2017--2018学年人教版必修四Unit 5 Theme parks reading学案
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  1.Look at the names of the minority groups on the right.(P38)

  看右面一组少数民族的名称。

  ★minority n.[U, C]少数民族;少数

a/the minority of    少数的

be in the/a minority 占少数   ①The minority of the population in the country lives/live in cities.

  这个国家的少数人口住在城市里。

  ②In the nursing profession, men are in the minority.

  男性在护理行业中占少数。

  [点津] (1)the minority单独作主语时,若强调整体,谓语动词用单数形式;若强调个体,谓语动词用复数形式。

  (2)"a/the minority+可数名词复数"作主语,谓语动词用复数形式。

  ③A minority of the children are dying for a dance, but the most choose a picnic.

  少数孩子想举办一个舞会,而多数孩子选择野餐。

  2.This science and technology­based theme park in France uses the most advanced technology.(P38)

  这个以科技为基础的法国主题公园使用了最先进的技术。

  ★advance vt.&vi.前进;促进;提前n.前进;进步

 (1)advance on/upon/towards  朝......前进

 (2)in advance 预先;提前(指事先)

  in advance of 在......前面;超过......

  make advances in 在......方面取得进步

 (3)advanced adj. 高级的;先进的   ①The storm is advancing towards the city.

  暴风雨正向这座城市袭来。

  ②This meeting room is a non­smoking area. I would like to warn you in_advance that if you smoked here you would be fined.

  这个会议室是一个无烟区。我想事先提醒你如果你在这里吸烟就会被罚款。

  ③Having shown you around our school, we will introduce our most advanced (advance) science lab to you.

  领着您参观我们学校后,我们将向您介绍我校最先进的科技实验室。

  3.Visitors can get close to parts of the world they have never experienced, going to the bottom of the ocean, flying through the jungle or visiting the edges of the solar system.(P38)

  参观者可以去从没去过的世界其他地方,可以潜入海底,飞越丛林或游览太阳系边缘。

  ★get close to接近

 keep close to       紧跟......

 live close to 住在......附近

 sit close to      紧靠......坐着

 close to 几乎;接近;很近地

 come close to (doing) sth. 差一点就......   ①Please get close to me so that you can hear me clearly.

  请你靠近我以便能听清我所说的话。

  ②I believe what he has just said because it is_close_to fact.

  我相信他刚刚说的话,因为它接近于事实。

③Not only did we lose all our money, but we also came close to losing (lose) our lives.