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话题 31 主要国家地理概况
Ⅰ.闪记核心单词
1.航空公司 n.airline
2.(海或湖的)湾 n.bay
3.手艺；工艺；技艺 n.craft
4.古物；古董 n.古老的；古董的 adj.antique
5.起身；出现；由……引起 vi. arise(arose ， arisen)
6.字面上；真正地 adv.literally
7.准备前往(某地)；一定会 adj.bound
8.风景；景色 n.scenery
9.令人惊叹的；可怕的；很好的 adj.awesome
10.壮观的；壮丽的；惊人的 adj.壮丽的场面；精彩的表演 n.spectacular
11.顶峰；山峰；尖形 n.peak
12.最好或最精彩的部分 n.突出；强调；使醒目 vt.highlight
13.山羊 n.goat
14.灰熊 n.grizzly bear
15.钻(孔)；打(眼) vi.&vt.钻(头)；训练；演习 n.drill
16.购物商场；购物广场 n.mall
17.预料；预见；期望 vt.anticipate
18.打雷；轰隆隆地响；轰隆隆地快速移动 vi.雷声；轰隆声 n.thunder
19.窗帘 n.curtain
20.国界；边界(地区) n.border
21.持续时间；期间 n.duration
22.(海)港；港口 n.harbour23.(使)加入；注册；登记 vi.&vt.enrol
24.习语；成语 n.idiom
25.相反的；相对立的 adj.相反的事实(或事情) n.contrary
26.(结束交谈或转移话题时)不过；反正 adv.anyhow
27.在……旁边；与……一起 prep.在旁边 adv.alongside
28.行进；继续做 vi.proceed
29.岸；滨 n.shore
30.钢；钢铁工业 n.steel
31.黄昏；傍晚 n.dusk
32.口音 n.accent
33.欠(帐、债、情等) vt.owe
34.烤面包片；吐司；干杯 n.为……干杯 vt.烤(尤指面包) vt.&vi.toast
35.有条理的；清楚易懂的 adj.coherent
36.令人愉快的；友好的 adj.pleasant→(使)高兴；(使)满意 vt.&vi.please→高兴
的；满意的 adj.pleased→令人愉快的 adj.pleasing→快乐；乐趣 n.pleasure
37.巨大的；非常严重的 adj.massive→团；堆；许多；大量 n.mass
38.呼吸的空气 n.breath→气喘吁吁的 adj.breathless→呼吸 vt.&vi.breathe
39.结冰；(使)冻住 vi.&vt. freeze (froze ， frozen) →极冷的；冰冻的 adj.freezing→
结冰的；冻僵的；冷冻的 adj.frozen
40.霜；严寒天气；霜冻 n.使蒙上霜 vt.结霜 vi.frost→结霜的；霜冻的adj.frosty
41.使十分惊讶；使吃惊 vt.astonish→惊人的；令人惊讶的 adj.astonishing→感
到惊讶的 adj.astonished→惊讶n.astonishment42.多雾的；模糊的 adj.misty→薄雾；水汽 n.mist
43.广告；启事 n.advertisement→(为……)做广告/宣传；征聘 vi.&vt.advertise→
广告商 n.advertiser
44.摄影师；拍照者 n.photographer→照片 n.(为……)拍照 vt.上相，上镜
vi.photograph→摄影；摄影术 n.photography
Ⅱ.速记重点短语
1.范围从……到…… range from...to...
2.几天 a couple of days
3.是……的典型特点 be typical of
4.令人惊叹 take sb’s breath away
5.一定会成功 be bound to succeed
6.除……之外(还) in addition to
7.极冷的；冻僵的 freezing cold
8.一片片农场 a bunch of farms
9.隆隆前行 thunder on
10.总而言之 all in all
11.需要历时4天 take a duration of 4 days
12.拉开窗帘 draw the curtains
13.追溯到 date back to
14.参加一个研究项目 enrol in a programme of study
15.目所能及 as far as the eye can see
16.与某人的预料相反 contrary to one’s expectations
17.进而参加了一些社交活动 proceed to some social activities
18.站在远处 stand in the distance
19.有空一起吃晚饭 be available for dinner
20.在黄昏时分 at dusk
21.与多伦多相比 in contrast to Toronto
22.靠近大自然 be close to nature23.把我的成就归功于我的父母 owe my achievement to my parents
Ⅲ.快记经典句式
1.Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way，they decided to fly to
Vancouver and then take the train.(rather than 连接两个并列成分)
没有一路坐商务航班旅行，她们决定先飞往温哥华，然后乘坐火车。
2.During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver，it rained.(as引导非限制性定语
从句)
她们在这里的第一天就下雨了，这是温哥华的典型现象。
3.Seen from the train window，the mountains and forests of Canada looked massive.
(过去分词短语作状语)
从火车的车窗向外看，外面是加拿大连绵起伏的山脉和大片的森林。
4.In addition to seeing spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their
trip was being able to see many different creatures... (in addition to doing sth)
除了欣赏壮丽的山峰和森林，旅程的亮点之一是能够看到许多不同的动物……
5.Edmonton is freezing cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging － 10 ℃ .
(with复合结构)
埃德蒙顿冬季十分寒冷，日平均气温为零下10摄氏度。
6.Since it can be too cold to go outdoors，Edmonton is home to many shopping
malls.(too...to...)
因为天太冷不能去户外，埃德蒙顿成了许多购物中心的所在地。
7. It was not until 9 ： 30 a.m. that they finally reached the capital of Ontario，
Toronto.(not until强调句型)
直到上午9：30，她们才最终抵达安大略省的省会多伦多。
8.After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto，the largest and wealthiest city inCanada，they only had a few hours to kill before they had to proceed to the next leg
of their trip to Montreal，so they went on a tour of the city.(名词短语作同位语)
李黛予和表妹来到多伦多这个加拿大最大、最富有的城市后，离出发到下一站
蒙特利尔之前只有几个小时的时间，她们就在多伦多逛了逛。
9.Standing in the distance, they were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the
great Niagara Falls，which is on the south side of the lake.(现在分词短语作状语；
环境描写)
她们站在远处眺望，看到湖的南边从尼亚加拉大瀑布上升腾而起的水雾，感到
非常震撼。
10.You owe it to yourselves to stay longer.(owe it to sb)
你们应该多待一会儿。
Ⅳ.话题语篇填空
A photographer was enrolled in a winter camp and on a 1.freezing (freeze) cold
day，he boarded the train bound for a harbour city.The 2.anticipated (anticipate)
arrival time was six in the evening. Drawing back the curtain，he was astonished 3.to
see (see) misty clouds floating on the peak of a massive mountain. Contrary 4.to his
initial belief ， what he considered boring on the train proved to be one of the
5.highlights (highlight) of the awesome trip.With the train thundering on，he reached
the destination at dusk.Spectacular scenery and pleasant fresh air 6.literally (literal)
took his breath away.Tall buildings of glass and steel arose everywhere.He 7.was
attracted (attract) by the exceptional advertisements in the shopping mall，selling
crafts，antiques and bunches of flowers. Feeling a little hungry，he bought a piece of
toast in the supermarket alongside the street，8.where he chatted with people with
different accents.Anyhow，he 9.owed his happiness to the winter camp.The next
evening，he would proceed to 10.the next stop.
