Unit 5 The British Isles {华苑师盟内部讲义}

[title] isle , island 之区别

Warming Up
1. Name five important cities in the United Kingdom.
Name vt. a) to tell the name of
b) give sb./sth. a particular name
c) to officially choose sb./sth.
eg:1) Can you name all the plants and trees in this garden ?
2) The couple named the child Dick.
3) You name the day !
4) He has been named as new manager.
worth (worthy of) the name ; in the name of ;
call sb.names ; name ...after... ;
name sb. for ; know sb. by name;
win/get/make a name for oneself
nameless ; name-board ; namely ==that is , that is to say
2.Work in groups to find out as much as you can about the geogrophy, history, langages, culture, famous pepole, buildings and other things in the UK and Ireland.

A. find; find out; found 之区别
1)He was so tired that he____it impossible to go a step further.
2)Have you ____why he was late?
3)When we arrived, we ____him in bed.
4)The child climbed up a tree only to be____by the enemy.
5)I am returning the papers so you can____what is wrong with it.
6)When was the Pepople’s Republic of China____?
B. as...as...结构
as much as I can : as much as possible’
as frequently as you can : as frequently as possible
类似句型： do all/ everything/what one can do to do sth.

LISTENING
1.The Conversation Workshop is taught on Wedesday afternoon.
A. Workshop研讨会，研习班
eg: He will attend an English workshop.
B. on +日期（date） ；
on +“特定的”早，晚，日间，上，下，午；
on +v-ing /动作名词
on +occasion/opportunity

eg: I shall show you the book on my return.
He got married immediately on his graduation.
On hearing the good news, he jumped with joy.
2.The library is open on Saturday from 8:30 am to 10:00am.
What are the opening hours of the language lab?
open; be opende; be open
be open to ; be open with; in the open air; open fire on/at ...; open into; open out

openable; opener; opening; openly; openness; open-air; open-eyed; open-hearted;
open-minded
1)(2006全国）John was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes____.
A. popen B. to be opened C. to open D. opening
2)His shirt was____ (open) at the neck.
3)His____(open) remarks are very attractive.
4)This is the____(open) of the new play.
5)He attended the____(open) of the museum.
6)At the ____(open) of a memorial to the death ,Lincon said that American must found a government of the people, by the people,and for the people.
7)He put a gate across the ____(open) in the fence.

Speaking
1.Try to reach agreement on the main points.
A. with + sb./what one says on/about...;(气候，食物)agree with sb;
to + plan/opinion/decision
agree + to + v. (X:agree sb to do sth)
on + sth. 其主语为(协商的)人或单位；on后为(协议的文件，计划，行动等)名词
that-clause

in agreement on/upon/about...; come to/arrive at/reach/make an agreement with sb.;
in agreement; by mutual agreement; under an agreement; have an agreement
eg:1)We are ____ on that point.
2)An agreement should ____immediately with the company on that point.
3)We ____ what he said on how to spend our holiday.
4)The two countries didn't reach ____ on disarmamentof unclear weapons.
A. agree B. agreed C. agreeing D. agreement E. an agreement
5)A verb should agree ____ its subject in number and person.
A. with B. to C. on D. /
6)When he said that, I had to ____.
7)Can we ____a price?
8)They met at the ____time.
9)The humid climate didn't ____him.
10)I like mushrooms but unfortunately they don't ____me.The tax inspector ____the figures.
11)Next year's budget(预算) ____.
12)The two accounts do not ____.Your account of the affair does not ____.mine.
13)Brothers and sisters never seem to ____(together).
14)"I couldn't ____ more!"
B. reach
3.They think it is just a mater of looking at maps carefully and remembering all the names of cities and provinces.
n[u]
n(只有单数）
matter the + matter； a matter of...； no matter how/what/when/who/where...
vi.
What’s +the + matter/trouble/problem
+ with sb./sth?
What’s +wrong
===What’s happened to sb./sth.? (‘s==has)
eg:1)--I'm sorry, I broke your mirror.
--Oh, really? ____.
A.It's OK with me B.It doesn't matter C.Don't be worry D.I don't care
2)It is just a ____of money; it____too much.
3)This is only_____to public this book.
4)Educating poor children is _____of justuce(公正).
5)Life is____attention.
6)The thing that____is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A.matters B. cares C. minds D. considers
7)It was a matter of ____would take the position.
A. who B. whoever C. whom D. whomever
8)My mother asked ____with me.
A. what was the wrong B. what the matter was C. what matter was D. what was the matter
9)No one in our class but Tom and Jack____what ____with it.
A. know;is wrong B. knows;wrong C. knows;is the matter D. know;wrong
10)I take this seruoesly. It is ____of principle.
11)I'm quite willing to do what you ask, but it's a matter of____(find) the time.
12)How is tea made? It isn't simply ____ soaking a tea bag in hot water.
4.Other people think geography is confusing and difficult to learn if you cannot go to that country.
confuse vt.:mix up in the mind, mistaked
confuse sb./sth. with...; become/get confused;
clear up confusion; throw sb. into confusion
eg:1)The boy asked so many questions that I got____.
2)You are confusing two quite different things.
5.The Group of Eight consists of eight richest countries in the world.
consist of ==include or be made up of; consist in...
eg:1)The commitee consists of ten members.
2)The happiness of a country consists in the freedom of its citizens.
3)His job consists of helping old people who live alone.
4)The house ____three bedrooms,a kitchen and abathroom.
A.is consisted of B.made up of C.consists of D.makes up of
5)there are 50 states that____the United States.
6)The solar system mainly____the sun and nine planets.
7)The world is ____seven continents and four oceans.
8)For her, hapiness consists____wacthing operas and reading magazines.
A.for B.in C.of D. to

