1、Module 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity 词汇课1）记住如下单词及短语的拼写及中文意思，并能用动词造句。动词1 illustrate vt.说明；阐述 2 elect vt.选择；决定；选举 3 indicate vt.指示；表明；暗示4 ferry vt.摆渡；渡运 5 hire vt.租用；雇用 6 grasp vt抓住；掌握；领会 7 insert vt.插入；嵌入 8 boom vi.繁荣；迅速发展 9 immigrate vi.移入(外国定居) 10 occur vi.发生；出现 11 slip vi.滑动；滑行；滑跤 12 shave vt.&vi.刮
2、；剃 13 mourn vt.&vi.哀悼；悼念 14 reform vt.&vi.改革；革新 15 brake vi.&vt.刹（车）名词1 California 加利福尼亚州 2 Californian 加利福尼亚人 3 distinction 差别；区分；卓著 4 immigrant (从外国移入的)移民 5 strait 海峡 6 the Arctic 北极 7 means 手段；方法 8 majority 大多数；大半 9 ministry（政府的）部；（全体）牧师；牧师职责 10 Catholic 天主教徒 11 adventurer 冒险家 12 hardship 苦难；困苦 1
3、3 rail 铁路；扶手；(护栏的)横条 14 percentage 百分比；百分率 15 Italy 意大利 16 boom 繁荣 17 aircraft 飞行器；航空器；飞机 18 immigration 移民；移居入境19 crossing 横渡；横越；十字路口；人行横道 20 vice 代理；副职 21 nephew 侄子；外甥 22 pole 地极；电极；磁极 23 applicant 申请人 24 customs 海关；关税；进口税 25 socialist 社会主义者；社会党人 26 socialism 社会主义 27 cattle 牛（总称） 28 luggage 行李 29
4、cable 缆绳；绳索；电缆 30 cable car 缆车；（美）有轨缆车 31 tram (有轨)电车 32 brake 闸；刹车；制动器 33 conductor 售票员；列车员；（乐队）指挥 34 slip 滑动；滑倒 35 wharf 码头 36 bakery 面包店；面包厂 37 ferry 渡船；渡口 38 hire 租用；雇用 39 seagull 海鸥 40 angle 角；角度 41 punishment 处罚；惩罚 42 justice 正义；公平 43 authority 权力；权威；（pl）当局；官方44 reform 改革；改造；改良 45 grasp 抓住；抓紧；
5、掌握；领会形容词1 Californian 加利福尼亚(人)的 2 distinct 清晰的；明显的；明确的 3 prehistoric 史前的 4 Catholic 天主教的 5 federal 联邦制的；联邦政府的 6 Italian 意大利人的；意大利语的 7 racial 人种的；种族的 8 vice 代理的；副职的 9 socialist 社会主义者的 10 apparent 显而易见的；明显的；表面的 11 fascinating 迷人的；吸引人的 12 miserable 痛苦的；悲惨的 13 civil 公民的；国内的；民间的14 thoughtful 关切的；体贴的；深思的副
6、词1 apparently 明显地；显而易见地 2 nowhere 无处；到处都无短语1 live on 继续存在；继续生存 2 by means of . 用办法；借助 3 make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 4 keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭 5 back to back 背对背 6 team up with 与合作或一起工作 7 mark out 画线；标出界线 8 take in 包括；吸收 9 a great/good many许多；很多 10 apply for 申请2） 掌握如下单词的派生词，固定搭配及用法 1.elect vt. 选择；决定；选举electio
7、n n. 选举 elector n. 选民，有选举权的人elect sb. to do sth. 选某人做某事elect sb.(to be/as)+n. 选某人当by election 通过选举2.occur vi.发生；出现sth. occur to sb.（想法或主意突然）浮现于脑中，被想起；某人想起某事It occurs to sb. that某人想起It occurs to sb.to do sth.某人突然想起做某事3.indicate vt.指示；表明；暗示indication n.暗示；迹象 indicator n.指示者；指示器 indicative adj. 指示的；暗示的
8、4.apply for申请apply v. 申请；应用，运用 applicant n.申请人 application n.申请，请求；用途apply to适用于apply to sb.向某人提出申请apply to sb. for sth. 向某人申请某物apply to把运用于5. majority n.大多数；大半major adj. 较大的；主要的；主修的（无比较级）minority n. 少数the majority of.大多数.;大部分.(后接名词复数或代词)in the majority “占多数 ”常用作表语预习自测题根据汉语提示或首字母，写出所缺单词的正确形式。1. The
9、_(大多数) of people who watch TV are housewives.2. There is a _(差别) between what he says and what he does.3. The country is having a great _(繁荣) in industry.4. Theres room for one more piece of _(行李).5. I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves the _(惩罚).6. Theres no _(正义) in the worl
10、d when people can be made to suffer like that.7. Enormous changes had occurred since the beginning of the _(公民的) Rights Movement.8. By m_ of a clever trick, he made it seem to disappear.9. We decided that we should e_ a new sales manager.10.He went through all kinds of h_ in the old society.用所给词的适当形
