第五单元真正的北方语言点

Toronto

mapletreesATripon“theTrueNorth”Languagepoints

expressionsinpara.1在旅行在去…的旅行与其；不愿；而不是令/使人兴奋/激动的onatriponatripto

ratherthanexciting1.Ratherthantaketheaeroplanealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrainwesttoeastacrossCanada.

她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。ratherthan并列连词，，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。(1)

Heisanexplorerratherthanasailor.

与其说他是个海员，不如说他是个探险者。

YouratherthanIaregoingtogocamping.

是你而不是我要去要野营。ratherthan连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与ratherthan前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。注意！(2)

Thesweatersheboughtwasbeautifulratherthancheap.

与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。(3)

Wewillhavethemeetingintheclassroomratherthaninthegreathall.

我们是在教室里开会，不是在大（4）

Sheenjoyssingingratherthandancing.

她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。(5)

Weshouldhelphimratherthanheshouldhelpus.

是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

(6)

Idecidedtowriteratherthan(to)telephone.

我决定写信而不打电话。

注意：ratherthan后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to,如上句。但ratherthan位于句首时，则只能接不带to的不定式。如:Ratherthanallowthevegetablestogobad,hesoldthemathalfprice.

他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。

(7)连接两个动词

Heranratherthanwalked.

他是跑来的，而不是走来的。

注意：这里ratherthan后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿……”解。Ishouldthankyou___thatyoushouldthankme.A.becauseB.ratherthanC.forD.asB看一例:2.Thethoughtthattheycouldcrossthewholecontinentwasexciting.What’sthethought?Thethoughtisthattheycouldcrossthewholecontinent.Thattheycouldcrossthewholecontinentisthethought.Thethoughtwasexciting.[考例]

Thenews_____ourathleteswonanothergoldmedalwasreportedinyesterday’snewspaper.(上海)A.which B.whetherC.what D.thatexpressionsinpara.2赶火车在去…的路上聊天和某人聊天向东去数千/成千上万和；也；不但…而且…少于从东海岸到西海岸catchthetrainonthe/one’swayto

chataboutsthchataboutsthwithsblessthangoeastwardthousandsofaswellasfromcoasttocoast1.Goingeastward,youwillpassmountainsandthousandsoflakesandforests,aswellasriversandlargecities.

-ward（s）加在前置词上，构成副词，表示方向backward(s)向后，upward(s)向上。2.PeoplethinkitisCanada’smostbeautifulcity,

surrounded

bymountainsandthePacificOcean.

许多人认为温哥华是加拿大最美的城市，因为它被大山包围，濒临太平洋。surroundvt.

包围,围绕;圈住Treessurroundourhouse.我们房子的四周都是树。Thepolicesurroundedthehouse.警察包围了这幢房子。Theoceansurroundingtheislandsisdeepblue.包围这些岛屿的海洋是深蓝的。Wecouldseethebuildings____bytrees.A.beingsurroundedB.surroundedC.tobesurroundedD.surroundB3.SkiingintheRockyMountainsandsailingintheharbourmakeVancouveroneofCanada’smostpopularcitiestolivein.

落基山脉可以滑雪，海港供你扬帆，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一。Vancouver4.Itissowettherethatthetreesareextremelytall,somemeasuringover90metres.so...that和such...that是常见的引导结果状语从句的句型，具体用法如下：(1)so+adj./adv.+that...(2)so+adj.+a(n)+单数可数名词+that...(3)so+many/few+复数名词+that...(4)so+much/little+不可数名词+that...(5)such+a(n)+adj.+单数可数名词+that...(6)such+adj.+复数名词+that...(7)such+adj.+不可数名词+that...[注意]当名词为不可数名词或复数名词时，不能用so，而必须用such。但当名词之前有表示数量的词语，如many,much,few,little时，只能用so，而不能用such。[仿写]______________________________________________(他吓得几乎睡不着觉。)Hewassofrightenedthathecouldhardlyfallasleep[仿真模拟]从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。①Itwas_____thatshecouldn’tfinishitbyherself.A.sodifficultawork

