Unit 1 A land of diversity 知识点整理讲义--高中英语人教新课标选修八.docxVIP

选修8 unit1 A land of diversity 1.multicultural adj. 多元文化的，多种文化融合的 We live in a ~ society. 2. distinction n. 差别,区别,对比,优秀,卓越 distinctions between traditional and modern society a writer of distinction make a distinction between A and B把。。。和。。。区分开来 distinct adj.清晰的，明显的，明确的，截然不同的 distinctly adv. distinctive adj.独特的，特别的，有特色的 3. immigrant n. 移民 immigrate v.移民，（从外地） immigration n.【u】 移居，移民人数 4. live on 继续存在，继续生存在 She died ten years ago but her memory lives on. She lived on for many years after her husband died. live on sth. 以食…以…食物，靠… 钱生活 Small birds live on insects. You can’t live on 40 yuan a weak. live by doing sth. 靠做某事赚钱 live up to sth. 达到，符合，不辜负（他人的期望） 5. by means of 用…办法，借助…手段 He let himself down slowly by means of a rope. by this means/by these means by no means by all means可以，当让行，没问题 Every possible means _____ been tried, and we find only_____ this means can we do it well. A. hve; in B. has;in C. have; by D. has; by 6. majority n.大部分，大多数 The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to the radio. The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking. In nursing profession, women are in the majority. …be in the majority占大多数 The majority of +[u]谓语动词单数 The majority of +可数名词复数， Majority minority少数，少数人，少数民族 7．gain independence from… declare war on… in prehistoric times die from a disease achieve one’s dream it is likely that… 8.make a life习惯于新的生活方式，工作等 In my opinion, it is not so helpful to give someone some bread as it is important to teach him how to make a life. bring sb./sth. back to life使复活 make a living 9.despite =in spite of 介词 Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it. Despite applying for hundreds of jobs, he is still out of work. She was good at physics despite the fact that she found it boring. 10. elect vt.选择，决定做某事；选举某人 elect to do sth.=choose to do sth. elect sb.(as) sth. 11. keep up沿袭（风俗，传统等），坚持，维持 The rain kept up all afternoon. I hope the fine weather will keep up. Keep up with sb. 跟上，与某人保持联系 12. boom n.激增，繁荣 Vi处于经济迅速发展时期 a boom in car s