1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,A land of diversity,Book 8 Unit 1,第1页,晨背佳作 积累素材,话题词汇,1.custom,n,.,风俗;习惯,2.civilization,n,.,文明;文化,3.developed,adj,.,发达,4.developing,adj,.,发展中,5.promising,adj,.,有前途,6.population,n,.,人口,7.be situated in,位于,8.consist of,由,组成,9.own a diverse culture,拥有多
2、元文化,10.be rich in natural resources,自然资源丰富,第2页,话题佳作,假定你是李华,你校英文报,“,外国文化,”,栏目拟登载美国节日风俗和中学生生活短文。请给你美国朋友彼得写一封信约稿,关键点以下:,1.,栏目介绍;,2.,稿件内容;,3.,稿件长度:约,400,词;,4.,交稿日期:,6,月,28,日前。,第3页,佳作观赏,Dear Peter,,,I,d like to ask you to write an article for our school,s English newspaper.The,“,Foreign Cultures,”,sectio
3、n in our newspaper,is,very,pop-ular among,us students.It carries articles,written by foreign friends,about the cultures of their home countries.Would you please write something ab-out the culture in your part of the United States,?,And we would especially welcome articles about,how Americans spend t
4、heir holidays and festivals,,,and the life of American high school students.You can write anything rele-vant,so long as it,s interesting and informative,.400 words would be fine.,Could we have your article before June 28?,第4页,I,m,looking forward to hearing from,you.,Yours,,,Li Hua,第5页,名师点睛,本文思绪清楚,内容
5、完整,语言简练,很好地完成了写作任务。在行文过程中,,be popular among,,,so long as,,,look forward to,,,hear from,等高级词汇,以及宾语从句,how Americans spend their holidays and festivals,;条件状语从句,so long as it,s interesting and informative,;过去分词作定语,written by foreign friends,等高级句式利用得恰到好处。,第6页,基础排查 点拨关键点,语篇训练 提升能力,内容索引,教材升华综合利用,第7页,基础排查点拨
6、关键点,第8页,A,.,写作必记单词,1.means,n,.,伎俩;方法,(1)by means of,by all means,by no means,(2)There is no means,what happened.,无法搞清发生了什么事。,重点单词,1,用,方法;借助,当然能够,绝不,一点也不,of finding out,第9页,2.majority,n,.,大多数;大半,(1),n,.(,反义词,),少数;少数民族,(2),the majority,占多数,minority,in,(1)the majority,单独用作主语,谓语动词可用单数也可用复数;若,“,the major
7、ity of,复数名词,”,作主语,谓语动词用复数,,“,the majority of,不可数名词,”,作主语,谓语动词用单数。,(2)the majority of,习惯上带定冠词,有时也可用不定冠词;,the majority of,修饰名词通常不带定冠词,但若需特指也可带定冠词。,使用方法点拨,第10页,3.elect,v,t,.,选择;决定做某事;选举某人,(1),n,.,选举;当选;选举权,(2)Roosevelt was elected four times,President of the US.,Roosevelt was elected four times,the Pre
8、sidency of the US.(,填,介词,),election,as,to,(1),若所包括职位只有一个,则其前通常不用冠词。,(2),在,elect sb.,后可接介词,as,或,to,,区分是:,as,后接详细某职位,(,如,president,,,manager),,,to,后接抽象职位,(,如,presidency,,,office),。,使用方法点拨,第11页,4.applicant,n,.,申请人,(1),v,.,应用;申请;请求,n,.,申请;应用,(2)apply,to(doing)sth.,专心于,(,做,),某事;致力于,(,做,),某事,apply,sb.,sth
9、向某人申请,apply,application,oneself,to,for,第12页,5.occur,v,i,.,发生;出现,(1)Suddenly,occurred to Majorcans that the island no longer belon-,ged to them.(,填代词,)(,陕西,),(2)An idea occurred,me.(,填介词,),(3)This sort of incident is an everyday,(occur).,6.indicate,v,t,.,指出;标示;表明;暗示,n,.,指示;象征;表明;标示,it,to,occurrence
10、indication,第13页,7.hire,v,t,.&,n,.,租用;雇用,(1),v,.(,反义词,),开除,辞退,(2)Small talk even helps people get,(hire).(,安徽,),8.punishment,n,.,处罚;处罚,The punishment,stealing is going to jail.(,填介词,),fire,hired,for,汉语说,“,处罚某人做某事,”,,英语不能直译为,punish sb.to do sth.,,应依据情况改用其它说法:,The teacher punished him by requiring him
11、 to sweep the floor.,老师罚他扫地。,使用方法点拨,第14页,9.,v,t,.&,v,i,.,改革;革新,n,.,改革;改造;改良,reform,第15页,B.,阅读识记单词,10.distinct,adj,.,distinction,n,.,11.hardship,n,.,12.percentage,n,.,(1)percent,n,.,adj,.,(2),is the percentage of nitrogen in air?,空气中氮百分比是多少?,清楚;显著;明确,差异;区分;卓著,苦难;困苦,百分比;百分率,百分比,百分数,百分之,What,第16页,含有,pe
12、rcent of,结构用作主语时,其谓语动词数与,of,后名词或代词数保持一致。,使用方法点拨,第17页,13.boom,n,.,v,i,.,14.racial,adj,.,race,n,.,v,t,.&,v,i,.,15.crossing,n,.,cross,v,.,16.vice,n,.&,adj,.,(,人口、贸易,),繁荣,处于经济快速发展时期,人种;种族,种,种族;人种,(,和,),比赛,,(,使,),参加比赛,横渡;横越;十字路口;人行横道,横渡;横越;穿越,代理;副职,第18页,17.apparent,adj,.,was apparent that she didn,t hear
