人教版高一英语必修三Unit5Reading重点单词、句型知识点

Unit5 Reading Canada- “The True North”

(I)

短语

1. rather than 而不是

2. all the way 一路上

3. thousands of 成千上万的

4. as well as 和；同；不但……而且……

5. have the idea that… 有……的想法

6. be surrounded by/with 被……环绕

7. so…that… 如此……以至于

8. settle down 安定下来

9. manage to do 设法做成某事

10. catch sight of 看见

11. be famous for 因……著名

12. compete in 参加……

13. have a gift for 有……的天赋

14. because of 因为；由于

15. in fact 事实上

16. one-third 三分之一

1. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast.

句法分析: 这是个简单句, to visit their cousins in Montreal 为目的状语。

(1)be on a trip 在旅行

He had been away on a long trip. 他已外出长途旅行。

make a trip 去旅游 a round trip 往返

a return trip 回程,返回行程　a single trip 单程,单程旅游

take a trip 去旅游 be/go on a trip 去旅行

on one's trip 在旅途中

(2)coast 海岸,滨海(地区)

The Smiths spent the summer holidays on the north coast of Spain last year.

史密斯一家去年夏天在西班牙北海岸度假。

Qingdao is a beautiful coast city.青岛是一个美丽的海滨城市。

a clear coast 毫无障碍(或危险), 平静无事

skirt the coast 沿海岸航行; [比喻]谨慎行事

2. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.

她们不想一路乘飞机,而决定先飞到温哥华,再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

句法分析: 这是个简单句,包含了两个并列的谓语。

Rather than...为固定结构, 表示“而不是……”，其具体用法见《红状元》P61。

3. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.要横穿整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。

句法分析:该句是名词性从句中的同位语从句, that they could cross the whole continent用来解释说明The thought。

同位语从句常放在

fact, idea, hope, conclusion, evidence, opinion, problem, understanding等抽象名词的后面作同位语。

(连词that在从句中不担当任何句子成分,也不能省略)

He had to face the fact that he was laid off his job.

他不得不面对下岗这一事实。

4. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

句法分析: People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city是宾语从句; surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean为过去分词短语作定语, 修饰most beautiful city。

surround

eg:

The harbour is surrounded by trees. （常用被动）Surrounded by trees, the harbour looks beautiful.（作状语）

其具体用法见《红状元》P61

5. Its population is increasing rapidly. 这个城市的人口增长很快。

population n. 居民;人口

①表示某地拥有的人口数量, 一般用“地点名词+has a population of+基数词” 或 “the population of+地点名词+is+基数词” 结构。

The population of this village is 582=This village has a population of 582.

②询问或打听某地人口数要用what, 而不能用how many或how much。

What’s the population of Ireland? 爱尔兰有多少人口?