09届高三英语课文教学案
编号：004 主题：M9Unit 1
主备人：陈尚琢 审核人 ：周红梅
1. Canada is one of the largest countries in the world, second only to Russia, and has always been famous for its fantastic natural scenery.加拿大是世界上最大的国家之一，国土面积仅次于俄罗斯，加拿大素来以其绚丽的自然风光闻名于世。
second only to 意为“仅次于…” 例如：
1).Our city has an area of 20,000 square kilometers, _____________________________.
我市面积为2万平方公里，仅次于我省的南京。
2).I think that, as a writer, he is second to none. 我认为, 作为一个作家, 他是_______。
2. Canada has vast areas of wilderness, from the Arctic , where average winter temperatures are usually minus 20 degrees centigrade, to the 8,892-kilometre-long border with the USA in the south, which is said to be the longest border in the world not defended by an army or the police. 加拿大有辽阔的荒原，北起北极寒地——那里冬天的平均气温通常是零下20摄氏度，南与美国毗邻，边境线长达8892公里，据说是世界上没有军队或者警察设防的最长的边界线。
（1）本句中有两个非限制性定语从句：①where…centigrade修饰先行词Arctic north，②which…police修饰先行词the 8,892-kiilometre-long border。例如：
1）The will fly to Kunming, ______ they plan to stay for two or three days.
他们将飞往昆明并计划在那儿呆两三天。
2）In the old days, ______ I was a little boy, the city had no industry to speak of.
在旧社会，这个城市根本谈不上有什么工业，那时我还是个孩子。
3）It had 1,100 officers, ___________ died in the war. |
