高中英语人教版高三下讲解01

[00:-1.00]Population;history;government;sports;weather;radio and TV;
[00:-2.00]transport;food;parks;buiolking;hotels?
[00:-3.00]Population;history;goyernment;sports;transport;parks;huildings.
[00:-4.00]1.Why do you think early settlers chose New York as a place for a new city?
[00:-5.00]Islands provide safety from attack and shelter for ships from storms.
[00:-6.00]2.What are Native Americans angry about?
[00:-7.00]They feel that they were"robbed"in on unfair business deal.
[00:-8.00]3.Why is New York suitablc for building skyscrapers¹?
[00:-9.00]Manhattan Island is made of solid rock,
[00:10.00]which provides firm foundations² for tall buildings.
[00:11.00]4.Why do you think it is necessary to build skyscrapers?
[00:12.00]Because land is scarce³ and very expensive.
[00:13.00]5.Why do you think Ellis Island was turned into a museum?
[00:14.00]A.The building were not needed for new arrivals.
[00:15.00]B.There is a lot of history connected with people settling in the USA.
[00:16.00]C.Officials stopped working at Ellis Island.
[00:17.00]A,B and C are all good answers.
[00:18.00]6.Why do you think Ellis Island was named the"Island of Tears"?
[00:19.00]C.Some people cried when they were refused entry into the USA.
[00:20.00]7.What do you think is mrant by"fierce competition"?
[00:21.00]C.You have to do better than other people to make money.
[00:22.00]1.New York
[00:23.00]2.In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indiams.
[00:24.00]Native Americans,for a handful⁴ of goods worth about S24.
[00:25.00]a handful of...
[00:26.00]* She put a handful of sweets on the desk and asked me to eat.
[00:27.00]* Only a handful of people attended the dance.
[00:28.00]* He bought a coat worth over 1000 yuan.
[00:29.00]* New York is a city worth a visit/visiting.
[00:30.00]* The book is worth reading.
[00:31.00]3.After the War of Independence cnded,
[00:32.00]New York became the capital of the USA
[00:33.00]for a short thime(1789-90)before Washington,D.C.
[00:34.00]4.By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125000,
[00:35.00]making it the largest city in the USA.
[00:36.00]* By 5 pm.yesterday they had already done half of the work.
[00:37.00]* She had finished her composition by the time I came home.
[00:38.00]* By next Sunday we'll have made a plan for performance.
[00:39.00]* The hurricane brought down a great number of houses,
[00:40.00]making thousands of people homeless.
[00:41.00]* Her husband died in the war.making her a widow⁵ with four children.
[00:42.00]5.In 1858 an area of poor housing⁶,
[00:43.00]factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was ereated,
[00:44.00]reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.
[00:45.00]* The city will tear down these buildings to make room for the new highway.
[00:46.00]* Behind our school is a vegetable garden,reaching for many kilometres.
[00:47.00]6.In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began,
[00:48.00]during which 15 million new people pass through Ellis Island into the USA
[00:49.00]over a period of 62 years.
[00:50.00]pass through
[00:51.00]* We're just passing through on our way to New York.
[00:52.00]* They had to pass through the forest to get to the river.
[00:53.00]7.People who wanted to enter the USA had to go through a number of mental
[00:54.00]and physical tests and about 2 million people were turned away.
[00:55.00]* His grandpa went through many dangers during the war.
[00:56.00]* She has gone through a lot since her husband was killed.
[00:57.00]* Please go through these papers carefully.
[00:58.00]* Mother went through the drawer looking for the sweater.
[00:59.00]* Because the hall was full,many people were turned away.
[-1:00.00]* Crow ds of people were turned away for lack of room.
[-1:-1.00]8.A 55-storey building went up in 1931 the Empire State Building was completed,
[-1:-2.00]then the tallest building in the world.
[-1:-3.00]He bought the car in 1980,then a modern type in China.
[-1:-4.00]1.In what ways did the settlers treat the Native Americans unfairly?

