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Words and Phrases for now push up on top of be aimed at be priced out of the market 1. The TV programme ____________ the young audience who are going to buy apartments. 2. More people are moving to cities, which inevitably ___________ land prices. 3. Another 700 flats are sold this month ___________ the 550 ones that were sold last month. 4. Property is now so expensive that many young people ________________________. 5. Just leave the suitcase there ____________, and I’ll pick it up later. is aimed at pushes up on top of are priced out of the market for now 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay V. Translate the following sentences into English with the given words or phrases. 1. 你最好利用目前的 低利率 按揭贷款买套房子。 (take advantage of) You’d better ________________________________ _________________ and buy a house. 2. 这些东西完全是用回收再利用的材料制成的。 (made from) __________________________________ recycled materials. Words and Phrases take advantage of the low interest rates of mortgage These things are pletely made from 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay Words and Phrases 3. 这些新公寓房都有网络和天然气。 (e with) ____________________________________ and natural gas. 4. 村民们没料到自己会住在现代化设施 配备 齐全的公寓房里。 (find sb. doing sth.) __________________________________________ ____________ fully equipped with modern facilities. 5. 与父母住在一起的已婚年轻夫妇增加了近两成。 (increase by) The number of married young couples ____________ ____________________________________. All these new flats e with the Inter The villagers never expect to find themselves living in flats parents has increased by nearly 20% living with their 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay I. Complete the following sentences with the correct structures of parison. Grammar and Structure 1. The natural environment in this neighbourhood is _______________________________________. (比几年前糟糕得多 ). 2. Some people say fruits and melons are__________ _________________________. (不像以前那样甜 ). much worse than (it was) several years ago as before / they used to be not as sweet 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay Grammar and Structure 3. There is _______________ (噪音少得多 ) now than there was a few years ago. 4. There are_______________________ (更多大学毕业生 ) than there were in the past. 5. House prices in most countries are getting _________________ (越来越高 ). much less noise more university graduates higher and higher 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay II. Study the patterns in the boxes below and then translate the following sentences. ① It’s not my ideal home, and I wouldn’t want to spend the rest of my life here. (para. 1) ② I wouldn’t borrow so much money from the bank to buy a new house. ③ 她不会再与父母住在一起。 这不是我理想的家，我不想在这里度过余生。 我很可能不会从银行借这么多钱去买套新房。 She wouldn’t live with her parents any longer. 1. would not表示 “不愿意 ” 要点 ：后接动词原形，意为“不会（表示不愿意做某事）。 Grammar and Structure 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay Grammar and Structure ① If it weren’t for places like this, I’d still be living at home with my parents! (para. 1) ② If you lived in this city, you’d love it as much as I do. ③ 如果我是你的话，我就买一所大房子。 2. 对现在的 虚拟 要点 ： 表示对现在的虚拟，条件句中的谓语动词用过去式 (be动词通常用 were )，主句谓语可用would + 动 词 原 形 ‖。 如果不是因为有了这样一个地方，我就会仍然和父母一起住在家里。 如果你住在这座城市的话，你就会像我一样爱它。 If I were you, I’d buy a big house. 返回目录 Text A Unit 2 Places to Stay Grammar and Structure ① And one of the reasons why space is needed is that many young people are living at home longer than they might want. (para. 7) ② That’ s the reason why I choose to live in a smaller city. ③ 这才是年轻人买不起房子的真正原因。 3. why引导 定语从句 要点： why引导的定语从句修饰先行词 reason,表 示 ―„„ 的原因 ‖。 人们需要更大空间的一个原因在于年轻人呆在家里的时间比他们希望的更长。 那就是我选择在更小一点的城市生活的原因。 This is the real reason why young people can’t afford houses. 返回目录 I mean, if it weren’t for places like this, I’d still be living at home with my parents! if引导虚拟条件句。 本句表示对现在的虚拟， if条件句中的动词用 过去式 ，主句的谓语动词用“ would+动词原形 ”。 本句译文： 我是说，如果不是因为有了这样一个地方，我就会仍然和父母一起住在家里。 Text Unit 2 Places to Stay 返回目录 Background Information Text B Unit 2 Places to Stay Couchsurfing 沙发客 ―沙发客” 是互助游的一种形式。 该词源自一个叫 Couchsurfing 的全球沙发客自助游网站，创始人为美国人 Casey Fenton。 目前 沙发客网在全球约 10万个城市共有约 500万注册会员，平均每 11秒就会有 1名新会员加入沙发冲浪大家庭。 返回目录 Background Information Text B Unit 2 Places to Stay Antarctica 南极 南极被人们称为“第七大陆”，是地球上最后一个被发现、唯一没有人类居住的大陆。 南极大陆的总面积为 1390万平方公里，相当于中国和印巴次大陆面积的总和，居世界各洲第五位。 整个南极大陆被一个巨大的冰盖所覆盖，平均海拔为 2350米。 南极洲蕴藏的矿物丰富，有 220余种。 返回目录 Text B TEXT A Love to travel but hate paying for hotels? Too old for a youth hostel? Then couchsurfing might be right up your street. Translation Unit 2 Places to Stay 返回目录 Text B 1 Couchsurfing is a work of people who offer acmodation to strangers travelling in their area. It’s simple. When you ―surf a couch‖, you are a guest in someone’s house and they are your host. You don’t pay for the room or couch, and your hosts will get the same favour back when they travel. They may stay with you or with another person in the work. Couchsurfing Translation Unit 2 Places to Stay 返回目录 2 Of course, there are smaller numbers of surfers in remote locations, but the work covers every continent (including Antarctica!) The top five couchsurfing nations are the United States, Germany, France, Canada and the United Kingdom. The average surfer is 27 years old and just over half the surfers are male. Translation Text B Unit 2。