選修8　Unit 1　A land of diversity

要 點(diǎn) 梳 理 高效梳理?知識(shí)備考

●重點(diǎn)單詞

1．distinct adj.清晰的；明顯的；明確的→distinction n．差別；區(qū)分；卓著

2．means n．手段；方法

3．majority n．大多數(shù)；大半→minority n．少數(shù)

4．despite prep.盡管；不管

5．elect vt.選擇；決定做某事；選舉某人→election n．選舉

6．percentage n．百分比；百分率

7．boom n．(人口、貿(mào)易的)繁榮 vi.處于經(jīng)濟(jì)迅速發(fā)展時(shí)期

8．a(chǎn)pplicant n．申請(qǐng)人→apply v．申請(qǐng)→application n．申請(qǐng)

9．customs n．海關(guān)；關(guān)稅；進(jìn)口稅

10．occur vi.發(fā)生；出現(xiàn)

11．indicate vt.指出；標(biāo)示；表明；暗示→indication n．跡象→indicator n．指示器，指示物

12．luggage n．行李

13．a(chǎn)pparent adj.顯而易見(jiàn)的；顯然的；表面上的→apparently adv.明顯地

14．slip vi.滑動(dòng)；滑行；滑跤 n．滑動(dòng)；滑倒

15．hire vt. & n．租用，雇用

16．nowhere adv.無(wú)處；到處都無(wú)

17．punishment n．處罰；懲罰→punish v．懲罰；處罰

18．justice n．正義；公平→injustice(反義詞)

●重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)

1．live on　 　繼續(xù)存在；繼續(xù)生存

2．by means of... 用……辦法；借助……

3．make a life 習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、工作等

4．keep up 堅(jiān)持；維持；沿襲(風(fēng)俗、傳統(tǒng)等)

5．back to back 背靠背

6．team up with 與……合作或一起工作

7．mark out 畫(huà)線；標(biāo)出……界線

8．take in 包括；吸收

9．a(chǎn) great/good many 許多；很多

10．a(chǎn)pply for 申請(qǐng)；請(qǐng)示得到

●重點(diǎn)句型

1．However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.

然而，美洲土著人很可能在15 000年前就在加州生活著。

2．Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.

二百年后，西班牙人定居在南美洲大多數(shù)地區(qū)以及現(xiàn)在美國(guó)的西北沿海。

3．That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.

這就是今天有超過(guò)40%的加利福尼亞人把西班牙語(yǔ)作為第一或第二語(yǔ)言的原因。

4．Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.

雖然中國(guó)移民在淘金熱時(shí)期就開(kāi)始到來(lái)了，但是更大批量的移民卻是在19世紀(jì)60年代為了修建貫穿美國(guó)東西海岸的鐵路而來(lái)的。

5．It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.

人們相信過(guò)不了多久國(guó)籍間相混的程度將如此大以至于不再有明顯的種族或文化團(tuán)體，而僅僅是一個(gè)種族和文化的混合體。