高中英语选修8第一单元重点.doc

高中英语选修8第一单元重点、难点 默认分类 2010-04-23 15:18:06 阅读611 评论0 字号：大中小 订阅 Unit 1 A Land of Diversity 命题考点探究 1. diversity = variety n. 差异（性），不同（点）; 多样性(化)、变化 a diversity of vegetables diversify vt. 使…多样性，使…不同 diversify one’s skills / interests We should diversify the syllabus (教学大纲）to attract more students. A company should diversify. 2. illustrate vt. 说明、阐明（用图示、实例等） The lecturer illustrated the theory with examples. Please illustrate how to use the machine. illustration n. 实例 by way of illustration 以实例说明 3.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州但却是人口最多的。 关键透析 序数词可以修饰形容词的最高级 The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. 黄河是中国第二大河。 I’d like to buy the second most expensive camera. 我想买最贵的照相机。 联想拓展 可以修饰形容词最高级的词：far , by far , much, nearly,almost等。 可以修饰比较级的词：rather, far, still, even, no , a little , a bit , any , slightly , by far 等。 即时活用 You’re standing too near the camera . Can you move ____?(B) A a bit far B a little farther C a bit of farther D a little far 4. population n. 人口 用法归纳 表示整体人口时谓语动词用单数，表示部分人口时谓语动词用复数。 而形容人口的多少通常用large / small. The population of China____ _ large. And 70% of the population of China_______ peasants. (is/are) 对人口的多少进行疑问时，可用 What’s the population of ….? What’s the population of Guangdong? have a population of …. 有多少人口 China has a population of 1.3 billion. an increase / growth in population 人口的增加 5. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. 用法归纳 (1). 继续活着，继续存在 She died ten years ago but her memory lives on. 她十年前就去世了，但她却留在人们的记忆中。 (2). live on sth: 以…为生；仅以…为主要食物；靠…生活 Small birds live mainly on insects. 小鸟主要靠食昆虫为主。 She lives on burgers. 她只喜欢吃汉堡包。 You can’t live on forty pounds a week. 你靠每周四十英镑没法过活。 6. When the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. 宾语从句 = the place that we now know as California. （定语从句） 即时活用 George Washington was born in ______ is now the state of Virginia. (D