人教版高中英语选修八全册导学案目录Unit 1 A land of diversityUnit 2 CloningUnit 3 Inventors and inventions Unit 4 PygmalionUnit 5 Meeting your ancestors新课标人教版 Unit 1 A land of diversity 多元化的社会核心词汇1．If you fired John，it would be difficult to____________(雇用)a cook like him. 2．The government is planning to ____________(改革)the tax system.3．A red sky at night____________ (表明，暗示)fine weather the following day. 4．The____________(大多数)of students were in favor of the suggestion that they go for a picnic the next day.5．We are strongly against____________(种族的)discrimination in areas such as employment.6．He____________(溜)into the room when no one was noticing him.7．You’d better____________(抓住)the chance，or you’ll regret.8．She had looked everywhere for her children，but they were________________(到处)to be found，which made her very worried.9．____________，she took no notice of the____________mistakes in the accident.(apparent)1. hire2.reform3.indicated4.majority5.racial,6.slipped7.grasp8.nowhere9.Apparently；apparent,10.applicants；apply；applications10．All the ____________can____________in person or by letter and at the same time should hand in their ____________before May 5th.(apply)高频短语1．________________ 继续存在；继续生存2．________________ 用……办法；借助……3．________________ 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等4．________________ 坚持；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)5．________________ 背靠背6．________________ 与……合作或一起工作7．________________ 画线；标出……界线8．________________ 包括；吸收9．________________ 许多；很多10．________________ 申请；请示得到1.live on2.by means of...3.make a life4.keep up5.back to back6.team up with7.mark out8.take in9.a great/good many 10.apply for重点句式1．________________，the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie，who wanted to find a better form of transport than horsedrawn trams.缆车系统建立于1873年，是由安德鲁·哈利迪发明的，他试图找到一种比马拉轨道车更好的交通方式。
2．______________before long the mix of nationalities be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups，but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常之大，以至于不可能存在一种明显主要的种族或文化群体，而只是多种族、多文化的混合体。
重点句式3．________________California elected to become the thirtyfirst federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society.到1850年加利福尼亚成为美国第31个州的时候，它已经是一个有着多种文化的社会了。
4．However，________________that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.然而，很可能至少在15000年前美洲土著人就住在加利福尼亚了。
1.Built in 18732.It is believed that3.By the time4.it is likely知识详解1 .means n．手段；方法(回归课本P2)Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. 科学家们认为这些迁居者通过一条史前时代曾经存在的大桥穿越北极地区的白令海峡到达美洲。
by this means用这种方法by means of通过，用，借助于by no means决不，一点也不(放在句首时，句子用部分倒装语序)by all means务必，不惜一切地；(用于交际英语表示同意)当然可以，没问题[归纳拓展][例句探源]①Every possible means has been tried，but none worked.＝All possible means have been tried，but none worked.各种可能的办法都尝试了，但没有一种奏效。
②(朗文P1277)Millions of Chinese rely on bicycles as their important means of transportation.自行车是数百万中国人赖以出行的重要交通工具。
③(朗文P1277)By all means，drink plenty of water while exercising.当然，锻炼的时候多喝水。
④By no means am I satisfied with my present job.我对目前的工作一点也不满意。
[即境活用]1．(2010年高考江苏卷)—Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?—________.Ours is much stronger than theirs.A．Of course B．It dependsC．Don’t mention it D．By no means解析：选D。
句意：“——你认为他们的乒乓球队在即将到来的亚运会上会获得冠军吗？——绝对不会，我们的球队比他们的球队要强大得多。
Of course当然可以；It depends视情况而定；Don’t mention it 不用谢；By no means绝对不会，绝不。
根据句意可知答案为D项。
2．众所周知，电话是一种有用的通讯工具。
As is known to us，the telephone is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________. 答案：a useful means of communication2 .majority n．大多数；大半(回归课本P2)Of the first Spanish to go to California，the majority were religious men，whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.在首批移居加州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原居住人民传授天主教。
[归纳拓展][例句探源]①The majority of students find it quite hard to live on the amount of money they get.大多数学生认为靠他们挣得钱生活很难。
②(牛津P1220)In the nursing profession，women are in a /the majority.女性在护理行业中占大多数。
【温馨提示】(1)单独用作主语，谓语动词用单数、复数均可。
③(牛津P1220)The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking.大多数人支持禁烟。
(2)单独用作主语，如果后面的表语是复数，那么谓语动词也用复数。
④The majority who attended the meeting yesterday are students.昨天参加会议的大多数是学生。
⑤The majority of the damage is easy to repair.这次的损失大部分容易补救。
⑥The majority of people seem to prefer computer to TV.多数人喜欢电脑胜过电视。
[即境活用]3．完成句子(1)Don’t worry about the present situation in the world；________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (大多数人喜欢和平而不是战争)．答案：the majority of people prefer peace to war(2)Among the members of the committee those who are in favour of the plan are ________ ________ ________(占大多数)．答案：in a/the majority3 .occur vi. 发生；出现(回归课本P5)Yes.It didn’t occur to me that...是的，我没想到……[归纳拓展][例句探源]①I was going along the street looking for a place to park when the accident occurred. 我正沿街寻找停车点时，突然发生了事故。