Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 5　Using language: Extensive reading)

3. in the distance, they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great niagara falls, which is on the south side of the lake.遠(yuǎn)處, 她們可以看到湖的南邊尼亞加拉瀑布上方升騰著的霧靄。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句, 含有兩個(gè)定語從句。that rose from the great niagara falls是限制性定語從句, 先行詞為cloud; which is on the south side of the lake是非限制性定語從句, 先行詞為the great niagara falls。in the distance: far away在遠(yuǎn)處; 在遠(yuǎn)方the man standing in the distance is my head teacher.站在遠(yuǎn)處的那個(gè)男子是我的班主任老師。4. it’s too bad you can’t go as far as ottawa, canada’s capital.很可惜你們不能一直走到加拿大的首都渥太華。這是it is/was+adj. /n. +that-clause句型, it為形式主語, that-clause是主語從句。口語或非正式語言中that可以省略。as far as: to the place mentioned, but no further直至所提到之處為止i walked as far as the foot of the mountain.我一直走到山腳。sarah has read as far as the fourth volume.莎拉已經(jīng)讀到第四卷了。5. as they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the broad st lawrence river, a young man sat down with them.當(dāng)他們坐在一家自助餐廳里眺望廣闊的圣勞倫斯河時(shí), 一個(gè)年輕人坐在了她們身邊。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句, as they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the broad st lawrence river是時(shí)間狀語從句, 其中的looking over the broad st lawrence river是現(xiàn)在分詞短語, 用作狀語, 表示伴隨情況。broad adj. 1)large in side from one side to the other; wide寬的; 闊的; 廣的a broad street, avenue, river, canal, etc. 寬闊的街道、林蔭道、河流、運(yùn)河等2)from side to side; in breadth寬a river twenty meters broad 一條二十米寬的河3)covering a wide area; extensive 遼闊的; 寬廣的a broad expanse of water 遼闊無際的水面there is broad support for the government’s policies.政府的政策得到廣泛的擁護(hù)。4)tolerant; liberal寬宏的; 胸懷開闊的a man of broad views 豁達(dá)大度的人【辨析】broad & widebroad和wide是一對同義詞, 基本可通用, 但在修飾表示人的身體部位的名詞時(shí)不能通用, 修飾眼、嘴等用wide, 修飾胸、背、肩等用broad。例如:the old stone bridge is only 2 meters wide/broad.那座舊石橋只有兩米寬。she stared at him with eyes wide.她睜大了眼睛注視著他。he is tall, broad and muscular.他身高肩寬, 肌肉發(fā)達(dá)。6. the girls told him they were on a train trip across the canada and that they had only one day in montreal.姑娘們告訴他, 他們是坐火車來旅游的, 要橫穿加拿大, 在蒙特利爾只待一天。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句, 含有兩個(gè)賓語從句, 一個(gè)是they were on a train trip across the canada, 另一個(gè)是that they had only one day in montreal。一個(gè)動(dòng)詞若帶兩個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句, 第一個(gè)從句的that可以省略, 第二個(gè)從句的that 一般不能省略。→step 5 reading task