

剖析：having attracted people from all over the world是现在分词的完成时作state的定语. After Shock is regarded as a successful movie,having attracted many people's attention. 《唐山大地震》被看作是一部成功的电影,它吸引了许多人的注意. 考点：distinct adj. 清晰的；明显的；明确的

There is a distinct improvement in your spoken English. 你的英语口语有明显的进步.

It is distinctthat our government is to help the people who lost their houses in the rainstorm rebuild their houses.

很明显,我们的政府一定会帮助那些在暴雨中失去家园的人们重建家园. China has made great progress in science and technology,which is distinct. 中国在科学技术方面取得了巨大进步,这一点是明确的.

1)distinct作形容词,还有“不同的”的含义.如： They are distinct from each other in colour. 它们在颜色上有所不同.

归纳：be distinct from...in...的含义是“______________________________”. 2)distinction n．差别；区分；卓著

There is no appreciable distinction between the twins. 在这对双胞胎之间看不出有什么明显的差别. His distinction of sound is excellent. 他辨别声音的能力很强.