人教课标版高中英语选修8Unit1 writing PPT优秀课件

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Unit 1 Section Ⅰ

Ⅰ .单词拼写

1. The m ajority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

2. Americans e lect a President every four years.

3. The a ircraft was flying in a northerly direction.

4. From his manner of speaking I took him to be an I talian .

5. The earth's shadow on the moon was quite d istinct .

6. Today an airplane is used sometimes as a means (方法；手段 )of advertising.

7. We are ready to face any hardship (磨难 )．

8. What percentage (百分比 )of the population in China are farmers?

9. He made a lot of money during the property boom (繁华 )．

10. Who has the right to vote in federal (联邦的 )elections?

Ⅱ .达成句子

1. 我借助报纸上的一则广告找到了我的自行车。

I found my bike by means of a notice in the newspaper.

2. 科学家们说， 他们在防治癌症方面开始有所打破。

Scientists say they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.

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精品备课：Unit1 Reading 知识点解析

1．live on 继续存在，继续生存

The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. (教材P1)这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

She lived on for many years after her husband died.

丈夫死后她继续活了多年。

live on以某物为食；靠某种经济来源生活

live through经历过； 经历……而未死

live by doing 靠做某事物为生

live a．.. life 过着……的生活

live up to遵从；履行；不辜负

live with容忍；忍受

Most of Asians live on rice.

多数亚洲人以大米为主食。

She has lived through several terrible accidents.

她曾经历过几次可怕的意外事故。

【对接高考】

(2010·湖北高考)Had she ________ her promise, she would have made it to Yale

University.

A．looked up to B．lived up to

C．kept up with D．come up with

【解析】 句意：如果她履行了诺言，她就已经上耶鲁大学了。根据句意live

up to one's promise(履行诺言)符合题意，因此选择B项。look up to 仰望，尊重；keep up with 赶上，与……保持同步；come up with 想到，提出(主意、观点等)，这三项均不合句意。

【答案】

B

用上面短语的适当形式填空

①Mozart is dead but his music ________. 2 / 11

人教版英语选修8课文原文及课文译文

Unit 1 Aland of diversity 第一单元 一个多元文化的国土

Reading

CALIFORNIA

California is the third largest state in the USA but has the

largest population. It also has the distinction of being the

most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people

from all over the world. The customs and languages of the

immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture

is not surprising when you know the history of California.

NATIVE AMERCANS

In the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish

soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th

century, when they fought against the native people and took

their land. 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. Of the first Spanish to go to

选修8 Unit 1 单词及课文详‎解 △Califo‎rnia 加利福尼亚（州）

△Califo‎rnian 加利福尼亚（州）人

△illust‎rate vt. 说明；阐明 illust‎ration‎ 实例 插图 图解

Be illust‎rated with 有插图 - sth. 给书加插图 阐明

By way of -tion 作为说明 in -tion of 作为...例证

distin‎ct adj. 清晰的；明显的；明确的 distin‎ctive 独特的 有特色的

distin‎ction n. 差别；区分cn；卓著 优秀un.

Distin‎guish betwee‎n and :distin‎guish A from B -ed 杰出的 以...著名

Make a distin‎ction betwee‎n and

Make no distin‎ction 没有区别： withou‎t distin‎ction with distin‎ction 优异地 △immigr‎ant n. （从外国移入的‎）移民

live on 继续存在；继续生存 - by 以..为生 - throug‎h 活过 度过...熬过

Live up to 实践原则 誓言等 做到 - down 改过自新生活‎忘掉过错

strait‎ n. 海峡=strait‎s △Bering‎ 白令海峡

Arctic‎ adj. 北极的；北极区的

the Arctic‎ 北极

means n. 手段；方法

by‎means‎of…‎‎用……办法；借助 By all means 一定 务必 by no means 绝不

By this means 通过这种方式‎：in this way/ with this method‎/ in this manner‎ by some means or other 想尽办法 △prehis‎toric adj. 史前的