Period 2 Language pointStep 1 RevisionRetell the passage.Step 2 Useful phrases.Give the Chinese meaning as quickly as you can. the third largest statea multicultural stateby means of in additiondie fromIn the 18 centuryfight againstthe majoritygain independenceachieve one’s dreammake a life 第三大州一个具有多种文化的州通过……工具，途径另外死于……在 18 世纪反对……而战大多数获得独立实现某人的梦想谋生Step 3 Language points 1.means: a method or a way of doing. 方式，方法，手段（但复数同形）Translate:一切可能的办法都试过了。___________________________________________————————————————————————All possible means have been tried.= Every possible means has been tried.by means of : by using 依靠，凭借The thief had wanted to escape by means of a secret tunnel, but was caught. 2.occur: 1)come into sb’s mind ( 想起，想到 ) 2)happen, take place( 发生 ) 1)When did the accident occur? 2)A good idea occurred to me all at once.发生想到3.multi- 前缀，是“多，多方面，多方向”的意思multi-colouredmulti-racial countrymulti-mediamultipartymultiparty systemmulti-purpose多色的多种族的国家多媒体多党制的多党制多种用途，多功能，通用思维拓展：mono- 前缀： one, single 单 eg: a monolingual dictionary( 单语词典 ) monoplane( 单翼机 )bi- 前缀： two, twice, double 双 eg: a bilingual dictionary( 双语词典 ) bicycel ( 自行车 )4.declare v. 宣告，声称，宣称，申报 1) to make known publicly or officially 宣告，公告 War was declared on the enemy. 2) to state with great force so that there is no doubt about the meaning 声称， 断言，宣称 She declared that she knew nothing about it. 3) to make a full statement of 申报 Have you anything to declare?思维拓展：declare oneself declare war on/upondeclare againstdeclare for发表意见，表明态度对……宣战反对声明赞成• Today there are about...
