大学英语综合教程4第四单元TEXTA789段课件.docVIP

Sentences Linked more to the Third World and Asia than to the Europe of Americas racial and cultural roots ( linked to为 Vp作伴随状语), Los Angeles and southern California will enter the twenty-first century as a multiracial and multicultural society.(Line29-31) 洛杉矶以及南加州与第三世界和亚洲的联系要比与美国的民族、文化之根欧洲的联系密切,因此将以一个多民族、多元文化的社会进入 21 世纪。 There is no previous example of a civilization that is being simultaneously created by so many races, nationalities, and cultures. (Line32-33) 一个文化由如此之多的种族、民族和文化同时创建，这样的先例从未有过 simultaneously adv. at the same time 同时地 America is becoming more plural every day because of the unbelievable facility of the new Third World immigrants to put a piece of their original culture inside of American culture(Line36-38) plural 1.复数的 Here you should use plural pronoun. 这里你应该用复数代词。 2、多样的；多元的 facility 1. 能力;技能，本领[U][S1][(+in/with)]He has great facility in learning languages. 他很有学习语言的才能。 2. 设备,设施;工具 She had no cooking facilities in the room. 她房间里没有烧煮设备。 该句型分析：America（主） is becoming（系） more plural （表）every day because of the unbelievable facility(本领) （of the new Third World immigrants ）（to put a piece of their original culture inside of American culture不定时作后置定语） 4. the notion of a dominant American culture 美国 “主导”文化的概念(Line 38) dominant a. 1. 占优势的,支配的,统治的the dominant partner of a business 公司中举足轻重的合伙人 The dominant influence in her life was her father. 她一生中对她影响最大的是她父亲。 2. 高耸的;占首位的a dominant cliff 高耸的悬崖 notion 1 概念;想法;见解[(+of)][+that][+wh-]I havent the faintest notion what they mean. 我一点也不知道他们是什么意思。 I have no notion of what it means. 我不知道这意味着什么。 2. 打算,意图[(+of)][+to-v]He has no notion of risking his money. 他不打算拿他的钱去冒险。 It is incredible coming to America to find you are somewhere else -- in Seoul, in Taipei, in Mexico City. (Line39-40) coming to America是现在分词短语，作句子的主语，前面的it是形式主语 句型： It is +adj.( good，nice ，useful，hard, incredible ,meaningless，useless, hopeless,no use，no good, a waste of time)+ doing sth Example： It is useless talki