高二选修八第二单元知识总结.doc

高二年级英语选修八第一单元 一. 教学内容： 第一单元知识复习及巩固 二. 教学要点 I. Important words and expressions 1.majority n 大多数 Have a majority over sb获得多于某人······；战胜某人。 By/with a majority of以大多数······赢得····· In a/the majority 占大多数 He won the seat with a majority of 71 votes. 他以71票的优势赢得该席位。 A majority of people believe smoking is harmfulto health. 大多数人相信吸烟有害健康 单独做主语谓语动词单复均可，若后面表语是复数则谓语动词用复数 The majority was/were against the plan. The majority who attended the meeting are students. 2.occur vi 发生，出现 Sth occues to sb Sth strikes sb It occurs to sb that+从句 It strike sb that It hits sb that 以上结构主语不能是人，只能是事物或it作形式主语 The idea occurred to her in a dream. It suddenly _B___ to me that we could use the computer to do the job. A struck B occurred C occurred D means 3.indicate指出指明；表明暗示 vt indication暗示表明预兆 n research ___C___that men find it easier to give up smoking than women. A points B says C indicates D means 4.hire 租用雇佣 Hire out 租出去；受雇（hire oneself out）On hire 出租 For hire 出租 4.as many + (pl.)n. as…和……一样多 as many as全部；多达多少…… as much as + num. + (pl.) n.（指金钱，数量，时间，质量等方面）程度或数量多达多少…… ex.他每月挣的钱多达10000美元。 ______________________________________________________________________ He earns as much as 10,000 dollars a month. 5. compare v.比较 comparable a.可比较的 comparative adv.比较地；相对地 comparison n.比较 compare …with…把……与……相比 compare to把……比作；与……相比 ex.同日本相比，中国人口多。 ______________________________________________________________________ Compared with/to Japan, China has a larger population. 6. population n.人口 population explosion 人口爆炸 ex.这个城市有多少人口？ ______________________________________________________________________ What’s the population of the city? ex.中国百分之八十的人口是农民。 ______________________________________________________________________ 80% of the population in China are farmers. 7. likely / possible / probable ex.每个人都可能成功。 Everyone ___is_ __likely__to succeed.. = It is ______ that everyone will succeed. ex.这种方法使你有可能