Section Ⅱ　Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary(1)—Language Points

be home to...……的产地；栖息地

(教材P57)Yunnan is home to half of all China's plant species.

全中国植物种类的一半都在云南。

①feel at home　　　　　舒适自在，无拘束

make oneself at home 随便，不要拘束

at home and abroad 国内外

be the home of ……的发祥地

②homesick adj. 想家的

③homeless adj. 无家可归的

①I'll try my best to make you feel at home.

我会尽力使您舒适自在。

②Greece is the home of democracy.

希腊是民主的发祥地。

③The president is not as popular at home as he is abroad.

总统在国内不如在国外受欢迎。

get lost迷路

(教材P58)．..many small streets that are easy to get lost in

……许多很窄的街道，身处其中容易迷路

get dressed　　　　穿上衣服

get killed 被杀

get married 结婚

get hurt 受伤

get paid 得到报酬

get known to 为……所知

get separated from 和……分开

be/get lost in 全神贯注于，沉湎于

①Your cheque must have got lost in the post.

你的支票一定是在邮寄过程中丢失的。

②The boy was soon lost in the book.

这个男孩很快专心地看起书来。

③The cleaner get paid(pay) by the day.

清洁工按日付工资。

get done相当于be done。但get done更着重指动作不可延续，因此不与表示一段时间的状语连用。

run v．控制；管理；支配；经营；操作；运行；运转

(教材P58)For example，it is the women who run Naxi society，and until recently，Naxi women inherited all property.

例如，管理纳西族社会的是妇女，而且近来还是由纳西族的妇女来继承全部财产。

　写出下列句中run的含义

①The machine has been mended and runs very well.

________

②The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time.________

③He has no idea of how to run a business.________

④It is not easy to run an excavator.________

【答案】　①运行　②控制　③经营　④操作

run after...　　　追赶某人；追逐某物

run away from 逃离；逃避

run across... 偶然遇见某人或发现某物

run into 撞上；遇到(困难)

run out (指供应品)，用完，花光；耗尽；结束

run out of (指人)用完；耗尽(供应品)

run over 碾过

⑤On the way they had run into a high wind.

在路上，他们遇上了大风。

⑥I ran across a beautiful poem in this book.

我在此书中偶然发现了一首好诗。

custom n．风俗，习惯；传说

(教材P58)They have the custom of playing cards on card tables in the middle of the street.

他们有在街中心围着桌子打牌的习惯。

It's one's/the custom to do sth.　　　做……是习俗

have/observe the custom of doing sth. 有/遵循做……

的习俗

break the custom 打破习俗

①Since the local custom is very important，we shouldn't break it.

既然当地的习俗很重要，我们就不应该破坏它。

②It is the custom in that country for women to_marry (marry) young.

女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。

in use在使用

(教材P59)The Naxi language is the only hieroglyphic language still in use and is over 1,000 years old.

纳西语是唯一仍在使用的象形文字，已有一千多年的历史了。

come into use 　　　　　开始使用

make use of 使用

put...to good use 好好利用

It's no use doing sth. 做某事是没有用的

be of no use 没有用途

be out of use 被弃用

①You can throw those away—they're of no use to anyone.

那些东西你可以扔了，它们对谁都没用。

②Students should make good use of every minute to work hard.

学生应该充分利用每一分钟好好学习。

③He'll be able to put his experience to good use in the new job.

他能在新的工作中好好利用他的经验。

Ⅰ.语境填词

1．Australia is a ________ nation；its __________ attracts even more immigrants from every corner of the world.(diverse) 【导学号：14272029】

2．The people didn't attend the meeting for a ________ of reasons.That is，their reasons ________ from one to another.(vary)

3．The girl is the only ________ that can ________ the property of the old man.(inherit)

4．At the airport，it is a __________ for __________ officers to search passengers' luggage.(custom)

5．I asked those ________ what animals were __________ to Africa.(native)

【答案】　1.diverse；diversity　2.variety；varied

3．inheritor；inherit　4.custom；customs 5．natives；native

Ⅱ.选词填空

be home to；be diverse from；get lost；in use；take place；sound like；be full of；be uninterested in