高中英语限时阅读训练 (1)专题辅导
高考英语外刊阅读训练:哈尔滨把“南方小土豆”宠上了天+学案
外刊
养成良好的答题习惯,是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。做题前,要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项,并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时,切忌跟着感觉走,最好按照题目序号来做,不会的或存在疑问的,要做好标记,要善于发现,找到题目的题眼所在,规范答题,书写工整;答题完毕时,要认真检查,查漏补缺,纠正错误。
China Harbin Spoils the Southern “Potatoes“
哈尔滨把“南方小土豆”宠上了天
In recent days, the small “potatoes”in southern China can be said to have occupied Harbin, the capital city of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, and the streets and alleys are full of a group of people with cute hairy hats, wearing light-colored and thick down jackets, not tall, sitting on suitcases, feet out of reach.
After these small “potatoes” came to Harbin, in addition to playing in the ice and snow world, of course, they must not be able to let go of the food in the Northeast, but they didn’t expect that Harbin also sells tofu curd.
2024年高三英语教师下学期工作计划(四篇)
2024年高三英语教师下学期工作计划
在高考已经进入了倒计时,时间紧,任务重的前提下,基于如何在如此短暂的时间内帮助学生巩固旧知识,学习新知识,查漏补缺,归纳总结,从而在高考中取得好成绩这一目标考虑,我制定如下工作计划:
一、指导思想和总体工作目标
与学校一致,争取能更好地完成预期目标。
二、注重学生的思想动态,采用多种方法,积极调动学生以饱满的精神状态投入到学习当中。
⑴对于有学习方法有问题的学生,适当谈心,找到误区,尽快帮助学生走出英语学习的僵化期。
⑵对于思想动态不稳定的学生适时关心,及时与班主任沟通,早日帮助学生走出高考前的心理误区。
三、备好每一堂课
认真研读考纲,考试说明和近几年高考试题,总结方法和规律,不留死角,备好课,才能使学生掌握科学有效的解题方法,稳步提高学生的能力。
四、精心授课。
精心设计每一堂课的课程安排,在授课时,对学生做到讲清四点:讲清易混点;讲清易错点;讲清着眼点;讲清高考热点。让学生在课堂上知道该记什么,弄清什么是高考所需要的知识,什么又是高考要求的能力!弄清英语可接受语言在英语中的重要地位和重要性!
五、合理安排作业和测验。
作业的安排和选择本着让学生在有限的时间里做到两个亲自的态度。即亲自动脑,亲自动手!
内容选择上主要以阅读和完型为主,让学生每天在做作业的练习中感受英语语言环境和英语文化氛围,以便减少汉语负迁移现象带来的负面影响!同时加大写作的力度!在测验和作业的讲评上,不仅要做到细致,更要讲清四点,使学生不被一块砖头绊倒两次!
当然,作为英语老师我要多开展英语学法指导,培养学生的计划意识和时间管理能力,让每一个学生知道怎么计划英语课的复习时间和复习内容,学会统筹安排,作到学习、生活井井有条,每天都过得很充实。这样既培养了良好的学习习惯,也为未来终身学习打下了坚实的基础。
浮流市润浪学校高中英语限时阅读理解周周练专题辅导
涂浴州浮流市润浪学校高中英语限时阅读理解
周周练(1)
词数: about 290 难度: ★建议用时: 3.5 minutes
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization, after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, old enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, yet insecure enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘) to elbow, listening to a professor who looked even younger than the students did. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully explained what she expected us to learn.
As I listened, I couldn’t help but think of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her freshman year in college, just like me. I recalled (回忆) how hard I had tried to instill (逐步培养) self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared child myself? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious doubts about my ability to make it through college. Not until late that night did my thinking change. It was a long-distance telephone call from my daughter that did the trick. She was c ertain that she’d never succeed at college. How familiar her worries sounded!