9)--How many parts is the bed____wood?
--It is ____three seperate parts.
A.made of;made up of B.made from;made up
C.making of;making up; D.making from;making up of
10)Such good use has been____his spare time____his English has improved a lot.
A.made of;that B.made of;as C.made in ;that D.found in;as

5.Do island nations have advantages over other countries?
Have again an advantage over...; take advantage of...;
have the advantage of...; take a person at avantage;
to(one’s) adavantage; turn a thing to advangtage
advantage—disadvantage—advantageous--advantageously

Reading
1.The idea that England stands for Fish & Chips,the Speakers’ Corner,Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.


Unit 5 The British Isles (2)
Reading
1.The idea that England stands for Fish & Chips, Speakers’ Corner, Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.
A. stand
Stand up; stand up for; stand treat; stand over; stand out of; stand up against; stand up to; stand together; stand to; stand out for sth.; stand still;
Stand against; stand up;
Eg:1)In front of the house____two apple trees.
A. lie B. stand C. stands D. lies
2)your argument won’t_______.
B. past n./adj./adv./prep.; (pass____passed____passed[pa:st])
Eg:1)Make the past serve the present and foreign things serve China. (n.)
2)Winter is past. (adj.完成的，结束的)
3)The old generation can never forget the past suffering.(adj.以前的，过去的，曾经的)
4)He waved as he walked past. (adv.)
5)The boy rushed past us. (prep.)
C.that__clause (the appositive clause;the attributive clause)
Eg:1)I made a promise that if anyone sent the bag back to me, I would share the money inside with him or her. I
2)I made a promise that if anyone set me free, I would make him rich.
3)Mother made a promise that excited all her children.
2.The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still nuknown to many.
A。make 短语
be made from; be made of; be made up of; be made into; be made in;
make an appointment with; make an agreement with;make a decision; make a difference; make a face/faces; make a fool of; make a good effort; make an impression on;
make a long face; make a mistake; make a plan for; make a promise; make a record;
make a will; make certain/sure; make eyes at; make freinds with; make fun of sb.;
make for; make the beds; make the best of; make the most of; make use of; make out; make peace with; make sense; make progress; make up; make war (upon);
make up one’s mind(+s)； make out; make...to one’s own measure;
B. country, kingdom, state, nation
In the forest there is a kingdom; it always snows in the cold country; every morning the president speaks on TV to the nation that the factory belongs to the state for it is a state-run company;
3．Within Great Britain for many years now, there has been a growing movement to make the most of its culture diversity____to be as it really is: a nation of different countries held together by a common language and culture.
A.within prep./adv./n.
Eg:1)Within these old walls there was once a town.
2)Within the walls of this house lies a secret.
3)He lives within 20 minutes’ walk.
4)We will decorate the house within and without.
within one’s income; within one’s reach;
B.make the most of;
make good /full use of;
make the best of; ====put sth. to the best possible use
make the most of
(2004.西城抽样)
Your time should have been made full use of____the final exams, but, to my refret, it wasn't.
A.to pass B.passing C.To have passed d.having passed
C.deversity n.(1)差异（处）；不同（点）；多样性；变化
(2)各种；形形色色：diversity of===variety of
eg: a diversity of languages; a diversity of opinions
4.The British Isles are a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe.
A.lie off==stay not far from the shore
off prep. 1)in the sea but near the land; 2)not on sth. or not touching sth.
off the coast; on the coast; along the coast;
lie off; lie on; lie in; lie to
(in, on, to, off);
(east,west,north,south,southeast,southwest,northeast,northwest:n./adv)
eg:1)Tauwan lies____the east of Fujian.
2)Japan is a country which lies____East Asia.
3)The sun rises____the east and sets____the west.
4)Russia lies ____the north of China.