B.suchadifficultwork C.sodifficultwork

D.suchdifficultwork②MrsLondonhas_____thatsheisunabletogetagoodjob.A.suchsmalleducation

B.solittleeducation C.asuchlittleeducation

D.asosmalleducationexpressionsinpara.3上火车；在火车上坐下；定居；平静下来；专心于穿越落基山脉设法做到某事看见；瞥见因为…而出名全世界参加…比赛对…有天赋aboardthetrainsettledown

crosstheRockyMountainsmanagetodosthcompeteincatchsightofbefamousforallovertheworldhaveagiftforsettledown

1)坐下，躺下

Hesettleddowninhischairtoreadthenewspaper.1.Thatafternoon

aboardthetrain,thecousinssettleddownintheirseats.

那天下午，这对表姐妹上了火车落了座。aboard

adv.,prep.

在……上；在船上2)过安定的生活

Afteryearsoftraveling,hedecidedtosettledownhere.3)安下心来，专心致志于

Thentheysettledthemselvesdown____work.A.toB.onC.withD.inAsettledowntosthsettledowntodoing/dosth[即学即练]按要求完成下列各题。等孩子们安静下来再开始上课吧。settledowntowritePleasewaituntilthechildrensettledownbeforeyoustartyourlesson.3.Letus________________（静下心

来写）anarticle.2.Ican’tsettledowntomywork.我不能安心工作。2.managetodo

阅读下列句子，注意managetodo的意思和用法。1).Althoughhehasn’treceivedanyformaleducation,MrWangmanagedtofinishhistask.2).Weshouldmanagetorealizeourdream.[归纳总结]

managetodosth.(=succeedindoingsth.)是“设法做、设法完成某事”的意思。[辨析]managetodo与trytodo用manage时，成功的把握大些；用try时，成功的把握不大。即：managetodosth.的意思是“设法成功地完成……”，而trytodosth.的意思是“尽力做……（但结果不一定成功）”。如：Heworkedhardandmanagedtopasstheexam.他努力学习并顺利通过了考试。Hetriedtopasstheexam,butfailedbecauseoflaziness.他试图想通过考试，但是由于懒惰而最终失败了。[即学即练]按要求完成下列各题。1.Ifourparentsdon’tencourageustodoanythingonourown,wewillnevermanagetobesuccessful.如果父母不鼓励我们独立做事，我们永远也不会获得成功。 2.我们设法得到了需要的东西。3.Ourparentsalwaysgetalittlebitanxiousifwe_____(没有到家)whenwesaywewill.can’t/don’tmanagetoarrivehomeWemanagedtogetwhatwewanted.

3.Manyofthemhaveagiftforridingwildhorsesandcanwinthousandsofdollarsinprizes.1)haveagiftfor..

在......方面有天分/天赋

gift特指与生俱来的天份或才能，如绘画、音乐等。

Hergiftfordancingamazedtheteacher.

老师对她舞蹈的天份大感惊奇。

giftedadj.有天赋的；有才华的begiftedat/in在…有才华/有天赋她是一个有天赋的钢琴家。Sheisangiftedpianist.Sheisgiftedat/inplayingthepiano.2)thousandsof

成千上万的，数千

类似的用法还有

：

hundredsof数以百计的

scoresof许多

millionsof数百万的

dozensof许多，大量

tensofthousandsof数以万计的expressionsinpara.4在…内三千万多点做某事感到惊讶穿过种植小麦的覆盖在…的上端看到/听到…感到惊讶任何其他的国家三分之一withinslightlyoverthirtymillionbeamazedtodogothroughbesurprisedatwheat-growingcoveratthetopofanyothercountryone-third(of)1.…mostCanadianslivewithinafewhundredkilometresoftheUSAborder…

大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国数百公里以内的边疆地带……[考点]within介词，在……（尤指时间、距离、范围、限度等）之内，以内；在……里头。1)within与in表达时间的区别:

I’llbethere

withinanhour.

（一小时之内）

Hefinishedtheworkinanhour.

（一小时之内）

I’llbethereinanhour.

