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第五十一课：世界人口

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课文翻译

　　1. Read and act朗读，表演……………………

　　BILL: Do you know that as people's lives get better, more of them will buy

　　比尔：你知道吗?人们的生活水平越来越高了，更多的人要买

　　cars? When more people buy cars, cars will become cheaper.

　　汽车。当更多的人买汽车时，汽车会便宜一些。

　　LUCY:Why is that?

　　露茜：为什么这样说呢?

　　DU HUI:As more and more people have cars, there will be fewer people wanting

　　杜辉：当越来越多的人拥有了汽车时，将有更少的人想

　　to buy cars, then cars will become cheaper.

　　买汽车，这样汽车就会变得更便宜。

　　LUCY:I don't agree with you two. People will always want cars. When their

　　露茜：我不同意你们两个人的说法。人们总是想买汽车。当

　　car becomes old, they prefer to buy a new one rather than repair it.

　　他们的汽车变旧时，他们宁愿买辆新的而不愿去维修旧车。

　　BILL:How much does a car cost in China?

　　比尔：在中国一辆汽车值多少钱?

　　DU HUI:It can cost as little as 50,000 yuan and as much as 300,000 yuan.

　　杜辉：少则5万，多则30万元。

　　How much does a car cost in America?

　　在美国买一辆汽车花多少钱?

　　LUCY:In America you can buy a used car for as little as 300 dollars. However,

　　露茜：在美国只花300美元就能买一辆二手车。可是，

　　a new car can be very expensive. It can be as much as 70,000 dollars.

　　新车可能非常昂贵，价格高达7万美元。

　　BILL:Yeah. Do you know what the most expensive car in the world is?

　　比尔：是的。你知道世界上最贵的车是什么吗?

　　DU HUI: No.

　　杜辉：不知道。

　　BILL:It's the Rolls Royce.

　　比尔：是劳斯莱斯牌轿车。

　　DU HUI:I beg your pardon?

　　杜辉：请再说一遍好吗?

　　BILL: The Rolls Royce. It costs 353,590 dollars.

　　比尔：劳斯莱斯牌轿车。它价值353,590美元。

　　DU HUI:Wow! That's worth more than two million yuan in China!

　　杜辉：哇!在中国要值200多万人民币!

第五十一课：世界人口

重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　短语纵横

　　1as little as和……一样少，少则……as ... as中间跟形容词或副词的原级，表示“和……一样……”。

　　It can cost as little as 50,000 yuan and as much as 300,000 yuan.

　　它少则价值5万元，多则价值30万元。

　　2a secondhand car“一辆二手车”，相当于a used car。此处secondhand为合成词，意为“用过的，二手的”。

　　The secondhand car cost him 50 dollars. It was so cheap.

　　这辆二手车花了他50美元，真是太便宜了。

　　点击句型

　　1agree with sb.同意某人

　　I don't agree with you.我不同意你的话。

　　2prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.宁愿……而不……

　　prefer意为“更喜欢”。在该句型中，to后为动词原形，rather than后为省略to的不定式。

　　I prefer to go out to see a film rather than stay at home.

　　我宁可出去看电影也不愿呆在家里。

　　3be worth...价值……

　　worth后也可跟Ving形式，意为“值得做……”。

　　The book is (well) worth reading.这本书(很)值得一读。

　　The new computer is worth 4,500 yuan.这台电脑值4，500元。

　　注意：worth前不用very修饰。

　　语法天地

　　过去将来时：would/should do或was/were going to do

　　He said that he would go to Hainan some day.

　　他说有一天他要去海南。

　　He told me he was going to the Great Wall the next day.

　　他告诉我第二天他要去长城。

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