②It's the duty for every soldier to defend our country against/from enemies. 卫国抗战是每个士兵应尽的职责。
③Most countries have armies for their defence(defence)． 大多数国家都有用于防御的军队。
major vi.主修adj.主要的；较大的n.专业课；主修课 (教材P26)I guessed that there was probably a major misunderstanding. 我猜想这里可能有个很大的误会。
(1)major in 专修；主修；攻读 (2)majority n. 大多数；过半 a/the majority of 大多数的；大半的 (3)minor adj.& v. 较少的；次要的；兼修 minority n. 少数 a/the minority of 少数的
①—What are you majoring in at the university? —Ancient Chinese history. ——你在大学里主修什么？ ——中国古代史。
②The majority (major) of working women are in low-paid jobs. 大部分工作女性处于低薪的岗位。
be likely to很可能……；有希望……
(教材P26)However，people from places like Spain，Italy or South American countries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them.
不过，来自西班牙、意大利或南美等国的人会站在离别人很近的地方，而且很可能会(用身体)接触对方。
be likely to do sth. 可能做某事 It's likely that... ……是可能的 not likely 不见得；不大可能
①We are likely to make small talk when we first meet people. 当与别人首次见面时，我们通常会和他闲聊。 ②It is likely that investors will face losses. 投资者们可能要面临损失。
[明辨异同] likely/possible/probable
likely 既可用人也可用物作主语。常用句式为：It is likely that...或Sb./Sth.is likely to...(但不能说It is likely for sb.to do sth.)。 强调客观上有可能，但也常常暗示“实际上希望很小”。常用句式为：It is possible possible(for sb.)to do sth.或It is possible that...作表语时不能用人作主语。 主要用来指有根据、合情理、值得相信的可能性，带有“大概，很可能”的含义。语气比possible强。常用句式为：It is probable that... possible/likely/probable 【导学号：55424017】 ③It is ________for her to come to our wedding today. ④He is ________to win the match.
⑤There is only 5 minutes left.It is highly________that we will be late.
⑥It is ________，though not ________，that he will come tomorrow.In a word，he is ________to telephone me.
【答案】 ③possible ④likely ⑤probable ⑥possible；probable；likely [图形助记]
“可能性”有多大？
probable
Ⅰ.语境填词
1．James is a _______ at the meeting and he ________ our class.(represent) 2．Children are ________ about animals and show great ________ about how they live.(curious)
3．She ________ in history.That is，her ________ is history.However，the ________ of her friends ________ in science.(major)
4．The ________ is ________ with football.(associate)
5．He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to ________ him in ________ of his freedom.(defend)
【答案】 1.representative；represents 2.curious；curiosity 3.majors；major；majority；major 4．association；associated 5.defend；defence
Ⅱ.选词填空
in association with；(be) curious about；defend against；major in；on the contrary；be likely to；in general
1．Children are always ________________ everything around them. 2．She ________________ come by air tonight，but I'm not sure. 3．My son ________________ economics at university. 4．To our surprise，he is ________________ a murder case.
5．We all think that he likes his new job，but ________________ he doesn't. 【答案】 1.curious about 2.is likely to 3.majors in 4.in association with 5.on the contrary
(教材P26)The first person to_arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia，
closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain.
第一个到达的是从哥伦比亚来的托尼·加西亚，随后紧跟着的是英国的朱莉娅·史密斯。
【要点提炼】 句中不定式to arrive作定语，修饰the first person，与the first
person存在逻辑上的主谓关系。被修饰词为序数词、形容词最高级或被序数词、形容词最高级修饰时，常用不定式作后置定语。
英语中常用不定式作后置定语的情况主要还有： (1)被修饰词前有the only，the very，the next等词时。
(2)抽象名词time，way，ability，reason，chance，courage，opportunity等后常用不定式作定语。
(3)不定代词something，nothing，little等后常用不定式作定语。
①The next thing to do is to relax yourself completely. 下一步要做的事情是完全放松你自己。
②I had a chance to_visit_the_Great_Wall_last_month. 上个月我有幸游览了长城。
③I have something_important_to_tell_you. 我有要事相告。 [名师点津]
(1)作定语的不定式如果是不及物动词，不定式后面就要有必要的介词。 (2)如果不定式所表示的动作不是由主语发出，则不定式应使用被动语态。
(教材P26)Not_all cultures greet each other the same way，nor are they
comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.
各种文化背景下的人互致问候的方式不尽相同，身体接触和相互间距离的程度也不一样。
【要点提炼】 句中not all...表示部分否定。
(1)not与一些具有完全意义的词如all，both，every，everything，everybody，everywhere，altogether，entirely，completely等连用，不管not放在什么位置，均表示部分否定。
(2)用none，neither，no one，nobody，nothing，never等表示全部否定。
①As for the question of when the train would arrive，none of the clerks at the ticket office bothered to answer.
对于火车何时才能抵达这一问题，售票处的职员个个都懒得回答。 ②Such a thing is not to_be_found_everywhere. 这种事并非随处可见。
③All the boys are not interested in sports. ＝Not_all_the_boys_are interested in sports. 不是所有的男孩子都喜欢运动。
完成句子 【导学号：55424018】 1．并非所有的鸟都会飞。 ________________ can fly.
2．北京成为第一个既主办过夏季奥运会又主办(host)冬奥会的城市。 Beijing has become the first city ________________________. 3．我不喜欢你和你父母说话的方式。 I don't like the way ________________.
【答案】 1.Not all birds 2.to host both summer and winter Olympic Games 3.in which you speak to your parents
Most people around the world now greet each other by shaking hands，but some cultures use other greetings as well，such as the Japanese，who prefer to bow. 【分析】 该句是由but 连接的两个并列句，其中by shaking hands是前一分句中的方式状语；后一分句中who引导非限制性定语从句修饰先行词the Japanese。
【翻译】 现在世界上多数人见面要握手相互问候，但有些文化(背景的人)会采取另外一些寒暄方式。比方说，日本人就更愿意鞠躬。
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