13、 what I said.(,填代词,),18.conductor,n,.,conduct,v,t,.&,v,i,.,19.slip,v,i,.,n,.,slipper,n,.,显而易见;显然;表面上,It,(,公车,),售票员;列车员;,(,乐队,),指挥,引导;率领;管理,滑动;滑行;滑跤,滑动;滑倒,拖鞋,第19页,20.justice,n,.,justify,v,t,.,21.mourn,v,t,.&,v,i,.,22.authority,n,.,23.grasp,v,t,.&,n,.,24.insert,v,t,.,正义;公平,证实,正确;替,辩护,悼念;悼念;表示悲痛,权威;权力;
14、pl,.),当局;官方,抓住;抓紧;掌握;领会,插入;嵌入,第20页,1.,继续存在;继续生存;以,为食,2.,习惯于新生活方式、工作等,3.,坚持;维持;沿袭,(,风俗、传统等,),4.,背靠背,5.,与,合作或一起工作,高频短语,2,live on,make a life,keep up,back to back,team up with,第21页,6.,用线画出范围;标出,界限,(1)For each of them there are four choices,(mark)A,,,B,,,C,and D.(,上海,),(2)Daily life,(mark)by farming,
15、sheep raising and wool,production.(,湖北,),7.,包含;吸收;领会;了解;坑骗,The more fat you,take in,before bedtime,,,the greater burden you will,put on your body at night.,睡前吸收脂肪越多,晚上身体负担越重。,(,四川,),mark out,marked,was marked,take in,第22页,8.,许多;很多,(1)A great many,the books in the library are new.(,填介词,),(2)Many a
16、student,(see)the film already.,a great/good many,of,has seen,(1)a great/good many,后接名词时,名词前不用介词,of,,若其后接是代词,或接名词前有冠词、物主代词、指示代词等修饰,则必须要有介词,of,。,(2),“,many a/an,单数名词,”,作主语时,谓语动词用单数。,使用方法点拨,第23页,1.California is,state in the USA but has the largest po-,pulation.,加利福尼亚是美国第三大州,但有最多人口。,经典句式,3,the third lar
17、gest,第24页,the third,修饰,largest,,意为,“,第三大,”,。形容词最高级前面能够被序数词以及,by far,,,much,,,almost,,,nearly,,,not quite,等词修饰。,(1)Asia is,by far the largest,continent in the world.,亚洲是世界上最大洲。,(2)Thames River is,the second longest and most important,river in Britain.,泰晤士河是英国第二大河,也是英国最主要河。,使用方法点拨,第25页,2.However,,,Nat
18、ive Americans were living in California,at least fifteen thousand years ago.,然而,土著美国人有可能在最少一万五千年前就在加利福尼亚生活了。,3.,today over 40%of Californians speak Spanish as a first or,second language.,那就是今天有超出,40%,加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语,言原因。,it is likely that,That is why,第26页,4.,California elected to become the thir
19、ty-first federal state of,the USA in 1850,,,it was already a multicultural society.,到,1850,年加利福尼亚成为美国第,31,个州时候,它已经是一个有着多,种文化社会了。,By the time,第27页,(1)by the time,从句,意为,“,当,时候,”,,说是过去某个时候情况,主句惯用过去时,而不用完成时,本句就是如此。,(2)by the time,引导时间状语从句,意为,“,到,时候为止,”,。,by the time,普通过去时,主句惯用过去完成时。,by the time,普通现在时,主句
20、惯用现在完成时或未来完成时。,(3)by,时间状语,主句谓语动词也应用对应完成时形式。,使用方法点拨,第28页,(1)Mr.Mat,(persuade)to give up smoking in the,office by the time he started his new job.,(2)We,(learn)Book 8 by the end of next month.,(3)By now,,,people,(realize)its importance.,had been persuaded,will have learned,have realized,第29页,5.People
21、from Africa,in California since the 1800s,,,when they moved north from Mexico.,来自非洲人从十九世纪八十年代以来就一直生活在加利福尼亚,当,时他们是从墨西哥迁居北方。,have been living,第30页,教材升华综合利用,第31页,.,教材与语法填空,California is the third largest state in the USA 1.,has the largest population.2.,is the most multicultural state in the USA.This i
22、s not 3.,(surprise)when you know the history of California which has attracted people from nearly every country in the world.No one really knows when the first settlers arrived in 4.,we now know as California.Scientists believe that the Native Americans reached America 5.,means of a land bridge.In t
23、he 18th century California was ruled by Spain.,but,It,surprising,what,by,第32页,Of the first Spanish to go to California,,,the majority were religious men.In 1848,,,gold was discovered in California and 6.,dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world.In fact,7.,achieved thei
24、r dream,,,but most remained in California to make a life for 8.,(they).In more recent decades,,,California has become home to 9.,(many)people from Asia.It 10.,_,(believe)that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups.,the,few
25、themselves,more,is believed,第33页,.,教材与短文改错,George arrived early on the morning by bus.He went straight to the hotel and dropped his luggage,,,then he went explore.The first thing was a ride on cable car.From top of the hill he gets a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city.Building in 18
