Canada-“The True North"

词汇篇

Read the words and expressions on P99.Follow the tape the first time and then read it

on yourself.

Target words

Expressions

rather than settle down have a gift for

in charge of look over

Target wordswords:

continent baggage scenery harbour(=harbor)

eagle maple booth buffet bush dawn

1. Rather thanI think Tom, rather than you, is to blame.

She would rather die than give in.

Most men prefer to spend the weekends athome rather than go shopping.

rather than ________ would rather do than do__________ prefer to do rather than do_________

而不是

宁愿；更喜欢

宁愿；更喜欢

2. Settle downThey'd like to see their daughter settle down, get

married and have kids.

Have you settled in the new workplace? how is

everyone treating you?

It was so noisy in the office that i couldn't settle down

to write anything.

Could you settle up the bill?

settle down________

settle in_________

settle down to_________

settle up_____________

安顿下来

适应；习惯着手认真做某事

结清账单

3. Have a gift forShe has a gift for learning language. She has alread

y mastered four languages including Chinese, English, French and Russian.

Miss. Xu and Mr. Tan in class 19 are gifted at dancing. We enjoyed their dancing at the opening ceremony of school sports meeting.

have a gift for_________

be gifted at___________

对 ...有天赋

擅长 ...

4. In charge of Mary is in charge of the children.

The project is in the charge of an experienced

worker.

The police said he would take charge of the gun.

Iced water is free of charge in restaurants.

in charge of _______

in the charge of __________

take charge of __________

free of charge_________

主管；掌管

由 ...负责主管；掌管

免费

5. Look overWe looked over the house again before we decided

to buy it.

I'm looking forward to working with you.

You musn't look down upon the disabled.

As I look through the newspaper, I found some

useful information.

look over________

look forward to________

look down upon________

look through_________

查看；检查盼望；期待轻视；瞧不起

浏览

rather than settle down have a gift for

in charge of look over 1. These are your problems _______mine.

2. I do not him to be __________ of our company. He is very irresponsible.

3. Could you ______ the bills again? I think there is something wrong with it.

4. His brother ___________ music. He can play lots of musical instruments.

5. I hope you have _______ in the new country.

rather than

in charge of

look over

has a gift for

settled down

1. 我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。（ rather than)

2. 他去法国回来后，决定在家乡安顿下来。（ settle down)

3. 我弟弟对唱歌有天赋。他的声音很好听。（ have a gift for)

4. 我们的校长掌管我们的学校。 (in charge of)

5. 在交卷前，你能再检查一下么？ (look over)

I want cold drink rather than coffee.

After he came back from France, he decided to settle down in his hometown.

My brother has a gift for singing. He has a beautiful voice.

Our headmaster is in charge of our school.

Could you look over your paper again before handing it in?

Phrases

rather than settle down have a gift for in charge of look over

Nouns

continent baggage scenery harbour(=harbor)

eagle maple booth buffet bush dawn

guess what are they

continent

baggage

scenery

harbour

eagle

maple

booth

buffet

bush

dawn

write down the correct words.

1. 大陆 2. 风景

3. 灌木 4. 自助餐

5. 海港 6. 公用电话间

7. 枫叶 8. 行李

9. 鹰 10. 黎明

continent scenery

bush buffet

harbour booth

maple baggage

eagle dawn

1.Many Europeans explored the _____ ( 大陆 ) of Africa in the 19th century.

2.Could you give me a hand to carry my ______ ( 行李 ) to the bedroom?

3.The _____ ( 风景 ) of the West Lake is beautiful beyond description.

4. Sailing in the _____( 海港） is popular in Canada.

5.A great number of _____ ( 鹰 ) winged their way across the valley.

6. _____ leaf( 枫叶） is the national symbol of Canada.

7. There is a _____( 公用电话间） downstairs.

8. You cannot ask for someone to take your order when you eat a ( 自助餐） .

9. The rabbit is hiding in the _____( 灌木） , let's find it.

10. This is the most beautiful _____ （黎明） I've ever seen.

continent

baggage

scenery

harbour

eagle

Maple

booth

buffetbush

dawn

When asked what I want to do in the summer vacation, I said that I like to cross the ______ to see the beautiful _________ along the journey _______staying at home watching TV or playing computer games. I_______ the map and found that Canada is an interesting country to visit. So I decided to go to Canada.With this decision, I called my friend Mary from the ________ on the street and told her that I will be there in 4-5 days. I told her I would like to go to the ________ to see the beautiful sunrise and to go to the park to enjoy the _______leaves, which is the national symbol of Canada.

continentscenery rather than

booth

harbourmaple

looked over

She was very excited about this. Then, I hung up the phone and went home. On my way home, I saw an_____ on the green_____by the road. After I got home, prepared my ________and bought a plane ticket on the internet. The next day, I flew over to Canada and met my friend. She took me to a hotel and helped me to ______ . She told me there would be a welcome party for me that night and she was ________ the party. We went to the party together and enjoyed the delicious _______. Early in the nextmorning, Mary and I got up at _______ and started our tour in the city.

eagle bush

baggage

settle down

in charge of

buffet

dawn