Warming up

1.Look at the map of China and the names of countries, islands and seas beyond China. What are the positions of the different places and waters in relation to China?

beyond China 除中國外 beyond 的用法如下：

1)除了；除…以外

I didn’t notice anything beyond his rather strange accents.

除了他那頗為古怪的口音以外，我沒注意到別的。

2)越出…范圍；超越；為…所不能及

The bicycle is beyond repair.

這輛自行車已不能修理了。

After 25 years the town center has changed beyond recognition.

25年后，市中心已變得認不出來了。

The news is beyond belief.

這一消息令人難以置信。

Her skill as a musician is beyond praise.

這位音樂家的技巧令人贊嘆不已。

The result is beyond his hopes.

這一結果令他始料未及。

3)遲于、超過（某一時間）

It won’t go on beyond the midnight.

這不會持續到午夜以后。

4)在…的遠處，向…的遠處

The house is beyond the bridge.

房屋在橋的那一邊。

相關短語：be beyond sb.使某人難以想象、理解、估計

It’s beyond me why she wants to marry Jim.

How people design computer games is beyond me.

in (with )relation to China 關于中國

relation 的用法如下：

1)(抽象)關系（=relationship）（不可數）

the relation between cause and effect因果關系

in(with)relation to that affair關于那件事

an answer with no relation to the question與問題無關的答復

bear no relation to something同某事無關

2）(具體）關系（常用復數）；利害關系；國際關系

the foreign relations of a country國家的對外關系

have business relations with a person同某人有商業來往

3）親屬；親戚（可數）（=relative）

a poor relation 窮親戚

a close/near/distant relation of mine我的一個近親、遠親

2 The East China Sea lies to the east of Zhejiang Province.

China lies/is in the east of Asia.（在范圍之內）

Canada lies/is on the north of America.（接壤）

Japan lies /is to the east of China.（不接壤、在范圍之外）

East /south/west/north of A lies/is B A的東南西北有一個B

North of the school lie/are two shops.

South of the toilet lies/is a post office.

N---Adj N---Adj

East-eastern west-western-westerner(N)

north-northern south-southern

northeast-northeastern southwest-southwestern

northwest-northwestern southeast-southeastern

Speaking

1.Where is your great-grandfather on your father’s side from?

On your father’s side 意思是“父系的、父親的”

My aunt on my mother’s side我的姨媽

A cousin on my father’s side 父系的表親

Reading

1.New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia.

注意：on the coast 與off the coast 兩者的意思都是“靠近岸邊”,但前者表示“在岸上”；后者表示“在海上”。

1)off 意為“離、距”

The town is five miles off.這里離城五英里。

They were sailing two miles off shore.他們在離岸兩英里的海上航行。

The holidays are not far off.離假期不遠了。

May Day is only a week off.離“五一”節只有一星期了。

2)off 還可解釋為“靠近

The restaurant is just off the main road.這家飯店就在主干道旁邊。

2.It is made up of two large islands…

be made up of…由…組成， 其主動形式為 “ make up”

This class is made up of 65 students.

65 students make up this class.

make up 的其他意思

Make up a story/a dialogue(=create a dialogue)編故事、編對話

Make up a list造表，列表

She likes making up before leaving.在走之前，她總是化一下妝。

Make up (for)the loss彌補損失

Shake hands and make it up握手言歸于好。

Make up one’s mind下定決心

Make up a bundle of old clothes for the flood victims為水災受難者整理出一包舊衣服

3.New Zealand is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east…

Vt surround …with/by…

He woke up and found himself surrounded by several children.他醒來發現自己身邊圍著幾個孩子。

They have surrounded the town with troops.他們出動軍隊包圍了該城。

The house is surrounded by/with a wall.這所房子周圍有一道圍墻。

N a fireplace with a tiled surround 周圍鑲有瓷磚的壁爐

Adj York and the surrounding country 約克城及其近郊

N(pl) surroundings

Live in comfortable surroundings.生活在舒適的環境里。]

The hospital is in beautiful surroundings.這所醫院環境優美。

4.It rains quite a lot.=It rains much.=It rains a great deal

5.More than 120 years later, Captain James Cook took possession of the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to settle in New Zealand.

Possession

1) 所有、擁有、占有（不可數）

get possession of sth 取得某物

The players fought for possession of the ball. 隊員們爭取對求得控制。

2）所有物、占有物、財產（可數）

my personal possessions我個人的財產

a man of great possessions 富翁

3）領地、屬地、殖民地

Most of Britain’s possessions overseas are now independent countries.

大不列顛以前的許多殖民地現在已成為獨立國家了

相關詞組：

take possession of sth.=占有、成為所有者

You can’t take possession of the house until all the papers are signed.不到所有證件簽好字，你不能搬到那所房子里住。

take possession of sth=come into possession of sth=enter into possession of sth占有某物

come into possession of sth占有某物

On her father’s death, she came into possession of a vast fortune.

他在父親死后繼承大量財產。

come into sb’s possession被某人占有

in possession of sth 占有控制

in the possession of sb=in sb’s possession （某物）被某人占有

Their opponents were in possession of the ball for most of the match.

他們的對手在比賽的大部分時間里控制著球。

Fight for /win/get possession of the ball.爭球

The possession of a passport is essential for foreign travel.

去國外旅行需持有護照。

V possess 擁有，占有，具有（品質、才能等），控制，支配

He possesses 2 cars.他有兩輛車。

Does he possess the necessary patience to do the job well?

他有做好這項工作必備的耐心嗎？

She was possessed by jealousy.她妒火中燒。

Adj possessive

The child was very possessive with his toys.這個孩子把玩具把得緊緊的。（不與他人分享）

Possessive parents 讓子女唯命是從的父母

settle vi , vt

1)在某國等殖民 ；安定、定居、安家落戶

The Dutch settled in South Africa.

