Section I 课前准备、听力、口语
1. Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”. 亚特兰大以“大苹果”为人们所熟知。(p.41 Ex.1 No.3)
★ be known as 作为……而有名气
▲ known as, known by, known for与known to be known as以……而知名,著称;be known by意为根据(按照)…得知(较少用),be known for因…而众所周知,表示之所以被众人所知的原因或特征,for后面常跟抽象动词;be known to则意为“为…所知”,仅仅表示“大家都知道”指某个地方或某一范围的人知道。