Unit 5单词The true north.docVIP

Unit 5 1.trip: (通常指短途的)行走，旅行 与trip搭配的主要动词和介词： be on a trip (to) make a trip (to) take a trip (to) trip, tour, journey, travel＆voyage voyage 一趟旅程，尤指海上之旅Many are finding that the most pleasant way to travel is a voyage on a cruise ship. journey主要指单程较远距离的海、陆、空“旅行” Mr. Smith made a journey from Paris to New York. A pleasant journey to you. travel一般指到国外或远方旅行，它同journey不同之处，在于不着重某一目的地，有到各地“游历”的意思，作名词时常用复数形式。 One day in his travels in China, he got to Guangzhou. trip常指短距离的、直达目的地的旅行。 I am going on a trip to the seaside during the summer holidays. tour“旅行，周游，观光”，主要目的地是游览或视察，距离可长可短，常带有“最后回到出发地”的含义。 He is making a tour of the world. 2.multicultural adj. 多元文化的 eg: The USA is a multicultural country. (知识拓展) 前缀multi表示“多，多种，多个”之意。如： multi-industry adj. 多种经营的 multi-purpuse adj. 多用途的，多功能的 multiparty adj. 多党派的 multimedia n. 多媒体 multichannel adj. 多频道的 3.quiz n. (c.) a competition or game in which you have to answer questions 问答比赛，智力游戏 eg : the quiz show on cctv last night was exciting. 昨晚中央电视台的那个问答比赛节目很让人兴奋。 (2) a short test that a teacher gives to students小测验，小考 Eg : the teacher gave the students a quiz on last week’s work. 老师测验了学生上星期的功课。 辨析：quiz , examination Quiz 指“测验” ，特指事先无准备，随时进行的问答或测验，也指广播或电视节目中的知识竞赛。 Examination 通常只指正式的考试，如期末考试，入学考试等。 4.rather than 与其，不愿，而不是 并列连词，用于连接两个并列成分 连接两个形容词 Eg : Those shoes are pretty rather than comfortable. 连接两个名词 Eg : His mother is a teacher rather than an artist. 连接两个代词 Eg : It ought to be me rather than you that sign the letter. 连接两个介词短语 Eg : I ‘d prefer to go in summer rather than in winter. 连接两个动名词 Eg : I love swimming rather than skating. 连接两个不定式（后面的to可省也可不省） Eg : I decided to write rather than telephone. 注意： rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。 Eg: You rather than I are going camping. 拓展： or rather 更确切的说 other than 除了(=except) would do ….rather than do…… would rather do ….than do……