人教版高中英语选修八 unit 1 单词 ppt课件免费下载精选.ppt

Unit 1 A land of diversity New words * 1. adventure n. 冒险；冒险精神； 冒险经历 He is a man full of adventure. He told us of his adventures in the mountains. 2. make a life: go to some place, find a job and establish a family. 谋生（较为富足） make a living: work to provide oneself with things that are necessary to life. 谋生（勉强糊口度日） earn one’s living： 例如： She earned her living as an interpreter. 她靠当译员谋生。 * 2. despite prep. 尽管；不管 He went to work despite his illness.  尽管生病,他还是去工作 Despite what others say, I think he is a nice fellow. despite用作介词时，与 in spite of同义，都表示“尽管”、“虽然”、“不顾”之意. In spite of the heavy rain, we arrived at the station on time. * 3. percentage n. 百分比；百分率 1.百分比, 百分率 Television attracts a large percentage of the people. 电视吸引了大部分观众。 2.比例 What is the percentage of oxygen in air? 空气中所含的氧的比例是多少? percent 百分数 Forty percent of the students are for the plan. * 4. boom n. （经济）繁荣；兴旺；隆隆声 vi. 激增, 暴涨; 迅速发展, 兴旺 The county boomed when gold was discovered there.  那个县在发现了黄金后便繁荣起来。  Business boomed after the depression.  萧条之后生意兴隆起来。 * 5. racial-----race n. the human race/ being facial-----face facial expressions 面部表情 6. vice- president vice-chairman vice-principal 副校长 7. custom （社会,团体的)习俗,惯例[C][U]The celebration of Christmas is a custom. customs n. 海关 the customs customer n. 顾客 The store has a lot of regular customers * 8. indicate vt. 指出 indication n. 指示物 The bell rang indicating the end of the class. 9. back to back face to face heart to heart shoulder to shoulder hand in hand arm in arm * 10. apparent adj. ( obvious ) apparently adv. It is apparent that he is wrong. Apparently, he is wrong. 11. reform n. 1. 改革,改良;改过,自新[C][U]