牛津高一下 unit 3 Reading.ppt

9. What was recently discovered in Hebei Province? How old is it? _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. What type of tree can be found in Nevada? How old is it? ________________________________ ___________________________________ A gingko tree which is around 2, 800 years old has recently been discovered in Hebei Province. A bristlecone pine tree in Nevada is more than 4, 600 years old. Strategy Finding the topic sentence and examples Paragraphs which explain something usually have a topic sentence, which tell us what the paragraph is mostly about. The topic sentences is often the first sentence in the paragraph. A paragraph also has details that help explain the topic. One type of detail is an example. In order to understand what a paragraph is about, you need to be able to see the difference between the topic and details (i.e., the examples). Important sentences Its pads are more than two metres wide and its white or purple flowers can grow as large as 45 centimetres across 它的浮叶有两米多宽，白色或紫色的花可以长 到45厘米宽。 across在此处为副词，“从一边到另一边；宽”。如： That river is more than half a mile across. 那条河有半英里多宽。 2. The lotus, a near relative of the water lily, is such a plant. 与睡莲同科属的荷花就是这样一种植物。 a near relative of the water lily“与睡莲同科属的植物”在句中作主语the lotus的同位语。名词或名词作同位语可用来进一步说明所修饰的名词，常位于逗号后。如： Mrs. Woolard, a distant relative of little Tom, adopted him after his parents died. 小汤姆的父母去世后，一位远亲—伍德太太收养了他。 3. The banyan tree is interesting tree with many roots growing down its branches. (2) Growing down from its branches是一个现在分词短语，其功能 相当于一个定语从句，在句中修饰名词roots. 如： Do you know the boy chatting with Jane? Do you know the boy is chatting with Jane? With “有；带有”, 与所接名词一起构成介词短语，作定语，修饰前面的名词。如： Children like to read books with many interesting pictures. 4. Even though it is only one tree, it looks like a whole forest! even though为复合连词, “尽管，虽然”, 引导让步状语从句。如： I like the little girl very much, even though she ca