高中英語(yǔ)（人教版）選修九 同步課件 u3p2 learning about language

1、Unit 3Leaning about Language1 Complete the sentences with words below.backgrounds nation citizens tolerance Aboriginal homelandsmigrants respectDiscovering useful words and expressions The majority of Australians are _ from many different _. In fact, the only _ whose ancestors have lived here for mo

2、re than 200 hundred years are _ people. citizens / migrantscitizensnations / backgroundsaboriginal Most Australians believe that having people from so many different _ creates _ and _ and makes Australia a stronger _ and a more interesting place to live.respectnations / backgrounds/ homelandstoleran

3、cenation2 Read the paragraph below, paying particular attention to the underlined words, some of which may be new to you. Try to work out the definitions of these words and write them down in the second column. Then check your answer using an English-English dictionary and write the dictionary defin

4、itions in the third column.The first migrants arrived in Australia after a long voyage on small sailing ships. Life was very tough at first because they did not have adequate equipment or food. One of the first things they did was to dig the soil and sow vegetable seeds. However,it wasnt easy to gro

5、w enough food for everyone and in the first few years they faced starvation. Despite all the hardships of those early years, many of the migrants succeeded inbuilding a good life for themselves. In theearly days, There were not nearly as many women migrants as there were males, so many of the men re

6、mained bachelors. Many dreamed of having a wife who would share their life and work alongside them as they built houses and established farms. Within a reasonably short time some had established large sheep farms and began to export meat and wool back to England.We know a lot about these early years

7、 of European settlement because most Migrants corresponded with theirfamilies at home and many of their letters still survive. These early settlers owed their survival to hard work and determination to succeed. WordDictionary definitionmigrantadequatesowhardshipbachelorcorrespondoweWordDictionary de

8、finitionmigrantadequatesowa person who goes from one place to live in another ( also immigrants)enoughput seeds in the ground so they will growWordDictionary definitionhardshipbachelorcorrespondowedifficult or unpleasant condition of lifean unmarried malecommunicate by writingto need to pay or give

9、sth. to sb. because they have givenor lent sth to you 3 You will find it easier to learn English words in clusters. Read aloud the following words and write down as many words related to them as possible. Compare your lists with a partner.Example: rain, rainbow, rainfall, rainy, raindrop, raincoat,

10、rainforest, rainwaterrain tax home rust time night autonomy defend tolerate celebrate nation city birth associate reserve waytax: taxation, taxed, taxable, taxman, taxpayerhome: homework, homely, homeland, homeless, homemaker, homecoming, homesickrust: rusty, rustprooftime: timely, timing, timekeepe

11、r, timer, timepiece, timesaving, timetable, timelessnight: nightly, nighttime, goodnight, nightclothes, nightclub, nightfallautonomy: autonomous, autonomouslydefend: defense, defender, defenseless, defendant, defensive, defensibletolerate: tolerance, tolerant, toleration, tolerantly, tolerable, tole

12、rably, tolerabilitynation: national, nationality, nationalize,nationally, nationalist, nationwidecity: citizen, citizenship, citywide, cityscapebirth: birthplace, birthdate, birthday, birthplace, birthmark, birthrightassociate: association, associative, associatedreserve: reservation, reservedway: p

13、athway, roadway, waylay, wayside, wayworn1 Read through this paragraph and underline all the predicative. A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he was a good jumper, the zoo authorities increased the height of the fence around him, but, the next morning, the kangaroo

14、was out of his enclosure again. Revising useful structures So the keepers solution was to build an even higher barrier. However, the next morning, the result was disappointing- the kangaroo was not in his enclosure. The authorities, being desperate, increased the height of the fence again and again

15、and it was soon over forty meters high. A camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, “How high do you think theyll go?” The kangaroo said, “ Thats a good question. It seems to me, theyll just keep going higher until somebody remembers to shut the gate at night!”2 Underline the predicative in th

16、is conversation and then practice it with a partner.KIM: The meat seems to be shrinking!SAM: Maybe theres too much fat in it. KIM: What can I do?SAM: Its probably the wrong kind of meat for a barbecue. The best thing is to cook it slowly.KIM: You know, it smells strange too.SAM: Is it rotten? Lets smell.