选修八Unit1 language points

Longsentences1.Exactlywhenthefirstpeoplearrivedin______wenowknowasCalifornia,noonereallyknows.2.Twocenturieslater,theSpanishhadsettledinmostpartsofSoutAmericaandalongthenorthwestcoastof______wenowcalltheUnitedStates.whatwhat仿写句子•一个星期后，我们到达了人们叫它“死亡之谷”的地方。(ThevalleyofDeath)•Aweeklater,wearrivedatwhatpeoplecalledThevalleyofDeath.3.ScientistsbelievethatthesesettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmericabymeansofalandbridge___________existedinprehistorictimes.4.OfthefirstSpanishgotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen,_____ministrywastoteachtheCatholicreligiontothenatives.which/thatwhose5.BythetimeCalifornia________(elect)tobecomethethirty-firstfederalstateoftheUSAin1850,itwasalreadyamulticuturalsociety.6.Peoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworld,_________(attract)bytheclimateandthelifestyle,stillimmigratetoCalifornia.attractedelected7.Itisbelievedthatbeforelongthemixofthenationalitieswillbesogreatthatherewillbenodisinctmajorracialorcuturalgroups,butsimplyamixtureofmanyracesandculures.Itisbelievedthat...人们认为/相信...EX:人们相信努力工作通向成功。Itisbelievedthathardworkleadstosuccess.•Tom很有可能代替Marry担任经理，因为大家认为他是唯一能帮助公司走出困境的人。•It'slikelythatTomwilltaketheplaceofMarryasmanager,becauseit'sbelievedthatheistheonlypersonwhocanhelpthecompanyoutofitsdifficultsituation.Languagepoints1.Population“n”人口2.adjpopulous人口稠密的，人口多的人口的增减，用grow/increase;fall/decrease人口的多少，用large；small对人口进行提问时，用whatWhatisthepopulationof…EX：中国人口比美国人口多。ThepopulationofChina_____________thanthatofAmerica.在这个村庄，70%的人是农民。Inthiscountry,70%ofthepopulation______farmers.中国的人口正在不断增长。ThepopulationofChina_____________.growingisareislarger注意：Population做主语时，谓语用单数；但前面有分数、小数、百分数时，谓语用复数。2.liveon继续生活或存在雷锋在许多年前死了，但他依旧存活在我们心中。LeiFengdiedmanyyearsago,buthestilllivesoninourhearts.MostofAsiansliveonrice.BirdsliveoninsectsLivingbymylooksjustwasn’tagoodchoice.liveonsth.以食...为生liveby靠…生活3.bymeansof用…方法，借助，通过他们通过电话保持联系。Theykeepintouchwitheachotherbymeansofthetelephone.他通过毅力和刻苦努力成功了。Hesucceededbymeansofperseveranceandhardwork.meansn.方式,手段(单复数相同)。Thequickestmeansoftravel___byplane.Somemeans_____practicalwhileothersarenot.isare◆联想记忆：1)bynomeans决不，一点也不Sheisbynomeanspoor;infact,sheisveryrich.2)byallmeans当然可以,没问题；尽一切努力--CanIseeit?--Byallmeans.Iwillsolvetheproblembyallmeans.4.Majority“n”大多数，大部分，大半minority“n”少数EX：Themajority__________infavorofbanningsmoking.Themajorityofthedamage_____difficulttorepair.Themajorityoftheboys_______againsttheidea.当majority作主语时，谓语可用单复数形式the/amajorityof+{U}+单数Vthe/amajorityof+{pl}+复数Vis/areisare5.Somediedorreturnedhome,butmostremainedinCaliforniatomakealifeforthemselvesdespitegreathardship.makealife谋生Theygotobigcitiestomakealife.关于life的短语：earn/make/getaliving谋生lead/livea...life过着......的生活6.elect1.(vi.)electtodosth.选择/决定做某事现在越来越多的人选择网购。Nowadays,anincreasingnumberofpeopleelecttoshoponline.(vt.)electsb.(todosth.)推选、选举某人做某事electsb.(tobe/as)sth.选举某人作为(某职位/头衔)在美国Obama是第一个被选为总统的黑人。ObamaisthefirstblackmantobeelectedasthepresidentinAmerica.7.…,whichtodaystillkeepsuptheirDanishculture.阅读下列句子，观察keepup在句中的意思。1).Todaythepeopleinthevillagestillkeepuptheiroriginalculture.2).Thesnowstormkeptupforfivedays.沿袭（风俗、传统等）保持，持续3).Iseeyou’regettingalongwellwithyourEnglishstudies.Splendid!Youmustkeepupthegoodwork.坚持，维持