中级美国英语Lesson51:与移民有关的词汇

六.IN ORDER TO

现在我们学习用 in order to, i-n o-r-d-e-r t-o, in order to. 这个词组可以用来表示 "为了要".比方有两句话: "他们移居到新大陆."They migrated to the New World.

"他们要有新生活." They wanted to have a new life. 这两句话用 in order to 连 接起来就变成:They migrated to the New World in order to have a new life. 现在 我们作一组练习, 由老师念两句话, 学生就用 in order to 把两句话变为一句.

这组练习的内容说的是外国人离乡背井移居美国的原因. 练习里有些词汇可 能你不熟, 比方 "信仰宗教" to worship a religion. "政治动荡不安" political unrest, "先进技术" advanced technology, "团圆" to be united with 等等,请你跟 学生一起作练习的时候特别注意. 现在开始.

M: They migrated to the New World. They wanted to have a new life.

F: They migrated to the New World in order to have a new life.

M: They resettled in America. They wanted to worship their religions freely.

F: They resettled in America in order to worship their religions freely.

M: They moved to the U.S. They wanted to avoid political unrest.

F: They moved to the U.S. in order to avoid political unrest.

M: They relocated in this country. They wanted to study advanced technology.

F: They relocated in this country in order to study advanced technology.

M: They came from their native countries. They wanted to be reunited with their families in the U.S.

F: They came from thier native countries in order to be reunited with their families in the U.S.

七.IN ORDER TO 和 SO THAT 的区别

下面我们作一组练习比较 in order to 跟 "因此" so that, s-o t-h-a-t, so that 在用 法上的分别, 同时也谈一谈到美国的移民. 练习的作法是老师说: They left their homelands in order to have better working conditions. 学生就把句子改成:

They left their homeland so that they could have better working conditions.

学生作练习的时候请你也一起作.

M: They migrated to the New World in order to have a new life.

F: They migrated to the New World so that they could have a new life.

M: They resettled in America in order to worship their religions freely.

F: They resettled in America so that they could worship their religions freely.

M: They moved to the U.S. in order to avoid political unrest.

F: They moved to the U.S. so that they could avoid political unrest.

M: They relocated in this country in order to study advanced technology.

F: They relocated in this country so that they could study advanced technology.

M: They left their homelands in order to have better working conditions.

F: They left their homelands so that they could have better working conditions.

八.听短文回答问题

首先老师给你念一篇文章介绍到美国定居的各国移民, 并且谈到美国为 什么 是个大熔炉.

请你注意听.

America is a country of immigrants. Nearly the entire population can trace its origins to someplace outside of the U.S. The group of people with the longest period of residence in North America are American Indians. It is believed that they migrated from Asia several thousand years ago. The next people to come to what is now the U.S. were Europeans.

They came as colonists between 350 and 250 years ago. Many of these colonists came from England and settled along the Atlantic coast. Other colonists came from Spain and settled in Florida and in the southwestern part of the country. When the colonists had established themselves, large numbers of Africans were forced to come to North America as slaves.

Through the 19th century, many immigrants came to the U.S. The earlier ones were largely from Ireland, Germany and other parts of western Europe. Later, many immigrants came from northern and southern Europe and from Asia. In this century many Eastern Europeans have come to the U.S. and more recently thousands of people from Southeast Asia and the Caribbean area have come to live in the U.S.

These people have come to the U.S. for many reasons. Some came in order to make better lives for themselves in a new country. Others came so that they could worship their religions more freely. Many immigrants left their homelands because of war, political unrest or bad economic and living conditions.

Although most immigrants chose to come to the U. S. themselves, they often suffered hardships getting to the country. The conditions in which many people lived when they first arrived were very difficult. However, most immigrants managed to establish themselves and have good lives in the U.S. The U.S. today is called the melting pot since people who came from different countries have all become Americans.

现在请你回答问题. 你回答之后老师会把正确答案念给你听.

第一个问题是:

M: Where did American immigrants come from?

F: They came from all over the world.

第二个问题是:

M: What were some of the reasons for immigrants to leave their homelands?

F: Religion, war, political unrest, bad economic and living conditions were some of the reasons for immigrants to leave their homelands.

第三个问题是:

M: Was it difficult for immigrants to get to the U.S.?

F: Yes, it was often difficult.