1.在几千年的历程中，中国人民创造了他们独特的习俗和传统，并把他们一代一代传给后人。Overthecourseof（1.在……的过程中）thousandsofyears,theChinesepeoplehavecreatedtheirownuniquecustomsandtraditions,andpassedthemon（2.将……传给）fromonegenerationtothenext.1-overthecourseof词典释义：In/during/overthecourseofsomethingphrasewhilesomethingishappeningorcontinuingTheinsurancecoversyouifyouareinjuredinthecourseofyouremployment.DuringthecourseofthemorningIlearnedalotabouttheproject.外刊例句：TheFedforecaststhatitwillincreaseratesthreetimesoverthecourseofnextyear.（www.economist.com）美联储预计明年年内将把利息逐步提高三倍。学生错误表达：Intheprocessofthousandsofyears点评：intheprocessof(doing)something一般是指一个相对短暂的正在进行中的过程，例如：Thecompanyisintheprocessofmovingtonewoffices.该公司正搬往新的办公室。Intheprocessofthousandsofyears搭配不妥，可以改为in/during/overthecourseofthousandsofyears2-passsthon词典释义：passon1.将…传给；将…交给Ifyoupasssomethingontosomeone,yougiveittothemsothattheyhaveitinsteadofyou.•TheQueenispassingthemoneyontoaselectionofherfavouritecharities...女王要把那笔钱交给她喜欢的一些慈善机构。•Thereisariskofpassingtheviruson...有传播病毒的风险。•ThelateEarlpassedonmuchofhisfortunetohisdaughter...已故伯爵将他的大部分财产传给了女儿。•Tenantsremainliableiftheypassontheirlease.如果房客将房子转租，他们仍承担责任。外刊例句：DetailsoftheaccountsweresenttoChristineLagarde,France'sformerfinanceministerandnowheadoftheInternationalMonetaryFund,andshepassedthemontoothergovernmentsintheEUandtotheUS.（www.theguardian.com）贾斯汀娜·拉加尔德是法国的前任财政部长，目前担任实际货币基金组织的主席，这些银行帐号的详细资料将发给她，然后由她转交给欧盟各国和美国。替换表达：handsomethingdowntosomebody/passdownsomethingtosomebodyQ：pass不是直接就有传递的意思吗？直接用passthemfromgenerationtogeneration可以吗？A：passsomethingontosomebody是一个固定表达，意思是“将（知识、技能等）传递给……”，不可以写成passthemfromgenerationtogenerationQ：中国人民前要不要加定冠词？...
