Festivals around the world Language Points课件

Language Points

1. Canada is a multicultural country like China. 加拿大像中国一样是一 个多元化国家。 multi-是一个前缀，意为“多” 多层的 multistory ____________ 多种形式的 multiform ____________ multichannel 多通话线路的, 多波段的 ____________________ multipurpose __________ 多种用途的

多党的 multiparty _____________ 多国的、多民族的 multinational __________ 多向的 multidirectional ________________ 多彩的，彩色的 multicolored ____________ 多媒体 multimedia __________

2. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast. 李黛予和她的表妹刘倩去加拿大大西 洋海岸看望她们的表兄妹们。 trip: usually short journey, esp. for pleasure (通常指短途的)行走，旅行 (尤指娱乐性的) 与trip搭配的主要动词和介词： be on a trip to make a trip to take a trip to

a trip to the seaside 海滨之行 __________________ 前往巴黎的蜜月之旅 a honeymoon trip to Paris __________________________ 他出差在外。 on a business trip He is _____________________. 我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。 My father will make a trip to New __________________ York ______ next week.

3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September. rather than (prep.): in preference to (sb/sth); instead of 与其(某人/某 物);不愿;不要

他不愿惹麻烦,宁可离去. Rather than cause trouble _______________________, he left.我想喝柠檬汁,不想喝可乐. I’ll have a lemonade rather than a coke ___________________________. 他正忙于写信而不是读报. He was busy __________________ writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper __________________________.

4. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass by thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities. 它是世界第二大国家,当你一路向 东行时,除了城市你还会看到山脉,会经过上 千个湖泊,森林,大河等以及城市. eastward也作eastwards,副词,意为“向东” -ward(s)=in a direction forward(s) 向前 __________ 向后 backward(s) __________ 向外 outward(s) __________ 向南 southward(s) __________ westward(s) 向西 __________ 向北 northward(s) __________

他们向东航行。 The sailed eastward __________________. 我们难以决定是向东走还是向西走。 whether to go We couldn’t decide ______________ eastward or westward ___________________.

thousands of 成千上万的 注意：million, billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen之前有确定的 数字时，不论后面是有无of, 词尾都不 加s. 如果前面没有确定的数字而后接 of时，词尾都加s. three hundred students 300名学生 ____________________ 这些鸡蛋里的3打 three dozen of these eggs ____________________

___ 几打鸡蛋 dozens of eggs _______________

5. Many people think it is the most beautiful city in Canada, as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific. 许多 人都认为温哥华是加拿大最美丽的城 市，因为它的北面和东面都被大山包 围。 surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕 surround sb/sth with sb/sth sth/sb be sourrounded by/with sth

篱笆环绕着学校。 _____________________________. The fence surrounds the school 他们出动了军队包围了该城。 They have surrounded the town _____________________________ with troops ____________. 房子的四周有高墙。 The house is surrounded by high ______________________________ walls ______.

6. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world still remain.温哥华以北的海岸依然生长着 世界上最古老，最美丽的森林。 north of = to the north 表示“在…… 的北方”,其他方位词，如：east, west, south, southeast, northeast 等，都有类似的用法。 他住在洛杉矶以东(的地方)。 ______________________________. He lives to the east of Los Angeles

7. That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats. 那天下午表姐 妹俩才在火车上落了座。 settle down 安稳坐下，安居下来，适应起来 他爷爷手拿报纸坐在扶手椅里。 settled down in the His grandfather ______________________ armchair _____________with a newspaper. 你适应新工作了吗？ Have you settled down in your new job yet ____________________________________?

8. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes. 他们中许 多人都有与兽共舞的才能，他们能赢得几 千美元的奖金。 have a gift for 在…..方面有天分；有天赋 她对学语言有天赋。 she has a gift for learning languages. __________________________________ 好像他对音乐有些天赋。 It seems he has a gift for music. __________________________________