2019-2020学年外研版高中英语选修7优化教案:Module 5 Section Ⅱ Introduction & Reading — Language Points
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  1.(教材P57)home to 25 ethnic minorities, most diverse region of China

  25个少数民族的居住地,中国民族最多样化的地区

  minority n.少数民族;少数派;少数

   (1)be in the/a minority       占少数

  a/the minority of 少数的

  (2)majority n. 大多数

  be in the/a majority 占多数

  a/the majority of 多数的

  by/with a majority 以多数

  ①Women were in the minority in the meeting.

  在这次会议上,妇女占少数。

  ②Only a/the_minority_of the class voted for the plan.

  班里只有少数学生投票赞成这项计划。

  ③The nation wants peace, and only a minority want(s) the war to continue.

  全国人民渴望和平,只有少数人希望战争继续。

  [名师点津] the/a majority of+名词,表示"大多数",谓语动词的数与of后面的名词相一致; the/a majority单独作主语时,谓语动词用单复数均可。

  2.(教材P57)native adj.出生地的;土生土长的n.[C]本地人;土生土长的动/植物

  

  be native to       (指动植物)原产于某地

  a native of ......特有的......

  ①He is quite familiar with the city because he is a native of it.

  他对这个城市很熟悉,因为他是本地人。

  ②It's said that the tiger is native to India.

  据说这种老虎原产于印度。

  ③As we all know, the panda is a native of China.

  众所周知,熊猫是中国特有的动物。

  3.(教材P58)I've been in Yunnan for two months now and I'm still astonished by how varied the landscape is.

  现在我来云南已经两个月了,这里多姿多彩的风景仍然令我惊讶不已。

  varied adj.各种各样的;形形色色的

  (1)vary v.         变化

  vary in 在......方面变化

vary with 随着......的变化而变化