Unit 3
Travel Journal
1.persuade: cause sb by reasoning 说服，劝说　（暗示是成功的，如果未成功则用try to persuade）
(1)persuade sb to do sth 或persuade sb into doing sth:说服某人干某事
How can you persuade him to change his mind/into changing his mind?
Language points for Reading I
(2) persuade sb out of doing sth 说服某人不要干某事
Finally, we persuaded her out of traveling by plane.
2.insist: declare firmly, esp.in the face of doubt of opposition 坚持认为；坚决主张
(1)“坚决主张，坚决要求”，后接的宾语从句用陈述语气（表示一个主张或一种看法），即“should+动词原形”，should可省略。
I insisted that he (should) come with us.我坚持主张他跟我们同行。
(2)“坚持说”（表示一个事实），后接的从句用陈述语气，即按需要选择时态
He insisted that he hadn’t stolen the girl’s handbag.他坚持说他注册码偷那女孩的包。
(3) Insist on/upon doing sth 坚持干某事
I insisted on/upon his coming with us.
3.plain: adj“平坦的；清楚的”；n. “平原”
the wide plains of Canada 加拿大的广大平原
in plain language 用简单的语言
4.trip, journey, travel, tour
(1)trip 一般指有目的的短距离的旅行。在现代英语中，trip和journey常可通用，搭配动词有:make, take和go on. 如：
make/ take/ go on a trip/ journey to …到…旅游
on a/ one’s trip/ journey
(2)travel 常用作抽象名词，泛指“旅行，旅游”，指具体旅行时常用复数，但前面不用many或数词。
He came back home after years of foreign travel.　国外多年旅游后，他回了家乡。
(3)tour 指“周游，巡回旅行”，常是访问一系列地方后又回到出发地。
Our American friends are making a tour of Shanghai. 我们的朋友正在对上海进行巡回旅行。
5. It is my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.(P.18)首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。
“It is …that/who...”是强调句型，可强调句子的各个成分（谓语除外），其基本结构为: It is +被强调部分+that(被强调部分是人时也可用who)+其余部分
如：My parents are determined to visit China next year.
It is my parents who/that are determined to visit China next year.(强调主语)
It is China that my parents are determined to visit next year.(强调宾语)
注意它的疑问形式
Is it China that your parents are determined to visit next year?
Where is it that your parents are determined to visit next year?
6.They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries.(P.18)　
他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大的，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，流到其他国家的就叫湄公河。
the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries　是一个名词短语，用来修饰前面的the Langcang River,其中又含有一个定语从句that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries.
7.My sister doesn’t care about details.(p.18)我姐姐是不会考虑细节的。
(1)care about: be worried, concerned or interested 忧虑，关心，惦念
(2)care for: look after; like or love 照顾；喜欢
Who will care for the children if their mother dies?
Would you care for a drink?
(3)care to do : be willing to or wish or like to do 愿意干；想；喜欢干(用于疑问句和否定句)
I don’t care to be seen in his company.
8.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.(P.18)　她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。
(1)once 可做连词引导状语从句，意为“一旦”，如：
Once you listen to the song, you will never forget it.
(2)once 做副词，意为“一次” for one time;“曾经”in the past.
He goes to the cinema once a week.
This book was once very popular but no one reads it today.
(3)once 的常见短语；at once 立即　all at once 突然　once more 再一次　once a while 偶尔
9. To climb the mountain road was hard work but to go down the hills was great fun.(P.22)
(1)不定式to do 可在句中做主语，注意谓语常用单数。如：
To get up early is good for our health.
在英语表达式中，常用形式主语it 来代替不定式to do做主语，如上句可改为：
It is good for our health to get up early.
It is necessary for us to learn more about science and technology.
It is nice of you to let me know the result.
(2)fun是不可数名词，意为“快乐”“有趣的人或事”。如：
What fun the children had at the seaside.
Your new friend is great fun.