Unit1AlandofdiversityUsinglanguagecentralcattleindicateswapluggagetramadj.中心的；主要的n.牛（總稱）vt.指示；標(biāo)明；暗示vi&vt.交換n.（英)行李

=（美）baggagen.(有軌）電車WordspreviewWordspreviewapparent

slip

bakeryferryadj.顯而易見的；表面上的

adv.顯然地；顯而易見地

vi.滑動；滑行；滑跤

n.滑動；滑倒

n.面包房；面包廠

n.渡船；渡口

vt.擺渡；渡運hireseagullinsertreactvt.&n.租用；雇用

n.海鷗

vt.插入；嵌入

vi.做出反應(yīng)；回應(yīng)WordspreviewExpressionspreviewteamupwithmarkouttakeinagreat/goodmany與…合作或一起工作劃線標(biāo)出…界線包括；吸收許多；很多ListeningandspeakingGeorgeisonholidayintheUnitedStates.HeistouringaroundCalifornia.ListentohimphoninghometotalktohisfriendChristie.Numberthethingstheytalkabouttoshowtheorderinwhichyouhearthem.□geographicareasofCalifornia□

whereGeorge’stourstarted□CalifornianotasGeorgeexpected□whereGeorgeisnow□Californianpeople12345ListenagainandcompletethepostcardGeorgewrote.DearSam,I’mhereinJoshuaTreeNationalPark,inthe____________partofCalifornia.Havebeentravelingaroundthestateof_________forthreeweeksnow.VerydifferentfromwhatIhaveseeninsoutheasternCalifornia_______________.

Noteveryoneis___andnoteveryonelivesnearthe___________.Firsttravelledsoutheastthroughrichfarmlandthentothecentralpart.Theygroweverythinghereincluding____________________andfruit.Cattletoo.Thentraveledfurther_________intomountainsand______.Americanmoviesbeach/coastrichcotton,nuts,vegetablessoutheastdesertCaliforniansareveryfriendly,andtheyarefrommanydifferent_____andcultures.Everyculturehasitsown______,________,foodandart.Mostinteresting.Wishyouwerehere.GivemylovetoPaula.Georgeracesmusicfestivals

Listentothetapeagainanddiscussthesequestionswithothersinyourclass.1WhatsurprisedGeorgeaboutCalifornia?2WhydidGeorgehavethewrongimpressionofCaliforniabeforehewentthere?3Whyistheresuchahugevarietyofdifferenttypesofmusic,foodandartinCalifornia?1WhatsurprisedGeorgeaboutCalifornia?

GorgewassurprisedtofindthatnoteveryoneinCalifornialivesinbighousesnearthebeach,noteveryoneisrichandtherearealargenumberofdifferentracesandcultureslivinginCalifornia.2WhydidGeorgehavethewrongimpressionofCaliforniabeforehewentthere?

George’sonlypreviousknowledgeofCaliforniawasfromwatchingmoviesandmoviesdonotalwaysportrayeveryaspectoflifeorlifeasitreallyis.3Whyistheresuchahugevarietyofdifferenttypesofmusic,foodandartinCalifornia?

BecausethereisahugevarietyofculturesandnationalitiesinCalifornia,allofwhombroughttheirownart,musicandfoodwiththem.ListentothetapeandthenwritesomeofthethingsChristiesays.Compareyouranswerswithapartner.Christie’squestionsChristie’scommentsWhereareyou?That’sinteresting.Christie’squestionsChristie’scommentsWhereareyou?Cool.Where’sthat?YouwatchtoomanyAmericanmovies.Whatareyoudoingdownthere?That’sinteresting.How’sthetripbeen?IwishIcouldseeitforyourself.Christie’squestionsChristie’scommentsWhat’sitreallylike?Thatdoesn’tsurpriseme.Suchas?Oh,Isee.Hispanic?Soundsgreat.Withapartnerholdatelephoneconversationaboutaplaceyouhavevisitedrecently.Sitbacktobackwithyourpartnersoyoucan’tseeeachother.2.PartnerA:Talkaboutwheretheplaceis,whattheclimateislike,whatyouthoughtaboutthepeople,andanyotherinterestingthingsyousawordid.PartnerB:Encourageyourpartnertotalkbyaskingquestionsandmakingcomments.3.Swaproles.PartnerBtellsPartnerAabouthis\hervisit.

