1、Lesson 46: How to Many CulturesI. Learning aims:Master the new words: percent, immigrant, according, although, religion, respect II. Learning important and difficult points: 1) Now more than half of Canadians have British or French blood.2) According to a survey, the number of European immigrants dr
2、opped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent.3) It is important that people from different cultures can live together in one country.4) Is there a Canadian way of understanding the world?Language Points:1. The rest are f
3、rom every part of the world: Asia, Africa, Central America, South America and other European countries.【用法】rest 为名词，表示 “剩余部分”，常用 the rest，可以指人，也可以指物，常用搭配结构为 “the rest of the +名词”，其中的名词可以是复数名词，也可以是不可数名词。当 the rest 或 “the rest of the +名词” 作主语时，谓语动词的数要与 the rest 所表示的名词的数保持一致。【举例】This e-mail is for me,
4、and the rest of e-mails are for you.2. Now more than half of Canadians have British or French blood. 如今一半多的加拿大人有英国和法国血统。【用法】half of 意为“一半的”，后接名词，以这类短语作主语时，如果后面的名词是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数；如果后面的谓语动词是可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数。如：【举例】Half of the water in this river is polluted. 这条河有一半的水被污染了。2. According to a survey, the numb
5、er of European immigrants dropped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent. 根据调查，欧洲移民的数量从90%下降到25%，而亚洲和中东的移民数量从3%上升至48%。【用法】句中的according to意为“根据”，后加名词或代词后用作状语，多用于句首。【举例】According to this map, that city is far from here. 根据这张地图，那座城市距离这里很远。【用法】句中的the number of意为“数量”，后加名词，以这类短语作主语时，谓语动词多使用单数形式。类似短语a number of意为“一些”，后加名词复数，以这类短语作主语时，谓语动词多使用复数形式。【举例】The number of the students in our class is fifty. 我们班的学生数量是50。1