[-1:-5.00]The settlers killed them,forced them to leave their lumting grounds,
[-1:-6.00]broke agreements which they had made,forced them onto poor land,
[-1:-7.00]and killed most of the bison on which Native Americans had relied for food.
[-1:-8.00]2.What caused a big change in the wildlife on the plains?
[-1:-9.00]The killing⁷ of large numbers of bison
[-1:10.00]changed the whole wildlife chain on the plains.
[-1:11.00]1.The first settlers on the plains were farmers.(F)
[-1:12.00]2.There were wild horses in America before the Spanish arrived.(F)
[-1:13.00]3.Native Americans used to hunt the bison before they had horses.(T)
[-1:14.00]5.The settlers did not deal honestly with the Native Americans.(T)
[-1:15.00]6.Settlers ended up with better land than the Native Americans.(T)
[-1:16.00]7.Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the Native Americans.(F)
[-1:17.00]8.In a food chain,an animal eats one kind and is eaten by another kind.(T)
[-1:18.00]1.It is thought that they arrived more than 30000 years ago
[-1:19.00]by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
[-1:20.00]2.Now that they could ride horses,it became easier to hunt the bison,
[-1:21.00]a type of cattle which used to exist in huge numbers on the plains of Americn.
[-1:22.00]* Now-(that)you are well again,you can work with them.
[-1:23.00]* Now that you have finished your work you may go.
[-1:24.00]3.The bison grows to a shoulder-height of 1.5 metres and can weigh 1100 kilograms.
[-1:25.00]Bison were killed for their meat,
[-1:26.00]while their fur provided⁸ warm clothing during cold winters.
[-1:27.00]4.From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1879 in Canada,
[-1:28.00]settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
[-1:29.00]from...(time)on/onwards
[-1:30.00]from now on/onwards
[-1:31.00]from then on/onwards
[-1:32.00]from that night on/onwards
[-1:33.00]from 1980 onwards
[-1:34.00]* From now on you're my students.
[-1:35.00]* From that time onwards they began to pass through the forest.
[-1:36.00]* From 1990 onwards the city began to take on a new look.
[-1:37.00]eastwards;southwards;westwards;northwards;backwards;upwards,forwards;afterwards.
[-1:38.00]take possession of
[-1:39.00]* At midnight they crossed the river and took possession of the village.
[-1:40.00]* The old couple took possession of the house about 30 years ago.
[-1:41.00]5.In this way Native Americans were forced onto poor land
[-1:42.00]that the settlers did not want.
[-1:43.00]* He jumped onto the horse and left hurriedly.
[-1:44.00]* They climbed on to the top of the mountain and put a flag there.
[-1:45.00]6.It was also thought that by removing their main supply of food,
[-1:46.00]the Native Americans would be forced to give in.
[-1:47.00]* Remove his name from the name list.
[-1:48.00]* We tried to remove his doubts and let him tell the truth.
[-1:49.00]give in
[-1:50.00]* They refused to give in and fought to the end.
[-1:51.00]* Mary usually has to give in to her big brother.
[-1:52.00]7.Between 1850 and 1910 the bison population is thought to have fallen
[-1:53.00]from 60 million to just a few hundred.
[-1:54.00]I am glad to have met him.
[-1:55.00]=I met him and I feel glad.
[-1:56.00]He pretended to have read the book
[-1:57.00]=He pretended that he had read the book.
[-1:58.00]She seems to have finished her work.
[-1:59.00]=It seems that she finished her work.
[-2:00.00]8.Thus one simple fact,a change in the number of bison,
[-2:-1.00]had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
[-2:-2.00]have an effect on/upon
[-2:-3.00]* These agreements have an effect on both the buyer and the seller⁹.
[-2:-4.00]* The cold in spring usually has a bad effect on the growth of plants.
[-2:-5.00]* The medicine had no side effects on your body

1 skyscrapers   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
• On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。

2 foundations   

n.地基

参考例句：

• The builders are now beginning to lay the foundations of the new school. 建筑工人正开始给新校舍打地基。
• The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods. 这栋房子不安全，因为地基被洪水损坏了。

3 scarce   

adj.缺乏的，不足的；稀少的，罕见的

参考例句：

• The food was scarce during the war.战争期间食物短缺。
• This kind of material is rather scarce.这种原料较缺。

4 handful   

n.一把；少量，少数，一小撮

参考例句：

• We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人，但是只到了几个人。
• He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket.他从口袋里掏出一把硬币。

5 widow   

n.寡妇

参考例句：

• Martha was a very rich young widow.玛莎是个很有钱的年轻寡妇。
• All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费。

6 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

9 seller   

n.售货者，畅销品

参考例句：

• I hope for this book to become a best seller.我希望这本书会成为一本畅销书。
• She drove a hard bargain with the seller.她狠杀卖主的价。