高中英语人教版选修8学案Unit 1 A land of diversity 新学案第2课时

高中英语专题

教学内容 Book8 Unit 1 A land of diversity

Period2 Language points 教师个案

学生笔记

学 习

目 标 Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part: elect,occur,

Live on,by means of,make a life,keep up,etc.

学习

重点 Enable students to grasp the usages of important new words and

expressions

学习难点 Get students to understand some differences of some similar words and

phrases.

学习方法 自主—合作—探究

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一、探索新知

Finish the tasks in the first period in time

Report the answers to the class and the teacher.

Listen to the tape of the text and underline the new words in the text;

Learn the new words and phrases after the teacher . Ask for help if

necessary.

二、新知应用

1. diversity = variety 多样性、变化

2. illustrate vt. 说明、阐明（用图示、实例等）

3.California is the third largest state in the …

序数词可以修饰形容词的最高级

可以修饰形容词最高级的词：far / by far /much

可以修饰比较级的词：no / a little / a bit / any / slightly/by far

4. population un / cn. 人口

The population of China_______ large. And 70% of the population

of China_________ peasants.

表示整体人口时谓语动词用单数，表示部分人口时谓语动词用复数。 而形容人口的多少通常用large / small.

对人口的多少进行疑问时，可用

What’s the population of ….?

What’s the population of Guangdong?

have a population of …. 有多少人口

China has a population of 1.3 billion.

an increase / growth in population 人口

5. multi- “多、多方面、多方向”

multi-colored 多色的 multi-racial多民族的

multi-media 多媒体 multiparty多党制的

6. by means of : by using 依靠、凭借

means : All possible means been tried.

Every possible means been tried. 高中英语专题

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The quickest means of travel by air.

by all means 无论如何、当然可以 by no means 一点也不、绝不

We can succeed ______________(通过)hard work.

You can get there ____________________ (乘坐多种交通工具).

7. When the first people arrived in what we now know as California,…宾语从句= the place that we now know as California. 定语从句

George Washington was born in ______ is now the state of Virginia.

A.which B. where C. that D. what

8 However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at

least fifteen thousand years ago.

It is likely/possible/probable that …

sb/sth is likely to do sth 某人/物有可能做某事

辨析: likely, possible, probable

按可能性程度,probable可能性最大,其次为likely, 最小为possible.但需要注意的是,likely的主语可以是人,但possible, probable却只能用形式主语it.

9. force …into …强迫…成为、做、进入…

10. compare：

China has more people than any other country in the world.

China has more people than any country in Europe.

11. Spanish soldiers arrived in South America in the early 16th century

when(定语从句） they fought against the native people and took their

land.

12. the /a majority (of) 大多数、大部分

majority n. 大多数…

The majority____________ for the budget.

The majority of students ________ hard-working.

The majority of the damage _______ easy to repair.

单独做主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数，强调个体时，谓语动词用复数 。

13. declare vt.

14. make/earn a/one’s life 谋生、习惯新的生活方式

15. a large percentage have chosen…= a large percentage of

Chinese-Americans have chosen… ...

16. establish a town 建立城镇

17. immigrate vi. (to/ into)移居，迁入

18.It is believed that…

It is said that …

It is hoped that…

It is supposed that…

It is suggested that…

It is reported that

19. mix 混合 n.混合，混乱 V.

20.nationality 国籍 高中英语专题

Reading II

1.occur vi. 存在，被发现；发生；想到，想起 (to), (主语是事，宾语是人）

2. cattle n. 集体名词，指复数概念，谓语用复数

3. Indicate vt. 指示，标出，表明，暗示

4. go exploring 去观光、去探险 = go sightseeing

5. apparently adv. 显而易见地，显然地,似乎（obviously)

6. team up with 与…合作或一起工作

7. hire 雇佣，租用

8. Mark out 划线标出界限，设计，计划

9. take in 包括、吸收、欺骗

10.have good idea of 对…很了解

11.a great many / a good many 许多、大量的

后接名词的复数，也可接of +复数名词或代词，作主语时，谓语用复数。

12. have a view of 观赏…

13. insert vt. 插进，投入，嵌入

14.react vi.做出反应/回应

三、当堂检测

1. In Lao Zhang’s opinion, this can be done by ____of electricity.

A. way B. method C. mean D. means

2.______passengers survived in the traffic accident except a woman and two

children.

A. The most B. A majority of the C. Most the D. The majority of the

3. The boy in that village beside our school had to _____by himself after his father’s

death.

A. make life B. take a life C. take a living D. make a living

4. _____percentage of his income is taxable?

A. What B. How C. How much D. How many

5. As everyone knows,football is a _____of a sharp mind and hard training rather

than just talking.

A. mix B. thought C. time D. action

6. ______to me that I had left the door unlocked.

A. It happened B. It struck C. This occurred D. It occurred

7. ---______luggage are you taking with you?

---Only one suitcase.

A. How many B. How much C. How large D. How big

8. The mother’s words ____that she was not satisfied with your work.