Unit+4+Breaking+boundaries+Using+language+高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修2

Itasanemptysubject高中新外研版选择性必修二LearningobjectivesTolearntheusageofit

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Tolearntodescribeacitybyusingitasanemptysubject.Comparethesentences1Whatdoes“it”refertoinsentences(a)and(c)?2Whatisthedifferencebetweenthesentencesineachgroup?Whydoestheauthorchoosetousesentences(a)and(c)insteadof(b)and(d)?aButitisvitalnottotakeanychances.bButnottotakeanychancesisvital.cItisimportanttorememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundaries.dTorememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundariesisimportant.Comparethesentences1Whatdoes“it”refertoinsentences(a)and(c)?aButitisvitalnottotakeanychances.cItisimportanttorememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundaries.“It”refersto“nottotakeanychances”insentences(a)and“torememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundaries”insentence(c).2Whatisthedifferencebetweenthesentencesineachgroup?Whydoestheauthorchoosetousesentences(a)and(c)insteadof(b)and(d)?Thefirstsentencesineachgroupuse“it”asanemptysubjectatthebeginningofthesentences.Thereasonwhysentences(a)and(c)arechosenisthatthesentencesarekeptbalancedandthekeyinformationofthesentencesisemphasised.aButitisvitalnottotakeanychances.bButnottotakeanychancesisvital.cItisimportanttorememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundaries.dTorememberthatEboladoesn’trespectnationalboundariesisimportant.ComparethesentencesLookformoresentencesIfeltitwasmydutyasadoctortogothereandoffermyhelp.

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issoinspiringtohavecolleagueslikeWilton,MaisyandAlfonso.…itisabsolutelyessentialforusalltocollaboratetocreateaglobalcommunitywithasharedfutureofpeaceandprosperity.Summariseitsuseit代替不定式(短语)作形式主语常用在以下句型中：1.It＋be＋形容词/名词＋todosth(不定式前可有for/ofsb)Infact，it

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forthecountrytopreventpeoplefrombeinginfectedbytheinfectiousdisease.事实上，对于国家而言，防止人们感染这种传染病是一项艰巨的工作。It

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tookusthreeyears

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theproject.

说实话，我们花费了三年时间来处理这个项目。It

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我没想到要找他来帮助我。it代替动名词(短语)作形式主语常用在以下句型中：Itisnogood/nouse/nofun/awasteoftime/uselessdoingsthIt'snousearguingwithhimabouttheinitiativeweputforwardatthemeeting.＝It'suselessarguingwithhimabouttheinitiativeweputforwardatthemeeting.和他争论我们在会上提出的倡议是没有用的。it代替从句作形式主语常用在以下句型中：1.It＋be＋名词词组(apity/ashame/afact/anhonour/asurprise/goodnews/nowonder/commonknowledge/awonder...)＋that...It

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他们何时结婚还不知道。Itdependsontheweatherwhether

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我们去不去取决于天气。Accordingtothe“2017HollywoodDiversityReport”,togetrolesinAmericanfilmandtelevisionisnolongerquitesodifficultforwomenandminorities.Thisisanothersmallbutimportantadvanceagainstgenderandracialdiscrimination.Thereportanalysed200filmsreleasedin2015and1,206TVshowsfrom2014to2015,anddiscoveredthattobecomealeadingactorinHollywoodisnowamorerealistichopeforminorityactors.Inmoregoodnews,towriteanddirectHollywoodfilmsismorecommonthanbeforeforwomen.Thebadnewsisthatthereisstillalongwaytogo.Leadingrolesaremorelikelytobegiventowhiteactors.AsianAmericanactors,inparticular,stillfaceproblems.Evennow,tocastwhiteactorsasAsiancharactersisseenasacceptablebyfilmstudios.ButatleastthereportshowsthatthingsaremovingslowlyintherightdirectionRewritetheunderlinedpartsusing

