内容正文:
Unit 5 China and the World
中国和世界
Topic 2 He is really the pride of China.
他真的是中国的骄傲。
Section B
一、重点词汇
1.captain n.船长,机长;(海军)上校
2.lead v.率领,领导;引领
3.compass n.指南针,罗盘;圆规
4.sailing n.航行
5.sail v.航行;起航
6.cost n.海岸;海滨
7.unfortunately adv.不幸地
8.birth n.出生
9.trade n.贸易,买卖,交易;
v互相交换,以物易物
二、重点短语
1.be proud of… 以……为骄傲
2.be the pride of 是…的骄傲
3.succeed in doing sth. 成功地做了某事
4.die of/ from... 死于……
1.His last ocean joumey was more than half a century earlier than Columbus first journey to America.
他(郑和)的最后一次航海比哥伦布发现美洲大陆的首次航行还要早半个多世纪。
2.Unfortunately, he died of illness on his way home from Africa in1433.不幸的是,他(郑和)于1433年因病死于自非洲返途的路上。
die/ from意为“死于………”。如:
He died of a serious wound in the war.战争中他因为严重受伤而死亡。
The patient died from cancer.这个病人死于癌症。
3. He was a Ming dynasty explorer whom we Chinese people are
proud of.他是一个我们中国人都引以为豪的明朝的探险家。
whom we Chinese people are proud of是定语从句,修饰先行词explorer。关系代词whom在从句中作介词of的宾语,可用who
代替,也可以省去,但当把介词