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CulturalCornerTheUniversalDragonWhatdoChinesethinkofdragons?TheUniversalDragongenerouswisegoodluckconnectedtoWhatdowesternersthinkofdragon?CulturalCornerCulturalCornerTheUniversalDragonTheUniversalDragonviolence,monsterandevil,badcreaturesA.IttellsushowtheChinesethinkofdragons.B.IttellsusdifferentopinionsaboutdragonsbetweentheChineseandthewesterners.C.IttellsusBeowulfwasahero.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?Readthetextandgetthegeneralideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Dragonsaretalkedabouteverywhereintheworld.TheChinesethinkwellofdragons.TheEnglishthinkillofthedragonbutinWalesitisapositivesymbol.Paragraph4:Paragraph5:InthewestthedragonprobablyoriginatedfromthesnakewhichstandsforEvils.InChinathedragonmayhavecomefromthealligatorwhichisagoodsignforagriculture.generouswiseunpredictableroyalfamilyintelligentbravenaturalleaderReadthepassageagainandfillintheblanks.reputationdangerousredpositivestrengthnationalidentity1.fierceadj.凶猛的；残暴的2.destructionn.毁坏；[u]destroyvt.破坏，毁坏3.That’squitesomething.(extraordinary)4.generousadj.慷慨的；大方的，大度的；高尚的；有雅量的It’sgarnersofyoutoshareyourfoodwithme.Heisgenerouswithhismoney.5.unpredictableadj.变化莫测的

e.g.Theweatherinthemountainousregionisunpredictable.6.Thedragonwascloselyconnectedtotheroyalfamily:theemperor’srobeshaveasymbolofagolddragonwithfiveclaws.1)close,closelyadv.用作副词时的不同意义e.g.Wesatclosetogetheronthelogs.

我们紧挨着坐在木头上。WorkingwithFordclosely,Ifellinlovewiththecinema.与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。

2)beconnectedwith/to与……相关/相联系7.Othermembersoftheroyalfamilywerenotallowedtoweardragonsymbolstoo,butwithfewerclawsandofadifferentcolour.其它王室的成员也允许穿带有龙标志的袍子，但是他逐们的袍子上少几个龙爪，并且颜色也不一样。本句中的ofadifferentcolour属于“be+of+名词”结构。该结构通常用来描述人或事物的特征，在句中作表语、后置定语或宾语补足语。常见的句型有：1)be+of+抽象名词，相当于be+这一名词的形容词形式。能用于该结构的名词有：value,use,help,importance,different,help,benefit等，这些名词前可用great,no,little,some,any,notmuch等修饰，以表示不同程度。2)be+of+size/weight/height/age/colour/opinion/width/type/length等名词，该结构中名词前一般加不定冠词或thesame。这个结构中的名词没有相对应的形容词形式。e.g.ThecamelisofgreathelptotheArab.=ThecamelisveryhelpfultotheArab.

在阿拉伯地区，骆驼有很大用途。Thetwoboysareofthesameage.

这两个男孩一般重。Thetwoareofanage,butareofdifferentheight.这两个人年龄相同，但身高不同。8.Butinthewest,dragonshadadifferentreputation.

reputation

n.

名誉,

声誉e.g.have

agoodreputation

有一个好名声

haveareputationforsth.因……而闻名liveuptoone’sreputation

不负盛名,名副其实lose/ruin

one’sreputation

名誉扫地9.positiveadj.正面的；积极的

negativeadj.负面的；消极的10.indicatevt.指示；指出；表明；象征；暗示

indication

n.指示；指点；征兆；迹象；暗示indicatesthtosb向某人指出某事

indicatethat…示意；表明e.g.Thelightabovetheelevatorindicatedthattheelevatorwasthenatthefifteenthfloor.Hishesitationindicatesunwillingness.Aredskyatnightoftenindicatesfineweatherthenextday.…indicatingstrengthandasenseofnationalidentity.indicate常与that连用,

意为“指出,

暗示”

e.g.Fever

_________sickness.身体发烧表示有病。Mr.Smith______________thathe

mayresign.史密斯先生暗示他可能会辞职。indicateshasindicated11.identityn.身份；特征

mistakenidentity认错人

falseidentity认错人

provesb.’sidentity证明某人的身分

recognizesb.’sidentity识别出某人的身分e.g.Hehadlosthisidentitycardandwasbeingquestionedbythepolice.

他遗失了身份证,正在被警察查问。Thepolicearetryingtodiscovertheidentityofthekiller.警方正努力调查杀人凶手的身份。12.

Someexpertsbelieveitisduetotheanimalsthemythsgrewoutof.

dueto

由于,因……而造成

由它引起的短语常在句中作状语或表语。e.g.Shehasbeenabsentfromworkduetoillness.Hisabsencewasduetothestorm.dueto也可意为“应给予，应属于”，由它引起的短语常在句中作表语或定语。to为介词。e.g.Thanksareduetoallthosewhotookpart.Thisisthemoneyduetoyou.【拓展】beduetodosth.“预定做某事，预期做事”。HisbookisduetobepublishedinOctober.【即学即练】翻译下面句子。1)Havetheybeenpaidthemoneyduetothem?他们是否已得到了应得的钱？2)TheteamareduetoflytoItalynextmonth.

该队预定于下月飞往意大利。3)Hearrivedlateduetothetrafficjam.

由于堵车，他迟到了。13.fortunen.1)财产，财富；巨款2)运气、好运3)命运[u]

fortunateadj.幸运的、幸福的

fortunatelyadv.幸运地

unfortunateadj.不幸的，倒霉的unfortunatelyadv.不幸地，倒霉地fortunate-phrases:havegood/badfortune运气好/不好

makeafortune发迹，致富，发财

tryone’sfortune碰运气seekone’sfortune寻找发迹的机会e.g.Shepursuedherfortuneinanothercountry.她到他乡寻求她的财富。Hedidnotdeservesuchfortune.他不配得到这种好运气。Nomatterwhattheytried,itendedinfortune.无论他们是怎么做的，最后都成功了。