高二英语人教版选修8期末知识点总结Unit 1 A land of diversity.docVIP

PAGE 8 高二英语人教版选修8期末知识点总结 Unit 1 A land of diversity 必背句型1： Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows.(what引导宾语从句，作介词in的宾语；从句中what充当know的宾语) 类似句型：Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. (从句中what充当call的宾语) 仿写：I realized that I had been transported into the future of what was still my hometown. 比较：My uncle is the owner of a restaurant close to where I live. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.(it is likely that … 很有可能……；可与句型 sb/sth be likely to do…互换) 仿写：It is likely that we will study online at home for one more month.我们很可能得再在家网上学习一个月。 ? We are likely to study at home for one more month. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. (the first/second/…/last + to do) 类似句型：The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. 仿写：At 50 I was the first woman to travel (travel) alone to the North Pole. That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. (That’s why后接结果，意为“那就是……的原因，一般前文已经说明原因) 仿写：He is addicted to computer games, and that is why he is left behind others. 他迷恋电脑游戏，这就是他落后于别人的原因。 The reason why he has had such a success is that he never gives up. 他取得如此成功的原因是他从不放弃。 ?He never gives up. That is why he has had such a success. ?He has had such a success. This is because he never gives up. It was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. (强调句型) 仿写：It is the ability to do the job that matters (重要), not where you come from or what you are. 是你做事的能力才重要，而不是你的来历或身份。 It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial o