Language study14.ppt

Unit 14 zoology Language points 1.There are many different varieties of bee. (para.1 p120) variety n. 变化性;多样性;种种 various adj. 不同的,各式各样的,多姿多彩的; =several好几个的;=many许多的 They lived a life full of variety. We want to have variety in our lives. 我们想要过富于变化的生活. The fashion of the youth has been various these years. Beijing is filled with people from various parts of China. (2) Fill in the blanks with the proper form of be A variety of toys ____ on show in the shop. The variety of books he has ____ astonishing. are is “ a variety of + n.(pl.)” 做主语时,谓语用复数. “the variety of + n.(pl.)”做主语时,谓语用单数. There are a wide variety of people on the earth. a variety of / varieties of +n.(pl.) 种种 make sentence: 他由于种种原因而离开了. He left for a variety of / various reasons. 他喜欢搜集邮票珍品: He enjoys collecting rare varieties of stamps. 2.In order to tell the bees apart, he painted some bees with little dots of colour. (para.1 p121) tell…apart : to be able to recognize the difference between …识别,辨别 The twins are so much alike that their mother can hardly tell them apart. Can you tell the two things apart? 类似的: tell the difference between A and B tell A from B What’s the difference between A and B? There be some differences between A and B. A be different from B. Make sb./sth. different from 使某人/物不同于 make no difference. 无关紧要. 3.He marked all the bees that came to the nearby feeding place blue, and all the bees that went to the far-away place red.(p121.pa3) faraway远方的, nearby附近的, 既可以连写(作 定语);又可以分写(作状语);还可以加连字符(定语) a nearby hotel; nearby hills a faraway forest; faraway times The house is not faraway/ far away. He lives far away from the school. I saw her going to a near-by post-box. He gave up his seat to the old man standing near by. 类似的合成形容词: good-looking hard-working low-lying noble-minded nationwide