内容正文:
Unit 6
Understanding ideas(2)
(Language points)
重点短语
be wrapped in
be covered in
as far as
go to so much trouble to do---
catch the rainwater
prevent--- from doing---
被包裹
被覆盖
远达
不辞劳苦做---
储存雨水
阻止---做---
in harmony with
connect with
turn --- into ---
fall down onto ---
provide--- for ---
feed on ---
mean a lot to ---
hold much value
与---和谐相处
与---相连接
把---转变成---
落下到---
为---提供---
以---为食
对---有重要意义
有很大价值
1. Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun.
imagine想象,设想
imagine doing sth
eg He imagined going to the park to dance in public.
be wrapped in 被---包裹
长难句讲解
2. Although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow.
plenty of+可数/不可数名词 很多的
a large amount of+不可数名词
a number of + 可数名词
“plenty of +名词”作主语时,谓语动词的单复数形式要与名词的数保持一致。
eg Plenty of rice grows on the terraces now.
3. Reaching as far as the eye can see,these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.
1)as far as 远达--- 、和---一样远
as far asthe eye can see极目所尽
2)cover v.覆盖,包括,掩盖,报道,行走
(一段距离)
n.保险,封面,盖子
The furniture is covered with lots of dust.
The news will be covered by BBC very soon.
The army has covered 10 thousand kilometers ,
so they are tired.
3) the very top very 与top连用,强调程度的
极限 , 山顶
4. But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice.
但也许最令人惊叹的是人与自然和谐相处建造这些梯田并种植水稻的方式。
1) in harmony with sb. / sth.
与……协调; 与……相配
out of harmony with sb. / sth.
与……不协调
live/work in harmony
一起生活/工作得融洽
2) harmonious adj. 和谐的, 协调的, 和睦的
harmonious society 和谐社会
翻译句子:设想一个社会,在那里大家和谐地生活在一起。___________________
5. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away.
prevent v. 阻挡,防止
prevent sb. / sth. (from) doing sth. :
阻止……做某事
stop ... (from) doing sth. 阻止……做……
keep ... from doing sth. 阻止……做……
protect ... from / against ...
保护……免受伤害
eg Your quick action prevented a serious accident.
My back injury may prevent me (from) playing in tomorrow’s game.
翻译:
他被阻止进入经理办公室。
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6. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.
It is ….that强调句,强调状语along these waterways。
强调句“It is / was +被强调部分+ that / who (指人可用)+其他部分”。
可以强调除了谓语之外的成分,如强调主语、宾语、时间状语、地点状语等。
He met an old friend in the park yesterday.
强调主语
It was he who /that met an old frend in the park yesterday.
强调宾语
It was an old friend who/that he met---.
强调地点状语
It was in the park that he met---.
强调时间状语
It was yeaterday that he met ---.
翻译:
正是在明天我们将会进行考试。
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前天正是Lucy按时完成了作业。
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Homework
1. Review the passage again after class.
2. Remember the key sentences of the passage.
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