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Unit 1 Writing a travel guide
【词汇】
1. guide n. 指南;手册
You’d better buy a travel guide when you are travelling in a foreign country. 当你在外国旅行时,你最好买一本旅游指南。
Design a travel guide. 设计一份旅游指南。
guide 还可以表示“导游”。
如:The guide showed them around Paris. 导游带领他们参观了巴黎。
2. tour n. 旅行;旅游 tourist n. 游客,旅游者
3. take part in 参加(活动) take part in = join in
如:We’ll take part in the sports meeting this Friday. 本周五我们要参加运动会。
take part in与join 都有“参加”的意思。take part in 表示参加某项活动;join表示参加或加入某个团体或组织。
如:He joined the Party ten years ago.他十年前入党。
4. sightseeing n. 观光;游览
Tourists usually go there for sightseeing and fun.游客们通常会去那儿观光游玩。
go sightseeing去观光 a sightseeing bus观光旅游车 a sightseeing tour观光旅游
其他go doing:
go shopping去购物;go swimming去游泳;go fishing去钓鱼
go camping去野营; go cycling去骑车; go hiking去徒步旅行
5 in the south of 位于……的南部
【联想】类似的表达:in the north of位于……的北部, in the west of位于……的西部, in the east of位于……的东部
【注意】用英语表达方位时, north和south 通常放在east和west之前。
如:northeast东北,northwest西北,southeast东南, southwest西南
【拓展】in the south of 位于……的南部,强调在某一个范围之内;如两地接壤用on the south of; 两地不相邻用 (to the) south of,如:
A is in the south of B. (B包含A)
A is on the south of B. (A和B接壤)
A is (to the) south of B. (A和B不相邻)
7. on Chongming Island 位于崇明岛上
8. get on with 进展
如:How are you getting on with your project? 你们的项目进展如何?
【联想】get on with相当于get along with 还可以表示“与……相处”的意思。
如:How are you getting on with you new classmates? 你和你的新同学们相处得怎样?
9. be famous for以……而著名,介词for表示原因。
如:Shanghai is famous for its night views.上海以它的夜景而著名。
10. be known as被认为;被誉为……,介词as表示“作为……”。
如:Shanghai is known as a “Shopping Paradise”. 上海被誉为购物天堂。
11. one of the largest cities 最大的城市之一
【结构】one of+形容词最高级+名词复数,表示“最……之一”
如:one of the greatest inventors 最伟大的发明家之一
one of the most beautiful countries 最美丽的国家之一
12. surprising adj.令人惊奇的
It is not surprising that many tourists come to visit Shanghai every year to shop.每年有那么多的游客来上海也就不足为奇了。
【比较】surprised adj. 感到惊奇的
如:I was very surpr