Turn to page 36. go through the exercises in Discovering useful new words and expressions with students and make sure they know what to do.

Step 4 Studying important language points

1. multi- : multiparty多党的, multinational多民族的, multipurpose多用途的, multiform多形式的, multistory多层的, multimedia多媒体的

a multicultural country多元文化国家

2. be on a trip to...., go on a trip to...., make a trip to....., take a trip to....

3. rather than: in preference to sb. / sth.

I will have a lemonade rather than a coke.

He was busy writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper.

4. surround: cause sb. / sth. to move into position all round sb. / sth

surround sb. / sth. with sb. / sth; be surrounded with.....

The fence surrounds the school.

They have surrounded the town with troops.

The house is surrounded by high walls.

5. north of = to the north of

They lives (to the) east of Los Angeles.

It`s about four hundred kilometers northeast of Toronto.

6. measure: find the size, length, volume, etc. by comparing it with a standard unit, asses, 估计, 衡量, 判定

Mother measured me to see what size of dress I should have.

It is hard to measure his ability when we haven`t seen his work.

The room measures 10 meters across.

Which measure do they use?

They took strong measures against dangerous drivers.

7. settle down: cause sb. to become calm, less restless

Wait until the children settled down before you start the lesson.

Have you settled down in your new job yet?

8. manage to do sth. succeed in doing sth.

The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.

At first, no ready technical data were available, but we managed to go without.

I just about managed to get up the stairs.

9. catch sight of: see sb. / sth. for moment

She caught sight of a car in the distance.

10. have a gift for: have natural talent or ability in sth. / doing sth.

It seems he has a gift for learning language.

She has a gift for music.