（一小时之后）[考例]Don’tleavematchesorcigarettesonthetablewithin_____oflittlechildren.(湖北2004)A.hand B.reachC.pace D.distance[点拨]本题考查固定短语。withinreachofsb.或withinone’sreach意为“在某人能够得着的范围之内”。B2)bordern.边界；国界

v.与…接壤thecountriesborderingtheBaltic波罗的海沿岸国家2.Theywentthroughawheat-growingprovinceandsawfarmsthatcoveredthousandsofsquareacres.

火车穿过一个种植小麦的省份，他们看见了面积有数千平方英亩的农场。wheat-growing是一个复合形容词。

N-Ving

adj.

English-speakingbody-buildingpeace-lovingheart-warming3....Canadahasmorefreshwaterthananyothercountryintheworld.

句中的more...thananyother...是用比较级表示最高级含义。如果是在同一范围内比较，常用“主语+谓语+比较级+thananyother+单数名词”或者“主语+谓语+比较级+thananyoftheother+复数名词”。如果是在不同的范围内比较，常用“主语+谓语+比较级+thanany+单数名词”。如：Heistallerthananyotherboyinourclass./Heistallerthananyoftheotherboysinourclass.他是我们班上最高的男孩。ChinaislargerthananycountryinAfrica.中国比非洲的任何一个国家都大。[仿写]_________________________________

_________________________________

______________________（在我们学校，他的舞跳得最好。）Hedancesbetterthananyotheroneinourschool./Hedancesbetterthananyoftheothersinourschool.[仿真模拟]从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。①LungcanceristheworstkillerinAmerica,taking_____liveseachyearthan_____cancer.A.more;any B.most;anyotherC.many;otherD.more;anyother②Inaspecialreportondeathscausedbycancer,theblacksaremorediagnosedwithitthan_____inAmerica.A.anyoftheother

B.anyracesC.theotherrace

D.anyotherraceExercisesI.根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。1.Passengerscheckedtheirb______beforeboardingtheplane.2.Mykidsspendhours_______(闲聊)onthephonetotheirfriends.3.Webeganour________(向东的)journeyatdawn.eastwardbaggagechatting 4.Thegovernmentwasurgedtotake_________(措施)tofightthespreadofAIDS.5.Theywerethelasttwotogoa______theship.6.Theywerenearthe______(边界)betweenFranceandGermany.bordermeasuresaboard7.Thebossdecidedtopassoverhis______(轻微的)mistakes.8.Insomedevelopingcountriesmoreandmorepeoplearemigratingtou____areas.9.Thepolices_________thehouseafteramurderhappenedlastnight.10.Duringthewindstormtheshipsstayedintheh______.harbourslight urban surrounded II.选用方框内合适的词或短语，并用其适当形式填空。settledown;catchsightof;haveagiftfor;slightly;border;ratherthan1.__________gostraightontouniversitywhynotgetsomeworkexperiencefirst?2.Jacksonwenttotheroadthat________thegardensontheleft.3.Elenasure___________tellingstories.hasagiftforRatherthanbordered4.They’dliketoseetheirdaughter___________,getmarried,andhavekids.5.I_____________herhurryingawaybutIdidn’ttrytospeaktoher.6.Themilkshouldbe______heatedbeforeyoudrinkit.slightlysettledowncaughtsightof III.用适当的介词或副词填空。1.Onsecondthought,Iwanttogoonatripwithmyclassmates___Florida.2.Thefriendsmetoccasionallytochat_____thegoodolddaysatschool.3.It’sawonderthatall225people___________theaircraftwerestillaliveaftertheaccident.toaboutaboard/on4.Afterworkingabroadforseveralyears,Tomwantstosettle_____inBritain.5.Carsraceathighspeedsastopracecardriverscompeteformillionsofdollars__prizes.6.Helivesinahouse_______amileofthestation.downinwithin7.Electriccurrentcannotgo_______insulation(绝缘体),justaswatercannotgothroughiron.8.Weweresurprised___findingthehouseempty.throughat9.Itisdangeroustorush_______thestreetifyoudon’twatchoutfor