（3）associate...with... 把......与......联系在一起；be associated with 与......有联系、关系。如：

　　Whiskey is usually associated with Scotland. 人们常把威士忌同苏格兰联系起来。

　　拓展：表示"与......有联系，关系"的方式有：

　　be associated with; be connected with; be involved with ;

　　be linked with; be joint to ; have sth. to do with.

　2. The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century when a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China.

　　19世纪，有一位德国地理学家确认罗马人就是通过这一路线把中国的丝绸运到家的，从此有了丝绸之路的名字。

　　when a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China 是一个定语从句，修饰the 19th century;从句中through which the Romans got their silk from China 是一个由"介词+关系代词"引导的定语从句，修饰route. identify ...as...把......认定为......

　　They identified the house as the place where the president was born.

　　他们把这间房子认定为总统出生的地方。

　　辨析：identify 与 recognize

　　两者都有"认出，识别"的意思。identify指通过鉴别来认明身份或特征；recognise指根据外表、声音、气味、味道等特征，认出原来已经认知的人或物。如

　　His accent was difficult to identify.

　　I recognized my old friends though we hadn't met for years.

　3. India Buddhism entered China along the Silk Road and had a huge influence on Chinese culture.

　　印度佛教沿丝绸之路传入中国，对中国文化有巨大影响。

　　have influence on... 对......有影响。如：

　　French has a great influence on English words. 法语对英语词汇有巨大影响。

　　Alcohol can have a bad effect on your health. 酒精会对你的健康有不良影响。

　　拓展：influence 也可用作动词，表示"影响"，常相当于affect. 如：

　　She was influenced by her mother to become a teacher.

（1）influence 为不可数名词，但在有定语修饰时常带不定冠词，如：