26、73,,,the cable car system was being invented by Andrew Hallidie.He wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn trams.,in,exploring,a,got,Built,第34页,Apparent,,,he had been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in that a tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.With so m
27、any exploring,,,he was exhausting and had a rest.,which,much,exhausted,Apparently,第35页,.,教材与微写作,写作素材,(,关于美国,),1.,在美国,你会碰到来自不一样国家人,他们中,大多数,来自欧洲。,2.,世界上,没有,其它,地方,吸引如此多,移民,。,3.,他们遭受了,苦难,和,种族,偏见但设法在那里,开创了新生活,。,4.,同时,他们风俗被,沿袭,了下来。,5.,那就是为何我们认为美国是,多元文化,国家。,提醒:,黑体部分用本单元词汇表示,而且请使用,whom,引导定语从句,,why,引导表语从句。,第
28、36页,连句成篇,(,将以上句子连成一篇,50,词左右英语短文,),In America,,,you will meet people from different countries,,,the,majority,of whom come from Europe.,Nowhere,else in the world attracts so many,immigrants,.They suffered,hardships,and,racial,prejudice but managed to,make a life,there and at the same time,,,their cust
29、oms have been,kept up,.That,s why we think America,multicultural.,第37页,语篇训练提升能力,.,阅读了解,.,七选五,.,完形填空,第38页,.,阅读了解,Mayor Bill de Blasio designated(,指定,)the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City in June,.,The move came after de Blasio in March,declared school holidays on the
30、most-observed holiday in Islam,,,Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.De Blasio,,,making good on,a promise made during his mayoral campaign,,,said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year,,,and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8,.,第39页,“,About 15%of the city,s school syst
31、em is of Asian descent(,血统,),,,and many students have been taking the day off as a sick days,,,”,said State Senator Daniel Squadron.,“,It,s a big deal,,,”,he said,,,whose district includes Manhattan,s Chinatown.,“,Families have had to choose between their most important cultural celebration and miss
32、ing a day of school.,”,第40页,The city,s Department of Education had been working on the practical arrangements for adding another holiday while maintaining the legal 180 school days.The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full
33、 day that can be counted towards the total.After San Francisco,,,New York is the second major urban school district to add the Lunar New Year to the official school calendar.,第41页,“,This holiday is not about kids just getting a day off from sch-ool,,,”,said Assemblyman Ron Kim.,“,It,s about the City
34、 of New Yo-rk telling hundreds of Asian-American societies that America is a cultural melting pot.,”,Kim said recognizing the holiday is one way of pushing back against feelings of isolation and marginalization(,边缘化,)felt by the Asian-American community.,第42页,1.What does the underlined part in Parag
35、raph 2 mean?,A.Make use of.B.Stand by.,C.Keep up with.D.Go against.,答案,解析,1,2,3,4,词义猜测题。依据画线部分后面,“,.said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year,,,and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8,.,”,可知,,de Blasio,说学生也将在春节放假一天,而很快前,这个亚洲节日就在,年,2,月,8,日到来了。由此可推知,此处指,de Blasi
36、o,兑现了他在,年市长选举中许下诺言。,stand by sth.,意为,“,依然恪守诺言,(,或协议等,),”,,与画线部分意思相近。故选,B,。,第43页,2.How does New York make the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday?,A.By cancelling a legal 1-day holiday.,B.By copying the way of San Francisco.,C.By adding a new full day to the school calendar.,D.By changin
37、g the legal 180 school days.,答案,解析,1,2,3,4,第44页,1,2,3,4,细节了解题。依据第四段第二句,“,The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total.,”,可知,处理这个问题方法是把原本不算进法定,180,天教学日两个半天合并为一天,并算进教学日总天数中。故选,C,。,第45页,
38、3.What do we know from Ron Kim,s words?,A.He,s opposed to the new school holiday.,B.Asian culture is valued most in New York.,C.Asian culture is part of the American society.,D.The holiday wipes out Asian-Americans,isolation.,答案,解析,1,2,3,4,推理判断题。依据最终一段第二句,“,It,s about the City of New York telling hu