荷蘭人在非洲殖民。

Settle in New York在紐約定居

After years of travel, we decided to settle here.我們旅行多年后，決定再次定居。

Settle in London/in Canada/in the country/near the coast在倫敦、加拿大、鄉村、沿海安家

2）停息、停留

The bird settled on a branch.那只鳥落在樹枝上了。

The dust has settled on everything.到處都是積塵。

The cold has settled on my chest.我患感冒已引起我胸部不適（咳）

3)settle sb/sth使…平靜、鎮靜或放松

This pill will help to settle your nerves.你吃了這片藥神經就不那么緊張了。

He had been quite anxious, but I managed to settle his mind.

他原來很著急，我總算把他的情緒穩定下來了。

Wait until all the excitement has settled.等到激動情緒平靜下來再說。

4）解決、調停

settle a question

Nothing is settled yet.什么也沒定下來。

You should settle your affairs before you leave.你應該把你的事處理好再走。

5)整理、料理

settle a room 整理房間

6) settle down

Wait until the children settle down before you start the lesson.等學生都靜下心來再開始上課。

After all the excitement things have begun to settle down again.

經過這些激烈事情后，一切又都平靜下來了。

The chairman tried to settle the audience down.

主席盡力讓聽眾靜下來。

She settled down in an armchair to read her book.

他舒服地坐在沙發上看書。

7)settle (down)to sth安下心來

The constant interruptions stopped me from settling (down)to my work.

我受到不斷干擾，無法定下心來工作。

Adj settled 不變的 lead a more settled life 過著安定些的生活live(lead)a happy/hard/quite/miserable/comfortable/unhealthy life

N: settlement settler殖民者，定居者

6.Around 1421, Chinese sailors discovered the islands on one of their voyages around the world.

n. make a voyage across Atlantic 作橫越大西洋的航行

go on a voyage from A to B 由A航行前往B

on the outward/homeward voyage 在出航途/返航途中

v. voyage across the Indian Ocean作穿越印度洋的航行

voyage through space 航天飛行

7.By 1840 about 2000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.

Sign an agreement簽約 break an agreement 破壞、不遵守協議

By agreement 依約、同意 come to /reach/arrive at/make an agreement with sb 與某人達成協議

In agreement with按照,與…一致,符合

I’m quite in agreement with what you say. =I quite agree with what you say.我十分同意你所說的話。

8.What do the words in bold refer to ?

be in bold(type)粗體字

bold plans大膽的計劃

a bold scheme to rebuild the city center重建城市中心的大膽計劃

the bold outline of a mountain against the sky天空襯托出山的清楚輪廓

(as) bold as brass厚顏無恥

She came in, bold as brass, and asked me to lend him $50.

refer to :

1)提及；談到；指

Don’t refer to that again.不要再提這件事了。

2)參考、參照；查閱

Refer to a dictionary about it.關于這一點查查字典吧。

The speaker often referred to his notes.演講者說話時常常要看稿子。

3)有關、關系到

What I have to say refer to all of you.我要說的事和你們大家都有關。

Language study

1.They are going to invite me to dinner…

Invite sb to dinner/a palace ball/a concert/a party

2.It is only a matter of time before they will discover that John has left.

A matter of… …的問題

A matter of time/money/life and death 時間/金錢/生死攸關的問題

It’s only a matter of time whether they can succeed.

Integrating skills

1. New Zealand has a population of about 3.8 million people, of which about fourteen percent are Maori.新西蘭人口大約有三百八十萬，其中約百分之十四是毛利人。

有關population

What’s the population of China?中國的人口有多少？

China has a population of a thousand million.=It’s a thousand million.中國有十億人口。

China has the largest population in the world. 世界上中國的人口最多。

The population of Canada is small.加拿大人口少。

The population of Jiangsu province is large.江蘇省的人口多。

The population of developed countries are mostly workers.

發達國家的人多半是工人。

2.New Zealand wine is of hign quality….

1）be of +n.(表種類、年齡、顏色、形狀、價格等)名詞前常用a(n),the same, different等修飾

be of …age( color, shape, type, size, etc.)

Those cars are of a dark grey. 這些小汽車都是深灰色。

The two rooms are of a size (of the same size).這兩個房間一樣大。

The two computers are of the same type.這兩臺電腦是同一類型的。

We are of the same age.我們年齡相同。

They were both of middle height.他們兩人都是中等個兒。

2）be of +抽象名詞 == be+名詞相對應的形容詞

What you learned from the report is of importance.

= is important.

His advice is of great value to me.=His advice is very valuable to me.

His friends are of help to him.=His friends are helpful to him.

English is of great use.=English is very useful.

It was of no use to him.=It was useless to him.

3. Some farmers have turned to keeping deer…有些農場主已轉向了養鹿…

1)turn to 意為“轉向”

He turned to the study of medicine.他轉向學醫了。

After she left the university, she became a teacher, but later turned to journalism.大學畢業后，他先當了老師，但后來轉行，干新聞工作了。

2)求助于

He has nobody she can turn to.他求助無門。

He is the person to whom people can turn in difficult times.他是人們在困難時可以求助的人。

The child turned to his mother for comfort.那孩子向母親尋求安慰。

The more depressed he got, the more he turned to drink.他情緒越低越是借酒澆愁。

3)向；朝向；轉彎

The road turned to the left.這條路向左拐彎。

4)手工作，開始行動

It’s time we turned to.該是我們著手工作的時候了。

5)翻到

Please turn to Page 20.請翻到第二十頁。