Period Two Warming Up & Reading—Language Points
一、词汇过关 基础词汇
1.quiz n．测验；问答比赛 2．continent n．洲；大陆 3．baggage n．行李 4．chat vi.& n．聊天；闲聊 5．scenery n．景色；风景
6．measure vi.& vt.测量；衡量；判定；n.计量制；计量单位；措施
7．aboard prep.& adv.在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽车)上；上(船、飞机、火车等) 8．within prep.在……之内
9．border n．边界；国界；边沿；vt.& vi.与……接壤；接近 拓展词汇
1.eastward adv.向东；adj.向东的；朝东的→westward(反义词)adv.向西；adj.向西的；朝西的
2．surround vt.包围；围绕→surrounding adj.四周的→surroundings n．环境 3．slight adj.轻微的；微小的→slightly adv.稍稍；轻微地 联想归纳 1．构词法
[规则]east (n.东方)――→eastward (adv.向东) [联想](1)westward向西 (2)forward向前 (3)backward向后
2.话题词汇——与七大洲有关的词汇
(1)Asia亚洲 (2)Europe欧洲 (3)North America北美洲 (4)South America南美洲 (5)Africa非洲 (6)Oceania大洋洲 (7)Antarctica南极洲 二、短语互译 汉译英
1．rather than 2．settle down 3．manage to do
与其；不愿
定居；平静下来；专心于 设法做
＋ward
4．catch sight of 5．have a gift for 英译汉
1．on the coast 2．in the harbour 3．be amazed to do... 4．go through 三、重点句式 教材原句
看见；瞥见 对……有天赋
在海岸线上 在海港 惊讶地做……
穿过；经历；遭受；仔细检查；完成 1.Rather than take the aeroplane all the way，they decided to fly to Vancouver... 她们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华…… 分析解读
rather than “与其；不愿”，用于连接两个并列成分。 仿写运用
He went to the park in the evening rather than in the morning. 他晚上去公园，而不是早上去。 教材原句
2.Going eastward，you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests... 一路向东行，你们会经过一座座山脉，上千个湖泊、森林…… 分析解读
现在分词短语作伴随或方式状语。 仿写运用
Following Tom，we started to climb the mountain. 我们跟随着汤姆开始爬山。 教材原句
3.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall，some measuring over 90 metres. 那儿湿度很大，所以树长得特别高，一些经测量高达90多米。 分析解读 独立主格结构。 仿写运用
Time permitting，we will go for an outing tomorrow. 时间允许的话，我们明天去郊游。
重点词汇
1．Rather than take the aeroplane all the way，they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.
她们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。 rather than而不是；与其……不如……；不愿(用于连接两个并列成分) would rather do A than do B＝would do A rather than do B＝prefer to do A rather than do B 宁愿做A而不愿做B ??had done sth.?表示与过去相反的情况?would rather sb.? ??did sth.?表示与现在或将来相反的情况?注意：rather than连接的两个并列成分作主语时，谓语动词与rather than前面的成分在人称和数上保持一致。 (1)Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own. 无人驾驶汽车可能成为一种公共交通工具而不是你自己的车辆。(2017·天津) (2)I’d rather you hadn’t come(not，come) yesterday. 我宁愿你昨天没有来。
(3)I think it is Tom rather than you that is(be) more careful.我认为是汤姆而不是你更细心一些。 [一句多译]
(4)比起看这部乏味的电影，我宁愿待在家里。 ①I prefer to stay at home rather than see the boring film. ②I would rather stay at home than see the boring film. ③I would stay at home rather than see the boring film.
2．People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city，surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.人们说它是加拿大最美丽的城市，被群山和太平洋环抱。 (1)surround vt.包围；围绕 surround...with...用……包围……