U1AlandofDiversity1.distinctionn.差别;特点;卓著make/drawadistinctionbetween对……加以区分peopleofdistinction知名人士gain/windistinction出名distinctadj.清晰的;明显的;明确的bedistinctin...from...在某方面与……不同distinguishv.区别,辨认,使有别于distinguishbetweenAandB=distinguishAfromB2.liveon继续存在,继续生存liveonsth以某物为食,靠某种经济来源生活livebydoingsth.靠做某事为生liveforsth.以某事物为生活目标livethroughsth.经历某事物而幸存liveuptosth.依照某事物行事;表现出符合某事物的标准livewithsth.接受或容忍某现象livetobe...=livetotheageof...活到……岁livea...life过着……的生活3.means手段,方法(单复数同形)bymeansof用……办法;借助……byallmeans一定,务必;好的,当然可以byanymeans无论如何bynomeans决不,一点也不(位于句首时,句子用部分倒装)byeverymeans用尽一切可能的办法易混辨析means指“方法、方式、工具”,着重于具体的手段(单复数形式相同)。way指“一般的方法、方式或个人的特殊方法、方式”,与技巧或效果的好坏无关。method指“有系统的、有效率的精心拟定的方法”,也可以指抽象概念“条理”。ameansofdoing/awaytodosth./awayofdoingsth./amethodofdoingsth./aapproachtodoing做……的方法inthisway/withthemethod/bythismeans用这种方法means作主语且有every,each等词修饰时,谓语动词用单数;有all,some,several,many,few等词修饰时,谓语动词用复数。Everymeanshasbeentried.每种方法都试过了。Allmeanshavebeentried.所有方法都试过了。翻译句子①这绝非解决问题的良计。②他借助一根绳子慢慢地下来了。解析:(1)选B。byallmeans意为“一定;当然可以”,符合句意。(2)①Thisisbynomeansagoodwaytosolvetheproblem.②Helethimselfdownslowlybymeansofarope.4.majorityn.大多数;大半A/Themajorityofdoctorsagreethatsmokingisextremelyharmfultohealth.A/Themajorityofwaterwasnotbepolluted.Themajoritywas/wereinfavouroftheproposal.beinthe/amajority占大多数amajorityoversb.超过对方的票数by/withamajorityof以大多数...赢得...majoradj.&n.较大的;主要的;主修,专攻minorityadj.&n.少数;少数民族;未成年5.makealife习惯于新的生活方式、工作等cometolife变得活跃起来bring...tolife使...更生动;使...苏醒laydownone'slife/livesfor为...牺牲生命lead/livea...life过着...的生活make/earnaliving谋生6.despiteprep.尽管,不管,不顾Despitetheheavyrain,wearrivedatthestationontime.=Inspiteoftheheavyrain,wearrivedatthestationontime.=Despitethefactthat/Inspiteofthefactthattherainwasheavy,wearrivedatthestationontime.7.occurvi.发生;存在;出现occurto(主意或想法突然)浮现于脑中;被想起,被想到itoccurstosb.todosth.使某人想到做某事itoccurstosb.that...某人想到……Justthenanideaoccurredtome.就在那时我想起了一个主意。ItsuddenlyoccurredtomethatIhadleftmyumbrellaupstairs.我突然想到我把伞忘在楼上了。8.indicatevt.指出;标示;表明;暗示indicatesth.(tosb.)向(某人)表示某事;把……指给(某人)看indicatethat...表示……;示意……indicationn.指出;表明indicativeadj.指示的;暗示的9.force…into…强迫…成为、做、进入…Theyforcedhimintosigning(tosign)thepaper.Heforcedhisfeetintohisshoes.Shewasforcedintocrimebycircumstances.她为境遇所迫而犯罪。Thefellowforcedhiswayintomyhome.那家伙强行闯入我家。10.compare:Chinahasmorepeoplethananyothercountryintheworld.ChinahasmorepeoplethananycountryinEurope.11.SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly16thcenturywhen(定语从句)theyfoughtagainstthenativepeopleandtooktheirland.西班牙士兵最早是在16世纪初来到南美的,(当时)他们同土著人打仗,夺取了他们的土地。PeoplefromAfricahavebeenlivinginCaliforniasincethe1800s,whentheymovednorthfromMexico.非洲人从19世纪就在加利福尼亚住下来,(当时)他们是从墨西哥向北来的。Evenmorearrivedbetween1942and1945whentheycametoCaliforniatoworkintheshipandaircraftindustries.更多的非洲人是在1942年到1945年间来到加利福尼亚的,当时他们是到船厂或飞机厂工作的。take捕捉、获胜、占领、夺取等takeatiger/afort(城堡)/aprisoner/adegree(学位)/abribe(受贿)12.the/amajority(of)大多数、大部分The/Amajorityofthecountryspeak(s)English.The/Amajorityofstudentswere/wasagainstthepolicy.Themajorityis/arealwaysabletoimpose(强加)its/theirwillontheminority.majorityn.大多数…Themajority____________forthebudget.Themajorityofstudents________hard-working.Themajorityofthedamage_______easytorepair.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。minority少数……was/wereare/isisbein(the/a)majority占多数、过半数1).Thosewhoarefortheproposal_______.A.inthemajorityB.arethemajorityC.areinthemajorityD.isinthemajority2).Thenumberofstudentsinourclass___63andthemajorityofthem___cleverandworkhard.A.is;isB.are;areC.is;areD.are;is3)Youngpeoplewereinthemajorityatthemeeting.(Translate)√√13.declarevt.1)tomakeknownpubliclyorofficially宣布,宣告1).Thechairmandeclaredtheresultsoftheelection.2).Warwasdeclaredontheenemy.警方现在已经对这个地区的毒贩宣战了.3).Thepolicehavedeclaredwarondrugdealersinthisarea.法官宣判这个窃贼有罪。4).Thejudgedeclaredthethiefguilty.2)Tostatewithgreatforcessothatthereisnodoubtaboutthemeaning宣称,声称,断言1).她郑重宣布她对此事一无所知。Shesolemnlydeclaredthatsheknewnothingaboutit.2).请表明你的立场。Declareyourposition,please.3).她声称自己无罪。Shedeclaredherselftobeinnocent.4).他声明此事属实.Hedeclaredthatitwastrue.(3)Tomakeafullstatement申报Haveyouanythingtodeclare?announce把大家所关心的事情,特别是有新闻价值的,做一般或正式的宣布。14.make/earna/one’slife谋生、习惯新的生活方式make/earn/geta/one’sliving谋生现在越来越多的年轻人去了城市并在那儿谋生。Nowadaysmoreandmoreyoungpeoplemovetocitiestomakealifethere.15.alargepercentagehavechosen…=alargepercentageofChinese-Americanshavechosen…...1).Alargepercentageofpopulationliveinbigcities.2).这宾馆很大比例的收入来自于游览这湖的游客。Alargepercentageofthehotel’sincomecomesfromthevisitorstothelake.3).Onlyasmallpercentageofstudentsareforeigners.percent(用在数词后)(其余都用percentage)(1)Theresultisexpressed________________(以百分比).(2)_____________________(比例越来越大)ofthepopulationowntheirownhouses.(1)___________________(大部分)peoplecame.(2)__________________(百分之五十的学生)cameformworker’sfamily.asapercentageAnincreasingpercentageAlargepercentageof50percentofstudents16.establishatown建立城镇establishanewbusiness开创新事业establishfriendlyrelationswith…建立友好关系…establishthathewasright.证明他是对的。17.immigratevi.(to/into)移居,迁入他很小时