LanguagePointsReadingandThinkingUnit2IconicAttractions

NextweekI’mtravellingtoAustraliatovisitafriendthereovertheschoolholidays.IplantokeepthisblogtorecordmyexperiencesandwhatIlearn.Ihavealreadydonesomeresearchonthe

country.Locatedtothesouthoftheequator.belowmanyothercountriesontheglobe,it’softeninformallyreferredtoas

“downunder”.(Para1)1ontheglobe

在地球上

globen.地球;球體;地球儀

global

adj.全球的;全世界的2locatedadj.位于

locatevt.確定......的位置，定位

locationn.位置，地點belocatedin/on/at坐落于某處=besuituatedin/on/at+地點

liein/on/at+地點3.referto….as…

把……稱為……Findoutthepointsinblog1

Locatedtothesouthoftheequator,belowmanyothercountriesontheglobe,it’softeninformallyreferredtoas“downunder”.句意：它位于赤道以南，在地球上許多其他國家的下方，常被非正式地稱為“downunder”。1.我們飯店是一所位于西子湖畔的三星級飯店。Ourhotelisathree-starhotel_________theWestLake.2.外灘位于上海市中心，是中國的標志性風物之一。________(locate)inthecitycentreofShanghai,theBundisoneoftheiconicattractionsinChina.locatedatLocated注意，located經常置于句首作狀語，也可以后置做定語。

Ihavealsoreadaboutsomeiconicsites,suchastheSydneyOperaHouseandtheGreatOceanRoad,andanimalslikethecutekoalasandkangaroos.Ican’twaittoseeallofthem!However,asImajorinsocialstudies,I’mmoreinterestedinmeetingpeopleinAustraliaandexperiencinctheirculture,food,andwayoflife.(Para2)4.can’twaittodosth迫不及待做某事5.

majorin

主修……專業

majoradj.

主要的;主修的vi.主修n.主修科目;少校

themajority

大部分；大多數人

beinthemajority占絕大多數

minoradj.較小的，次要的，少數的

theminority少數派；少數民族

minoritycultures少數民族文化語境運用：__________thenortheastofLeishanCounty,XijiangThousand

HouseholdMiaoVillageisthebiggestMiaoVillageinthesoutheastofGuizhou.Itisoften________________“theStateofSingingandDancing”,whereyoucanexperiencetheunique______________.XijiangThousandHouseholdMiaoVillage西江千戶苗寨LocatedinreferredtoasminoritycultureI’mhereinSydney!

SinceIarrived,myfriendhasbroughtmetomyfirstopen-airbarbecueanohasalsosharedmanydifferentbutyummymealswithme,somyfirstimpressionsofAustraliahavebeenallaboutfood!AlotoftypicalAustralianfood,suchastheSundayroastisoriginally

British.

Bakeries,fast-foodjoints,butchershops,cafes,andrestaurantseverywhereprovidesomeofthepremierfoodexperiencesintheworld.TheinfluenceofAsiancultures,ontheotherhand,ledtotheintroductionofbeancurdandAsianherbs,alongwithAustralianversionsof

foodsliketheChinese-inspireddimsim.1sharesthwithsb

和某人分享某物2yummyadj美味的3typicaladj典型的;有代表性的typicallyadv4originallyadv原來；最初

originaladj.起初的;原來的;最早的;首創的

originn起源;源頭;出身

origininatevi.起源+fromFindoutthepointsinblog25Ontheonehand,shewasveryprett，butontheotherhand,shehadverybadmanners.一方面,她長得很漂亮；但

另一方面，她表現得很沒有禮貌。6alongwith

以及，主語后跟有alongwith,with,togetherwith,aswellas,like,but,except,ratherthan,includin，combinedwith,inadditionto等引起的短語時,謂語動詞的數要與前面的主語保持一致1Afarmer,togetherwithsomeworkers,____(be)abouttohelpus.2You,ratherthanshe,_______(be)myguest.3Jackaswellashisparents_________(be)goingtoLondonnextweek.isareisMyfriendandIhavearrivedinKatherine,atowninAustralia’sNorthernTerritory.We’reherettolearnaboutthelifeandcustomsoftheAborigines,whoarenativetoAustralia.TheAboriginalpopulationmightbesmall,butitsinfluenceisstillvisible.Forexample,“Bondi”in“BondiBeaach”isanAboriginalwordmeaning“waterbreakingoverrocks”(Para1).1nativeadj本土的；本國的n當地人

benativeto..._________________2.visibleadj.看得見的;可見的n.現實世界;看得見的事物

vision視力;視野;想象原產于，是某地特有的Practice:1Thegiantpanda____________China.isnativeto2ThegreatwallofChinaisconsideredtobeonlymaa-madeproject_________fromthemoon.visibleblog3

