Learningaboutlanguage1.Saythewordsaccordingtoexplanations.1mostthingsorpeopleinagroup…2withthehelpofsomething…3thestateofbeingaslave4machinethatflies,helicopter5groupormassofdifferentthings6belongtoacertaincountry7apersonwhoapplies8pointto,pointout,showsomething;beasignofsomething9putorsetinorintosomething10paytousesomething,ortousesomeone'shelpmajoritybymeansofslaveryaircraftmixturenationalityapplicantindicateinserthire2.Answerkeysforexcise1onpage4:AdjectiveNounVerbAdjectiveNounmajorapplynationalracesimplemixcuriousillustratemajoritynation(ality)simplicitycuriosityappliedracialmixedillustrativeapplicationracemixtureillustration3.Choosethewordsbelowtofillintheblanks,changingtheirformsifnecessary.(page4)MyfirstholidaytoSpainwasadelight.Thearchitectureandfoodtherewereexcitingandthe____________ofpeopleswasveryinteresting.IfoundoutmoreaboutthatwhenImetCarlos.Heisfroma(an)_____________familyoriginallyfromSouthAmericaandspeaksexcellent_________.Likethe________oftheSpanish,heisa____________andgoestochurcheverySunday.mixtureimmigrantSpanishmajorityCatholicHetoldmehowhisancestorswereforcedinto_________bytheSpanishconquerorsofSouthAmerica.Theyhadtodenytheirking,their____________andtheirgodswhentheSpanisharrived.TheinvadersweresocrueltothelocalpopulationthateventuallyCarlos’ancestorsfledtoSpainto____________there.NowheandhisfamilyformpartoftheinterestingmixtureofpeoplesthatmakeuptheSpanishpopulation.slaverynationalitymakealifeLanguagePoints1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateintheUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.形容词最高级表示“最”，与序数词连用表示“第几”Maryisthetalleststudentinourclass.Tomisthesecondtallestboyinourclass.---Ｗhatthepopulationofthiscity?---Thepopulationinthecity100million.25%ofthepopulationofthiscityolderthan60.Thepopulationofourcountry___verylarge.isisareispopulation指人口总量时用单数，用what提问，但指多少人口时用复数形式。2.ItisalsothemostmulticulturalstateintheUS..multi-是一个常用的前缀，表示“多”。Canyougiveusmoreexamples?3.However,itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.Itislikely/possible/probablethat…sb/sthislikelytodosth某人/物有可能做某事4.ScientistsbelievethatthesefirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsiatoAlaskabymeansofalandbridgewhichexistedinprehistorictimes.means:amethodoraway(ofdoing)bymeansof:byusing依靠，凭借。1.Thethiefhadwantedtoescapebymeansofasecrettunnel,butwascaught.2.Thequickestmeansoftravelisbyplane.prehistorictimes史前时期pre-是一个前缀，表示“前”，“先”，“预先”。e.gprepay,preview,prejudge,pretell5.Thousandswerekilledorforcedintoslavery.forcedintoslavery:被迫成为奴隶1)Thousand,hundred,million,dozen,score等表数字的词表示具体数字时不加“s”，加“s”时泛指许多。Hundredsandhundredsofpeoplegoskatinginwinter.2)thousandsof成千上万的类似的用法还有：hundredsof数以百计的scoresof许多millionsof上百万的dozensof许多，大量tensofthousandsof数以万计的Theteacherboughttwo___booksinthebookstore.A.scoresofB.scoresC.scoreofCBeartheminyourmind!6.Inaddition,manydiedfromthediseasebroughtbyEuropeans.inadditionto:除此之外,另外,加之e.g.Imetmypastteacherandsomeformerclassmates__________inthesupermarket.我在超市里遇见了我以前的老师,还有些同班同学.inaddition______________cakesandcandies,guestswerealsoprovidedwithfruits.除了有蛋糕和糖果,还给客人们准备了水果.Inadditionto7.However,somesurvivedtheseterribletim...