ReadingGEORGE’SDIARY

12—14JUNE

LookatGeorge’sphotosbelow.ThenquicklyreadGeorge’sdiary.HewrotethispartofhisdiarywhenhewasinSanFrancisco.Writethedayhesawthesethingsunderthephotos.321654Wednesday14th,June

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Monday12th,JuneDetailreadingReadGeorge’sdiarymoreslowlyandanswerthequestionsbelow.1.WhydidAndrewHallidieinventthecablecarsystem?2.WheredidGeorgeeatlunchonhisfirstdayinSanFrancisco?3.WhydidGeorgehireacar?WhydoyouthinkhejoinedupwithTerriandPeter?4.NamethreethingsthatvisitorscandoinChinatown.5.WhatisAlcatrazIslandfamousfor?1.WhydidAndrewHallidieinventthecablecarsystem?

Heinventedthecablecarsystembecausethehorse-drawntramsusedbeforeweresafe.2.WheredidGeorgeeatlunchonhisfirstdayinSanFrancisco?3.WhydidGeorgehireacar?WhydoyouthinkhejoinedupwithTerriandPeter?HeateatFisherman’sWharf.Itwascheapertohireacarwithotherpeoplebecausetheycouldsharethecost.Alsoheprobablyenjoyedbeinginthecompanyofothertourists.4.NamethreethingsthatvisitorscandoinChinatown.5.WhatisAlcatrazIslandfamousfor?EatinChineserestaurants,gotomarkets,visittemplesandmuseums.Theislandusedtobeaveryharshprisonforthemostdangerousprisoners.

ReadGeorge’sdiaryagain.Putthemark“^”intheplaceswhereGeorgehasleftoutsomewords.Discusswithothersinyourclass:

WhydidGeorgeleaveoutsomewordswhenhewrotehisdiary?RewritethediaryentryforTuesdayinsertingallthemissingwords.

Iteamedupwithacouplefrommyhotel(PeterandTerri)andhiredacar.Wespentalldaydrivingaroundthecity.There’sagreatdrivemarkedoutfortourists.Ithasblueandwhitesignswithseagullsonthemtoshowthewaytogo.It’sa79kmround-tripthattakesinallthefamoustouristspots.Westoppedmanytimestoadmiretheviewandtakephotographs.Inowhaveareallygoodideaofwhatthecity’slike.Intheevening,IwenttoChinatownwithPeterandTerri.Many/Alotof/SomeChineseimmigrantssettledin

thisareainthe1850s.ThefrontsofthebuildingsaredecoratedtolooklikeoldbuildingsinsouthernChina.Therearesomeinterestingtemples,anumberofmarketsandagreatmanyrestaurantshere.Therearealsoartgalleriesandamuseumcontainingdocuments,

photographsandallsortsofobjectsaboutthehistoryofChineseimmigration,butit’sclosedintheevening.Iwillhavetogobackduringtheday.We

hadadeliciousmealandthenwalkedbackdownthehilltoyouhotel.

1.Builtin1873,thecablecarsystemwasinventedbyAndrewHallidie,whowantedtofindabetterformoftransportthanhorse-drawntrams.

纜車系統(tǒng)建于1873年，是由安德魯·海利迪發(fā)明的，他試圖找到一種比馬拉軌道車更好的交通方式。Languagepointstram:n.[英](有軌)電車;有軌電車軌道;YoushouldtakeTramNo.52.

你應(yīng)該坐52路有軌電車。Theyareswitchingthetram.

