《English-Speaking Countries》Countries around the W

Unit8CountriesaroundtheWorldEnglish-SpeakingCountries教材原文ENGLISH-SPEAKINGCOUNTRIESAROUNDTHEWORLD①PeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageinmanycountries.②TheseEnglish-speakingcountriesareallovertheworld.SomeofthesecountriesaresouthofChina.SomearewestofChina.SomeareeastofChina.③Hereisalistofeightofthesecountries.AustraliaCanadaIndiaNewZealandSingaporeSouthAfricatheU.K.theU.S.Canyoumarkthesecountriesonthemapoftheworld?④WhatdirectionaretheyfromChina?Whatelsedoyouknowaboutthesecountries?DigInWhatothercountrieshaveEnglishasanofficiallanguage?—Ireland,Philippines,Malta,Ghana,Pakistan,Nigeria,Fiji,Jamaicaandmanymore.Trytofindthesecountriesonaworldmap.WhichcountriesareclosetoChinaandwhichonesarefaraway?1Listenandwritetrue(T)orfalse(F).1.PeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageineightcountries.()2.English-speakingcountriesareallovertheworld.()3.SomeEnglish-speakingcountriesarenorthofChina.()4.AustraliaisanEnglish-speakingcountry.()FTFTLet’sDoIt!2Readthelessonandwritethecorrectcountriesintheblanks.1.ItissouthofChina.PeopletherespeakChineseandEnglish.→S_______2.Ithasmanybeautifulbeaches.Kangaroosarefromthiscountry.→A_______3.ItissoutheastofAustralia.PeopletherespeakEnglish.→N_______4.ItisnorthoftheU.S.anditscapitalisOttawa.→C_______ingaporeustraliaewanada3Matchthecountrieswiththeirnationalsymbolsandflags.4Completethetable.状语状语as的用法as用作介词，意为“充当，作为”。Asawriter,heisfamous.作为一名作家，他是很有名的。＊(2016·甘肃白银中考，42)Chinesewillbewidelyused____aforeignlanguagearoundtheworld.A.inB.forC.asD.by【解析】句意：汉语作为一门外语将会在世界上被广泛地运用。beusedin意为“被运用于……”；beusedfor意为“被用来做……”；beusedas意为“被作为……运用”；beusedby意为“被……所运用”。结合句意可知应选C。【答案】C02TheseEnglish-speakingcountriesareallovertheworld.这些说英语的国家遍布世界各地。(教材P124)English-speaking的用法English-speaking用作形容词，意为“说英语的”，一般作定语，修饰名词，常用短语English-speakingcountries意为“说英语的国家”。TheU.S.isanEnglish-speakingcountry.美国是一个说英语的国家。＊03Hereisalistofeightofthesecountries.这是其中的八个国家的列表。(教材P124)alistof…的用法alistof…是固定短语，表示“……的列表/清单”，其中list为可数名词，意为“列表；名单；目录”。固定短语onthelist意为“在清单上”。Youcanmakealistofthingstodo.你可以把要做的事情列成清单。＊04WhatdirectionaretheyfromChina？它们在中国的什么方向？(教材P124)“Whatdirectionbe…from…？”的用法“WhatdirectionbeAfromB？”是一个询问“A在B什么方向”的句型，其答语为“主语+be+方位词+of…”。—WhatdirectionisJapanfromChina？日本在中国的什么方向？—ItiseastofChina.它在中国的东方。＊