1. language points 1. They will be meeting at a major hotel with local business people and people who represent the Chinese government. will / shall be doing 预料将要发生的动作 When will you be visiting us again? I shall be going abroad soon.

2. major V. 主修 ( 大学）科目 I majored in English Education ( at university). N. 主修科目／课程，专业 Her major is French. N. ( 大学）某专业的学生 I am an English major. majority N. 大多数，大半，大多 The ~ of people seem to prefer TV to radio. 2 major adj. majority n. minor minority n. A major road Daisy is majoring in French.

3. 3 Local adj. 本地的，地方的 Local people Local news Local sheep Location n. 位置

4. 4. represent vt. 做为 ------ 的代表 / 象征 / His opinion represents that of the majority. What does Y represent in this equation? This design represents a major new trend in modern art. representative n. 代表 adj. 代表的，象征的 This is his ~ works. 代表作 从世界各个地方来的代表将会参加这个会议． ～ s from all countries will attend the meeting.

5. 5. Four people enter looking around in a curious way. curious adj. = eager to learn or know e.g. Mr Smith sat at the window reading a newspaper. As a little girl, she was curious about the origin of human beings. The tourists were surrounded by the curious children. be curious about sth. 对 ------ 好奇 be curious to do sth. 急于 ------ out of curiosity 出于好奇

6. 6. ---exciting experience experience 1. 经历 （可数） 2. 经验 （不可数） Please tell me your experience in Africa. He is a teacher with 25 years’ experience. He experienced a lot of difficulties. have / get experience in (doing) sth. 有做某事的经验 be experienced at/in (doing) sth. 熟练地做某事

7. 7. ---closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. =---, Julia Smith from Britain closely following. introduce sb. to sb. 把某人介绍给某人 introduce sth. into --- 采用；引进 Please allow me to introduce Mr Smith. Potatoes were first introduced into Europe from South America.

8. introduction N. a letter of ~ 介绍信 make a self-introduction 作自我介绍． make ~ to each other 互相介绍 Yao Ming is a person needs no ~.

9. follow one’s advice follow the example of ---- follow one’s step the following day

10. 9. approach 靠近，接近 ； 方法 We heard the approach of the train. As we approach the town, the first building we see is the church. Do you know the best approach to study a foreign language. A new approach to language teaching.

11. touch vt. 1) 触摸，接触，触及, 轻触 I told you not to touch my things. 2). touch sb./ sth. (with sth.) 感动（某人）触动某人（某人的感情） Her miserable experience touched us all deeply / touched our hearts with sorrow. 她经历很不幸，我们深受感动 / 我们都很伤心。 The film really touched my heart.

12. 接触，联系 N. get / keep in touch with sb. 与 ~ 取得 / 保持联系 be in/ out of ~ （ with sb.) 与 -- 有 / 无联系 We’ve been out of touch for years.

13. 7. apologize v. apology n. apologize to sb. for sth. / doing sth. make an apology to sb. for (doing) sth. accept / refuse an apology

14. 11. Learned adj. 有学问的，博学的 e.g. Learned man 学者 He’s very learned but rather proud.

15. not --- nor 即不 ------ 又不 ------ not all 连用 形成部分否定 nor / neither 否定副词，常置于句首，此时句子要倒装， 即助动词 / 系动词 / 情态动词放在主语之前 I don’t like her, nor/neither does Lily. I am not a nurse, nor/ neither is Lily. 9. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable touching strangers or being too close or too far away. nor = and also not / neither 方式状语 =while they are touching ---or being ---

16. 6. express vt. ( 用语言，神色，动作等）表达，表示（感情，意见） express sth. ( to sb.) The guests ~ their thanks before leaving. 你对我的帮助，我感激不尽。 I can’t ~ to you how grateful I am for your help. express oneself （清楚地）表达自己的意思 他仍然不能用英语表达自己的意思。 He is still unable to express himself in English.

17. N. 快车（ =express train) The 8 am express to Beijing. （邮局，铁路，公路等部门提供的）速递，速 运 send goods by express 特快货运。 EMS ? N. expression 表达，表情 a happy ~ 愉快的神情。 beyond expression

18. 7. likely adj. 可能的，有希望的 adv. 很可能 a likely outcome 预料的结果 a likely winner 预料的胜利者 be likely to do sth./ that It isn’t likely to rain. She’s very likely to ring me tonight. = It’s very likely that she will ring me tonight.

19. 12. possible / probable / likely It is possible that--- It is probable that It is likely that It is possible to --- sth. /sb. be likely to do --- He is likely to be late. I’ll help you if possible. It is probable that it will rain tonight.

20. nod ( to / at sb. ) 点头 vi. She nods to me to leave the room. 点头示意 Vt. nod sth. to sb. 点头表示同意。 She nods her agreement. 点头表示欢迎 She nods a welcome to me/ nods me a welcome.

21. 9.general 1) adj. 普遍的，全面的 A matter of ~ concern/ interest 普遍（公众）关心 / 感兴趣的事情 Air-conditioner is in general use now. 2) 总的，整体的 general idea of the passage In general 大体上，通常，总的来讲 In general, he is a good guy. generally speaking frankly speaking honestly speaking

22. avoid vt. 避开，避免 avoid (sth / doing) I think she is avoiding me. I avoid meeting him. avoidable adj.

23. Homework for today : review the language points Recite the new words