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asanemptysubject.Describethecityusingtheinformationprovidedanditasanemptysubject.Beijing• notasurprisingthing/studentsseedifferentskincoloursinthesameclass•possible/peoplehearmanydifferentlanguagesanddialects•easy/peoplefindproductsfromallovertheworld•notdifficult/foreignerssettledownandfindajob•acommonthing/peoplefromdifferentcountriesworkinthesamecompanyDescribethecityusingtheinformationprovidedanditasanemptysubject.1notasurprisingthing/studentsseedifferentskincoloursinthesameclass2possible/peoplehearmanydifferentlanguagesanddialects3easy/peoplefindproductsfromallovertheworld4notdifficult/foreignerssettledownandfindajob5acommonthing/peoplefromdifferentcountriesworkinthesamecompany1Itisnotasurprisingthingforstudentstoseedifferentskincoloursinthesameclass.2Itispossiblefor

peopletohearmanydifferentlanguagesanddialects.3Itis

easyforpeopletofindproductsfromallovertheworld.4Itis

notdifficultforforeignerstosettledownandfindajob.5Itis

acommonthingforpeoplefromdifferentcountriestoworkinthesamecompany.Beijingtodayismulticultural.Itisnotasurprisingthingforstudentstoseedifferentskincoloursinthesameclass.Itispossibleforpeopletohearmanydifferentlanguagesanddialects.Itiseasyforpeopletofindproductsfromallovertheworld.Itisnotdifficultforforeignerstosettledownandfindajob.Itisacommonthingforpeoplefromdifferentcountriestoworkinthesamecompany.Describeoneofthecitiesusingitasanemptysubjectwhereappropriate.Doonlineresearchifnecessary.TorontoLondonShanghaiSydneyTorontoToeonto,Canada'slargestcity,isavibrantmetropolisblendingmodernurbanlifewithnaturalbeaty.Itisapopulardestinationforpeople

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isalsoafantasticplacefortouriststohaveatasteofdelicousfood,suchasmaplesyrup（枫树糖浆）andpoutine（肉质乳酪薯条）.Inaword,therearenumerouschoiceswaitingforyou!ShanghaiShanghaiisaninternationalmetropolisandisthefinancialcentreofChina.Itiscommontofindsomanybanksandinstitutionsthere.Shanghaihasthefoodcultureofallcountries,anditisnotdifficultforpeople

tofinddeliciousfoodfromallovertheworld.IfyoutraveltoShanghai,youwillbeattractedbythepeopleandplacesofinterest.End高中新外研版选择性必修二TheglobalvillageReadthepassageandanswerthequestions.Payattentiontotheexpressionsinbold.Nowadays,peopleallovertheworldarebecomingmoreandmoreconnected,asiftheworldweregettingsmaller–asifmankindwerelivinginaglobalvillage.Technologyislargelyresponsibleforbringingpeopletogether.Channelsofcommunication,suchasthemobilephoneandtheInternet,havemadeitpossibletospeakinstantlywithsomeoneontheothersideoftheplanet,enablingustoformcloseconnectionswithpeopleofcompletelydifferentcultures.Thetelevision,meanwhile,isawindowontheworld,givingusquickandeasyaccesstootherculturesandlifestyles.Culturalexchangehelpsustobemoreinclusiveandtoovercomecultureshock.Butinclusivenessdoesn'tmeanthatourcultureswillmergeintooneanother.Rather,it'saboutcountriesandpeoplemakingajointefforttocometogethertocreateamoreharmoniousandunderstandingworld,sothatwecanallenjoythemutualbenefits.1Whatphenomenondoesthepassagedescribe?2Whateffectdoestechnologyhaveonculturalexchange?1Whatphenomenondoesthepassagedescribe?2Whateffectdoestechnologyhaveonculturalexchange?Itdescribesthephenomenonofthe“globalvillage”asrelatedtothepromotionoftechnologicalandculturalexchange.Technologyenablesustoformcloseconnectionswithpeopleofcompletelydifferentculturesandgivesusquickandeasyaccesstootherculturesandlifestyles.bringingpeopletogetherchannelsofcommunicationformcloseconnectionsawindowontheworldbemoreinclusive

