金版新学案13-14英语(人教版)选修8：Unit 1 第2学时教材课程.pptVIP

第二学时　Learning about Language ;1．California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.(P.2) 加利福尼亚是美国第三大州但却拥有最多的人口。 population　n. 人口 对人口提问用what, 不用how many, how much; 人口的增加或减少用grow (increase) 和 fall (decrease); 人口的多少用large和small; 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。;即学即练;(1) Our country has a large population, vast territory and abundant resources. (2)The population of China is larger than that of America. (3)In our country, 80% of the population are farmers. (4)a rapid increase;2．It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. (P.2) 加州与众不同之处在于它是美国最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了世界各地的人们。 distinction：差别，区别，对比，优秀，杰出，不同凡响;将下列句子译成汉语。 (1) He is fair to us without distinction. ___________________________________ (2) Not only did I pass the test, but I got a distinction. ___________________________________ (3)He graduated with distinction. ___________________________________ (4)She had the distinction of being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. ___________________________________;(5) Make a distinction between A and B. ____________________________________;词语链接;即学即练;词语链接;即学即练A;即学即练B;5．Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. (P.2) 在第一批来到加利福尼亚的西班牙人中大多数是宗教人士， 他们的职责是向土著人传授天主教。 majority 单独作主语时， 如果强调整体，动词多用单数，如强调“大多数中的各个成员”时， 谓语动词也可用复数。 the/a majority of ＋n. [U] ＋单数v. the/a majority of ＋n.[pl.]复数v.;即学即练;词语链接;即学即练;7．The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. (P.3) 迅速增长的工业吸引了包括许多犹太人在内的欧洲人。 boom (经济)激增， (音乐或某种体育活动) 突然风靡的时期， 轰响， 繁荣昌盛， 低沉有力地说;即学即练;(1)显而易见，中国要开始高速地发展了。 (2)股票可能今天暴涨，但明天又下跌。 (3)“别让我再见到你！”他低沉而有力地说。 (4)到二十世纪八十年代，计算机行业迅猛发展。;词语链接;即学即练;即学即练;that ;一、用所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。 1．It suddenly______ (occur) to him that he should study for the test. 2．We call air a_____ (mix) of gases. 3．People of different races have different___ (race) customs. 4．The manager had no__