英语优化方案选修八Unit1.ppt

2．—Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming London Olympic Games? —________.Ours is much stronger than theirs. A．Of course B．It depends C．Don’t mention it D．By no means 解析：选D。句意：——你认为他们的乒乓球队在即将到来的伦敦奥运会上会获得冠军吗？——绝对不会,我们的球队比他们的球队要强大得多。Of course当然可以;It depends视情况而定;Don’t mention it 不用谢;By no means绝对不会,绝不。根据句意可知答案为D项。 3．The number of students in our class________more than 70 and the majority of them________from the countryside. A．is;is B．is;are C．are;is D．are;are 解析：选B。the number of...……的数量,作主语时谓语动词用单数;the majority of...……的大部分,后跟可数名词复数形式时,谓语动词用复数,故B项正确。 4．(2013·湖北稳派密卷)It’s a pity that research________ that 81% of teachers are dissatisfied with their salary. A．summarizes B．suggests C．infers D．indicates 解析：选D。句意：遗憾的是,研究表明81%的教师对他们的薪水不满意。A项“总结”,B项“建议,暗示,使认为”,C项“推断,暗示”,D项“显示,表明,象征,暗示,指出”。 [短语精释] 1.make a life　习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 (教材P2)Some died or returned home,but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship.　有些人死了或回家了,但是大多数人留在了加利福尼亚谋生,尽管困难重重。 归纳拓展 come to life　　　变得更有趣;变得活跃 live/lead a．..life 过着……的生活 come back to life 苏醒过来,恢复生机 bring...back to life 使……苏醒过来 make/start a new life 开始新生活 ①Some people from the country find it hard to make a life in big cities. 一些来自农村的人发现很难在大城市生存下来。 ②(朗文P1188)They moved out West to make a new life there.他们迁往西部去开始新生活。 ③(牛津P1166)The match finally came to life in the second half.比赛在下半场终于精彩起来。 2.a great/good many　很多,许多(修饰可数名词) (朗文P1256)The country has a great many problems that need urgent attention. 该国有许许多多急需关注的问题。 ①Nowadays a great many teenagers are addicted to playing computer games,which makes their parents very worried.当今许多青少年迷恋玩电脑游戏,这使他们的父母非常担心。 【温馨提示】　a good/great many后接复数名词,但a good/great many后接of时,必须加限定词,如these/those/the/one’s等,然后再加名词复数。 ②It seems that a great/good many of them are out of work now.似乎他们中的许多人现在都失业了。 ③A good many of the/those students in our class have passed the exam.我们班中有很多学生通过了考试。 3.take in 　包括;吸收;理解;欺骗 (教材P8)It’s a 79km round-trip that