Unit 2 Culture shock第 2 课时 课文重难点句型讲解栏目导航巩 固 习 题1.They organized a lot of activities for me in my spare time so that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely. 他们在我空闲时间为我安排了许多活动,以便我不会思念家人,也不会感到孤独。 上面的句子用了短语 organize sth. for sb.,为某人安排,组织某事。固定短语 in one’s spare time 相当于 in one’s free time。 so that 后面引导的是目的状语从句,为了,以便。例如: I got up early so that I could catch the first bus. 我早早地起床是为了赶上头班车。 or 用于否定句,表示“也不”,而不能用 and。例如: I don’t like running or swimming. =I don’t like running and I don’t like swimming. 我不喜欢跑步,也不喜欢游泳。 2.However, to a certain degree, life in the US was hard to get used to. My main problem was with the language. I failed to understand much in the first few weeks because everyone spoke so fast. 然而,从某种程度上说,我还是难以适应美国的生活。主要的问题就是语言障碍。刚开始的几周,因为每个人说话语速太快,我不是特别能听懂。 to a certain degree 相当于 in a way、in one way、in some way 和 partly,在某种程度上。例如: Although he did something wrong, to a certain degree, he helped me. I realized that I must be more careful. 虽然他做错事情了,在某种程度上,他帮了我。我意识到我应该更细心。 句子中的介词 with 相当于 as a result of、because of,表原因。例如: The girl turned red with embarrassment.因难为情,女孩脸红了。 注意以下两句中的 first 含义: He is the first student to study abroad in the UK.他是第一个在英国留学的学生。 They are the first students to study abroad in the UK. 他们是第一批在英国留学的学生。 巩 固 习 题一、根据课文内容,用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的,限填一词),使文章意思完整、正确。 Brad Li is a junior high school student in China. He visited the US on 1 international excha...