11、式填空。1. Julia wasnt very convinced about the _(distinct) between a lie and an untruth.2. As the market is very competitive, the _(major) of small companies have been taken over.3. After much _(hard), the hero of the novel finally achieved the success that he so well deserved.4. The essay listed the t
12、op 100 cities with the largest _(percent) of males in this country.5. Therere _(indicate) that the weather is changing.自查词典，写下本课动词的例句及中文翻译。1.elect vt. 选择；决定；选举_2. indicate vt.指示；表明；暗示_3.hire vt.租用；雇用_ 4. reform vt.&vi.改革；革新 _ 课堂检测题根据汉语提示完成句子完成句子1. I cant understand _(为什么我父母不同意我申请这份工作).2. _ (我忽然想起) I
13、 had forgotten to leave the key to him.3. The couple _ (收留了很多孤儿) during the war.4.We should equip ourselves with knowledge_(以跟上社会发展的步伐).当堂训练题运用单元所学词汇及短语翻译句子1. 美国人选择Obama当了总统。2. 我们的雇员大多数都是女性。3. 她打算申请那份工作。4.我们通过坚韧不拔的意志达到了我们的目标。（perseverance）5.我突然想到他会是担任此职位的最佳人选。（it occurred to）课后练习题一、根据中文翻译，运用单元所学单词或短
14、语填空。 Attracted by the 1 in America, my 2 teamedupwith aKoreanto illegally cross the BearingStraitin theArcticto America. To avoid the 3 4 they hid in a small 5 called the NorthPole Seagull, sitting 6 without sleeping, showering and 7 for 3days, and had no chance to 8 their lost 9 when landing. The 1
15、0 of this 11 was 12 . At first, he made a living 13 raising 14 and then was 15 in 16 industries. He lived in aCatholicdistrict.Taking ina small 17 ofPakistaniimmigrants, the 18 of the residents were from 19 andDenmark, who all 20 their customs and cultures. Different blocks here were 21 22 and 23 fr
16、om theracial angle. It was unfair and needed 24 . But with nowhere else to go, my nephew 25 and managed to 26 for himself. My nephews fortune came when he bravely helped a 27 brake a reamto stop it fromslipping out of the 28 . The man was 29 30 chairman of the 31 Party later. It 32 to my nephew that
17、 he could 33 this opportunity to ask for his help. The man who was 34 helped him 35 to the 36 37 for the right to live in America byinserting his brave deed into his documents. Unlike 38 other 39 his application was approved by theFederal Justice Ministry. Before long, he started his own 40 and live
18、d a better life. 因为受到美国繁荣的吸引，我的侄子与一名韩国人合作，从北极的白令海峡偷渡到美国。为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。 起初，他借助饲养牲畜谋生，后来受雇于飞机制造工业。他住的地方是一个天主教区，除了包括一小部分（百分比）的巴基斯坦移民，大部分的居民都来自于意大利和丹麦，他们都保持着自己的风俗和文化，使这里的街区都从种族的角度清楚地划出界线，明确标示。这很不公平，极需改革，但我的侄子没别的地方可去，只好继续居住下去，想法设法开始新的生
19、活。 我侄子的好运在他勇敢地帮助一名列车员刹停一列电车以防止其滑出轨道时到来了。那个人后来被选为社会党的副主席，我侄子就想到应该抓住机会请求他的帮助。这个人充满感激，立即把我侄子的勇敢事迹插入到申请文件中，帮助我侄子向美国国内政权当局申请美国居住权。不像别的许多申请人，我侄子的申请很快被联邦司法部批准了。不久，他就开了自己的面包店，过上了稍好一点的生活。二、根据汉语完成英语句子，每空一词。1. 我想你压根儿就没想到给警方打电话吧。 I suppose _ _ _ _ you to phone the police.2.他们选举汤姆作为他们的代表。They _ _ _ their represe
20、ntative.3. 我想我已经领会了演说的要点。I think I _ _ _ _ _ of the speech.4. 我紧握着她的手。I kept her hand _ _ _.5. 如果你致力于手头的工作，你会很快完成它的。If you _ _ _ the job in hand, youll soon finish it.6. 这次观光包括欧洲六个国家的首都。The tour _ _ six European capitals. 7. 飞机准时起飞。The plane _ _ on time.8. 这些昆虫能够呈现与其周围环境相应的颜色。These insects can _ _ the colour of their surroundings.9. 我累得开不动车了，你来接替我好吗？Im feeling too tired to drive any more; _ _ _ _? 10. 表格下半部分的问题只适用于已婚男士。The questions in the second half of the form_ _ _ _ _.