B8U1阅读Language points in reading讲解材料.ppt

人教课标版 高二 选修8 Unit 1;Language points;1. California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. population (1) 对人口提问用what, 不用how many, how much。 　 What’s the population of the city? 这个城市有多少人口？; (2) population作主语时用单数，但前有分数，小数，百分数时，谓语动词用复数。 The population of China is larger than that of America. 中国人口比美国人口多。 80% of the population are farmers. 百分之80的人口是农民。;(3) 人口的增加或减少用grow (increase) 和 fall (decrease); 人口的多少用large和small。 ;2. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. [考点] 此句中的it是形式主语, 真正的主语是后面的that从句。另外, what, how, where, who等也常用作主语从句的引导词。 ;[考例1] __ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy. (浙江2006) A. As B. That C. This D. It [点拨] It 是形式主语，that引导的从句为主语从句，作真正的主语。;◆联想记忆： 1) by no means 决不，一点也不 She is by no means poor; in fact, she is very rich. 2) by this means (in this way); 用这方式 by means of 用……方式 He succeeded by means of hard work. 3) by all means 当然可以, 没问题 ----Can I see it? ----By all means.;4. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men,… majority 大多数 n. 1) the majority of the people: most of the people 大多数人 2) majority常与a /the 连用; most后接名词或of + n. The majority were/was for the plan. The majority of the people / Most people/ Most of the people are against the idea of building a new factory here. ;The majority ____________ for the budget. The majority of students _____ hard-working. The majority of the damage ___ easy to repair. 单独做主语时, 若强调整体, 谓语动词用单数, 强调个体时, 谓语动词用复数。 a/the majority of + n. 后可用不可数名词，也可用可数名词复数, 谓语动词由后面的名词决定。 ;◆发散记忆： major adj. 主要的, 重要的 a major road v. (+in sth.) 主修（科目） minority n. 少数人，少数 e.g.. Only a small minority of students are interested in politics these days.;-- What’s the boys’ favorite sport? -- ___ of boys like playing football. A. None B. The most