1、Chapter 1 France is calling一. 教學內(nèi)容：Chapter 1 France is calling 二. 重點句子：1. France is calling. 法國正在向您召喚！動詞call有如下的含義：召喚，號召。e.g.: Can you call everybody in for lunch? 你能把大家都叫進來吃飯么?喊，嚷：“Breakfast is ready”, She called. 吃早飯了，她喊了一聲。請來。e.g.: He was so ill that we had to call the doctor. 他病得很重，我們只好把大夫請

2、來了。取名，把叫做。e.g.: They called the baby Simon. 他們?yōu)檫@個孩子取名叫西蒙。打電話。e.g.: Ill call you later. 我晚點打電話給你。call常見的搭配有：be called 名字叫做。e.g.: Whats your teacher called? 你們老師怎么稱呼?Shes called Mrs Gray. 我們叫她格雷太太。call somebody back 給某人回電話。e.g.: I cant talk now- Ill call you back later. 我現(xiàn)在說話不方便-待會兒再給您回電話吧。call for so

3、mebody 順路到某人家約之同行。e.g.: Rose often calls for me in the morning and we walk to school together.羅斯常常在早上找我一起步行去上學。call in 訪問，拜訪。Ill call in to see you this evening. 我今天晚上去探望您。call off 取消原計劃，放棄原計劃。We called off the race because it was raining. 因為下雨，我們?nèi)∠诉@場比賽。2. Now that winter is behind us, many people

4、are starting to think about going abroad for the summer holidays. 既然冬天已經(jīng)過去，許多人開始計劃暑假去國外旅游。now that 由于，既然。相當于because of the fact that.e.g.: Now that the children have left home, we can move to a smaller house.既然孩子們都已經(jīng)從家里搬出去了，我們也可以搬到一套小一點的房子去了。注意：now that通常用來表示眾所周知的原因，而非because那樣可能表示比較深層次的或隱含的原因。e.g.:

5、 Now that you mention it, I do remember. 既然你說了，我就會記住的。Now that you have grown up, you must stop this childish behavior. 既然你已經(jīng)長大了，那么你就應該改掉這種幼稚的行為。start to do sth. 開始做，著手做After waiting for an hour, the clients started to complain.等了一個小時之后，顧客們開始抱怨了。She started to play the piano when she was five years

6、old. 她五歲開始學彈鋼琴。注意：我們同樣也可以說成start doing sth. e.g.: They started planting trees in the school garden at 9 oclock this morning.他們今天上午9點開始在學校花園里種樹。think about doing sth. 考慮做Im thinking about playing tennis this afternoon. 我正在考慮今天下午打網(wǎng)球。Why dont you think about going to the USA for your holidays?你為什么不考慮一下

7、去美國度假呢? 注意：think about 可以用think of 來代替。abroad 相當于 in/ to another country. 意為：在海外，往國外。由于abroad 是個副詞，表示“在/到國外”時，前面不能加介詞。e.g.: Mary goes abroad for her holidays every year. 瑪麗每年都出國度假。overseas（國外）是其同義詞，home（在本國）是其反義詞。go abroad 意為：出國，去國外。3. This year, why not spread your wings and visit France? 今年，何不走遠一些

8、到法國去呢?why not 為何不why not, why dont you 與what about 這三個句式是可以相互轉(zhuǎn)換的。e.g.: Why not start the meeting at once? 為何不現(xiàn)在就開會?Why dont you start the meeting at once? 為何不現(xiàn)在就開會?What about starting the meeting at once? 現(xiàn)在就開會，如何?spread ones wings 是個俚語，相當于start to fly，travel more widely，go somewhere further away th

9、an normal. 意為：展翅高飛。4. It is a huge country, with coasts on the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 它（法國）幅員遼闊，擁有與英吉利海峽，大西洋和地中海相接的海岸線。在本例中，介詞with 意為：有，帶有。e.g.: The man with a wooden leg is the father of one of my classmates. 那個有一條木腿的男子是我一個同班同學的父親。除此之外，with還有以下的含義：和一起。e.g.: T

