Unit1Alad of diversity知识讲解 Unit 1 A land of diversity语言点.docVIP

Unit 1 A land of diversity语言点编稿：牛新阁 审稿：王春霞 学习目标重点词汇distinction, majority, elect,　 percentage, boom, occur,indicate, apparently, slip, hire 　　 　重点短语by means of make a life, 　team up with, 　　mark out, 　 apply for　 take in,　 live on, a great many, keep up重点句型There be + sb. + doing ...with复合结构知识讲解重点词汇distinction【原句回放】It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA... 加州与众不同之处在于他也是美国最具多元化文化特征的一个州......【点拨】distinction n. 区别, 差别；卓越　　常用搭配：　　make a distinction between 把......与......区分开make no distinction 没有区别have a distinction of 有......与众不同之处with distinction 优异地，显著地　　Mr. Green has the distinction of having been the first president of the famous school.　　格林先生不同凡响，他是这所著名学校的首任校长。　　The law makes no distinction between men and women. 　　这条法律没有男性和女性的区别。【拓展1】distinct adj. 清晰的，明显的，明确的 distinguish v. 区分，辨别；把......区别分类，使杰出　　There was a distinct smell of gas when I opened the door. 我打开门时有一种明显的煤气味。The twins are so alike that I can’t distinguish one from the other.这对孪生儿长得太像了，我区分不开。【拓展2】multi- 多，多个，多种　　注意“原句回放”中的“multicultural”的前缀multi-是“多、多方面、多方向”的意思。　　multicultural 多元文化的　　　 multi-coloured 多色的　　multi-racial 多种族的　　　　　multi-media 多媒体　　multiparty 多党制的　　　　　 multi-purpose 多种用途的、通用的majority【原句回放】Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. 在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原住居民传授天主教。【点拨】majority n. 大多数；多半（反义词：minority n. 少数，小部分）常用搭配：in the/ a majority 占大多数 enter the majority 加入多数派 get a majority 获得多数票 the great/ vast majority 绝大多数narrow majority勉强的多数注意：1. the majority单独用作主语，谓语可用单数（侧重整体）或复数（侧重个体）。The majority were/was against the plan. 大多数人反对这个计划。但是，若表语是复数，则谓语通常也要用复数。如：The majority are young people. 大多数是年轻人。2. “the majority of+复数名词”作主语时，其谓语动词通常用复数。　　The majority of children in our class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes.我们班多数孩子眼睛是棕色的，只有三个是蓝色的。有时还可将其中的定冠词改为不定冠词