1、2024/5/30人教版新课标2012届高三英语一轮复习基础知识核查课件系列：选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity2024/5/30知识点1.Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.(Page 2)The water may be carried by means of a pipe.水可以用管子输送。用法归纳me
2、ans n.手段；方法(单、复数相同)by means of.用的办法;借助by this means=in this way 通过这种方式对应训练(1)The quickest_(方式)of travel is by plane.means2024/5/30(2)We express our thoughts _(依靠)words.(3)Radio and television are important _(手段)of communication.(4)他们依靠努力工作而获得成功。(汉译英)_知识点2.Of the first Spanish to go to California,the
3、 majority were religious men,whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.(Page 2)The majority of children in our class have brown eyes;only three have blue eyes.我们班大多数孩子是棕色眼睛，只有三个是蓝眼睛。用法归纳majority n.大多数；大半in the majority占多数They succeeded by means of working hard.by means ofmeans
4、2024/5/30minority n.少数；少数民族；未成年in the minority占少数major n.主修课major in主修对应训练(1)He was elected by a _(多数)of 3,240.(2)_(大多数学生)in the class come from Japan.(3)The nation wants peace;only a _(少数人)want the war to continue.(4)_(居少数),more people are against us than with us.知识点3.By the time California elected
5、 to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850,it was already a multicultural society.(Page 2)Were in the minoritymajorityThe majority of the studentsminority2024/5/30They elected him chairman.他们选他做主席。用法归纳elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人elect sb.(as)president 选某人当总统election n.选举对应训练(1)The commit
6、tee_(选举)her as their representative.(2)The government is made up of men and women _(选出)by the people of the country.(3)In America,presidential_(选举)are held every four years.(4)他被选为美国总统。(汉译英)_He was elected president of the United States.electedelectedelection2024/5/30知识点4.In 1911 immigrants from Den
7、mark established a town of their own,which today still keep up their Danish culture.(Page 2)They can keep up their normal body temperature even in very cold weather.他们即使在很冷的天气里也可保持正常体温。用法归纳keep up坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)keep up with跟上；不落后；赶上keep back阻止，阻挡keep watch留意；注意；守望对应训练(1)If this rain _(继续下)the garde
8、n will be ruined.keeps up2024/5/30(2)The high cost of materials _(使得价格居高不下).(3)Dont runI cant _(跟上)with you.(4)The police tried to keep the crowd back from the injured man.(英译汉)_知识点5.It didnt occur to me that.(Page 5)It didnt occur to me that you would object.我没有想到你会反对。用法归纳occur vi.发生；出现occur to想起；想
9、到if anything should occur如果发生什么事情的话it occurred to me that.我刚刚想到happen vi.发生警察试图挡住人群，不让他们靠近受伤的人。keeps up priceskeep up2024/5/30对应训练(1)The accident_(发生)at five oclock.(2)A funny thing happened in the subway yesterday.(替换)_(3)(约翰从没有想到)_that his wife might be unhappy.(4)我忽然想到一个好主意。(汉译英)_知识点6.Try to use
10、the expressions above to indicate that you are listening carefully to your partner.(Page 7)He shook his head to indicate that he didnt agree with us.他摇了摇头，表示不同意我们的意见。用法归纳indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示indication n.指出,指示,暗示A good idea suddenly occurred to me.occurredoccurredIt never occurred to John2024/5/30
11、对应训练(1)A road signs_(指出)the right road for us to follow.(2)The car_(显示)left but turned right.(3)I_(表示)that his help was not welcome.(4)In this map,the towns are _(标出)by a red dot.知识点7.Teamed up with a couple from my hotel(Peter and Terri)and hired a car.(Page 8)You may hire a suit for your wedding.你
12、可以去租一套礼服结婚时穿。用法归纳hire vt.&n.雇用；租用；出租employ vt.雇用indicatedindicatedindicatedindicated2024/5/30fire vt.解雇rent vt.出租；租用对应训练(1)We_(雇用了)five workers in the busy season.(2)We dont want to _(聘用没有经验的工人).(3)He_(租用)a bicycle by the day.(4)We must pass an intelligence test before_ _(被老板雇用).知识点8.Its a 79 km rou
13、nd-trip that takes in all thefamous tourist spots.(Page 8)You can also take in some of the famous relics.你也可以将一些著名的遗迹包括在参观的项目中。用法归纳take in包括；吸收by the bosshiredhire inexperienced workershiredbeing hired2024/5/30take off脱掉;起飞；(事业)腾飞take on雇用；聘用；与人较量take over接管对应训练(1)I generally try to _(包括)a show when
14、 Im inNew York on business.(2)The native plants could _(吸收更多的水)and release more of it to the atmosphere.(3)They _(吸收)every word of my lecture.(4)Trees keep our air clean by taking in carbon dioxideand sending out oxygen.(英译汉)_知识点9.From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famousimmigration station where
15、many Chinese people applied forright to live in USA.(Page 8)树木通过吸收二氧化碳并释放氧气来保持我们的空气清洁。take intake in more watertook in2024/5/30A number of people have applied for the job.许多人已经申请了这份工作。用法归纳apply for申请；请示得到apply to应用；使用；适用apply vt.涂，敷，抹apply oneself/ones mind to专心从事对应训练(1)I want to_(申请)for the job.(2)
16、The new comer applied his mind to the job.(替换)_(3)Students should _(专心致志)themselves to theirstudy.(4)我能在这里申请护照吗？(汉译英；passport)_Can I apply for a passport here?applydevotedapply2024/5/30知识点10.In 1940 the civil authorities reformed thesystem so that many more Chinese people were able tograsp the oppor
17、tunity of settling in the USA.(Page 8)A large area of desert was reformed to turn to rich soil inthe northwest region.在西北地区有一大片沙漠经过改良变成了肥沃的土地。用法归纳reform vt.&vi.改革；革新reform n.改革；改造；改良make reforms to改革对应训练(1)Our prisons aim to_(改造)criminals,notsimply to punish them.reform2024/5/30(2)Hes done wrong in the past but he has made seriousefforts to(改过)._(3)The_(改革)and open policy has brought usChinese people a rich and colourful life.(4)我们打算改革我们的政府。(汉译英)_Were going to reform our government.reformreform
