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主题语境 人与社会
Unit 18 多元文化
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Chen is a Cantonese immigrant who earns a living 1._____ running a restaurant in downtown San Francisco. His restaurant is neat and big with a dining hall 2.______________(contain) 20 tables. On the wall hangs his collection of souvenirs—silver items, china plates and paintings, just to name a few.
by
containing
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His customers are from diverse cultures. 3.__________(suit) the taste of different ethnic groups, he continuously improved the present dishes and invented new cuisine. Besides, he selects the food materials carefully. Everyone admits that Chen's restaurant is 4.____________(definite) the best one in this district.
To suit
definitely
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Chen settled in San Francisco, one of the financial centres of California, to seek his fortune in the 1980s 5.________ many shopping malls were under 6.________________(construct). He made several attempts such as selling clothing, playing jazz music in the bar and so on. Eventually, he chose to run a super restaurant as his life career. His efforts brought 7._________ a sharp rise in wealth.
when
construction
about
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He is a person with a sense of responsibility. Apart from a series of donations to the 8._____________(home) people, he also contributes to political affairs. 9._____________(hopeful) he will make a difference to the life of 10._____________(minority) of America.
homeless
Hopefully
minorities
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主题单词
1. admit vi. & vt.承认 vt.准许进入(或加入)
(1)单句填空
①It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for _____________(admit) to the genius club.
admission
②Southwark council admitted ___________________________(make) serious miscalculations in this year's budget.
③Joe is proud and stubborn, never _____________(admit) he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame.
making/having made
admitting
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(2)完成句子
④To better accept ourselves, we should recognize that no one is perfect and that there is no shame in _____________________________. (读后续写之成长经历)
为了更好地接受自己,我们应该认识到没有人是完美的,承认自己的错误并不
可耻。
admitting our mistakes
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⑤__________________________________________________________________
_____________I am writing to offer my sincere congratulations to you.(应用文写作之祝贺信)
得知你被北京大学录取,我写信向你表示衷心的祝贺。
Learning that you have been admitted into Peking University
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归纳总结
(1)admit doing sth/having done sth 承认做过某事
be admitted to be 被认为是……
(2)be admitted to/into 被……接收(入学、入院等);
被准许进入……
It is admitted that… 人们公认……
(3)admission n. (机构、组织等的)准许加入;承认;
入场费
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2. occur (occurred, occurred) vi.发生;出现;(想法、念头等)被想到
(1)单句填空
①We are the products of evolution, and not just evolution that ____________(occur) billions of years ago.
②It occurred to him ______he hadn't eaten anything since the night before.
occurred
that
③Tracking of 150 biochemicals in food has been important in revealing the relationships between calories, sugar, fat and the ______________(occur) of common diseases.
occurrence
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(2)完成句子
④She was thinking how to apologize to her parents when a good idea_____________________________________________________________.
她正在考虑如何向父母道歉,这时她想到了一个好主意。
occurred to/struck/hit her或came/sprang to mind
⑤It immediately ____________________________________
______these were signs of an approaching tsunami.
她立刻想到,这些是海啸即将来临的迹象。
occurred to/struck/hit her that
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归纳总结
(1)sth occurs to sb 某人想到某事
It occurs to sb that… 某人想到……
(2)occurrence n. 发生;发生的事情;出现
温馨提示: 表示“某人突然想到……”的句式:
(1)It strikes/hits sb that…
(2)sth comes/springs to mind
(3)sb hits on/upon sth
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3. claim vt.(战争、事故等)夺去(生命);声称;主张;索赔;认领 n.要求;主张,声称
(1)单句填空/一词多义
①Caused by exceptionally heavy snowfall within a short period of time, they destroyed buildings and forests, and ___________(claim) over 256 lives.
claimed
②Scientists claimed ________________________(discover) a cure for the disease, which is good news for the patients.
③If the shop won't give me a replacement TV, I'll claim my money back. _______
to have discovered
索赔
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④The explosion in the bar claimed four lives and caused a widespread failure of electric power. _____________
⑤The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river. _______
⑥The police said that if no one claimed the watch, you could keep it. _______
夺去(生命)
声称
认领
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(2)完成句子
⑦A factory fire broke out in the city on October 3, _____________________________________________.
十月三日该市一处工厂发生大火,两名消防员不幸罹难。
claiming the lives of two firefighters
归纳总结
(1)claim to do sth 声称做某事
claim to have done sth 声称做过某事
It is claimed that… 有人主张……;据说……
(2)make a claim 声称;断言;索赔
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4. contain vt. 包含;容纳;控制,抑制(感情)
(1)单句填空/一词多义
①The rules state all drinks must be sold in returnable ______________(contain).
②She could hardly contain _________(she)with delight when she opened the parcel.
containers
herself
③It was a neighbour called Mario, coming to bring us a box ______________(contain) some tomatoes and a bottle of wine.
containing
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④The newly built hall can contain 3,000 people._______
⑤The drink doesn't contain any alcohol. _______
⑥She could no longer contain her anger and started yelling at him._______
容纳
包含
控制
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(2)完成句子
⑦I _____________________________________________as we stood in front of the unfamiliar house, wondering what awaited us inside.