他們使電車換了軌道。

2.Apparentlyhe’dbeenshockedwhenhesawaterribleaccidentinwhichatramslipped

downthehilldraggingthehorseswithit.

顯然當(dāng)他看到一場事故中軌道車拖著馬匹滑下山坡時大為震驚。apparentlyadv.顯然地；顯而易見地Apparently,youhavedonealotofwork.很明顯你們已經(jīng)做了很多工作。

Apparently,shewastryingherbesttosaveherchildfromsevereillness.很明顯,她在盡力設(shè)法挽救她那重病的孩子。(1)slip滑，滑倒，失足

Atramslippedof/fromherhand.

書本從她的手中滑落。

(2)n.[C]小錯誤

It’snormalforayoungmantomakeaslip.

年輕人犯錯誤很正常。與slip相關(guān)的短語：

slipoff

迅速脫去（衣服）

slipon迅速穿上（衣服）

slipout被無意說出

slipoutof迅速脫下（衣服）

slipsth.overonsb.

巧妙地捉弄某人，欺騙某人

slipup犯錯誤，疏忽Inwinterdrivershavetroublestoppingtheircarsfrom___onicyroads.A.skatingB.skiddingC.slidingD.slipping在冬天，司機(jī)很難避免汽車在結(jié)了冰的路面上打滑。skate表示“(在冰面上)滑行”、“溜(冰)”一般指滑冰運動；skid表示“(人、車等行進(jìn)時因路面滑而向一側(cè))打滑，滑倒”；slide表示“(在冰、滑梯、跑道等上)滑行，滑動；滑落”；slip表示“失腳，滑跤”，常指由于不小心、路滑等而滑倒。根據(jù)句意，此處指“車輪的打滑”。3.It’salsotheplacetocatchtheferrytoAlcatrazIslandandotherplacesintheBay.這也是乘渡船去惡魔島和海灣其他地方的渡口。tocatchtheferryto…intheBay為不定式作定語,修飾theplace。不定式做定語時,與所修飾的詞之間有三種關(guān)系:即動賓關(guān)系,主謂關(guān)系和同位關(guān)系。4.Teamedupwithacouplefrommyhotelandhiredacar.

與我旅店里的一對夫婦結(jié)隊而行并且合伙租了一輛車。

teamup(with)

與……合作或一起工作,與……結(jié)成一隊

Let’steamup!

我們聯(lián)起手來吧！5.There’sagreatdrivemarkedoutfortourist.有一種專門為旅游者選定的駕車游活動。markoutv.劃線標(biāo)出….界線MrPowelhasmarkedoutageneralcourseofaction.

鮑威爾先生已經(jīng)擬定了一個總的行動計劃。takein

(1)吸收，收留，收容，收養(yǎng)，接待

Ourpartybranchtookinanewmemberyesterday.

我們黨支部昨天吸收了一名新黨員。6.It’sa79kmround-tripthattakesinallthefamoustouristspots.

正是這７９公里的往返旅程包括了所有的著名的旅游景點。(2)包括

Thispricetakesinthecostofalltheaccommodationandfood.

這個價格包括了食宿等一切費用。(3)理會,理解,記住

Iwonderifhe’sreallytakingitin.

我想知道他是否真正明白了。(4)欺騙，使上當(dāng)

Thesalesmanfindsiteasytotakeinoldladies.

這個推銷員發(fā)現(xiàn)老太太容易上當(dāng)受騙。與take相關(guān)的短語：

takeafter長得像

takeapart拆開，拆卸

takeaway拿開，拿走

takeback收回，使回憶起takeoff拿走，取下，去掉；脫去；（使）離開；起跳（飛），（飛）機(jī)起飛

takeon承擔(dān)，呈現(xiàn)，雇用

takeover接管，接替

taketo

喜歡，習(xí)慣takeupwith和……交往，和……要好7.Someinteresti