5)My house is ____the main road.
6)Guangdong____the south of Hunan.
7)Guangdong____the south of Hubei.
8)Some birds fly____in winter and some stay in the north.
A.south B.the south C.in the south D.to the south
9)America faces the Atlantic____.
A.to the east B.in the east C.on the east D.eastwards
10)The boy____the egg____on the table was ____by him.
A.lied;lied;lied B.laid;lay;laid C.lay;laid;lain D.lied;lying;laid
coast; beach; shore
B. group n.(集合名词），（单/复谓）
v.聚集；集合 eg: The police grouped around the demonstrators.
5.The largest island is called Britain, which is separate from France by the English Channel, which at one point is only 20 miles wide.
A.Britain+which__clause; Channel+which__clause;
B.separate...from...; divide...from...
eg:1)United we stand, divided we fall.
2)We should never separate from the mass.
C.at one point; at the point; beside the point; off the point;
on the point of doing...when...;
to the point; make a point;
point out; point to...; point at...;
eg:1)He was at one point of death.
2)The river is very wide,and at one point it is 20 metres wide.
3)At one point in the meeting she nearly lost her temper.
6.The Britain Isles are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west,and the North Sea to the east.
be surrounded by; surroundings n.
eg:You don't see animals in their natural surroundings at a zoo.
7.In general, Scotland is colder throughout the year,and receives more rain.
A.in general; on the whole; as a rule; in the most cases; in many cases; broadly spesking;
mostly; generally speaking
B.throughout(prep.=all through) the year
eg:1)He is famous throughout the world.
2)The road is kept open throughout the year.
8.In the summer months the difference in temperature between London and the north can be as much as nine degrees!
as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as
eg:1)She has as ____as five bikes.
2)Most of the stones weigh as____as 15 tons.
3)You can eat as____as you like.
4)I have got as____as you.
5)She earned ____50 dollars a week.
A.as much as B.as many as C.as far as D.so much as
6)The suit just costs less than 100 yuan, but I bought it for____300.
A.as many as B.as high as C.as much as D.as expensive as
7)I paid only one dollar for the dictionary,____I thought it would cost.
A.less as B.not so much as C.not so more than D.not as much than
(2004.奥赛)I have good eyesight. I can see____the distant island.
A.as far as B.so long as C.as long as D.so far
9.The coldest months are January and February, while the warmest months are July and August.
while conj.1)(并列连词)；2）；3）; (while ， when;)
(2006.天津)The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain,____the quality of life is probably one of the highest.
A.since B.when C.as D.while
10.The culture of the people of the British Isles was influnced by the culture of the people on the mainland.
influence n.[u]/vt.
have a bad/good influence/effect on sb./sth.;
under the influence of; use one's influence;
have influence over others; through the influence of freinds;
be influenced by bad examples; be influenced by new ideas; profoundly influence...
affect,effect,influence
eg:1)Television has many ____ on people.
2)Does this change ____your plans?
3)Art has a great____upon people's ideology.
4)I tried to persuade him,but with little or no ____.
5)Smoking____people's health.
6)Probably we ____each other.
7)The weather ____crops.
8)My parents considered my freind to be a bad ____on me.
11....people from different parts of northern Europe settled in England,bringing their own. A.culture and language with them.
settle vi./vt.; settle down; settle for; settle sb. in/into; settle on/upon...;settle up with sb.;
settlement n.; settled adj.; settler n.
eg:1)We have ____Canada for our vacation,but we haven't settled on when to go.
2)This medicine should ____your nerves.
3)He ____himself in his car.
4)My son ____happily in America already.
12.Their languages formed the basis for English.
form the basis for;
on a commercial basis; on an equal basis; on an individual basis;
on a five-day week basis; on the basis of...; (basis,base;)

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