Unit 5 Canada ─ “The True North” 一、教学目标：掌握本单元重点单词、短语的用法及语法点 二、教学重难点：1、对课文内容的整体把握 2、课文中长难句的理解 3、对文中细节的把握 三、教学过程 1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. 她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海 岸。 rather than 表示客观事实，意为_________________________________________ He is an explorer rather than a sailor. __________________________________________ The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. ______________________________ 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 ___________________________________________ 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。 ___________________________________________________ We should help him rather than he should help us. ____________________________________ 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。 是你而不是我要去要购物。_______________________________________________________
2. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. [考例] The news _____ our athletes won another gold medal was reported in yesterday’s newspaper. (上海) A. which B. whether C. what D. that
3. remain 用作不及物动词, 意为“剩下、留下、呆在”, 相当于 stay， “呆在那里”
可以说 remain /stay there, 但“呆在家里”只能说 stay (at) home。 remain 作名词时,表示 “剩余物”, 一般用其复数形式 remains. Remain / Stay here until I come back. . They remain / stay friends for many years. 4. settle down 舒适地坐下/躺下 对(工作/生活)定下心来 使……平静 1) 那个老人希望他儿子结婚并定居下来。___________________________________________
2) 这种药片能使你安静一整天。__________________________________________________
3) settle down to sth. / v-ing 开始认真对待；静下心来做
4) They finally settled down to a discussion of the main issues. ___________________________
5. manage to do = succeed in doing sth. 是“设法做、设法完成某事”的意思。 1) Although he hasn’t received any formal education, Mr Wang managed to finish his task. 2) We should manage to realize our dream. [辨析] manage to do sth.的意思是“_______________________________”； try to do sth.的意思是“_________________________________”。 如：他努力学习并顺利通过了考试。____________________________________________ 他试图想通过考试，但是由于懒惰而最终失败了。_____________________________________
6. [辨析] across; through; along; over eg. It is dangerous to rush across the street if you don’t watch out for the cars. I will see some beautiful birds if I walk through a rainforest. My office is the third floor along the corridor on the left.
7. They were not leaving for Montreal until later, so they went on a tour of the city. 她们要晚些时候才动身去蒙特利尔, 因此就在多伦多市内游览了一番。 ①until/till 直到……为止。肯定形式表示的意思是 “做某事直至某时”, 动词必须是延续性 的。 I slept until midnight. 我一直睡到半夜时醒了。 Wait till I call you. 等着我叫你。 ②not…until 直到……才。否定形式表达的意思是“直至某时才做某事”。动词一般为非延 续性的。 He didn’t finish the work until yesterday. ____________________________________ 公共汽车停稳后再下车。 _____________________-_________________________ … 直至 告
。 if _____
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③否定句可用另外两种句式表示。 a. not until 在句首, _____________________。 Not until the early years of the 19th century_________________________________________. 直到 19 世纪初, 人类才知道热能是什么。 b. 用于_____________,It is not until… that… It was not until I told him that he knew about我it.诉他, 他才知道这件事。
8. …because most of the Chinese people here come from South China, especially Hong Kong. especially表示“尤其, 格外, 特别”,意思相当于“________________”或“_______________”。 多用在介词短语或连词前面。 specially表示“为了一个特别的目的,专门地, 特别地”,意思相当于“fora specialreason or purpose” __________________________________ 我特地来看你。 The weather has been especially cold. _________________________________ It’s always difficult being in a foreign country,don’t speak the language. A. extremely B. especially C. specially D. naturally
9. It’s too bad you can’t go as far as Ottawa, Canada’s capital. (P38) as far as1) 直到……远，远到……； 2) (表示程度，范围)就……；据……；至于……。 _____ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from(北the danger. A. As long as B. As far as C. Just as D. Even if
10. The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at dawn the next morning. 火车在那夜晚些时候起程,第二天黎明到达了蒙特利尔。 at, on, 表示时间的用法区别 at__________________________________________________________________ 例如：at 2:30, at dawn / noon / night / dusk / sunrise / sunset / breakfast / lunch dinner / s at this / that time, at the beginning of this century at 也可以表示节假日, 例如: at Christmas
