2013外研版选修8Module1“Deep South”课件1.pptVIP

1．explore 1)vt. 探索；调查研究；勘探；考察；在……探险 ①We must explore all the possibilities for the solution to the problem. 我们必须探讨解决这个问题的所有可能性。 ②Tricycles are worth using if you want to explore the narrow alleys (小巷，胡同) of old Beijing. 如果想去老北京的胡同探秘，三轮脚踏车绝对是值得一坐的。 2)vi. 探索；勘探；考察；探险 explore for oil 勘探石油 The children have gone exploring in the woods. 孩子们去林中探险了。 知识拓展 1)explorer n．探索者；勘探者；探险者 His father is an Arctic explorer. 他的爸爸是个北极探险家。 2)exploration n. 探索；勘探 即学即用 完成句子 He tried his best ________________(在他对该国进行探索考察的过程中)． 答案：in the course of his explorations of the country 2．annual adj.每年的；年度的 n．[C]年鉴；年刊 ①He helped the whalers catch the baleen whales that were on their annual migration. 他帮助捕鲸队捕捉季节性迁徙途中的须鲸。 ②With annual rainfall close to zero, Antarctica is technically a desert. 南极洲的年降雨量接近于零，是一个不折不扣的沙漠。 ③annual income 年收入 知识拓展 annually adv. 每年 anniversary n. 周年纪念日；周年纪念 3．state vt. 陈述；说明；n. 国家；(美国的)州；政府；状态；状况 ①The witness stated that he had never seen the man before. 证人说他以前从未见过该男子。 ②All the industry is owned by the state. 全部工业都归国家所有。 ③He is in a poor state of health. 他的健康状况不好。 知识拓展 in a state of.../in a ... State 处于……状态 state-run adj. 国营的 statesman n. 政治家 statement n. 声明；陈述 state-owned adj. 国有的 be in / get into a state 兴奋；紧张 词语辨析 country, nation, state, land country侧重指版图、疆域，意为“国家；国土”；nation侧重指人民、国民、民族，意为“民族，国家”；state侧重指政权、政体，意为“国家；政府”；land意为“国土；国家”，带有感情色彩，多用于文学作品，如motherland。 ①He had left his country at the age of ten. 他10岁就离开了自己的祖国。 ②The Indian nations in the western United States were the first habitants in America. 美国西部的印第安民族是美国最早的居民。 ③People were afraid of going to foreign lands in the past. 过去人们害怕去国外。 直击高考 (2006·辽宁)School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous ________. A．states　　　　　　　　　B．conditions C．situations D．positions 解析：考察名词词义辨析。state强调抽象的精神状态；condition注重各种物质条件的综合；situation指“处境；局势；形势”。 答案：C 4．flower n. [C]花 vi. 开花 ①One flower makes no garland. 一朵鲜花做不成花环。 ②The flowers are out. 花开了。 ③come into flower 开始开花 ④Most fruit trees flower in the spring. 大多