(读后续写之心理描写)
当我们站在陌生的房子前面,想知道里面等待着我们的是什么时,我几乎无法抑制自己的兴奋。
could hardly contain my excitement
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归纳总结
(1)contain oneself 克制自我;控制自己的情绪
(2)container n. 容器;货柜
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5. escape vt.& vi.逃走; 逃脱;避开;被忘掉,被忽略;泄漏 n.逃跑;逃脱;解脱
(1)单句填空/熟词生义
①Police searched the area but found no trace of the ___________(escape) prisoners.
②He escaped ________________(kill) when the factory exploded because he had not gone to work.
③The adult bees were angry and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped _______the tree.
escaped
being killed
from
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④For them, there's something highly exciting about escaping someone else's glance and making oneself unable to be seen._______
避开
⑤It was embarrassing that his name escaped me for the moment. _________
被遗忘
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(2)完成句子
⑥He _________________________________________________from the fire, but the surface of his skin was severely burned.
他在这次火灾中死里逃生,但是体表被严重烧伤。
had a narrow escape/narrowly escaped
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归纳总结
(1)escape (doing) sth 逃避(做)某事
escape from 从……逃脱;逃避
narrowly escape 侥幸逃脱,死里逃生
escape one's attention/notice 逃过某人的注意,没被注意
(2)have a narrow escape 九死一生;死里逃生
(3)escaped adj. 逃跑了的
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6. fortune n.机会;运气; 财富;大笔的钱;命运
(1)一词多义/单句填空
①Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. _______
巨款
②Orange trees are more than decoration; they are a symbol of good fortune and wealth. ____________
③He said their ambitions and achievements would be closely tied to the fate and fortune of humankind this century. _______
机会,运气
命运
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④We are _____________(fortune) to live in such a peaceful and powerful country.
⑤When he was 17 years old, he had the good fortune __________(join) the famous football team.
fortunate
to join
⑥_______________(fortunate) for those in midlife, Levine is finding that even if you haven't been an enthusiastic exerciser, getting in shape now may help improve your aging heart.
Fortunately
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(2)完成句子
⑦In China, children are given lucky money in a red envelope _____________________________in the New Year.
在中国,过新年的时候,(人们)给孩子们压岁钱时把钱装在红包里,为了带来好运。
to bring good fortune
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⑧Luckily, with Danny's care, Goldie's injury is cured and Grandpa returns home. Danny
___________________________________________________________and almost did something he regretted.(读后续写之场景描写)
幸运的是,在丹尼的照顾下,戈尔迪的伤治好了,爷爷回家了。丹尼很幸运没有被愤怒冲昏头脑,差点做了一些他后悔的事。
was fortunate not to be carried away by anger
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归纳总结
(1)make a fortune 发财
try one's fortune 碰运气
seek one's fortune 寻找成功致富之路;闯世界
(2)fortunate adj. 幸运的
be fortunate to do sth/in doing sth 有幸做某事
(3)(un)fortunately adv. (不)幸运地
(4)misfortune n. 厄运,不幸
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主题词块
● bring about 导致;引起;带来
(1)短语填空
①Chemical pollution will ________________a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
②The government is trying to ________________the housing price now for a better livelihood.
③Her parents died when she was a baby and she was _______________by her aunt.
bring about
bring down
brought up
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④The earthquake ________________the best qualities in a person when we helped each other to get through.
brought out
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(2)句式升级
⑤The Internet is a technological wonder and it _________________far-reaching changes in all aspects of our lives.
→The Internet is a technological wonder, ________________________
_____________________in all aspects of our lives. (用分词改写)
互联网是一个技术奇迹,给我们生活的方方面面带来了深远的变化。
brings about
bringing about far-reaching changes
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归纳总结
bring up 抚养;培养;教养;提出;呕吐
bring in 引进;赚钱
bring out 出版;使显现
bring down 使倒下;减少;降低
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句型:独立主格结构:n./pron.+v.-ing/v.-ed/to do/adj./adv./n./prep.
There are so many beautiful old buildings—many sitting on top of big hills…
这里有许多漂亮的古建筑物——好多都坐落在大山之巅……
(1)单句填空
①We shall go on an outing to the beach tomorrow, weather ______________ (permit).
②He was playing games seriously, his eyes _______ (fix) on the computer.
③There ________ (be) no light, we had to feel our way in the dark.
permitting
fixed
being
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(2)完成句子
④______________________________________, Warren knew they opened the life window for Scott.(读后续写之表情描写)
眼泪从他的脸上流了下来,沃伦知道他们为斯科特打开了生命之窗。
Tears streaming down his face
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句式点拨
句中many sitting on top of big hills是独立主格结构。独立主格结构主要由“n./pron.+v.-ing/v.-ed/to do/adj./adv./n./prep.”构成。英语的独立主格结构主要表示谓语的动作发生的时间、原因、条件或伴随情况等,在许多情况下相当于一个状语从句或并列句。
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相关拓展
句式区分:定语从句、并列句和独立主格结构
(1)He wrote a lot of books, and most of them were popular. (句中用了并列连词, 整个句子为并列句)
(2)He wrote a lot of books, most of which were popular. (句中用了which, 为定语从句)
(3)He wrote a lot of books, most of them being popular. (句中用了非谓语动词being, 为独立主格结构)
续表
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Part Ⅰ 基础检测
单句填空
1. A successful swap depends on the ____________ (select) of clothes, the organization of the event, and, obviously, how much fun is had.
