牛津版英语选修9 Unit 3 Australia.doc

Unit 3 Australia Teaching Aims: Topics : History and geography of Australia/ Wildlife/ Tourism/ Customs and culture Reading: a. Glimpses of Australia b. Australia’s dangerous creatures c. Greenhill High School Notice Board. Grammar: The Predicative (words, phrase, nonfinites, clauses) Special Focus: enlarge vocabulary: associate, associate with, Canberra, barrier, brochure, adequate, ecology, autonomous, federal, defence, citizenship, celebration, tolerate, tolerance, migrant, via, superb, rusty, tropical, splendour, heritage, aboriginal, out of respect, fortnight, reservation, highway, cradle, rainfall, agriculture, sow, bachelor, correspond with, enclosure, desperate, shrink, barbecue, talk… into, wind, limb, paralyze, recover, funnel, snatch, amongst, vinegar, unconscious practice reading skills: learn to get the main idea of a passage in a few minutes; learn to analyze the structure of an essay. improve writing ability Additional materials: From Text to Test 高考链接 On 26 January, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation, more than 9,000 people will become Australian citizens. (P22) across 用作介词或副词，意为“横过；穿过”。是指从“从一边到另一边”穿过/横过一个平面。 [拓展]注意across和over、through的区别：over强调“越过/跨过”高的物体；through着重指从物体中间“穿过”。例如： He helped the old lady across the road. She climbed over the fence. The train went through the tunnel. He pushed his way through the crowd to the door. [高考示例] He suddenly saw Sue ______ the room. He pushed his way ______ the crowd of people to get to her. (湖南 2005) A. across; across B. over; through C. over; into D. across; through 2．Australia is home to more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are poisonous. (P27) more than 意为“超过；比…多；不只是；不仅…”。例如： The speed is more than 120 miles per hour. 时速超过了120英里。 More than one school has closed. 不只一所学校关门了。 Wine cost more than beer. 葡萄酒比啤酒贵。 The villagers were more than glad to help those tourists. 乡亲们很愿意帮助那些游客。 [高考示例] Lizzie was ______ to see her friend off at the airport. (全国Ⅳ