Unit5Canada─“TheTrueNorth”重点词汇讲与练

1、Can ada “ The True North重点词汇讲与练语言点总结Word usage1. surround v: extend on all sides of ; encircle eg. Trees surround our house.The police surrounded the thief 。The wall surrounds our school.2. extremely adv: to a very high degree.eg. That ' s extremely riensteting.We got on extremely well.I am extr

2、emely sorry.3. within prep: not more thaneg. She returned within an hour.If you don ' t hear anything within three days, phone again. They finished the house within half a year.He lives within five minutes ' walk.4. slightly adv: to a slight degreeeg. The patient is slightly better today.I k

3、now her slightly.She speeded up slightly.I feel slightly ill today.5. distance n: separation in space or time CU(+to/from/between) eg. It is a long distance from New York to Hongkong.The distance between the two places is twenty kilometers. What is the distance to Guangzhou?词组 in the distance: 在远处Th

4、ey saw a few houses in the distance.There is light in the distance.6 wealthy adj: richeg. He was the eldest son of a wealthy family.It is a wealthy city in the country.He is a wealthy man.7. dawn n: the first glimpse of light in the morning eg. The dawns here are beautiful. 该词通常构成词组 at dawnWe must g

5、et up at dawn.They take the boat out every day at dawn.The scenery is beautiful at dawn.8. downtown adv or adj: in the business center of a city or a town eg. They went downtown to do some shopping.It is a downtown city.9. flow vi: to move freelyeg. The river Thames flows into the North Sea.The rive

6、r flows rapidly.After the concert the people flowed out of the hall.The blood flowed out.10 bordera) n: outer areaeg. Their house is on the border of the river.They picked on the border of the lake.Her handkerchief has a white border.b) n: boundary of countryeg. They were near the border between Fra

7、nce and Germany.It is a border city.They will ask for your passport at the border.11. terrify : make someone feel terrifiedeg. He was terrified of being left alone in the room.You terrified me just now!The thunderstorm terrified the child.12. officiala) adj: relating to a public officeeg. He gave me

8、 an official letter.The official language of the country is English.Is the news official?b) n: person who holds a position of authorityeg. The government officials are having a meeting.He is an official at the local bank.The mayor is an elected official.13. toura) n: visit other places or journey th

9、rough which performances are given eg. Mr. Adams made a tour around East Asia last year.He joined a bicycling tour.The film star is on tour in our city.b) v: make a toureg. We ' ll tour aronud Italy for our holiday this summer.Many Americans tour by car14 settle v: make one's home in a place

10、.eg. After years of travel, we decided to settle here.He settled in Canada at last.They got married and settled near Beijing.15. broad adj: wideeg. He worked in the broad fields.It is a broad river.He has broad shoulders.16. eastward adv: towards the easteg. They sailed eastward.We couldn ' t de

11、cide whether to go eastward or westward.Useful expressions1. settle down: sit or lie in a comfortable position or get used to a new way of life, job etc eg. She settled down in an armchair to read a book.Mary is settling down well in her new job.He got used to settling down in the foreign country.2.

12、 have a gift for: natural talent or abilityeg. He has a gift for music.Tom has a gift for making friends.The girl has a gift for learning English.3. figure out : work out or understandeg. She figured out the problem at last.The boss asked me to figure out the cost of the plan.I can't figure him

13、out.4. as far asa） to the extent that; as much aseg. As far as I know, the book is popular with students.As far as I know, he is likely to come.I'll help you as far as I can.b） the same distance aseg. They walked as far as the lake.The children walked as far as the seaside.I ' ll walk as far

14、 as the post office.5. rather than : in preference to sb or sth; insteadeg. I think I will have a cold drink rather than coffee.Rather than getting money in such a dishonest way, Tom would beg in the street. 用与平行结构中I ' d call her hair chestnut rather than brownI prefer to go in summer rather tha

15、n in winter.综合练习Exercise 1 据句意及所给单词首字母或汉语意思完成下列句子 .1. China is in Asia, one of the seven c on the earth.2. The house was s by high walls.3. In those days, mothers usually t the babies by telling stories of wolf or ghosts.4. China' fsormer Prime M, Zhu Rongji stressed the need for equality andfai

16、rness in the worldat the Earth Summit.5. We must make sure that everyone is able to take part in the new world we c todevelop the world successfully.6. They couldn t w'ait to stop to admire the （ 风暴 ） on arriving the park.7. I ' m 极（其 ,非常 ）sorry for the delay.8. We must reach the （港口 ） befor

17、e sunset in case of the bad weather.9. He is going to （ 竞赛 ,比赛 ） against his old rival in the second round.10. Not having seen each other for ages, they found it difficult to make( 交Exercise 2根据句意，用所给的词或词组的最恰当形式填空(注意有多余选项)flow in to, figure out, do well in, be ready to, spe nd, take, at daw n, at no

18、on, as/so far as, aswell as, in size, at least1. He grows flowersvegetables, so he can save much money to buy fromthe market.2. They started, hop ing to arrive before 10:00 am.3. Offers of helpthe homeless people because of the tsun ami.4. I can see that is impossible.5. I can ' thow mudhetholiday will cost before it ends.6. My house is the same as hers.7. She may be slow, butshe'可靠的b)e (8. I ' ve got changed, so Istart work at any time.9. Take trouble toyour exam in ati on despite you are good at it or not.10. Although he is a man