新课标高中选修8 Unit 1 language points课件.pptVIP

Explanation 1. California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. 加利福尼亚是美国第三大洲，但是人口最多。 注意 (1) 对人口提问用what, 不用how many, how much。 　　What’s the population of the city? 这个城市有多少人口？ (2) population 作主语时用单数，但前有分数，小数，百分数时，谓语动词用复数。 The population of China is larger than that of America. 中国人口比美国人口多。 80% of the population are farmers. 百分之80的人口是农民。 (3) 人口的增加或减少用grow (increase) 和 fall (decrease); 人口的多少用large和small。 There has been a rapid increase in population in the city in the last few years. 近几年该城市人口增长很快。 2. This is not surprising when you know the history of California, which, at various times, has attracted people from nearly every country in the world. 当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史时, 这就不足为奇了。它在不同的时期吸引了几乎来自世界各个国家的人们。 1）句中which引导非限制性定语从句修饰先行词California, 且在定语从句中作主语。 注意: which引导限制性定语从句时，通常可与that换用，但引导非限制性定语从句时不能用that。 which 在非限制性定语从句中除指代前面的先行词之外，还可指代前面的整个句子，或句子的一部分。 　 The house, which we bought last month, is very nice. 这幢房子很漂亮，是我们上个月买的。 He seems not to have grasped what I meant, which greatly upsets me. 他似乎没抓住我的意思, 这使我心烦。 但almost可以与no, none, nothing, never等词连用，但nearly不可以。如： Almost no one believed her. 几乎没人相信她。 She said almost nothing．?? 她几乎什么也没说。 I almost never see her．?? 我几乎总看不到她。 nearly前可以和not连用，not nearly是“远不如”的意思，但almost不和not单独连用。more, than, too用nearly,不用almost. 　 The problem is not nearly so difficult to work as you think. 　 这道题远不像你想的那么难解。 The bike is pretty nearly new. 这辆自行车相当新。 3. Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. no one really knows 是主句, exactly when… California是know的宾语从句。what we… California是宾语从句, 作介词in的宾语。 4. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at leas