selection
2. When an idea ____________ (occur) to me, I immediately settled down to carrying out my plan.
3. To his surprise, the box contained a _____________ (collect) of handwritten letters from his grandfather.
occurred
collection
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4. Louis and Russell would never forget the terrible scene of the attack, but they were _____________(fortune) enough to be among the few survivors from the Arizona.
fortunate
5. On the other hand, the Internet gives us so much __________(diversity) information about the world, from art and literature to science.
diverse
6. A man ___________ (claim) to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life.
claiming
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7. Most charging sites and museums offer teachers free _____________ (admit) for a preview visit.
8. My new website is currently under ________________(construct), which should be ready next month.
9. I have excellent communication skills, which makes me ___________(suit) for the job.
admission
construction
suitable
10. By reading books of all kinds, from legends to____________(history) stories, he familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture, and more importantly, he acquired the wisdom of previous generations.
historical
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词块运用
1. It is estimated that about 7,000 Central American immigrants are in Mexico _______________(朝……前进) the US.
2. There are many kinds of music, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and pop music, _________________________ (仅举几例).
3. At the age of twenty-one, he set off to _____________________ (闯世界) in the great city of London.
heading to
to name but a few
seek his fortune
4. The astronauts are conducting ______________(一系列的) experiments to learn more about how the body adapts to weightlessness.
a series of
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5. _______________(除了) some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good.
6. We need to get kids out of the school buildings, and give them a chance to learn about the world _________________ (亲自).
7. The economic reform___________________(引起) great change in the lives of the common people.
Apart from
at first hand
brought about
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主题语篇填空
I have just come back to San Francisco after I went 1.____________(camp) in the Redwood Forest and visited the wine country of Napa Valley. How 2._____________(wonder) it is to be back in the city again. There are many beautiful old 3.____________(build) on top of big hills,which offer great views of the city.
camping
wonderful
buildings
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My hotel is in the Mission District, which is one of the 4._________(old) parts of the city. An art movement 5.________(call) the “Mission School” started here, 6.________was influenced by graffiti art and comic art. I walked around appreciating the street art 7.______then enjoying the delicious Mexican-Chinese noodles. I found it a real mix of cultures here!
oldest
called
which
and
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I paid a visit to a local museum where I saw the historical changes in California. America got California from Mexico in 1848. When gold 8.____________________(discover) near San Francisco,people from all over the world rushed there to seek 9._______(they) fortune,including many Chinese. The museum did a really good job of showing how America was built by immigrants 10._______ different countries and cultures.
was discovered
their
from
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Part Ⅱ 写作提升
应用文写作之邀请信
假定你是李华,你所在城市的博物馆即将举办中国传统文化——扇画展,你想邀请外教Chris参加。请给外教写一封电子邮件,内容包括:
1.展览时间、地点;
2.活动安排;
3.推荐观展。
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(一)谋篇布局:
Paragraph 1: 写信目的(邀请参观扇画展)
Paragraph 2: 活动细节介绍
Paragraph 3: 活动意义+欢迎观展
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(二)高级词汇及短语:
1. 抑制激动之情 ___________________________
2. 参与____________________
3. 如下 ______________
4. 使……铭刻于心 _____________________________
5. 使某人对……有深入了解 ___________________________________
hold back one's thrill
get involved in
as follows
strike…into one's heart
offer sb a deep insight into
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(三)高级句式:
1. 同位语从句
Upon hearing the news_________________________________________________________________________________(我们当地的博物馆要举办一个扇画展) from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm this Sunday, I can't hold back my thrill to invite you to get involved in that.
that a fan painting exhibition will be staged in our local museum
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2. 非谓语动词作状语
In the first place, participants are privileged to attend the lecture given by distinguished professors from Peking University, _____________________________________________________________________________ (可以更好地了解中国扇画).
leading to a better understanding of Chinese fan painting
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3. 主语从句+定语从句
Afterwards,______________________________________(应该重视的是) is making fan paintings in person,
___________________________________________________________________________________(这肯定会使你把扇画的魅力铭刻于心).
what should be laid stress on
which is bound to strike the charm of fan painting into your heart
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(四)连句成篇:
One possible version:
Dear Chris,
Upon hearing the news that a fan painting exhibition will be staged in our local museum from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm this Sunday, I can't hold back my thrill to invite you to get involved in that. Details are as follows.
In the first place, participants are privileged to attend the lecture given by distinguished professors from Peking University, leading to a better understanding of Chinese fan painting.
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Afterwards, what should be laid stress on is making fan paintings in person, which is bound to strike the charm of fan painting into your heart.
The activity, in my opinion, will definitely offer you a deep insight into Chinese art culture. Your attendance is highly expected. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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