牛津英语模块6Unit_3

模块六Unit Three Understanding each other一. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子1. It is estimated that about 11.500 athletes from all over the world will p________in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.2. When you come to a new country, special attention should be paid to cultural d____3. The British people love to decorate Christmas trees and hang up evergreen branches onChristmas Day while Chinese people tend to have a large banquet in c________ of Spring Festival.4. When planting flowers, try to choose n____ species. They will be easier to survive.5. Dr. Smith is from Australia. It’s no wonder he speaks with a strong Australian a_________.6. The two major parts in a research project include gathering data and a _____ data.7. The cold is u___________. Yesterday it was 29℃,but today the temperature drops to only 10℃.8. He had some difficulty a______________ himself to the new conditions on his first visit to London last fall.9. If you want any f____________ explanation, you’d better ask the manager.10. Mary decided to explore in the forest on her own. Yet her parents were both c___________ for her safety.11. It can be quite ________________(令人尴尬的)to take a stranger for your friend and sayhello to him or her while he or she makes no response.12. Many cars________（属于）to local people were destroyed in the storm last month.13. In England, it isn’t the Queen reigns but elected representatives of the people that_____________(统治)the country.14. As____________（少数）voted in favor of the new law, it wasn’t passed at last.15. When the bomb exploded, the spot was in a terrible mess, so nobody could give the report a full____________（叙述）of it.二. 根据课文完成短文People can often experience ____1_____differences. For example, the Americans are ____2____talking about Thanksgiving Day and the huge turkey they eat. They get quite excited whenever it ____3____to this topic. However, some British people don’t even know what Thanksgiving is held in ____4____of .It is OK for the British to open the presents as soon as they receive them. But it is____5____ to do so in the East. Even though there are ____6____between wedding traditions in the west, there are also differences between different Western countries. In the UK, the guests are ____7____to give presents to the newly-weds, but in Italy, the newly-weds are supposed to give their guests presents. Besides, in many countries, people point ____8____their first finger. But people from Brunei use their thumb____9____. Foreigners have to ____10____themselves to that, or it will be quite rude.So, it is a good way to learn about cultural differences to understand more about each other.[考点透视]sb / sth. 期待、预料to do sth 期望做某事1. expect ＋n. that –clauseas expected 如同期望中那样than expected 比期望中要…You arrived earlier than◎expect vt. 本意为“期望”或“预料”，常含有知道某事即将发生之意，它也可引申为汉语的“等待”。

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We are expecting him to come for dinner. （约定）◎wait vi. 与for 连用，指“等候”的具体行为。

表“等待去做某事”时，不用wait +for doing sth. 常用wait to do sth ， 而这种结构多见于否定句式。

Mother waited for her son to come back for dinner (比正常时间晚了)I can ’t wait to announce the good news.我迫不及待地要宣布这个好消息。

2、◎custom [C,U] 习惯，强调社会、民族经过一段较长的时间过程而形成的“风俗、习惯” ◎habit [C,U] 指个人在长时间内逐渐养成的，一时不容易改变的行为和习惯。

customs 关税， 进口税 The Customs 海关eg: Social customs vary greatly from country to country各国的风俗习惯很不一样He has formed the good habit of saving money.他养成了存钱的好习惯。

The officials in the Customs at Beijing Airport are very polite.北京机场的海关官员很有礼貌。

3、accumulate vi. 累积，聚积 eg: Dust and dirt soon accumulate if a houseis not cleaned regularly.vt. 堆积，积累，积聚 ～funds 积累资金～a library 集书库4、native adj 本地的，本国的，天生的，天然的 egThe tiger is ～to India.这种老虑原产于印度.The ability to swim is ～to fish.鱼天生会游泳.n. 本地人，当地人，eg: She is a ～of Beijing.她是土生土长的北京人.5、participate vi.参加，参与～in=take part in 但～in 更正式participant n. 参加者 participation n. 参加6、all the time 一直，总是 at one time 一度，曾经at a time 每一次（=each time ） at the same time 同时，可是，然而at times 有时，偶尔 for the time being 暂时，暂且from time to time 不时地 many a time 多次take one ’s time 慢慢来 kill time 消磨时间to do sth 期望…做…to be done 期待……I had expected .expected. 你比我预料的到得早lose time 走慢（指钟表） gain time 走快（指钟表）7、celebrate 表达“庆祝、祝贺”之意，限于事物，如节日庆典，结婚纪念，生日庆贺等，是指以仪式，典礼等活动庆祝令人欢乐的事或日子。

◎celebration n. in ～ of 庆祝…，for the ～ of 为了庆祝…为了祝贺…◎congratulate 指对人进行祝贺，如表达“就某事祝贺”应用介词 on 即～ sb on sth / doing stheg: We held a party in celebration of / for the celebration of his victoryWe congratulated her on winning the contest8、instead adv. ―反而‖在句中单独作状语，置于句首时，意为“相反地”instead of ―代替，而不‖后接名词,代词，动名词,介词短语，但不能接句子9、It won ’t be … before …用不了（多长时间）就去……It will be … before … 得过（多长时间）才去……It wasn ’t … before … 没过（多长时间）就去……It was …before … 过（多长时间）才……10、rule 着重指通过制定法律、发号施令或行使绝对的权力完全控制别人之意govern 是运用权使管理得以维持dominate 是指以自己为中心，要求别人服从自己之意inspect 是“监督、督察”之意查理一世统治了英国十一年。