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课件网) Unit 8 Lesson 46 Home to Many Cultures 新课导入 Watch a video. 1.掌握单词：percent, central, immigrant, official, custom等。 2.掌握短语：three percent of..., be home to..., according to, Central America. 3.能用英语描述百分数和加拿大不同的文化 预习检测 1.I have ____European pen friend, and he likes playing ___guitar. A. an; / B. an; the C. a; / D. a; the 2.They both played the game _____ the rules. A.according to B. according at C. according in D. according for D A 3.About 70_____of the earth _____covered with water. A.percents; are B. percents; is C. percent; are D. percent; is 4.About _____ of the students in our class were born in the _____. A. two thirds; 1990 B. two thirds; 1990s C. two third; 1990s D. two third; 1990 5.It is said that there’s over 5, 000 kinds of languages in the world.(同义词替换)_____ A. more than B. less than C. more or less D. as many as D B A 知识梳理 1. Three percent of all Canadians are First Nations people. percent “百分之……” 在英语中，百分数用“基数词+percent”表示。 基数词+percent of+名词/代词用作主语时，谓语动词与介词后面的名词或代词一致。 e.g. Thirty percent of the rice was bad. 2. Now more than half of ... more than 多于；超过其后跟数词，相当于over。 e.g. This city has a population of more than 1,000,000. 拓展：more than 还意为“不仅仅；不止”。 e.g. He is more than a teacher. 3. The rest are from ... the rest 多余的；剩余的 the rest of 其余的；剩余的 后接名词或代词。the rest of 结构作主语时，谓语动词的单复数取决于of 后面接的名词的单复数形式。 e.g. Three students in our class will go, and the rest are to stay here. Please finish off the rest of the food. 4. according to 根据；依照；依据 according to 为复合介词，后接名词或代词。 e.g. According to my watch, it is six o'clock. They both played the game according to the rules. from…to…为常用介词短语，意为“从……到……”。 5. the number of ... ……的数量 the number of ... 意为“……的数量”，后接可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用单数。 拓展：a number of 表示“许多；大量”，后接可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词复数。 e.g. There are a number of books in the library and the number of them is increasing. 了解加拿大的文化背景 Brainstorm Canada Maple leaf Ottawa Images of Canada Canada is home to many cultures. Three percent of all Canadians are First Nations people. The people of the First Nations were there before other people came to North America. Now more than half of Canadians have British or French blood. The rest are from every part of the world: Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, Australia and other European countries. Canada became a country in 1867, and for more than a hundred years, most immigrants in the country were from Europe. In the 1970s and 1980s, that changed. According to a survey, the number of European immigrants dropped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent. Although Canada has two offcial languages—English an ... ...
