2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 1 A land of diversity Section Ⅱ Warming up Reading-Language Points课件 新人教版选修8.ppt

Section Ⅱ　Warming up Reading—Language Points Ⅰ.重点单词 1．elect A．difficult conditions of life 2．hardship B．a narrow passage of water between two areas of land，usually connecting two seas 3．boom C．to choose for an official position by voting 4．means D．in spite of 5．majority E．be connected with a person’s race 6．strait F．the larger number of people 7．racial G．a method or way of doing sth. 8．despite H．a rapid growth or increase 答案：　1.C　2.A　3.H　4.G　5.F　6.B　7.E　8.D Ⅱ.重点短语 1．________________ 继续存在；继续生存 2．________________ 用……办法；借助 3．__________________ 被迫成为奴隶 4．____________________ 脱离……而获得独立 5．________________ 向……宣战 6．________________ 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 7．________________ 坚持；维持；沿袭 8．____________________________ 在20世纪初期 9．________________ 是……的故乡，是……的栖息地 Ⅲ.重点句型 1．教材原句：However，it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.然而，可能美洲土著人至少一万五千年前就生活在加利福尼亚。 佳句诵读：____________________________at 9 at home last night. 她有可能昨天晚上九点钟时在家里看电视。 2．教材原句：It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA，having attracted people from all over the world. 加利福尼亚的与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州，吸引了来自世界各地的人们。 佳句诵读：By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000，_____________________in the USA. 到1820年纽约的人口增长到大约125 000人，结果使它成为美国最大的城市。 3．教材原句：Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California，no one really knows. 最早一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在称之为加州的地方，谁也说不清楚。 佳句诵读：When my father came back home，my mother told him_________________. 爸爸回家时，妈妈告诉了他所发生的一切。 4．教材原句：That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. 这就是今天有超过40%的加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的原因。 佳句诵读：I know you find the subject difficult，but __________you should work harder at it. 我知道你感到这门学科困难，但这就是你更加努力钻研它的理由。 5．教材原句：It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups，but simply a mixture of many races and cultures. 人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合