39、ndreds of Asian-American societies that America is a cultural melting pot.,”,可知,学校春节放假一天是纽约市在告诉数以百计亚裔美国群体:美国是一个文化熔炉。言外之意就是美国接收外国文化,外国文化一样是美国社会一部分。故选,C,。,第46页,4.What,s the best title for this passage?,A.A New Public School Holiday in New York,B.A Promise Made by the Mayor of New York,C.Cultural Diffe
40、rences Between America and Asia,D.A Revolution of the Lunar New Year in New York,答案,解析,标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了纽约公立学校增加了一个新节假日,春节,这反应出亚洲文化已经成为美国文化一部分。故选,A,。,1,2,3,4,第47页,.,七选五,(,重庆育才中学摸底考试,),What do the world,s most successful people all have in common?,By examining the work habits of over 150 greatest writers
41、 and ar-tists and scientists,,,the researchers including Standford Professor Jeff-rey Preffer found that high achievers like Robert Moses turn out to be all alike,:,Busy,!,Busy!,第48页,1,In a study of general managers in industry,,,John Kotter reported that many of them worked 60 to 65 hours per weekw
42、hich translates into at least six 10-hour days.The ability and willingness to wo-rk difficult and tiring hours has characterized many powerful figures.En-ergy and strength provide many advantages to those seeking to build power.,答案,解析,D,High achievers never stop working and they never lose a minute.
43、依据小标题,Busy,!,Busy,!及下文可知该段主要讲成功人士都非常忙。,D,项:高成就人从不停顿工作,他们从不浪费一分钟。符合。故选,D,。,第49页,Just Say No!,The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say,“,no,”,to almost everything.And that,s what gives them the time to accomplish so much.,2,And focus means
44、 saying,“,no,”,to a lot of distractions(,分神,).,答案,解析,B,Achievement requires focus.,依据下文,“,And focus means saying,no,to a lot of distractions(,分神,).,”,可知,成功需要专注。原句中,focus,和选项,focus,关键词相同,故选,B,。,第50页,Know What You Are!,Ignore your weakness and keep improving your strengths.Don,t waste time exploring s
45、kill areas where you have little competence.Instead,,,focus onand build onyour strengths.,3,答案,解析,F,This means knowing who you are,,,what you are and what you are good at.,依据本段标题,Know What You Are,!与选项,F,:,This means knowing who you are,,,what you are and what you are good at.,结构一致,故选,F,。,第51页,Creat
46、e Good Luck!,Luck is not magicalthere is a science to it.Richard Wiseman studied lucky people for his book Luck Factor,,,and broke down what they do right.,4,By being more outgoing,,,open to new ideas,,,following the feeling that something is true,,,being optimistic,,,lucky people create possibiliti
47、es.,答案,解析,G,Certain personality types are luckier because they behave in a way that offers the chance for good opportunities.,选项中,personality types,和空格下句中,“,.outgoing,,,open to new ideas,,,following the feeling that something is true,,,being optimistic,”,是指代关系。故选,G,。,第52页,Does applying these princip
48、les to your life actually work,?,Wiseman created a,“,luck school,”,to test the ideasand it was a success.In total,80 percent of people who attended Luck School said that their luck had increased.,5,答案,解析,C,On average,,,these people reported that their luck had increased by more than 40 percent.,依据空格
49、上句,“,their luck had increased,”,和选项,C,:,On average,,,these people reported that their luck had increased by more than 40 percent.,意义一致。故选,C,。,第53页,A.Spend enough time to improve your weakness.,B.Achievement requires focus.,C.On average,,,these people reported that their luck had increased by more th
50、an 40 percent.,D.High achievers never stop working and they never lose a minute.,E.Busy people are more likely to be lucky.,F.This means knowing who you are,,,what you are and what you are good at.,G.Certain personality types are luckier because they behave in a way that offers the chance for good o






