[名校联盟]四川省成都经济技术开发区实验中学高中英语选修7配套辅导：Module5EthnicCulture辅导材料.doc

第  PAGE 9 页 共  NUMPAGES 9 页 minority （1）少数 Were in the minority, more people are against us than with us. 赞成我们的居少数；我们成了少数派。 （2）少数民族；少数派 The minority nationality concert lasted two hours. 少数民族音乐会持续了两个小时。 （3）少数人 The nation wants peace; only a minority want(s) the war to continue. 全国人民要和平,只有少数人希望继续打仗。 the minority areas 少数民族地区 linguistic minority 少数民族语言 native ones native country[land] 本国, 祖国 native place 出生地 ones native language 本国语, 本族语 ones native talent [ability] 天赋的才能 astonish使吃惊 I was astonished when I heard the hospital had burnt down. 当我听到那所医院被烧毁时，我大为惊讶。 He was astonished at what he found. 他发现的情况使他十分惊讶。 We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion. 听说他们的足球队获得了冠军,这真叫人意想不到。 opposite （1）（常与to, from连用）相反的；对立的 The buses went in opposite directions — one went south and the other went north. 这两辆公共汽车朝相反的方向开，一辆向南，一辆向北。 Black and white are opposites. 黑和白正好相反。 （2）对面的；相对的 Her house is opposite to mine. 她的房子在我的房子对面。 The library is on the opposite side of the road from the school. 图书馆在学校马路对面。 Hes my opposite number in the companys Paris office. 他是在本公司巴黎办事处和我干同一职位的人。 North and south are opposite directions. 北和南是相反的方向。 High is the opposite of low. 高是低的对立面 【辨析】opposite contrary 都含“相反的”。opposite 指“位置、方向、地位、性质、意义等对立的、相反的”。 contrary 指“两物朝相反的方向发展”, 含有“互相冲突, 不一 致”的意思。 “True” and “ false ” have opposite meanings. “真”与“假”有着相反的意思。 Your plan is contrary to mine. 你的计划与我的相反。 wherever （1）（表示惊讶）哪里 Wherever are you going? 你究竟到哪里去？ Wherever did you get that idea? 你哪儿来的那个主意？ （2）随便在哪里 at home, at school, or wherever 在家，在学校，在随便什么地方 （3）无论哪里，无论什么地方 Wherever you go, I go too. 无论你到什么地方，我都去。 They teach wherever their pupils are working. 学生在哪里拍电视,教师们就在哪里上课。 Sit wherever you like. 请随便坐。[来源:Zxxk.Com] Wherever have you been so long? 你究竟在哪儿待了这么长时间? custom His custom was to get up early and have a cold bath. 他的习惯是早起，然后洗个冷水澡。 At the airport; the customs officers searched his case. 在机场，海关人员检查了他的箱子。 【辨析】habit practice cu