高中英语阅读理解SHERLOCKHOLMES
高中英语阅读理解
SHERLOCKHOLMES
篇一:【江苏】2014版英语《高考专题辅导》专题检测卷二十一阅读理解]
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专题检测卷(二十一)
阅读理解
(建议用时: 25分钟)
A
(2013·北京模拟)
Bad news travels fast—when you watch the
evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that
things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like
wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.
This is the classic rule for mass media. “They want
your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re
feeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the
University of Pennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times.
But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules - good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.
读后续写01:题型精讲及解题技巧-2023届新高考英语二轮复习攻破新题
新高考英语二轮复习攻破新题读后续写01:题
型精讲及解题技巧
【考情分析】
题型:读后续写满分25分,提供一段350词以内的语言材料,要求考生依据该材料内容和所给段落开头语进行续写(150词左右),将其发展成一篇与给定材料有逻辑衔接、情节和结构完整的短文。
题材内容:可读性强,多以具有冒险色彩的故事出现, 如野外游玩走散、野外遇狼或者被北极熊袭击; 但也有相对贴近考生生活的题材, 如2017年11月浙江卷的“和父母一起旅游”, 2018年6月浙江卷的“父子在农场迷路”以及2020年1月浙江卷的“男孩要上大学, 父母给家里的狗找个伴”等题材。
(一)历史起源
(二)评分标准
考生了解评分细则,有助于平时用此评标来衡量和要求自己,清楚自己的弱点,明确努力的方向。评分时,主要从以下几个方面考虑:
(1) 与所给短文及段落开头语的衔接程度;
(2) 内容的丰富性;
(3) 应用语法结构和词汇的丰富性和准确性;
(4) 上下文的连贯性;
(5) 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个重要方面,评分时,应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑;
(6) 如书写较差以致影响交际,可将分数降低一个档次。
附最新标准:
【高分准则】
(一)七“不”准则
1. 不增加人物。由考纲样题及近5年高考真题中所给的段落首句可知, 续写的故事情节发展都是由原文的人物所推进, 因此, 强行增加人物有可能会偏离情节发展;
2. 不增加旁支情节。题目要求“考生根据所给情节进行续写”,旨在延续原材料的故事情节,并不是要发展新情节;
3. 不用过多对话。在续写中展示对话, 虽能丰富内容和语言, 增强语篇的连贯性, 但使用过多的对话, 会显得篇幅累赘且很难在限定的词数里把整个后续的情节发展补充完整;
2018年高考英语二轮复习专题辅导与测试第十二周练(一)阅读理解板块练_练速度
第十二周练(一)阅读理解板块练-练速度第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
(2017·南昌第一次模拟)I used to serve as an ocean lifeguard.Whenever possible, I got shifts working the Point known for its massive and natural rip currents (离岸流).
In a shift, I was wor king Tower 15.Mike was working Tower 17.He phoned me, “I got a couple of kids.I have to give them a warning.Keep an eye on us.”
As soon as he hung up, he grabbed his life belt.A rip was torn open under these two kids, and they were getting sucked in.All I saw was two small noses moving up and down in the wavy water.
I dropped my binoculars (双筒望远镜) calling, “Double rescue 17 — he's out.I'm going.” Mike was already hitting through the surf line.Realizing what happened, the mother was on her feet screaming.At that time, Mike swam sideways out of the rip current into the clear water.Exhausted, the children couldn't move.So Mike was carrying them, one under each arm.Meanwhile, I saw the terror start to flow over her.
高中英语情态动词+have done 真题直击专题辅导
高中英语情态动词+have done 真题直击
“情态动词+have done”表示对过去情况的推测或估计,是历年高考的热点。现就这一语言现象作如下归纳:
1. should (ought to) have+过去分词
表示过去应该做而(实际)没有做的事情,含有责备或遗憾的语气,意为“本应该……”;其否定形式为“should not/ought not to have +过去分词”,表示某种行为不该发生但却发生了。
Mr. White _____ at 8:30 for the meeting ,but he didn‘t’ show up.(04‘广西卷)
A. should have arrived
B. should arrive
C. should have had arrived
D. should be arriving
[解析]本题中的一个关键词but暗示了“Mr. White按道理理应到了,而他没有到”。故答案选[A].
