Unit1LearningaboutLanguage.ppt

Unit 1　Cultural relics Learning about Language 1. local adj. 本地的; 当地的 【语境领悟】 *We’d better check on the game in the local paper. 我们最好在本地报纸上查一下这场比赛。 *I suggest that he put an advertisement in the local paper. 我建议他在当地的报纸上登条广告。 【归纳拓展】 locally　　　　　　　　　adv. 当地 【即学活用】完成句子。 ①He works ___________________. 他在本地的邮局工作。 ②The children have picked up ______________. 孩子们都学会了当地口音了。 at the local post office the local accent 2. apart adv. 分离地; 分别地 【语境领悟】 *The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. 老人看到一些德国人拆除并移走了琥珀屋。 *The boy is so clever that he can take apart any toy car and put it together. 这个男孩很聪明, 他能够拆开任何玩具汽车然后将它组装起来。 *It’s difficult to tell the two brothers apart. 　 这两兄弟很难区分开。　 【归纳拓展】 take apart 拆开 tell. . . apart 把……区别开来 apart from 除……之外(还有) *Apart from schoolwork, I spend my spare time in singing. 除了学校功课之外, 空闲时我喜爱唱歌。 【即学活用】完成句子。 ①把这个机器拆开很简单, 但是组装起来却十分困难。 _____________________________________________ is easy, but putting it together is quite difficult. ②这对孪生姐妹太像了, 我区分不出她们。 The twin sisters are so alike that I can’t _____________. Taking the machine apart/Taking apart the machine tell them apart ③(2012·辽宁高考)Rod loves______clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again. A. taking apart B. giving away C. making up D. turning off 【解析】选A。考查短语辨析。句意为: 罗德喜欢拆钟表, 然而他从来不能把它们再组装起来。A项表示“拆开, 分开”符合题意; B项表示“分发, 赠送”; C项表示“编造; 化妆”; D项表示“关闭”。 【要点拾遗】 One day he was looking in a second-hand furniture shop when he saw an amazing object among the many different vases and jewels. 一天, 他正在一家二手家具店里查看, 这时他(突然)在众多不同的花瓶和首饰中看见了一个神奇的东西。 【句式分析】 　　本句是be doing. . . when. . . “正在做……这时……”句型。when在句中作并列连词, 意为“这时(突然)”, 相当于and then, and at that time。 *The children were running to move the bag of rice when they heard the sound of a motorbike. 孩子们正要跑过去搬开那袋米, 这时他们听到了摩托车的声音。 *I was leaving when she knocked at the door. 我正要离开, 这时她敲门了。 【归纳拓展】 when作并列连词时的常见句式还有: be about to do. . . when. . . 即将做……这时…… be on the point of doing. . . when. .