Unit15 Popular Youth Culture

ⅳ.短文改錯
1.that→where 2.去掉its 3.house→houses 4.去掉for5.√ 6.at→with 7.however→although(though) 8.usual→unusual 9.made→make10.its→the
ⅴ.書面表達
there are more than 11,900 surnames in china, including many no longer in use. the majority of surnames are single and two-character, though there are long ones consisting of eight and even nine characters. geographically, people named wang are the biggest group in the north, while chen is the most common surname in the south. about 3600 surnames are found among han people today. the top five surnames---li, wang, zhang, liu and chen are used by 30% of the population, nearly 1000milion people share the most common 120 names.
given names are also highly concentrated on a group of limited characters. a study of the given names of 175,000 people find some 3000characers, 1141 of which made up 99% of the names. it’s common for many people to share the same names

習題對話
language practice
1 1.volunteer 2.timetable 3.eyesight 4.straight away 5.unusal 6.weekly 7.benificial 8.dizzy 9.donation  10. breathless
2 although, so ,that, so, that, although, although, whenever
3 1. after ma hua graduated, he felt there was something missing in his life.
2.because he wanted to help others improve their lives, ma hua gave up his job and moved to southeast china to do voluntary work.
3. he love the local children as if they were his own little brothers and sisters.
4.in order to help the children learn english, ma hua painted pictures on the classroom walls.
5.if he hadn’t built a playground, the children wouldn’t have proper place to have sports now.
6. when he got to the village, he had no problem fitting in.
7. although life in the village was very different from that of shanghai, he was able to make the adjustment of his life.
8.unless he melted ice, he would have no water to drink.
9.no matter how much hard the life is, ma hua tried his best to help others improve their lives.

writing
        nowadays millions of people of teenagers take pleasure in a hobby which is interesting and fun. and every year more and more people start a stamp collection of their own and discover an interest that can even last a lifetime. starting their collection of stamps is easy because they are everywhere. holiday and birthday cards from relatives and letters from friends can all provide them stamps from all over the world. researchers estimate that about 3% collectors has join the stamp collectors’ club and the number is still rising.