2.needn't have+过去分词
表示过去没有必要做某事,但实际上做了某事。
As you worked late yesterday,you_________ have come this morning. (06‘陕西卷)
A. mayn‘t
B. can’t
C. mustn‘t
D. needn’t
[解析] He needn't have come,表示“他本没有必要来(实际却来了)”,根据句意,答案应选[D].
[注意] He didn't need to come yesterday,意为“他昨天没有必要来(实际也没来)”。
超实用备战高考英语考试易错题——语法填空:无提示词之冠词和介词(3大陷阱) (原卷版)
易错点24 无提示词之冠词和介词
目录
01 易错陷阱(3大陷阱)
02 举一反三
【易错点提醒一】冠词易混易错点
【易错点提醒二】介词固定短语易混易错点
【易错点提醒三】介词核心词义易混易错点
03 易错题通关
养成良好的答题习惯,是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。做题前,要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项,并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时,切忌跟着感觉走,最好按照题目序号来做,不会的或存在疑问的,要做好标记,要善于发现,找到题目的题眼所在,规范答题,书写工整;答题完毕时,要认真检查,查漏补缺,纠正错误。
易错陷阱1:冠词易混易错点。
【分析】冠词的错误在用法填空中主要有以下两条。
1.冠词固定短语掌握不牢。
2.只关注冠词的特指或泛指用法,忽略句子的逻辑意思,导致简单的句意复杂化。
3.冠词a与an的用法区别。
易错陷阱2:介词固定短语易混易错点。
【分析】介词的错误在用法填空中主要有以下四条。
1.含有介词的介词短语记忆不牢。
2.含有介词的动词短语记忆不牢。
3.含有介词的形容词短语记忆不牢。
易错陷阱3:介词核心词义易混易错点。
【分析】介词核心词义出错主要因为句子成分分析不清,句子逻辑意义不能理解,导致无法翻译介词的核心意思。
【易错点提醒一】冠词易混易错点
【例1】(广东省2023-2024学年普通高三调研试题)The second phase, Zhongfu, is traditionally
【变式1】(广东省深圳市四校学校2023-2024学年高三联考)The most representative among them is Lyu Opera, ________ unique kind of the Chinese art form.
高中英语作文每日训练精选:(9)竹子-Bamboo
竹子-Bamboo
Almost everyone has seen bamboo. Bamboo grows up straight and thin, with branches at the top. It has long leaves.It looks like a tree, but it is really a kind of grass.
There are more than five hundred kinds of bamboo. Some grow over ten meters tall, and some are only a few inehes tall. Bamboo grows best in places where it is warm and it rains often.
The long stem of bamboo is hollow, which makes them light and strong.People use it to build houses and bridges over rivers. It can be used to make tables,chairs, baskets and many other things. Bamboo is also made into paper. The tender young shoots of bamboo are tasty. People like to eat them.
