Lesson45Ithasalotofnaturalresources.Unit12WesternChinaWheredoyouthinkthephotographsarefrom?DoyouknowthispartofChina?Whatisitlike?Howdoesitcomparewithotherpartsofthecountry?Discussion西部風(fēng)光Listenandcompletethetext.Theanswers:provinces,region,smallest,deserts,fewer,resources,TouristsReadandanswerthequestions.WhichregiondoestheWesternChinainclude?WhataboutthelandofWesternChina?ItincludesChongqing,Sichuan,Shaanxi,Gansu,Yunnan,Qinghai,Guizhou,Tibet,NingxiaHui,XinjiangUygur,GuangxiZhuang,andInnerMongolia.5,400,000squarekilometers.4.WhatkindofnaturalresourcesdoesWesternChinahave?3.Whataboutthepopulation?Only22.8percentofthepopulationofChina.Itisrichinoilandgasandithasmanydifferentkindsofminerals.TheDazuMuseum,ShaanxiHistoryMuseum,theTerracottaMuseum,thePotalaPalace,theDunhuangCaves,andYunnanDailandSichuanJiuzhaigouValley.5.Whatabouttouristresources?Canyouintroduceyourcity?KEYWORDS:region,include,area,population,has,thereis/are,resources,itisrichin…ComparativeadjectiveorSuperlativeadjectiveThelargestregioninWesternChinaisXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion.ThehighestmountaininChinaisMountChomolangma.Itisthehighestmountainintheworld.ThewesternpartofChinaislessdevelopedthantherestofthecountry.TheTaklimakanDesertisthelargestdesertinChina.SichuanProvinceislargerthanGansuProvince.Listenandcompletethetext.Theanswers:2003,thewesternpartofthecountry,work,oneortwo,43000,6000,education,countryside,cultural,stay,lookfor,decidedWhendidtheGoWestprogramstart?Readandanswerthequestions.TheGoWestprogramstartedin2003.Itispartofagovernmentplantodevelopthewesternpartofthecountry.CollegegraduatesvolunteertoworkinthewesternregionsofChinaforoneortwoyears.2.Howdiditstart?3.Howmanyofthecollegegraduateshavevolunteeredtotakepartintheprogram?43,000.4.Howmanyofthemhavegonethere?6,000.PAIRWORK

Role-playaninterview.Itstartedin2003.WhendidtheGoWestprogramstart?LookforinformationabouttheGoWestprogramandprepareanoralreportforyourclassmates.few在句子中用作形容詞,表示"很少的,不多的",一般用來修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式。few單獨(dú)使用時(shí),常表示否定含義；而afew表示肯定的含義,意為"少量,一些"。如:1....andtherearefewerriversandlakesthanintheEast.……(在西部)河流和湖泊比東部少。LanguagepointsTherearefewpeopleinthestreetatnight.

晚上街上幾乎沒什么人。

Onlyafewpeoplewatchedthematchontheplayground.

僅僅有幾個(gè)人在操場(chǎng)上看比賽。1).Hehas_________friendsthere.Theyoftenplaytogether.2).Thelakeisnotclear,sothere’re____peoplegoingswimmingthere.afewfew[拓展]little/alittle區(qū)別little表示"很少的",常用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞,單獨(dú)使用時(shí)常表示否定含義；而alittle則表示肯定的含義,意為"少量,一些",也可用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞。如:Thereislittlemeat.Goandgetsome.幾乎沒有肉了,去買一些吧。Thereisonlyalittlebreadinthefridge.冰箱里只有一點(diǎn)面包了。1).Ilikea_______sugarinmytea.2).Therearea_______studentseatinglunchnow.3).Therearea_______waterleftinthebox.4).Iusuallyonlyeata_______atlunchtime.5).Thereareonly_______shipsleft.6).Youhavetohurrytoschool;there’s_______timeleft.alittlefewlittlelittleafewlittleencourage在句中用作動(dòng)詞,表示"鼓勵(lì)",其后可直接接名詞或代詞作賓語,也常用于encouragesb.todosth.結(jié)構(gòu)中,表示"鼓勵(lì)某人做某事"。如:Don’tencouragebadhabitsinachild.不要助長孩子的壞習(xí)慣。2.Inthisplan,thegovernmentencouragescollegegraduatestoworkinthewesternregionsforoneortwoyearsasvolunteers.在這個(gè)計(jì)劃中,政府鼓勵(lì)大學(xué)畢業(yè)生作為志愿者在西部工作1至2年。[拓展]

encourage的名詞形式是encouragement,表示"鼓勵(lì)"。該詞是由encourage+后綴-ment構(gòu)成。如:Hereceivedalotofencouragementfromhisteacher.他從老師那里得到很多鼓勵(lì)。Ourteachersalwaysencourageustolearnfromeachother.我們老師總是鼓勵(lì)我們相互學(xué)習(xí)。3.Itisrichinoilandgasandithasmanydifferentkindsofminerals.它富含石油和天然氣，并且有許多不同種類的礦石。rich用作形容詞,表示"豐富的,富有的,富饒的",它的反義詞是poor"貧窮的"。berichin表示"富含……",它的反義詞組是beshortof...表示"缺乏……"。如:Heisfromarichfamily.

他來自一個(gè)富裕家庭。

Thisvegetableisrichinvitamins.

這種蔬菜富含維生素。

Ourcityisshortofwater.

我們的城市缺水。[拓展]

rich和定冠詞the連用時(shí),表示一類人,意為"富人；有錢人"。如:It’safavoriteplacetohavefunfortherich.這是富人們非常喜歡的娛樂場(chǎng)所。4.Somevolunteersworkineducationandhealthcare.一些志愿者在教育和醫(yī)療部門工作。education用作名詞,表示"教育"；它的動(dòng)詞形式是educate,表示"(在學(xué)校)教育"；形容詞形式是educational表示"教育的；有關(guān)教育的；有教育意義的"。如:Shehashadagoodeducation.

她受過良好教育。

ShewaseducatedintheUS.

她在美國受的教育。

Mymotherisaneducationalpsychologist.

我媽媽是一位教育心理學(xué)家。I.從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~,并用其正確形式填空。kind,encourage,few,education,rich1.Hehas__________friendsthanhisbrother.2.Tomisnot_________butheisveryhappy.3.Thereareall________ofshoesinthestore.4.Hisfatheroften___________himtogetoverdifficulties.5.Sheneverhadany__________soitisdifficultforhertoreadnewspapers.ExercisesfewerrichkindsencourageseducationII.根據(jù)句子的語境,從括號(hào)中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~完成句子。1.Theyhadameeting_________(at,in)theendoflastmonth.2.Chineseisoneof___________________(themostimportant,moreimportant)languagesintheworld