I. Reading 閱讀
There are several foreign students in my class. John is American. He's from the United States, Laura is Spanish, She's from Spain.
Chen and Huang are Chinese, but they are not from China. They're from Malaysia. They're overseas Chinese.
We're from different countries, but we all get along well.
我班上有幾名外籍學(xué)生。約翰是美國人，他來自美國。勞拉是西班牙人。她來自西班牙。
小陳和小黃是中國人，但他們卻非來自中國。他們來自馬來西亞。他們是華僑。
我們來自不同的國家，不過我們都相處得很好。
II. Vocabulary & ldioms單詞短語注解
foreign ['f?r?n] a.外國的，外籍的
例: I like to see foreign movies.
(我喜歡看外國電影。)classmate ['kl?smet] n.同班同學(xué)
several [?s?vr?l] a.幾個的
例: There are several Americans in my class.
(我的班上有好幾個美國人。)class [kl?s] n.班級
American [??m?r?k?n] a.美國國籍的
The United States (of America)
美利堅合眾國，美國
united [j?'na?t?d] a. 聯(lián)合的
state [stet] n.美國的一州
美國全名稱為the United States of America。一般均以the United States、the States或 the U. S.稱呼。Spanish ['sp?n??] a.西班牙籍的
Spain [spen] n.西班牙
Chinese [t?a?ni?z] a. 中國籍的
China [?t?a?n?] n. 中國
Malaysia [m?'le??] n.馬來西亞
overseas [,ov?'siz] a.在海外的
例: Amy is an overseas student.
(艾米是一個留學(xué)生。)country ['k?ntri] n.國家
例: I love my country.
(我愛我的國家。)
III. Grammar Points語法重點(diǎn)
本課主要介紹表示國籍的說法。
- John is American.
(約翰是美國人。)
Laura is Spanish.
(勞拉是西班牙人。)
Chen and Huang are Chinese.
(小陳和小黃是中國人。)
上列三句中，American、Spanish與Chinese均作形容詞，分別表示“美國籍的”、“西班牙籍的”、“中國籍的”；但American與Chinese均可作可數(shù)名詞，此時之前應(yīng)分別置不定冠詞“ an ”和“ a ”，即an American(美國人)、a Chinese(中國人)，但American的復(fù)數(shù)形為九nericans，而Chinese的復(fù)數(shù)形仍Chinese。
例: John is American.(American為形容詞)
=John is an American.(American為名詞)
(約翰是美國人。)
They are American.(American為形容詞)
=They are Americans.(Americans為名詞)
(他們是美國人。)
Peter is Chinese(Chinese為形容詞)
=Peter is a Chinese. (Chinese 為名詞 )
(彼得是中國人。)
They are Chinese.(Chinese為形容詞，亦可視作復(fù)數(shù)名詞)
(他們是中國人。)
I see five Chinese there.(Chinese為復(fù)數(shù)名詞)
(我看到那邊有五個中國人。)
但Spanish只作形容詞用，故
He is a Spanish. ( X )
→He is Spanish. ( O )
(他是西班牙人。)
I see five Spanish there. ( X )
→I see five Spanish people there. ( O )
(我看到那里有五名西班牙人。)
因此為了避免犯類似上面的錯誤，英美人士多用國籍的形容詞來表示某人是哪一國人。
例: He is British.
they are British.
(他/他們是英國人。)
We are Danish.
(我們是丹麥人。) -
She's from Spain.
=She is from Spain.
(她來自西班牙。)
They're from Malaysia.
=They are from Malaysia.
(他們來自馬來西亞。)
以上兩句中的She's及They're分別等于She is及They are。人稱代詞作主語與be動詞并用時，可采下列縮寫形，這些縮寫形在口語中最為常用：
I am → I'm [a?m] 我是
you are → you're [jur] 你是 / 你們是
he is → he's [h?z] 他是
she is → she's [?i:z] 她是
it is → it's [?ts] 它是
we are → we're [w?r] 我們是
they are → they're [eer] 他們是
例: I am not a student.
= I'm not a student.
(我不是學(xué)生。)
He is a good teacher.
= He's a good teacher.
(他是好老師。)
It is a beautiful dog.
= It 's a beautiful dog.
(它是只很漂亮的狗。) - ... But we all get along well.
(······不過我們都相處得很好。)
以上這兩短語卻有兩個語法重點(diǎn)，茲分述如下
a. we all 我們大家
此處的all [?l] 是形容詞，譯成“全部的”或“所
有的”，修飾三個或三個以上的人或東西。與代詞并用時，置于該代詞之后；與普通名詞并用時，通常置于該普通名詞前；與專有名詞并用時，通常置于該專有名詞之后。
1)代詞
例: They all like music.
(他們都喜歡音樂。)
I like them all.
(他們我全都喜歡。)
2)普通名詞
例: All the boys like music.
(這些男孩都喜歡音樂。)
3)專有名詞
例: Peter, Paul and Mary all like music.
(彼得·保羅和瑪麗全都喜歡音樂。)
both [boθ] 亦是形容詞，用來修飾兩個的人或東西，可譯成“二者都”。
例: John and Peter are good friends. They
both like music.
(約翰和彼得是好朋友。他們兩個都喜歡音樂。)
All my parents can sing.( X,本句話暗示
可能有兩爸一媽或三爸五媽的)
→Both my parents can sing. ( O )
(我父母都會唱歌。)
b. get along 相處 (along [?'l??])
這個短語之后亦可接介詞with，再接人體賓語，即
get along with + 人 與某人相處
例: He has a bad temper. I can't get along
with him.
(他脾氣壞。我沒法與他相處。)
Do you and your sister get along well?
(你和你妹妹處得好嗎?)
IV. Substitution 替換
- Laura is Spanish.
I'm British.
He's Swedish.
(勞拉是西班牙人。)
(我是英國人。)
(他是瑞典人。) - She's from Spain.
I'm from England.
He's from Sweden.
(她來自西班牙。)
(我來自英國。)
(他來自瑞典。) - Where's Chen from?
Where does Chen come from?
(小陳是哪兒人?/小陳是哪一國人?)
