Unit 3 Australia
Teaching Aims:
1. Topics : History and geography of Australia/ Wildlife/ Tourism/ Customs
and culture 2. Reading: a. Glimpses of Australia b. Australia’s dangerous creatures
c. Greenhill High School Notice Board.
3. Grammar: The Predicative (words, phrase, nonfinites, clauses) Special Focus:
1. enlarge vocabulary: associate, associate with, Canberra, barrier,
brochure, adequate, ecology, autonomous, federal, defence, citizenship, celebration, tolerate, tolerance, migrant, via, superb, rusty, tropical, splendour, heritage, aboriginal, out of respect, fortnight, reservation, highway, cradle, rainfall, agriculture, sow, bachelor, correspond with, enclosure, desperate, shrink, barbecue, talk? into, wind, limb, paralyze, recover, funnel, snatch, amongst, vinegar, unconscious 2. practice reading skills: learn to get the main idea of a passage in a
few minutes; learn to analyze the structure of an essay. 3. improve writing ability Additional materials:
From Text to Test 高考链接
1． On 26 January, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation,
more than 9,000 people will become Australian citizens. (P22) across 用作介词或副词，意为“横过；穿过”。是指从“从一边到另一边”穿过/横过一个平面。
[拓展]注意across和over、through的区别：over强调“越过/跨过”高的物体；through着重指从物体中间“穿过”。例如：
He helped the old lady across the road. She climbed over the fence.
The train went through the tunnel.
He pushed his way through the crowd to the door. [高考示例]
He suddenly saw Sue ______ the room. He pushed his way ______ the crowd of people to get to her. (湖南 2005)
A. across; across B. over; through C. over; into D. across; through 2．Australia is home to more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are poisonous. (P27)
more than 意为“超过；比?多；不只是；不仅?”。例如：
The speed is more than 120 miles per hour. 时速超过了120英里。 More than one school has closed. 不只一所学校关门了。 Wine cost more than beer. 葡萄酒比啤酒贵。
The villagers were more than glad to help those tourists. 乡亲们很愿意帮助那些游客。 [高考示例]
Lizzie was ______ to see her friend off at the airport. (全国Ⅳ 2004) A．a little more than sad B. more than a little sad C. sad more than a little D. a little more sad than
[点拨] more than 意思是“不仅仅”; a little 修辞形容词 sad。
3．You might think that with all these dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe place to live in or visit. (P28)
动词不定式to live in or visit作定语，修辞前面的名词短语an unsafe place。尽管他们之间是动宾关系，仍要用主动形式。
[高考示例]
There are five pairs ______, but I’m at a loss which to buy. (上海 1999) A. to be chosen B. to choose from C. to choose D. for choosing 4. However, this is far from the truth. (P28)
far from 相当于“very much not; a long way from being; not at all”，意为“远远不，一点也不”。far用作副词，表示程度上的“深，远”。例如： I’m far from pleased with your behavior. 我对你的表现很不满意。
She is not a good father---- far from it! 他不是一个好父亲----远远不是！ They worked far into the night. 他们工作到深夜。
The film is far better than the book. 改编的电影比原著强多了。 [高考示例]
John is very lazy. He falls ______ behind in his students. (广东 2005) A. very B. far C. more D. still
语法复习 表语
（一）表语的定义
表语用以说明主语的身份、特征和状态，它一般位于系动词（如be, become, get, look, grow, turn, seem等）之后。 （二）表语的表现形式
表语一般由名词、代词、形容词、分词、数词、不式式、动名词、介词短语、副词及表语从句表示。 （1）名词
Our teacher of English is an American.我们的英语老师是美国人。 He is an astronaut.他是一位宇航员。 （2）代词
Is this yours? 这是你的吗？
That’s all I want to tell you.我要告诉你的就是这些。 （3）形容词
The weather has turned cold.天气变冷了。
Guilin is the most beautiful city that I have ever visited.桂林是我到过的最美丽的城市。 （4）分词
The speech is exciting.这演讲激动人心。
The teacher was pleased with my spoken English.老师对我的英语口语很满意。 （5）数词
Three times seven is twentyone.3乘7等于21。
He is always the first to enter the office.他总是第一个进办公室。 （6）不定式
His job is to teach English.他的工作是教英语。
Their plan is to finish the experiment in a week.他们的计划是一周内完成这项实验。 （7）动名词
His hobby is playing football.他的爱好是踢足球。
My wish is studying law in a university.我的愿望是在大学学习法律。 （8）介词短语
The machine must be out of order.机器一定出毛病了。 He is against our plan.他反对我们的计划。 （9）副词
Time is up. The class is over.时间到了，下课。
My father isn’t in. He is out.我父亲不在家，他出去了。 （10）表语从句
The truth is that he has never been abroad. 实际情况是他从未出过国。
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人教版英语选修9 Unit3 Australia
