高二英语Unit16 The United States of America知识点总复习教案Section I 课前准备、听力、口语
1. Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”. 亚特兰大以“大苹果”为人们所熟知。(p.41 Ex.1 No.3)
★ be known as 作为……而有名气
▲ known as, known by, known for与known to be known as以……而知名,著称;be known by意为根据(按照)…得知(较少用),be known for因…而众所周知,表示之所以被众人所知的原因或特征,for后面常跟抽象动词;be known to则意为“为…所知”,仅仅表示“大家都知道”指某个地方或某一范围的人知道。例如:A man is known by the company he keeps. 看其交友可知其人。She was
well-known as an excellent dancer. 她作为一名优秀的舞蹈家而闻名。He's known for his
readiness to help others. 他乐于助人是非常闻名的。 He’s known to the police as a thief. 警察都知道他是个小偷。
辨析:know与recognize
know指“知道”可表示“认识”,也可表示熟悉,了解事物。recognize指“认出,认识,承认”。例如: I don't know the star but I know of him. 我不认识这位明星,但我听说过。I recognized his voice in the dark. 黑暗中我听出了他的声音。
2. Why do you think Ellis Island was turn into a museum? 你认为为什么Ellis岛变成了博物馆? (p. 42 Listening Ex.3 No. 1)
★turn into的用法
▲turn既可以是及物动词,也可以是不及物动词,作及物动词时,turn... into…意为“把……变成……”。如: ① I'm thinking of turning the flower garden into a vege- table field. 我正在考虑把花园改成菜地。② We can turn a
liquid into a gas. 我们能使液体变成气体。 ③ Can you turn this passage into English? 你能把这个短文译成英语吗?
▲turn 作不及物动词时,意为“变成”“译成”。如:① He has turned into nice boy after all. 他到底变成了一个不错的小伙子。② Jane is turning into quite a
skilled musician. 简正成长为一个训练有素的音乐家。③ Shakespeare's plays are difficult to turn into any other language. 莎士比亚的戏剧译成其他语言是困难的。
3. There is a lot of history connected with people settling in the USA. 有一段悠久的历史与在美国定居的人有关。(p. 42 Listening Ex.3 B) ★connect ... with ...
connect...with...意为“连接”“使有关系”。如:① This road connects Beijing with Tianjin.这条公路连接北京和天津。② The early bus from the village connects with the 8:30 train.村里开出的早班公共汽车可与8点30分开出的火车接上。③ The visit of the police was not connected with the lost child. 警察这次来访与失踪的孩子无关。④ Mr Thompson has been connected with our company since 1990.汤普森先生自1990年以来就与我公司有联系。⑤ It's natural to connect Australia with kangaroo.把澳大利亚与袋鼠联系在一起很自然。 ⑥ The police did not connect him with the murder.警方没有想到他与凶杀案有关。⑦ We usually connect spring with
sunshine and flowers. 通常一提起春天我们就联想到阳光和鲜花。
【注】动词join也有“连接”之意,与介词to连用,与connect...with...作 “连接”解时同义。如:Sometimes the needles are joined to electric wires. 有时把针和电线连接起来。
4. Officials treated the people passing through the island badly. 官员们粗暴对待那些过岛的人。(p. 42 Listening Ex.3 No. 2 B)
★pass through的几种用法
▲ pass though 在本课中作“通过”“经过”解释。如:① He passed through the
doorway and entered the room. 他穿过门道,走进房间。② The newspaper is passing through the press.报纸正在印刷中。③ His sister had passed through
medical college to become a qualified doctor.他姐姐上完了医学院成了一名合格的医生。④ Henry passed through a very hard time when his wife died. 亨利的妻子去世后,他经历了一段十分困难的时期。⑤ When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible ideas passed through Mother's mind. 简到了半夜还没有回来,这使母亲脑子里闪过了许多可怕的念头。
5. Some people cried when they were refused entry into the USA. 一些人在被拒绝进入美国的时候哭了。(p. 42 Listening Ex.3 No.2 C) ★ entry
(1) n. 进入The children were surprised by the sudden entry of their teacher. 老师突然进来把孩子们吓了一跳。The
thieves had forced an entry into the building. 窃贼闯进了大楼内。
(2) n. [U]进入权 We can't go along that road because the sign says 'No Entry'. 我们不能走那条路,牌子上写
着“禁止人内”。
(3) (日记,账本等)项目There is no entry in his diary for that day. 他的日记上没有那一天的记录。
辨析:entry与entrance
两词均可表示进入,但entrance特别用于指进入仪式,演出;而entry指进入组织或指进入的权力。例如:to make an entrance onto the stage, an entrance examination;China's entry into the WTO;no entry
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6. Ever since the Civil War, the South has struggled to find ways to deal with its troubled past.自从南北战争以来,美国南方各州一直在竭力找办法处理动荡不安的过去。(p.43 Reading 第一段 第1行)
▲struggle此处是动词,作“尽力使得”解释,后面接不定式。如:① The businessman struggled to free himself from debt. 那商人竭力想要摆脱债务。② She struggled to remember where she had been at the time of the accident.她竭力回忆事故发生时她在哪里。
【注】struggle的原意是“挣扎”“斗争”后面可接不定式或for, against, with等介词。如:① Most animals have to struggle for
existence in a dangerous world.大多数动物不得不在一个充满危险的世界里为生存而斗争。② The man in the boat struggled with the great waves
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