Unit 5 Canada— “The True North” Reading (II) .ppt

Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Reading(II),1.were on a trip to Canada trip:(通常指短途的)行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的）be/go on a trip to make a trip to take a trip to 我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。My father will _ next week.,make a trip to New York,2.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.,他们不想一路乘飞机，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宁愿而不愿；而不是；与其倒不如(连接平行结构),would rather do.than dowould do.rather than do 宁愿而不愿prefer to do.rather than do.宁愿而不愿I think Tom，rather than you，is to blame.我想不是你，而是汤姆应受责备。Id prefer to be a volunteer rather than stay at home.我愿成为一名志愿者，而不愿待在家里。,【拓展】other than 除了or rather更确切地说more than不仅仅，超过，非常more A than B 与其说B，不如说是AHe has no close friends other than her.他除了她以外没有好朋友。We stayed at my friends house，or rather at my friends parents house.我们住在朋友家，说的确切些是在我朋友的父母家。,【即学即练】1）The youngest brother，rather than his two elder brothers，_for the wrongdoings.Awas to answer Bwere to answerCwas answered Dwere to be answered【答案】A,2）Will you join us in the game?Thank you，_Abut why not?Bbut Id rather not.Cand I wont.Dand Ill join.【解析】Thank you，but.是委婉拒绝他人邀请时的交际用语。why not“何不”，表示建议，不符合语境；I wont“不会的”，不符合谢绝人的语言习惯。D项不符合口语交际的习惯表达。【答案】B,rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。,【点津】,You rather than I are going to go camping.是你而不是我要去野营。,are,as well as,together with,besides 谓语动词也与前面的名词在人称和数上保持一致.,You rather than I am going camping.,B,【即学即练】,I should thank you _ that you should thank me.A.because B.rather than C.for D.as,3.,people say it is Canadas most beautiful city,surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.许多人认为它（温哥华）是加拿大最美的城市，因为它被群山和大西洋围绕着。surround vt.包围,围绕;圈住,Trees surround our house.我们房子的四周都是树。The police surrounded the house.警察包围了这幢房子。The oceans and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue and many of its cities lie on the bay.围绕那些小岛的大洋和海都是深蓝色的，它的许多城市都坐落在海湾上。,B,We could see the buildings _ by trees.A.being surrounded B.surroundedC.to be surrounded D.surround,surrounded 过去分词短语做定语。,4.On the north coast of Vancouver,some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.在温哥华北面的海岸上，仍然保存着世界上最古老、最美丽的森林。,1)remain用作不及物动词,意为“剩下、留下、待在”,相当于stay。如:Only a few leaves remained(=were still)on the tree.树上只剩下几片叶子了。【点津】“待在那里”可以说 remain/stay there,但“待在家里”只能说stay(at)home。,2）作连系动词,意为“一直保持,仍然处于某种状态中”,后可接多种成分作表语。a.接名词作表语 如：Theirmarriageremainsasecret.他们的婚姻仍然是个秘密。,b.接形容词作表语 如：Theshopremainsopenuntil11 atnight.这个商店一直营业到晚上十一点。c.接过去分词作表语,表示主语所处的状态或已经发生的被动动作。如:,Theyneverremainedsatisfiedwiththeirsuccesses.他们从不满足于自己的成绩。(表主语所处的状态)Theyremainedlockedintheroom.他们仍然被锁在房子里。(已经发生的被动动作),d.接现在分词作表语,表示正在进行的主动动作。如:Theguestscamein,butshe remainedsittingatthedeskreading.客人进来了,但她仍然坐在桌旁看书。(正在进行的主动动作)Theyremainedlistening.他们一直在听。,e.接不定式作表语,表示将来的动作。如:Thisremainstobeproved.这有待证实。(将来被动动作)Whetheritwilldousgood remains tobeseen.这是否对我们有好处,还要看一看。f.接介词短语作表语 如：Hehadtoremaininhospitaluntil hewasbetter.他不得不住院,直到身体好转。,【点津】remain作名词时,表示“剩余物”,一般用其复数形式。如:Theremainsofamealcanbegiventoapig.,remaining是形容词,意为“剩余的”,常作前置定语;而left则只能作后置定语。如：Heboughtmeagiftwiththe remainingmoney.他用剩余的钱给我买了一件礼物。,B,【即学即练】The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the _.A.20 dollars remained B.remaining 20 dollars C.remained 20 dollars D.20 dollars to remain,B,Although he has taken a lot of medicine,his breath _ poor.A.proves B.remains C.maintains D.continues,5.That afternoon aboard the train,the cousins settled down in their seats.那天下午，这对表姐妹在火车上落了座。settle down 1)坐下，躺下He settled down in his chair to read the newspaper.,A,2)过安定的生活After years of traveling,he decided to settle down here.3)安下心来，专心致志于Then they settled themselves down _ work.A.to B.on C.with D.in解析：settle down to“使某人安下心来做”，在此短语中，to 是介词。,【拓展】与settle相关的短语:settle an old score 清算旧账settle for sth.勉强接受settle in/into sth.适应settle on sth.选定，决定,6.Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.他们中的许多人拥有与兽共舞的天份，因而能赢得数千美元的奖金。1)have a gift for 在方面有天分/天赋gift 特指与生俱来的天分或才能，如绘画、音乐等。Her gift for dancing amazed the teacher.老师对她舞蹈的天分大感惊奇。,2)thousands of 成千上万的类似的用法还有：hundreds of 数以百计的scores of 许多millions of 上百万的dozens of 许多，大量tens of thousands of 数以万计的,7.score与many,several连用修饰名词复数时，都要用单数，其后的介词of有无均可。但是，习惯上score多与of连用，而dozen很少与of连用，如：two score(of)workers,three score and ten people,several dozen children,many dozen books。,C,【即学即练】The teacher bought two _ books in the bookstore.A.scores of B.scores C.score of,8.They had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国几百公里以内的边疆地带 within prep 在之内;不越过,within与in表达时间的区别:within指在时间范围之内，不超过；而in 是经过若干时间，指期限之外。Ill be there within an hour.（一小时之内）Ill be there in an hour.（一小时之后）,C,【即境活用】It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot _ easy reach.A.near B.upon C.within D.around【解析】句意：在厨房里把你常用的东西放在随手可及的地方,那样会节省时间的。within easy reach随手可及，在附近。,Homework1.Remember the underlined sentences.2.Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.,