选修 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity要 点 梳 理 高效梳理·知识备考●重点单词1．distinct adj.清晰的；明显的；明确的→distinction n．差别；区分；卓著2．means n．手段；方法3．majority n．大多数；大半→minority n．少数4．despite prep.尽管；不管5．elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人→election n．选举6．percentage n．百分比；百分率7．boom n．(人口、贸易的)繁荣 vi.处于经济迅速发展时期8．applicant n．申请人→apply v．申请→application n．申请9．customs n．海关；关税；进口税10．occur vi.发生；出现11．indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示→indication n．迹象→indicator n．指示器，指示物12．luggage n．行李13．apparent adj.显而易见的；显然的；表面上的→apparently adv.明显地14．slip vi.滑动；滑行；滑跤 n．滑动；滑倒15．hire vt. & n．租用，雇用16．nowhere adv.无处；到处都无17．punishment n．处罚；惩罚→punish v．惩罚；处罚18．justice n．正义；公平→injustice(反义词)●重点短语1．live on 继续存在；继续生存2．by means of... 用……办法；借助……3．make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等4．keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)5．back to back 背靠背6．team up with 与……合作或一起工作7．mark out 画线；标出……界线8．take in 包括；吸收9．a great/good many 许多；很多10．apply for 申请；请示得到●重点句型1．However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.然而，美洲土著人很可能在 15 000 年前就在加州生活着。2．Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.二百年后，西班牙人定居在南美洲大多数地区以及现在美国的西北沿海。3．That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.这就是今天有超过 40%的加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的原因。4．Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from th...
