2012 版英语一轮知识点学案：Unit1《A land of diversity》（新人教版选修 8）Ⅰ.重要单词聚焦1．distinction n．差别；区分；卓著2．meansn. 手段；方法3．majority n. 大多数；大半4．hardshipn. 苦难；困苦5．elect vt. 选择；决定做某事；选举某人6．boom n. (人口、贸易的)繁荣 vi. 处于经济迅速发展时期7．pole n. 地极；电极；磁极8．applicantn. 申请人9．customsn. 海关；关税；进口税10．occurvi. 发生；出现11．cattle n. 牛(总称)12．indicatevt. 指出；标示；表明；暗示13．luggage n. 行李(〈美〉baggage)14．shave(shaved；shaved，shaven) vt.& vi.刮；剃15．apparent adj. 显而易见的；显然的；表面上的16．slip vi. 滑动；滑行；滑跤n. 滑动；滑倒17．hire vt.& n. 租用；雇用18．nowhere adv. 无处；到处都无19．punishment n. 处罚；惩罚20．justice n. 正义；公平21．reformvt.& vi. 改革；革新 n. 改革；改造；改良22．graspvt.& n. 抓住；抓紧；掌握；领会23．thankfuladj. 感激的；感谢的Ⅱ.重点短语扫描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．team up with 与……合作或一起工作16．mark out 画线；标出……界线7．Take in 包括；吸收8．a great/good many许多；很多9．apply for申请；请示得到10．in addition另外11 achieve one’s dream 实现梦想12．admire the view 欣赏风景Ⅲ.课文原句突破1．Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.[信息提取] by means of 用某种办法，借助于某事物。[例句仿写] 思想可以借助于音乐来表达。Thoughts can also________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.【答案】 be expressed by means of music2．By the time California elected to become the thirtyfirst federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society.[信息提取] by the time 连词，意为“到……时”。[例句仿写] 当他 14 岁的时候，他就已经自学了数学。________ ________ _______...
