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课件网) Lesson 46: Home to Many Cultures UNIT 8 Culture Shapes us 课 堂 学 习 word study according to / k d t / 根据；依照 percent /p s nt/ n. 百分之…… central / sentr l/ adj. 中部的；中间的 immigrant / m ɡr nt/ n. 移民 official / f l/ adj. 官方的；正式的 custom / k st m/ n. 习惯；习俗；风俗 Why are there different cultures in one country What are some of the cultural differences between different people and places in China Think about Language points 1. Three percent of all Canadians are First Nations people. 百分之三的加拿大人是原住民。 （1）percent名词，意为“百分之……”，单数和复数形式相同。常用于“数字+percent of +限定词+名词”结构，其中的名词可以是可数名词，也可以是不可数名词。 Eighty percent of the students can't swim. 百分之八十的学生不会游泳。 [注意] “分数或百分数+of词组”作主语时，谓语动词的形式根据of词组中名词的类别而定。 About sixty percent of the students come from the countryside. 大约百分之六十的学生来自农村。 More than half of the water in the lake was polluted. 湖中超过一半的水遭到污染。 视为复数形式 视为单数形式 2. The rest are from every part of the world: Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, Australia and other European countries. 其余的人来自世界各地：亚洲、非洲、中美洲、南美洲、澳洲和 其他欧洲国家。 rest作名词，意为“其余；其余的人；其他的物”。the rest作主语时， 谓语动词的数要根据它所代表的意义而定。 Some of the students are playing football; the rest are playing basketball. 那些学生中，有些人在踢足球，其余的在打篮球。 [注意] “the rest of+名词”作主语时，谓语动词的数和名词的数一致。 The rest of her life was very happy. 她的余生是很幸福的。 3. In the 1970s and 1980s, that changed. 在20世纪70年代和20世纪80年代，那种情况改变了。 in the 1970s相当于in the 1970's，意为“在20世纪70年代”。类似的表达还有： in the 1860s 在19世纪60年代 in the 1990s 在20世纪90年代 4. 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. 根据一项调查，欧洲移民的数量从90%下降至25%， 而亚洲移民的数量从3%上升到48%。 (1) according to意为“根据；依照”，为复合介词，后接名词或代词。 We'll go on working in the fields or go back home, according to the change of weather. 我们是继续在地里干活还是回家去，取决于天气的变化。 She is taking some medicine according to the doctor's advice. 她在遵医嘱吃药。 (2) 辨析：the number of与a number of ① the number of意为“……的数量”，后接复数名词或代词，作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。 The number of the chairs is 56. 椅子的数量是56个。 ② a number of意为“许多；大量”，后接复数名词，作主语，谓语动词用复数形式。 A number of people are visiting the museum. 大量的人在参观博物馆。 1. more than 2. half of... 3. Central America 4. in the 1970s 5. according to 6. the number of Read and find Read the lesson and find the phrases. Then put them into Chinese. 超过；多于 ……中的半数 中美洲 在20世纪70年代 根据；按照 ……的数量 7. official language 8. a lit ... ...
