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Unit 1
Teenagers today
Liang Qichao and
“The young China”
1. The turn of the 20th century was China’s darkest moment.
19 世纪与 20 世纪之交是中国最黑暗的时刻。
the turn of the century /year 世纪之交 / 新年之始
At the turn of the century, many new inventions changed the way people lived.
在世纪之交,许多新的发明改变了人们的生活方式。
2. The country and its people faced great difficulties. Liang believed that young people were the hope of the nation.
彼时国家与人民深陷重重困境。梁启超坚信,青年是国家的希望。
country n. 国,国家
nation n. 国家
He returned to his country at last.
他最终回到了祖国。
China is the third nation to send a person into space.
中国是第三个实现载人航天的国家。
country, nation与state
易混词 相同点 不同点
country country, nation和state均可表示“国家”。 country侧重指国土或疆域,属于地理范围;它还有一个意思是“农村,乡村”。
nation nation侧重指国民或民族。
state state侧重指政权或国家机器,此时通常大写第一个字母;也可指组成国家的“州”。
【语境应用】请根据句意用country, nation 或state完成下列各题。
1) Canada, Australia and another 5 __________ will take part in the world conference next month.
2) My parents like __________ life a lot.
3) Can you tell me how many __________ there are in the U.S.A.?
4) The president spoke to the whole __________ on TV yesterday.
countries
country
states
nation
3. In “The Young China”, he called on young people to shoulder the responsibility and take action to make China strong and energetic.在《少年中国说》中,他号召年轻人肩负起责任,采取行动,使中国变得强大而充满活力。
call on 呼吁,号召
We call on all students to work hard.
我们号召所有学生努力学习。
The UN called on both sides to keep calm.
联合国呼吁双方保持冷静。
call常用短语
call for 提倡,号召
call up 打电话;使想起
call off 取消
【语境应用】用 call for, call on, call up 的适当形式填空。
1) The teacher often ____________ us to work hard for our dreams.
2) We ____________ our parents as soon as we got to the camp.
3) The government ____________ people to save water every year.
4) My friend ____________ me yesterday, but I was busy.
5) Many students ____________ action to protect the environment now.
calls on
called up
calls for
called up
are calling for
shoulder the responsibility 承担责任
Everyone should learn to shoulder the responsibility for their own actions.
每个人都应学会为自己的行为承担责任。
He was ready to shoulder the responsibility for his family. 他准备好为家庭承担责任。
take action (to do sth) 采取行动(做某事)
We must take action to protect our environment.
我们必须采取行动保护环境。
It’s time to take action and solve this problem once and for all.
是时候采取行动,一劳永逸地解决这个问题了。
take常用短语
take a vacation 去度假 take part (in) 参加
take out 取出 take care of 照看;照顾
take off 起飞;脱下 take place 发生
take away 拿走 take pride in 对……感到自豪
take notes 做笔记;做记录
take after (在外貌、性格等方面)与(父母等)相像
【语境应用】用 take a vacation, take off, take place, take notes, take action to, take after 的适当形式填空。
1) Your plane will ________________ from Beijing Capital
Airport and land in London.
2) I ________________ my mother. We are both outgoing.
3) Great changes have ________________ in our city.
4) Tim often ________________ carefully in English classes.
5) I will ________________ to Hawaii this summer vacation.
6) We ________________ study harder for our future.
must take action to
take off
take after
taken place
takes notes
take a vacation
4. He described them as full of energy and hope.
他将青年描绘成充满活力、满怀希望的群体。
energy n. 力量,活力;能量
full of energy 充满活力
have much energy 精力旺盛
The boy had so much energy that he could play basketball for three hours.
这个男孩精力十分充沛,能连续打三个小时篮球。
It’s said the new plant can supply energy for the city.
据说这座新工厂可以为整座城市供应能源。
energetic adj. 精力充沛的,充满活力的
be energetic 精力充沛
【语境应用】请将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。
1) 他以前花了大量的精力读小说。
__________________________________________________
2) 我们需要大量的能量来生存。
__________________________________________________
3) 这让我一整天都精力充沛、身心放松。
__________________________________________________
He spent much energy on reading novels before.
We need lots of energy to stay alive.
It makes me energetic and relaxed all day.
5. If we are wealthy, China will be wealthy; 少年富,则国富;
wealth与wealthy
易混词 不同点 例句
wealth n. 财富;财产,是不可数名词。 Creativity is great wealth for us because of its value in our work and life.
wealthy adj. 富有的;富裕的,在句中作表语或定语。 Although the Greens aren't wealthy, they are very happy every day.
【语境应用】选词填空 (wealth, wealthy) 。
1) The country’s _______ mainly comes from its oil.
2) The girl was born in a very _______ family.
3) Jack is _______ now, but he was poor in the past.
wealth
wealthy
wealthy
6. Although it would be a hard task, Liang believed that China’s youth would make history.
虽然这将是一项艰巨的任务,但是梁启超相信中国青年会创造历史。
The scientist made history with her new discovery.
这位科学家凭借她的新发现创造了历史。
The young athlete made history at the Olympic Games.
这位年轻运动员在奥运会上创造了历史。
make history 创造历史,指做出非常重要、具有历史意义的事情。
7. So beautiful is our young China, standing forever in the world! 美哉我少年中国,与天不老!
So + adj./adv. + be/助动词 + 主语
正常语序:Our young China is so beautiful. 为了强调,把 So + 形容词提前,be 动词放到主语前。
So great are our young people.
我辈少年,意气昂扬。
So bright is our future.
我们的前途无比光明。
只有当 so + 形容词/副词 放在句首时,才需要倒装。
【语境应用】根据中文完成倒装句。
1) 少年如此朝气蓬勃。
So energetic ______ the young people.
2) 祖国如此伟大。
So great ______ our motherland.
3) 他们学习如此努力。
So hard ______ they ______.
are
is
do
study
8. So strong are our Chinese youth, rising along with our motherland. 壮哉我中国少年,与国无疆!
along with 与……一起
当主语与along with连用时,谓语动词的人称和数由along with前面的主语决定。
Move along with me, please.请跟我往前走。
Mike, along with his classmates, has been to England.
迈克和他的同学们一起去过英国。
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空词数不限。
我打算和我父母一起去大连度假。
I, ______________________, am going to Dalian for our holidays.
along with my parents
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