高三下学期英语教学计划
高三下学期英语教学计划
高三下学期英语教学计划1(约799字)
离高考还有一百多天,高三英语复习也进入了紧张阶段。在接下来的这个学期,我会合理安排时间,紧跟教学进度,做好复习工作。具体安排如下:
一.早自习对学生的影响很大,如果能合理应用,可以对学生起到很大的帮助。
所以接下来的这个学期,我会尽量早起,合理安排每个早自习,与学生共同奋斗。
二.对于作业
我尽量做到每天一练,试卷全批全改,并在每次考试后及时统计分析,掌握学生的学习情况,并逐一分析错误原因。
三.教学方面
我会紧跟备课组的安排,抓进度,抓质量。分阶段有重点地对学生进行操练。具体措施如下:
1.3月份即将迎来第二次高考听力,在1-4周,我会紧抓听力练习,让学生养成良好的听力习惯,并对学生较弱的方面进行强化训练。
2.高考阅读理解和完形填空占了很大的比例,而学生在这方面也是最弱的,所以平时要加强学生阅读完形的训练,每天两篇阅读一篇完型,并及时校对。
3.写作是学生的.另一薄弱环节,而写作的提高也是长年累月积累的结果。所以平时课堂练习中要注重学生的写作能力,从单词,词组,单句,段落,到__,一步一步打好学生的写作基础。然后再分专题地对学生进行专门的写作训练,每两周一篇,并在早自习期间逐一面批,指出其错误,并让其自己改正以避免下次重犯。
4.对于高三的学生来说,考试是必要的,也是有效的检测他们阶段学习效率的最直接的办法。在每个单元复习之后,我会进行单元测试,每个模块结束后,进行模块复习考试,以此来巩固学生平日所学。
总之,我会尽最大努力与学生共同进退!
高中英语KEY POINTS专题辅导
高中英语KEY POINTS
belong to
【用法点拨】belong to意为“属于”。如:
The book belongs to Dan. 这本书属于丹。
也可指“是某一组织或群体的成员;归属某一群体”。如:
He belongs to the golf club. 他是高尔夫球俱乐部的成员。
特别提醒:belong to不能用于进行时,也不能用于被动语态。例如:
误:Who is this house belonging to?
正:Who does this house belong to?
误:The car is belonged to his brother.
正:The car belongs to his brother.
belong还表示“应被放置在,应处在;适合”,与表示场所的副词连用,不可用进行式。如:
The book belongs on that shelf(in that bookcase). 这本书应该是放在那个架子上(书架里)的。
I feel that I don’t belong here. 我觉得在此格格不入。
Put the chair back where it belongs. 把椅子放回原处。
Wild animals like this don’t belong in a zoo— they should be allowed to go free. 这样的野生动物不应该在动物园里,给它们自由。
【试题演练】
(1) —Put these books away.
高三英语教学计划
高三英语教学计划
高三英语教学计划15篇
时间流逝得如此之快,相信大家对即将到来的工作生活满心期待吧!不妨坐下来好好写写计划吧。计划怎么写才不会流于形式呢?以下是小编为大家收集的高三英语教学计划,希望对大家有所帮助。
高三英语教学计划1
一、教材分析
(结构系统、单元内容、重难点)教学内容主要以《名师伴你行》这本教学用书为主,教师应根据各班学生的情况穿插必要的课外练习,第二学期高三英语教学计划。并加强对英语语法专项的复习,在一定时间内穿插高考试卷的练习和讲解。
二、学生分析(双基智能水平、学习态度、方法、纪律)
本届学生虽然已经过两年半的高中英语学习,但情况仍不乐观,文理科仍有一定距离,体现在基础欠扎实,完形填空、阅读理解、书面表达等综合能力堪忧,学生花在英语学科上的时间还是甚少,尤其是理科班学生。所以在对学生全面强化督促的同时,如何抓好基础,强化针对性,有的放矢,提高讲和练的效益,成为专项与整体复习中的一大挑战。
三、教学目的要求
根据高考的最新信息和学生在复习备考中出现的问题,我们备课组的老师将群策群力,不断寻找新途径,去解决备考过程中出现的问题,从而提高高三年级复习课的效率和学生英语语言的综合运用能力。
四、完成教学任务和提高教学质量的具体措施
1.狠抓词汇教学对考纲要求的词汇要学生多记背,并在句子中运用。我们打算把词汇复习穿插在单词、词组的默写中进行,并进行词汇与短语的.选择练习。
2.夯实语法基础重视语法基础知识,紧扣高考考点,既要注重语言形式,也要注重语意内容和运用。重点放在情态动词,冠词,时态,五大基本句型,名词性从句,定语从句,状语从句,非谓语动词的专
高考英语二轮复习新型应用文定点训练:专题01 开头段 学案
应用文写作定点训练专题一
开头段
考点分析
书面表达中的应用文写作的开头段多涉及以下几个内容:自我介绍、写信背景、和写信目的等。其中每一项都特定的表达形式。其中,在练习写信背景的时候,要注意时态和语态。在练习写信目的的时候要注意精准用词,如invite,express one’s thanks, remind, inform, suggest, ask a favour 等等
Part1 高频句型和词汇
自我介绍:
1.I am Lihua, a student from xxx middle school.
