2014年秋高二英语教学课件：Unit 1 Period Ⅱ（新人教版选修8）.pptVIP

6．make a life习惯于新的生活方式、工作等，开始新生活 Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. (教材P2)有些人死了或回家了，但是大多数人尽管困难重重，还是留在了加利福尼亚谋生。 They settled down in Canada and made a life for themselves.他们在加拿大定居下来，习惯新的生活方式。 bring... (back) to life 给某人/事物活力；使复活 come to life 苏醒 live/lead a．..life 过着……的生活 It was an opportunity to make a better life for herself. 这是使自己能更好生活的机会。 Generally, I think the elderly people live a happy life, but they are sometimes lonely.总的来说，老年人过着非常幸福的生活，但是他们有时有些孤独。 7．elect v．选择，决定做某事(后常跟不定式)；选举，推选 By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society. (教材P2) 到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国第31个州的时候，它已经是一个有着多元文化的社会了。 We elected him (to be) monitor.我们选他当班长。 I elect to stay.我决定留下来。 He was elected as a new leading post. 他被选到新的领导岗位。 We elected him chairman.我们选他当主席。 【提示】　表示“选举”，主要指选举某人担任某职位。若所涉及的职位独一无二，则通常不用冠词。 【答案】　①chose　②selected　③elected 8．percentage n. 百分比，百分率(常用high，low，small，large修饰) Today，Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the “Chinatowns” of Los Angeles and San Francisco. (教材P2)今天，加利福尼亚的所有地区都有美籍华人，尽管有很大比例的华人还是选择住在洛杉矶和旧金山的“中国城”。 A high percentage of the college students have part-time jobs at home and abroad.不管是在国内还是在国外，很大比例的大学生一边学习一边打工。 What is the percentage of nitrogen in air? 空气中所含的氮的比例是多少？ 【提示】　①percentage前不用具体的数字修饰，但可以被high, low等形容词修饰。 ②percent百分之……，相当于“%”，其前面往往用具体数字修饰。 ③“a percentage of ＋n.”在句中作定语时，谓语动词的单复数根据名词的单复数形式而定。 【答案】　①percentage　②percent　③percentage 9．keep up坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等) In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. (教材P2)从丹麦来的移民在1911年建立了他们自己的城镇，今天它仍然沿袭着他们的丹麦文化。 I hope the fine weather will keep up. 我希望好天气能保持下去。 Do you still keep up your Spanish? 你还坚持说西班牙语吗？ keep up with 跟上(某人/某事物)；(与某人/某事物)同步前进或保持联系；跟上(形势) keep (on) doing继续做；重复做 keep away from(使某人/事物)不靠近某人/事物 keep in touch with保持与某人