Unit1Othercountries,othercultures,Languagepoints,1.Canadaisoneofthelargestcountriesintheworld,secondonlytoRussia,andhasalwaysbeenfamousforitsfantasticscenery.secondonlyto僅次于e.g.Ourcityhasanareaof20,000squarekilometres,secondonlytothelargestcityinourprovince.我們的城市占地2萬(wàn)平方公里，僅次于我省最大的城市。,Rayonrankssecondonlytocottonasthemostwidelyusedfiber.人造絲是僅次于棉花的使用得最廣泛的織物。Heissecondonlytomyownsoninmyaffections.我除了愛(ài)我的兒子，最愛(ài)他。,比較:secondto,nextto,superiorto,junior/seniortoe.g.Heissuchagoodplayerthatheissecondtonone.無(wú)人能比Nexttomusic,helovestennisbest.除了音樂(lè)，他最喜歡網(wǎng)球。,Thisemployeeissuperiortotheformerinability.這個(gè)雇員比上個(gè)強(qiáng)。Heisjuniortomebytwoyears.他比我小兩歲。,2.Canadahasvastareasofwilderness,fromtheArcticnorth,whereaveragewintertemperaturesareusuallyminus20degreescentigrade,tothe8,892-kilometre-longborderwiththeUSAtothesouth,whichisthelongestborderintheworldnotdefendedbyanarmyorthepolice.,加拿大有遼闊的荒原，北起北極那里的冬季平均氣溫通常是零下20攝氏度，南與美國(guó)比鄰邊境線長(zhǎng)達(dá)8,892千米，是世界上最長(zhǎng)的沒(méi)有軍隊(duì)或警察設(shè)防的邊境線。本句是主從復(fù)合句，句中where和which分別引導(dǎo)一個(gè)非限制性定于從句，介詞短語(yǔ)fromto說(shuō)明地域范圍之廣。,(1)Myfavoriteroomisthetidystudywithafireplace,_wecanwatchTVandenjoythenicesceneryoutside.A.whereB.whenC.thatD.which,(2)Thesoldiershadtosleepintheirwetclothes,_mostuncomfortable.A.whichIthinkitwasB.whichIthinkwasC.whichIthinkD.thatIthinkwas,3.andfishareabundantintheseasandrivers.abundantadj.豐富的e.g.Thecountryisabundantinnaturalresources.這個(gè)國(guó)家天然資源豐富。,Thereisabundantfirewoodintheforest.森林里有充裕的薪柴可用。Winkleshellsareabundantonthisbeach.這個(gè)海灘上有大量的峨螺殼。,拓展：abundancenanabundantharvest豐收anabundantyear豐年beabundantin富有；富含,Thereare_suppliesoffirewoodintheforest.plentifulB.abundantC.plentyofD.many,經(jīng)典例題,4.IntheheartofTorontoistheCanadianNationalTower,whichisoftencalledtheCNTowerforshort.Smallerinsize,butjustasfamous,isthecityofVancouverintheprovinceofBritishColumbiaonthePacificcoast.IntheheartofToronto及smallerinsize,butjustasfamous在句中做表語(yǔ)置于句首，主謂完全倒裝。e.g.Presentatthemeetingwere20people.,forshort的縮寫(xiě)inshort簡(jiǎn)言之AbeshortforBA是B的縮寫(xiě)（簡(jiǎn)稱）AbeshortofBA缺乏B,5.inadditiontobeingclosetosomeverypopularskiareas.inadditionto加上,除外,又;e.g.Inadditiontogivingageneralintroductiontocomputer,thecoursealsoprovidespracticalchance.課程除了一般介紹電腦知識(shí)外，還提供實(shí)際操作的機(jī)會(huì)。,6.Themallconsistsofeightkilometresofpassages,filledwithshops,artgalleriesandevenawaterpark.consistv.一致,由組成,包括（of）e.g.Thebeautyofthepictureconsistsinitsbalanceofcolors.這幅畫(huà)的美在于其色彩的調(diào)和。,consistv.存在于（in）（與）一致；（with）e.g.Truecharitydoesntconsistinalmsgiving.真正的慈善不在于施舍。Substancesconsistofsmallparticlescalledmolecules.物質(zhì)是由叫做分子的微粒組成的。,Thetestimonyconsistedwithallknownfacts.證據(jù)與全部已知事實(shí)相符。,7.thelargestofwhichisshapedlikeasemicircleshapen.形狀,形態(tài),外形,模樣e.g.Thewritersdreamsfindashapeinhisnovel.作者的理想在他的小說(shuō)中得到體現(xiàn)。Athletesmuststayinshape.運(yùn)動(dòng)員一定要保持身體健康。,shapev.定形，使成形，塑造e.g.Ourvacationplansareshapingwell.我們的假期計(jì)劃進(jìn)展順利。vt.使成形；塑造，制作(+into/from/outof)e.g.Thedresswasshapedtoherfigure.這件連衣裙做得很適合她的身材。,相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：innoshape(orform)決不，完全不，一點(diǎn)也不inshape在形狀上,在外型上intheshapeof以的形狀形式,作為getputsth.intoshape使成一定形狀,beinbadshape情況還處于混亂狀態(tài)；健康情況不佳giveshapeto使成形；表達(dá)，使具體條理化keep.inshape使保持原形ingoodshape完整無(wú)損，處于良好狀態(tài)，健康情況良好,8.toseektheirfortunesintheGoldRush.seekv.尋求,尋找,搜索(+after/for)e.g.Hesoughtvainlyfortheanswer.他尋求答案,但無(wú)結(jié)果。Somethingsuspiciouswasfoundaftertheroomwassoughtthrough.房間被徹底搜查后,發(fā)現(xiàn)了一點(diǎn)可疑的東西。,相關(guān)短語(yǔ)Nothingseek,nothingfind.諺無(wú)所尋則無(wú)所獲。be(much)toseek還需要探求,還大為缺乏;還遠(yuǎn)未找到muchsoughtafter供不應(yīng)求,極受歡迎,beyettoseek還沒(méi)有seekout找出,搜出;挑出benotfartoseek在近處2.很簡(jiǎn)單;不難找到;顯而易見(jiàn)seekthrough找遍,9.Althoughonly_peoplebecamesuccessful,manystayedandbuiltsettlementsinthearea,andtherearenowmanymuseumsshowingwhatlifewaslikebackthen.afewofB.fewofC.plentyofD.ahandfulof,ahandfulof意為”少數(shù)的”e.g.OnlyahandfulofpeopleattendedthemeetinglastSunday.Ahandfulofholiday-makersvisitedthetouristattraction.,