Unit2 ●Reading学案

1. In this edition of American Living, we are looking at some population trends in the USA. (P18) 在这一版的《美国生活》中，我们讨论美国人口趋向。

1). trend

noun [C]

1 a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:趋势；

There's been a downward/upward trend in sales in the last few years.

2. a new development in clothing, make-up, etc: 流行趋势、时尚；

The trend at the moment is towards a more natural and less made-up look.

trend 与tendency 辨析：

tendency仅仅指趋向，如：she has the tendency to work late.

trend强调要变化或发展的趋势，如：fashion trend流行趋势；The trend is toward working longer hours for less money.

从中可见，tendency指的是倾向，trend指发展、变化趋势，具有动态含义。

tendency比trend更抽象化

trend:

n. 趋势,倾向,方位 v. 倾向

例句与用法:

1. The prices of houses are trending upwards.

房价趋于上涨。

2. The youth like to follow the latest trends in fashion.

年轻人喜好追求最新的流行款式。

3. The trend of prices is still upwards.

物价仍有上涨趋势。

4. The runaway inflation would seem to put the brakes on such a trend.

失控的通货膨胀似乎阻止这一趋势的发展。

5. This quartet represents a major new trend in modern music.

这首四重奏的曲子反映了现代音乐中一种主要的新趋向.

tendency:

n. 趋势,倾向

例句与用法:

1. There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.

人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。

2. She has artistic tendencies.

她有艺术气质。

3. A tendency to revert to a former state.

反动希望回到过去状态的趋势

4. He had a tendency to shrink up whenever attention was focused on him.

当别人注意他时，他就会退缩一旁。

2. Throughout the Midwest and the North-east, people aged 60 and over are packing their bags and heading south along the freeway to states like Florida. (P18)