旅游英语Unit 4 B

TextBChinaTodayI.GrammarReviewII.TextBIII.Exercises1.Fillintheblankswiththeexpressionsgivenbelowandchangetheformwherenecessary.2.Fillineachblankwiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesgivenbelow.3.TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.4.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.5.Topicsfordiscussion.IV.ChineseversionofTextB形容词和副词的原级、比较级和最高级(theComparativeDegree,SuperlativeDegreeandPositiveDegreeofAdjectivesandAdverbs)在英语中，形容词和副词在表示“比较……”、“最……”和“与/像……一样”这样的概念时，有其特殊的形式，称之为比较级和最高级；与之相对，原来的形式则称为原级，如：AsfarasIknow,HangzhouisclearlymorebeautifulthananyothercitiesinChina.据我所知,杭州比中国任何一个城市都美丽。Shealwaysdrivesmorecarefullywhentheweatherisbad.当天气不佳时，她总是加倍小心地驾车。I.GrammarReviewOfallthingsintheworld,peoplearethemostprecious.世间一切事物中，人是最宝贵的。IhavetastedeverycuisineofChinesefood,butIlikeCantonesefoodbest.我尝过所有的中国菜系，但是我最喜欢广东菜。Thisstoryisasinterestingasthatone.这个故事和那个故事一样有趣。Colindoesn'tworkashardasJohnson.科林不如约翰逊工作得努力。I.GrammarReviewReadthefollowingpassageandthentrytoretellwhatyouknowaboutChinainEnglish.ChinaToday1LyinginthenorthernpartoftheEasternHemisphere,Chinaisoneofthelargestcountriesintheworld.Itspopulation,estimatedtobeover1.3billion,isbelievedtobetwiceaslargeasthatofEuropeandallofEurope(excludingRussia)isonlyhalfofChinainarea.Endowedwithterrafirmagrandeur,Chinahasbeenreputedasthesingleoldestuninterruptedcivilizationsincethehumanhistorycameintobeing.II.Text2ChinaisstrategicallysituatedinEastAsiaofthePacific.Itoccupiesanareaof9,600,000squarekilometers,whichisapproximately1/15ofthelandareaoftheworld.Chinaextendsabout5,000kilometersfromeasttowestandabout5,500kilometersfromnorthtosouth,anditslandboundaryexceeds20,000kilometersinlengthborderingKoreaintheeast,Vietnam,LaosandBurmainthesouth,India,Bhutan,SikkimandNepalinthesouthwest,PakistanandAfganistantowardthewest,Russia,Kazakstan,KirghiziaandTajikstantowardthenorthwestandMongoliatowardthenorth.ChinafacesJapanacrosstheYellowSea,andlookstowardthePhilippinesbeyondtheSouthChinaSea.II.Text3Asiswellknown,Chinapossessesoneofthelongestcoastlinesintheworld.Itruns18,000kilometersfromthemouthoftheYaluRiveronthebordersofKoreatothemouthoftheBeilungRiveronthebordersofVietnam.TheeasternpartofChinaproperisflankedfromnorthtosouthbytheBohaiSea,theYellowSea,theEastChinaSeaandtheSouthChinaSea,withallthewatersmergingwiththePacific.Overaspectacularareaofthesea,therearemorethan5,000islandsscatteringaround.TaiwanprovinceisthelargestislandofChina,followedbyHainanProvinceandChongmingIslandinShanghai.II.Text4Topographicallyspeaking,Chinaishighonthereliefmapinthewestbutlowintheeast.Consequently,theflowofmajorriversisdirectedeastwardinageneralpattern.Thelandsurfacefromwesttoeastmaybeclassifiedastheplateau,themountain,andtheplaincategories.Chinaisfundamentallyamountainouscountrywithhills,mountains,andplateauscovering2/3ofthetotalareabutinhabitedbyonly1/3ofthepopulace.II.Text5Inaddition,thetotalnumberofseedingplantsisestimatedabout30,000speciesrepresenting2,700genera,ofwhichmorethan200areseenonlyinChina.Thereareabout2,500treespeciesinforestry.Needlesstosay,economicbenefitscanbegeneratedandderivedfromnumerousspecies,i.e.,tungoiltree,camphortree,andlacquertree.Thevariedhostofvegetationhasspillovereffectsforanimallivesintermsofdiversityineconomicdevelopment.ThepaddlefishoftheYangtze,theSiberiantigerofthenortheast,thegiantsalamanderinthewest,andthegiantpandaandsubnosedmonkeyinthesouthwestareonlyafewoftherenownedspeciesintheirownright.II.Text6Forthepurposeofadministration,Chinaisdividedinto23provinces,5autonomousregions,4municipalitiesdirectlyundertheCentralGovernmentand2specialadministrativeregions.Andtheprovincesarefurtherdividedinto170prefecturesandsubdividedintosome2,000unitsatlocalcountylevel.Governmentsaresetupateachofthelevelstoensuretheexecutionoflaws,decreesandordinancesinrespectiveareas.TherightsofChinesecitizens,whicharespecifiedintheConstitutionofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,arewellprotectedbythelaw.II.Text7InthelightoftheConstitution,Chinaisasocialiststateunderthepeople'sdemocraticdictatorshipledbytheCommunistPartyofChina.TheorgansthroughwhichthepeopleexercisethestatepoweraretheNationalPeople'sCongressandthelocalcongressesatdifferentlevels.TheNationalPeople'sCongressisthelegislativebodywhichenactsalltheimportantlawsinChinaandsupervisestheirexecution.TheStateCouncilistheexecutivebodyofthehighestorganofstateadministration.II.Text8Beijing,thepoliticalandculturalcenter,isthecapitalofthecountry.ThenationalflagofChinaisthefive-starredflag.ThenationalanthemistheMarchoftheVolunteers.ThenationalbadgeiscenteredbyTian'anmenRostrumintheshineoffivestars,encircledbygrainsandagear,whichfullyexpressestheconstitutionalcategoryofwhatthePeople'sRepublicofChinais.9Inordertokeeppacewiththedevelopmentintheeconomyoftheworld,inDecember1978,theCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChinaheldanhistoricmeetinginBeijing,atwhichtwoimportantdecisionsweremade.OnewastoopenthedoorofChinatotheoutsideworldandtheother,toinvigoratethenationaleconomythroughreform.Asitturnedout,themeetingmarkedanewpageintheannalsofChina.Sincethen,Chin