2.I am Lihua, Chairman of the students’ Union.
3.I am Lihua, an exchange student who majors in Arts history.
4.I am Lihua, I'm Li Hua, your Chinese friend.
…
写信背景和写信目的:
st week I took part in + 活动名称(如:farm
work programme in the suburbs)
2.I'm very glad to invite you to participate in the tree
planting activity this Sunday, which is organized by our class.
3.Knowing that you have an interest in …(如:traditional Chinese culture), I'm writing to invite
高中英语高考链接-动词、短语动词和动词短语专题辅导
高中英语高考链接-动词、短语动词和动词短语
纵观近几年的高考英语试题,单项填空题考查动词的语义用法是从两个角度设计题目的:一是近义词,二是形近词。
常见动词辨析
1. appear, become,grow, stay
除be外,还有些动词可以用作系动词。这些动词用作系动词时,仍然有动词的含义,故有的语法学家称之为“半系动词”。常见的这类系动词有:appear(显得),become(变成),grow(变得),stay(保持)。这些系动词不能单独作谓语,必须与表语(多为形容词)一起构成合成谓语。
其他常见的系动词还有:fall(落入),feel(感觉),get(成为),go(变得),keep(保持),look(看上去),prove(证明),remain(还是),seem(似乎),smell(闻起来),sound(听起来),taste(尝起来),turn(变成)。例如:
That sounds great. 听起来妙极了。
As he grew older, his songs became more humorous and optimistic. 随着年龄的增长,他的歌变得更加风趣、乐观了。
After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. 从那以后,琥珀屋的最终所归仍旧是一个谜。
Roy went bright red. 罗伊满脸通红。
注意:英语的系表结构中,有一些固定搭配,如:fall asleep / ill / sick; go bad / blind / dead / hungry / pale / red / rotten / tired / wrong; grow angry / big / cold / calm / dark / fat / hot / loud / old / rich / serious / thin / tall / worse; keep calm / close / cool / fit / fine / near / quiet / silent / warm。
高中英语“be + 动词-ing 形式”的多种意义专题辅导
高中英语“be + 动词-ing 形式”的多种意义
【演练1】根据汉语提示完成句子:
Don’t talk. The baby (正在睡觉).
【归纳】“be+动词-ing形式”构成现在进行时,表示此刻正在进行的动作。
【演练2】用所给动词的适当形式填空:
—What are you doing these days?
—We (spend) our vacations in Shanghai.
【归纳】“be+动词-ing形式”构成现在进行时,表示当前一段时间内的活动或现阶段正在进行的动作。
【演练3】根据汉语完成句子:
今天下午我要拜访我的一位老朋友。
one of my old friends this afternoon.
【归纳】▲“be+动词-ing形式”是现在进行时结构表示按计划或安排即将发生的动作,后面可以接表示将来的时间状语。如:
I am playing basketball tomorrow.
▲在日常交际中,go,come,leave,arrive等表示位置移动的动词常用于现在进行时表示将来。此外,许多不表示位置移动的动词也可用于现在进行时表示将来。如do,stay, take,visit等。如:Jack is arriving at 8:50. 杰克将于八点五十分到。
The bus is coming soon! 公共汽车马上就来!