cultureshockajointeffort

mutualbenefits把人们聚集在一起交流渠道建立密切联系世界的一扇窗户更具包容性文化冲击共同的努力共同的利益ReviewCompletetheletterwiththecorrectformoftheexpressionsinActivity5.DearEditor,YourarticleaboutlivinginaglobalvillagereallystruckachordwithmebecauseI'vejustreturnedfromateachingprojectinCambodiaandThailand.Ihadbeenworriedaboutthe1______________,butfortunatelytheothervolunteersandlocalteacherswerereallywelcoming.Wewereableto2_____________eachotheraswellasourstudents.Throughout,wemade3______________tomakeourclassesasuccess,sothatwecouldallenjoythe4______________ofcultureshockformcloseconnectionswithajointeffortmutualbenefitsCompletetheletterwiththecorrectformoftheexpressionsinActivity5.workingwelltogether.Itwasrewardingtoseehowourworkhelped5______________fromdifferentcultures.BeforeIwent,TVandtheInternetweremy6______________,butbeingthereinpersonwasevenbetter.Ithinktheexperiencehastaughtmeto7______________andIcan’twaittodoitalloveragain.PaulbringpeopletogetherwindowontheworldbemoreinclusiveListentotheconversationandchoosethemainidea.1MoreandmoreforeignwordsandexpressionsareenteringtheEnglishlanguage,especiallythoseaboutfood.2ChinesefoodispopularintheUK,andmanyChinesewordsandexpressionsareenteringEnglishdictionariesasaresult.3Interculturalcommunicationisincreasing,andpeopleallovertheworldhaveabetterunderstandingofeachother.4Worldsportsarebringingpeopletogetherinthesamewaythatfoodis.ListeningListenagainandcompletethetable.ListeningPhenomenaExamplesMoreandmore

1_______________________intodictionariesthesedays.FromDevon:grockleFromChinese:wok,chowmein,2________andchopsueyBesideswords,changesalsohappento3_______________________________________________________________.InalargeAsiansupermarket,thereare4_______________fromAsia.Thereare5____________________________________inthemalespeaker’scity,suchas6_________________________________.ManyEuropeanpeoplecan7_______________.Sportsalsoplayanimportantrolein8_________________.Itisnotasurprisetosee9_________________________________whilewatchingtheUEFAChampionsLeagueliveandnotunusual

tofindpeopleenjoying10_________________________________ontheothersideoftheworld.ListeningPhenomenaExamplesMoreandmore

1_______________________________intodictionariesthesedays.FromDevon:grockleFromChinese:wok,chowmein,2______________andchopsueyregionalwordsaremakingitwontonListeningPhenomenaExamplesBesideswords,changesalsohappento3_______________________________________________________________.InalargeAsiansupermarket,thereare4_______________fromAsia.Thereare5___________________________________inthemalespeaker’scity,suchas6_________________________________.ManyEuropeanpeoplecan7_______________.thefood

wenowfindinshopsandrestaurants/thefoodwebuyandeatallkindsoffoodalotofotherrestaurants/alotofchoicesItalian,FrenchandJapaneserestaurantsusechopsticksListeningPhenomenaExamplesSportsalsoplayanimportantrolein8_________________.Itisnotasurprisetosee9_________________________________whilewatchingtheUEFAChampionsLeagueliveandnotunusual

tofindpeopleenjoying10_________________________________ontheothersideoftheworld.connectingpeoplepeopleinBritaineatingChinesefoodpizzawhilewatchingthesamegameListeningKatie:HeyRobbie,Iconstantlycomeacrossnewwordsinonlinenewspapers.Doyouknowwhatthiswordmeans?“Grockle”.Robbie:

[lookingandlaughing]Oh,it'sawordusedinDevon（德文，英国的一个郡名）.Itreferstoatourist.Katie:Really?NowonderIhaven'thearditbefore.WeinLiverpool（利物浦）neveruseit.Iwonderifit'sinthedictionary.Letmelookupthedictionaryonmymobilephone.[soundofpressingbuttonsonmobilephone]Yes,hereitis!Iguessmoreandmoreregionalwordsaremakingitintodictionariesthesedays.Robbie:

That'sinteresting.AndIsupposeyouhavethevariationsofEnglishfromaroundtheworldtothinkabout,too.ListeningKatie:Yes.Didyouknowthat“wok(炒锅)”isaCantoneseword,forexample?It'saparticulartypeofpan.Robbie:

Isitreally?Ionlyknewthatwordslikechowmein(炒面),wonton（馄饨）andchopsuey（炒杂碎）areallfromChinese.