Unit 5 Canada-"The True North"知识点学案

一、知识点

1. It's the second largest country in the world. 她是世界上面积第二大国家。

Huanghe River is the second longest river in our country. 黄河是我国第二大河。

2. How many students in your class got 80% or better on this quiz? 你们班有多少学生在这次测验中考到了80分或者更好一些

We will have a quiz tomorrow morning.我们明天早晨进行一个小测验。

He asked us to prepare for a quiz.他要我们准备好测验。

Then, the user will take the quiz.接着，用户将接受测试。

3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decedee to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. 她们不想一路乘飞机，决定先飞到温哥华,再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

rather than 意思为"与其，不愿，不要，不是",常用在 prefer to do rather than do句子中。

Rather than make money in this way,I prefer to starve to death.我宁愿饿死，也不愿用这种方式挣钱。

I will have sweet water rather than pure water.我想喝甜水，不想喝纯净水。

He was busy writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper.他正忙于写信而不是读报。

would rather 宁愿，宁可;not...but rather 不是......而是......

I suppose I could lend them to him,but I'd rather not.我想我是把它们借给他的，可是我不愿意借。

We'd rather you didn't do it.我宁愿你不做这事情。

or rather 更确切地说

You have to be 16 for cheap tickets,or rather under 16.你必须16岁才买便宜票，更确切地说是不满16岁。

The committee does not deal with individual correspondence,but rather discusses issues in its newsletter.该委员会不是处理个人信件，而是在简报中讨论问题。

(1)The brave people in the village preferred to die rather than _____,and ____ encouraged others to fight more bravely in the anti-Japanese battlefield.

A.to give in;itB.to give in;whichC.give in;thisD.give in;which

答案：C

(2)I would rather ______ than ask him for his autograph.So I would rather he ______ here as soon as possible.

A.die;leaving B.died;leaving C.die;leave D.die;left

答案：D

(3)The man wearing glasses don't teach the workers how to do it but learn from them.

= The man wearing glasses don't teach the workers how to do it ______ ______ learn from them.

答案：but rather

all the way一路上，从远道而来，从头至尾，作状语。

4. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. 要横贯整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。

Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5500 kilometres from coast to coast. 有些人想在不到五天的时间里穿越加拿大，他们忘了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有5500公里。