We’re going camping next week. 我们下周要去野营。
参考答案
1. is sleeping
2. are spending
3. I am visiting
2020高考英语新课标大二轮辅导专题一 语法填空1-2-3第3节形容词和副词
第3节形容词和副词
Step1 典题感悟·高考名题这样考
考查角度1形容词和副词原级
1.(2019·全国卷Ⅲ) They also shared with us many ____________(tradition) stories about Hawaii that were ____________(huge) popular with tourists.
[解析]第一个空考查形容词。空格修饰名词stories,应用形容词形式,tradition的形容词为traditional,故填traditional。第二个空考查副词。空格处单词修饰形容词popular,应用副词形式,huge 的副词为hugely,故填hugely。
[答案]traditional; hugely
2.(2019·天津卷)A dog's eating habit requires regular training before it is ____________(proper) established.
[解析]考查副词。根据句意:在狗的饮食习惯被正确地建立之前,需要定期的训练。properly“正确地”,用副词来修饰动词。
[答案]properly
3.(2018·全国卷Ⅰ)Running is cheap, easy and it's always ____________(energy).
[解析]考查形容词。and连接两个并列分句,两个分句都表示跑步的特征,and前面的cheap和easy均为形容词,故此处应用形容词energetic作表语,意为“需要能量的,剧烈的”。
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高中英语限时阅读训练 (1)
词数:about 290 难度★★建议用时:3.5minutes
Unlike most of the other non-foolish holidays, the history of April Fool’s Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. There really wasn’t a “first April Fool’s Day” that can be pinpoi nted on the calendar. Some believe it came from celebrations involving the first day of spring. The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Before that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated (达到高潮) on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.
However, in those days news traveled by foot, so many people did not receive the news until several years later. Others, the more obstinate (顽固的) crowd refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as “fools” by the general p opulace (民众). They were subject to some ridicule (嘲笑). The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French. April Fool’s Day thus developed into an international fun fest (联欢会),
so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families.
Pranks performed on April Fool’s Day range from the simple, (such as saying, “Your shoe’s untied!”), to the elaborate(精心制作的). Setting a roommate’s alarm clock back an hour is a common trick. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling (大叫)to his victim, “April Fool!”
April Fool’s Day is a “for-fun-only” observance (风俗习惯). Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their “significant other” out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It’s simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant (警觉的), for he may be the next April Fool!
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. New Year’s Day was celebrated on March 25 after 1582.
B.April Fool’s Day was the first day to celebrate new year before 1582.
C. Many people didn’t know the New Year’s Day fell on Janu ary 1 until several years later.
D. Only the obstinate people got involved in celebrating April Fool’s Day.
2. The underlined word “pranks”(in Paragraph 3) most probably means “______”.
A. fools
B. tricks
C. projects
D. plans
3. “April fools” first referred to ______.
A. those who continued to celebrate the new year on April 1
B. those who accepted the new calendar
C. those who were fooled on April 1
D. those who always did foolish things on April 1
Key: 1-3 CBA
(二)
词数 about 310 难度★★建议用时 3.5 minutes
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) —Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday announced a recall of 1.8 million lithium-ion (锂) notebook batteries that could cause a fire risk, a move that followed Dell’s similar recall just ten days ago.
The defective (有缺陷的) batteries were sold with Apple 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4 computers from October 2003 through this month. In its recall announcement, Apple said it has received nine reports of lithium-ion battery packs overheating, including two cases in which users suffered minor burns and some involving minor property damage.
The company urged users to stop using the batteries and contact Apple Customer Service. The computer maker will replace the batteries free of charge.
About 1.1 million of the battery packs are in use in the US, the remaining 700,000 were sold internationally. The recall is the second-biggest in US history involving electronics or computers. Just last week, No. 1 PC maker Dell Inc. recalled 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries.
Both recalls involve lithium-ion batteries made by a Sony subsidiary(子公司) in Japan.
Sony said in a press release (新闻公布) that both the Dell and Apple problems were caused by tiny pieces of metal floating inside the battery. When the batteries are