Unit I 英美报刊选读教材.ppt

Unit I: Geography I. Chinese explanation of difficult sentences 1.--- 2. --- 3.---. 4.---. 5.--- 6.----. 7.--- 8.幻灯片 13 --- II. Key to questions 1. ---- 2.---- 3.---- 4.----- 5.------ 6.------7. ------ 8. ------ 1 岛屿上的居民多种多样（加勒比人、南美人、太平泮岛民、还有来自美国大陆的移民），总人数接近四百万人。 *answer to:--- *be subject to:---- Back The economic benefit of being American is harder to put figures on, but no less palpable. Back 5 维尔京群岛的人均国民生产总值（﹩9750，1986年）是邻近独立的安提瓜岛和巴布达岛的四倍。 Back 3 每一属地都不同程度地成为华盛顿特区联邦政府的一个分支（州），并受美国法律的约束。Back 4 作为美国人，（他们）所获得的经济利益很难用数字来衡量，这是有目共睹的。 *此句为倒装句，正常语序应该是：幻灯片 4--- Back 5维尔京群岛的人均国民生产总值（﹩9750，1986年）是邻近独立的安提瓜岛和巴布达岛的四倍。 Back 6 ．圣托马斯和圣克罗伊克斯也很漂亮，那儿洒香飘溢，快艇云集，是富有的美国人的娱乐天堂。 *Daiquiri: 代基里酒 *clog: 堵塞；妨碍 Back 7 这些岛屿（维尔京群岛）除了风景秀丽、气候宜人外，没有任何自然资源。 *next to 几乎，差不多 Back 8 使关岛人感到恼火的其中一件事就是美国把关岛纳入其保护主义的《琼斯法案》的影响范畴，按照此法案，美国船只可在任何港口停靠。 *rankle: to cause lasting bitterness or resentment 恼火 Back （向某人对某物）解释 Back 受支配的；隶属于 Back 1. The people on those islands enjoy the rights of American citizenship including the rights to live and work on the mainland and the economic benefits. Back 2. On the Virgin Islands, people drive on the left and in America on the right. Back 3. The economy of tourism brings Virgin Islands the greatest benefit. Back 4. American Samoa is the least assimilated. Back 5.Tiny Wake island, a place where America’s day begins. Back 6.The Northern Marianas have had a long colonial history. The Spanish held them for 300 years. Then in 1898, Germany took over the islands. After WWI, they were entrusted to Japan. Finally, in 1945, they became an American trust territory. Back 7. Japanese. Because plenty of Japanese visit here every year. Back 8. The people in the District of Columbia can vote for the