10、he national flag rises with sun every day. 這面國旗每天與太陽一起升起。With those words, he went away. 說完那些話，他便走了。和跟。e.g.: That young man had an argument with those three women tourists.那個年輕人和那三個女游客發(fā)生了爭執(zhí)。用（工具）e.g.: Cut it with a knife. 用刀把它切開。The mother is feeding the baby with a spoon. 母親正在用勺子喂小孩兒。本句中有三個專有名詞：the

11、 English Channel 英吉利海峽，the Atlantic Ocean 大西洋。the Mediterranean Sea 地中海。注意：河流，海洋，海峽等專有名詞前應加上定冠詞 the。5. In addition, it has many mountain regions which are excellent for skiing. 此外，它（法國）還擁有許多極其適合滑雪的山區(qū)。In addition, we went to the museum. 此外，我們還去了博物館。此句可改寫為：We went to the museum as well.e.g.: She can s

12、peak English. In addition, she speaks five other foreign languages. 她會說英語，此外，她還會說其他五種外語。She can speak English. She speaks five other foreign languages as well. 當我們需要表示“除外”的含義時，還可以用in addition to，相當于as well as。上述的例子我們呢可以合并為：She speaks five foreign languages in addition to English.除了英語外，她還會說另外五種外語。She

13、 speaks five foreign languages as well as English. excellent 極好的，卓越的。e.g.: She speaks excellent Japanese. 她說一口流利的日語。excellence（n.） 優(yōu)秀，卓越。be excellent for 意為：非常適合于，相當于 be good for。e.g.: This court is excellent for playing tennis. 這個場地非常適合打網(wǎng)球。France is excellent for travelling. 法國非常值得去旅游。注意be excellen

14、t for 與 be excellent in 的區(qū)別：be excellent in 在方面很出色。e.g.: Mandy is excellent in swimming. 曼迪非常擅長游泳。skiing（n.） 滑雪運動e.g.: People in the north enjoy skiing in winter. 北方人們冬天都喜歡滑雪。ski（v.） 滑雪（n.）滑雪板 skier（n.） 滑雪者which are excellent for skiing 是定語從句，修飾 mountain regions。6. The centre of France is a big, agr

15、icultural region, growing crops such as wheat and sunflowers. 法國中部是廣闊的農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū)，種植小麥和向日葵等農(nóng)作物。There is not much agricultural land in Shanghai. 上海現(xiàn)在的耕地不多。agriculture（n.） 農(nóng)業(yè) such as 是：例如，諸如的意思。Fatty food such as French fries are bad for your health. 像薯條這樣的高脂食品對你的健康有害。People grow crops, such as wheat and sunf

16、lowers in this area. 這個地區(qū)種植如小麥和向日葵這樣的莊稼。辨析：for example, such as 和like上述三個詞都有：例如的意思，但在使用中是有區(qū)別的。for example 作：例如講的時候，一般指以同類事物或人中的：“一個”為例，作插入語，用逗號隔開，可置于句首，句中，句末。e.g.: A lot of things are invisible in the world. For example, air is invisible. 世界上許多東西是肉眼看不見的。例如，空氣就是看不見的。He, for example, is a good student

17、. 例如，他就是個好學生。such as 用來列舉同類人或事物中的若干個例子。e.g.: Some of the European languages come from Latin, such as French, Italian and Spanish.有些歐洲語言來源于拉丁語系，例如，法語，意大利語和西班牙語。Boys such as John and James are very friendly. 像約翰和詹姆斯這樣的男孩都很友好。要注意，such as 的后面沒有逗號。like 也常常用來表示舉例，可與such as 互換。但such as用于列舉時可以分開使用，此時不可以與lik

18、e 互換。e.g.: Some warm-blooded animals, like/such as the cat, the dog or the wolf, do not need to hibernate. 一些溫血動物，如貓，狗和狼都不需要冬眠。He has several such reference books as dictionaries and handbooks.他有幾本像字典，手冊之類的參考書。growing crops such as wheat and flowers 在句子中是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作后置定語，用于修飾之前的region。因此，本句也可以用定語從句來表示：The centre of France is a big, agricultural region which grows crops such as wheat and sunflowers.7. It is amazing to drive past fields which seem to go on forever or whole hil