ReadingUnit9HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?YangziMiddleSchool:GuoJincuiDoyouknowthecountry?AustraliaSingapore[,si?ɡ?'p?:]

n.新加坡theLionCity.ItisalsocalledIt’sinSoutheastAsia

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WhereisSingapore?2.WhatlanguagesdopeoplespeakinSingapore?3.CanyoufindalotofChinesefoodthere?4.Whatisthenightzoonamed?5.Whenisthebesttimetoseelions,tigersorfoxes?Why?6.WhatabouttheweatherinSingapore?It’sanislandinSoutheastAsia.ChineseandEnglish.Yes,Ican.NightSafariAtnight.Becausetheyonlywakeupatnight.Itisalmostthesameallyearround.Readthereadingandthefollowingquestions.HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?

FormanyChinesetourists,thissmallislandinSoutheastAsiaisawonderfulplacetotakeaholiday.Ontheonehand,morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese,soyoucansimplyspeakPutonghuaalotoftime.Ontheotherhand,SingaporeisanEnglish-speakingcountry,soit’salsoagoodplacetopracticeyourEnglish!southeast

[,sauθ’i:st]adj.東南的；來(lái)自東南的n.東南；東南地區(qū)adv.來(lái)自東南

['kw?:t?]n.四分之一=over[,p?pju'lei??n]

n.人口1.quarter['kw?:t?]n.四分之一；地區(qū)；季度；一刻鐘；兩角五分；[籃球]節(jié)vi.住宿；駐扎vt.將…四等分；供某人住宿num.四分之一threequarters四分之三英語(yǔ)分?jǐn)?shù)的表示法：用“基數(shù)詞＋序數(shù)詞”表示其中基數(shù)詞表示分子，序數(shù)詞表示分母。分子除用one外，也可用a；如果分子大于1，分母要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。但是，1／2不能說(shuō)a（one）second，而要說(shuō)a（one）half。例如：onehalf，1／2，onethird1／31／4和3／4可以說(shuō)a（one）fourth和threefourths，但常用aquarter和threequarters表示。應(yīng)該注意的是，分?jǐn)?shù)修飾名詞時(shí)，若該名詞是不可數(shù)名詞只能用單數(shù)；若是可數(shù)名詞，用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)均可。但是，若它們?cè)诰渥又凶髦髡Z(yǔ)，則謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是用單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)取決于名詞，即與分?jǐn)?shù)所修飾的名詞保持一致。

例如：1.Onlyone-fifthofairconsistsofoxygen．氧氣只占空氣的1／5。