Unit 5 Canada – “The True North” Reading.ppt

12. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars… 1) have a gift for... 在……方面有天分/天赋 gift 特指与生俱来的天份或才能, 如绘画、 音乐等。 Her gift for dancing amazed the teacher. 老师对她舞蹈的天份大感惊奇。 2) thousands of 成千上万的 hundreds of 数以百计的 scores of 许多 dozens of 许多, 大量 millions of 上百万的 tens of thousands of 数以万计的 注意: million, billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen之前有确定的数字时, 不论后面是有无of, 词尾 都不加s; 如果前面没有确定的数字而后接of时, 词尾都加s. 300名学生 _____________________ 这些鸡蛋里的3打 ________________________ 几打鸡蛋 _______________ three hundred students three dozen of these eggs dozens of eggs score与many, several连用修饰名词复数时, 都要用单数, 其后的介词of有无均可。但是, 习惯上score多与of 连用, 而dozen很少与of连用, 如: two score (of) workers, three score and ten people, several dozen children, many dozen books。 The teacher bought two ____ books in the bookstore. A. scores of　B. scores　C. score of C 　 13. …most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border… 大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国数百 公里以内的边疆地带…… 1) within: prep. 在……里面, 在……内部, 在……范围以内, 不超过 He felt the anger mounting up within him. He lives within five minutes’ walk. adv. 在里面, 内部, 入内 He whitewashed the walls within. For details, inquire within. n. 里面, 内部 The easiest way to capture a fortress (堡垒) is from within. within与in表达时间的区别: within指在时间范围之内, 不超过; 而in 是经过若干时间, 指期限之外。 I’ll be there within an hour. (一小时之内) I’ll be there in an hour. (一小时之后) 2) border n. 边界; 国界 v. 与…接壤 the countries bordering the Baltic 波罗的海沿岸国家 短语： within one’s reach 在手边，在够得着的地方 within one’s rights 在权限内 within one’s knowledge ……所了解的 live within one’s income 量入为出 remain within reach / call / hearing / sight 留在附近 / 叫得应 / 听得见 / 看得到的地方 He kept the dictionary ________________ (他够得着的范围内). He will return _______________ (在一小时内). This work is not ________________ (我力所能及的). The door was suddenly opened ____________ (从里面). within his reach within an hour within my power from within 14. There is more fresh water in Canada than in an