現在分詞做定語Tosurviveinthisvast

landontheocean,theAborigineshadtobeinclosecontactwithnature.Thisshowsintheirmusic,too,

whichcelebratesthenaturalworldandthe

spiritualworldaroundthem.Mostoftheirmusicalinstrumentsarereallyjuststicksfound

ontheground,amongwhichthereisanamazinginstrument

called

thedidgeridoo.（Para2）3.beinclosecontactwith

和………緊密聯系4.

spiritualadj.精神的

spriritn.精神5.Mostoftheirmusicalinstrumentsarereallyjuststicksfoundontheground,amongwhich

thereisanamazinginstrument

called

thedidgeridoo.介詞放在關系代詞之前，關系代詞指人時常用whom，指物時常用which。另外，whose也可以放在介詞后，即“介詞＋whose＋名詞”結構。一般來說，確定關系代詞前的介詞，可以從以下三方面入手：①先行詞的意義；②從句中的動詞或形容詞與先行詞的固定搭配；③句子的意思。過去分詞短語作定語1Canyoutellmetousethesemachines_____________whichIamnotsure.2IsChinaDailythenewspaper__________whichyouoftenwritearticles?3.Hewrotemanychinldren’sbooks,halfof_________werepublishedinrecentyears.aboutforwhichThereare1200households_________(contain)morethan6000peopleinthevillage,among__________Miaopeopleaccountfor99%ofthepopulation.containingwhich語境運用：Thedidgeridooismadefromatreebranchwhichishollow.Toplaythedidgeridoo,youputyoumouthononeendandblowwhilevibratingyourlips.Unlikeahorn,therearenofingerholesThedidgeridooplayerhastochangetheshapeofhismouthinordertochangepitch.

Askilledplayercanplayforalongtimewithoutstoppingtobreathe.Hedoesthisbycontinuallybreathinginthroughhisnosewhilebreathingoutthroughhismouthandintothedidgeridoo.Itriedtolearnhowtoplayit,butaftertryingforhours,IwasconvincedthatIcouldnevermakeamusical

soundwiththisinstrument!(Para3)6.when，while,though,evenif,unless,if,asif等引導的狀語從句中的主語與主句主語一致或從句主語為it，并且狀語從句謂語中含有be動詞，可省略從句中的主語和be動詞。Though________(design)byAuguste,thestatuewasbuiltonametalframeworkconstructedbyEiffel.standingWhile________(stand)atthetopandwatchingthewoodencitybelow,youcan’thelpbutwonderwhetherthevillagechangedallthatmuchoverthecourseof500yearsofitsexistence.designedIt’salmosttimeformetosaygoodbyetoAustralia.I’veenjoyedmytimehereverymuch.Afterbeinghereforawhile,mybiggestimpressionisthecomplicatedmixofpeoplesandculturesthatmakeupthenation.

Althoughthemainculturalinfluencesince1788hasbeenWesternculturee,minoritycultureshavealsoplayedapartinshapingtheuniqueAustralianculture,withmany

ofthenewculturalinfluencescontributedbyimmigrants.

ItissaidthatnownearlyhalfofallAustraliancitizenswereeitherbornoverseasorhaveparentswhowerebornoverseas(Para1).1.with+賓語+賓補1)with+名詞/代詞+現在分詞（表主動或進行的動作）InpartofAsia,youmustn’tsitwithyourfeet__________(point)atanotherperson.2)with+名詞/代詞+過去分詞（表被動或完成的動作）Withtheproblem__________(solve),weallrelievedwithasigh.3)with+名詞/代詞+不定式（表將要發生的動作）Withtheteacher_________(help)us,wewillmakegreaterprogress.blog4p