1、 / 81Unit 5 Canada-“The True North ”1. surroundvt. 周围的surroundings n. 环境;周围的事物易混辨析surroundings/condition/environmentsurroundings 意为“环境 ”时，要用复数形式，主要指周围的物质环境。condition 的复数形式 conditions 可表示“环境，情况”，但主要表示抽象意义上的。environment 意为“环境”时，既可表示抽象概念也可表示具体意义，包括周围环境、外界、自然环境、社会环境等。She works in pleasant surroundings.她
2、在愉快的环境中工作。Its difficult to imagine you re living in such poor conditions.很难想像你在这样差的条件下生活。An unhappy home environment can affect a childs behaviour.不幸的家庭环境可能对孩子的行为造成影响。高手过招单项填空by the police, the thief had no choice but to surrender（投降）. (200912辽宁大连检测)A. Surrounded B. Having surroundedC. To be surroun
3、ded D. Surrounding解析:选 A。be surrounded by 被包围。句子主语 the thief 与 surround 呈被动关系。故选 A。2. bordern. 边界；国界；边沿vt. withintobe mixed up6. impressvt.使印象深刻；使铭记常用结构：impress sth. on/upon sb. = impress sb. with/by sth.使某人铭记某事 The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourists.外国游客无一不对该市留有深刻印象。We were m
4、ost impressed with/by your efficiency.你的工作效率很高，我们极为钦佩。impression n.C印象；感想impressive adj.给人印象深刻的；令人敬佩的make/give/create an impression on/upon.给一个印象have/get the impression that/of 有的印象高手过招用 impress 相关短语的适当形式填空 （原创）Father me the value of hard work.One candidate in particular us her knowledge.You an exce
5、llent us.When I first met him I he was a humorous man.答案：impressed onimpressed; withmade; impression uponhad the impression that重点短语7. settle down舒适地坐下或躺下；（使）安静、安顿、安心；习惯于新的生活方式/工作等She settled down in an armchair to read her book. 她舒适地坐在扶手椅上看书。When are you going to marry and settle down?你什么时候结婚过上安定生活
6、?联想拓展settle down to doing sth.使 安下心来做某事settle (down) in . 在定居下来settle a dispute/an argument/an issue解决争端/争论/问题高手过招(1)单项填空New water wells encouraged people near the wells. (200912陕西西安检测)A. to be settled down B. to settle downC. to be settling down D. to live down(2)完成句子（原创）Something is disturbing him
7、, so he cant (安下心来) his work./ 85(3)用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空He finally settled down to (do) his homework. 解析: (1)选 B。考查固定搭配。encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事；settle down 定居。(2)settle down to(3)doing8. catch sight of看见She said that she caught sight of me in the crowd.她说她在人群中一下子就看见了我。联想拓展at first sight 初次见到时；乍看
8、上去at the sight of 一看见就lose sight of 看不见out of sight 看不见（视野之外）in/within sight 看得见；在眼前高手过招单项填空There was nobody when the man came round the corner. (200912江西安福检测)A. out of sight B. at sightC. lose sight D. in sight解析:选 D。根据句意可知,空格处的意思应该是 “视野之内；看见 ”。in sight 看得见；在眼前。9. as far as远到，直到；至于Ill walk with you
9、 as far as the post office. 我会陪你走到邮局。Ive read as far as the third chapter. 我已读到第三章了。联想拓展as far as sb. can see/tell/ remember 就某人看来/所说/所记得as/so far as sb./sth. is concerned 就某人/ 事而言far from sth. 毫不；一点也不； 远非So far, so good. (谚) 到目前为止，一切都很顺利。高手过招完成句子 （原创） (对我个人来说), you can do what you like.The problem
10、is (绝非易事). We ll go by train (直到) London, and then take a bus.答案：As far as Im concernedfar from easy as far as10. in the distance 在远处；在远方We can see the mountain in the distance.我们从远处就可以看到那座山。Night fell, the hills in the distance turn dark blue.夜色渐近，远处的山变成了深蓝色。联想拓展at a distance 隔一段距离，距离稍远一些from a dis
11、tance 从远方keep a distance 别靠近；保持距离keep sb. at a distance 对某人保持疏远高手过招用适当的介词填空We can see a windmill the distance.The picture looks better a distance.答案:inat11. have a gift for对有天赋gifted adj. 有天赋的，有才的He has a gift for dancing.他有跳舞的天赋。Mother has a gift for making people feel at home.妈妈有一种总让人感觉像在自己家一样的天赋。
12、The composer is also a gifted pianist.这位作曲家也是位很有天赋的钢琴家。高手过招单项填空You have a for music and I think you can have a chance to be a great singer.A. Power B. skill C. energy D. gift解析：选 D。考查固定搭配。have a gift for 对有天赋。重点句型12. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and th
13、en 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。常用结构：rather than. 是 而不是 ；与其不如；不愿He ran rather than walked.他是跑的而不是走的。Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 与其让蔬菜烂掉，他不如半价把它们卖掉。联想拓展do A rather than do B = rather than do B, sb. do
14、es A某人不做 B 却做 A A rather than B 是 A 而不是 B would rather do A than do B = would do A rather than do B宁可做 A 而不做 Bprefer to do A rather than do B 最喜欢做 A 而不做 B/ 87would rather sb. did/had done sth. 宁愿某人做某事温馨提示rather than 表示客观事实，它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。后接不定式时，不定式可以带 to，也可以不带 to。但rather
15、than 位于句首时，则只能接不带 to 的不定式。高手过招(1)用括号内所给词语的适当形式填空 （原创）Rather than (ride) on a crowded bus, he always prefers (ride) a bicycle. Id rather you (not come) yesterday.I think Tom, rather than you, (blame).(2)翻译句子 （原创）他一路跑过来而不是走过来。她喜欢把一些东西保存在房间里而不是把它们扔掉，尽管大部分都是无用的。答案：(1)ride; to ridehadn t comeis to blame(
16、2)He came running all the way rather than walking.She likes to keep things in the house rather than throw them away, though many are useless.13. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres.那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，一些高达 90 多米。some measuring over 90 metres 是独立主格结构。联想拓展
17、独立主格结构由名词或代词加上其他成分构成，在语法上是一个独立的短语，不是句子，作用相当于状语从句，可表示时间、原因、条件、行为、方式或伴随情况。构成形式：名词( 代词) + 现在分词 /过去分词/ 形容词/副词/不定式/介词短语。作时间状语:The meeting over, they left the hall.会议结束了，他们离开了大厅。作原因状语:My watch having been lost, I didnt know what time it was.我的表丢了，我不知道几点钟了。作条件状语:Time permitting, I shall go to the cinema wi
18、th you.如果时间允许的话，我会和你一起去看电影。描述伴随行为或补充说明:Mary entered the room, her hands in her pockets.玛丽走进房间，手放在口袋里。高手过招(1)用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（原创）The test (finish), we began our holiday.Weather (permit), we are going to visit you tomorrow.(2)完成句子He came into the room, his ears (冻得发红).He came out of the library, a book (夹在胳膊下).答案：(1)finishedpermitting(2)red with coldunder his arm
