课件35张PPT。P3
Language Points
British and
American EnglishM1 本课时主要是针对阅读材料中重点词汇、短语和句型的解释,教师可根据学生的预习情况来选择性讲解。为了引导学生自主学习,自行查找相关资料学习新单词,这里只针对部分词汇进行解释。
教师讲解时,建议采用归纳法,如尽可能多的呈现一些相关例句,或让学生从已学课文中找相应例句,引导学生试着从所观察到的语言现象中总结出词汇的意思和用法。objectivesTo learn to use the words and expressions:be different in hundreds of
on the other side of prefer to
get around compare with
be similar to differ in
have difficulty doing sth.1. British English and American English
are different in many ways.
英式英语和美式英语在很多方面是不同的。
1) be different in… 在……方面不同
They are so different in life style.
他们在生活方式上很不同。
2) in…way (s) 在……方面
It is proved in the following ways: politics,
economy and culture.
它在以下方面被证明:政治、经济和文化。1. 如果我现在住在那个城市,我的生活可能会有多种不同的方式。
If I lived in that city now, my life might be different in a number of ways.
2. 他在很多方面都比别人做得好。
He does better than others in many ways.practice 2. There are hundreds of different words
which are not used on the other side of the
Atlantic.
有数以百计个不同的词在大西洋彼岸的另
一个英语国家不被使用。
hundreds of 成百的……
The restaurant receives hundreds of customers every day.
这家饭店每天接待数以百计的顾客。
当hundred前面有具体数词修饰时,不能加s, 如: I have two hundred books.当表示不确定的数目时用复数,而且要与
of连用: There are hundreds of books on the desk.桌子上有几百本书。
2) on the other side of…
在…的另一边;在…的另一面
The nearest road was on the other side of the stream.
距离最近的一条道路在小溪的另一边。
I live on the other side of town.
我住这个城镇的另一边。1. 数以百计的人感染了这种病毒。
Hundreds of people are infected by the
virus.
2. 他们住在马路的另一边。
They live on the other side of the street.practice 3. ……maybe you will prefer to get around
the town by taxi or cab.
或者你愿意乘坐taxi或者cab游览城市。
1) prefer to 更加喜欢;宁愿
I prefer to work rather than go to holiday to the seaside.
我宁愿工作也不愿去海滨度假。
2) get around 到处走走
When I was little, my uncle could get around without the chair.
在我还小的时候,我叔叔可以不用轮椅到处走动。 1. 你愿意在这儿还是到我的办公室谈?
Would you prefer to talk here or in my office?
2. 我必须要在这有限的车程里想出可以四处游玩的好方法。
I need to figure out how to get around with this kind of limited range.practice 4. Prepositions, too, can be different:
compare on the team, on
the weekend (American) with in the
team, at the weekend (British).
compare vt. 比较,对比;把……喻为;
vi. 匹敌,可与……相比
a. Just compare the one that has been
cleaned with the others.
b. My works can’t be compared with
yours.1) compare +n. + with/to + n. 把…和…比较
We carefully compared the first report with the second.
2) compare + n. + to + n. 把…比喻为…
We often compare children to flowers
of our country.
【注意】表“与……相比”时,compare…
with与compare…to一样。若表比喻意义
“把……比作……”时,应用compare…to。【联想拓展】II. 根据汉语意思完成句子。
1. 我遇到了一些困难,但与你的困难比
较起来就算不上什么了。
I’ve had some difficulties, but they were
nothing _________ ______ _______.
2. 这座房子比不上我们以前的。
This house doesn’t _________ _____ our
previous one.
3. 把新版本与旧版本相比较,你就会发现
不同之处。
________ the new edition _______the old
one, you’ll find the difference.compared to/with yourscompare withwith/toComparepractice 5. The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation. 这两种变体的另两个不同之处是拼写和发音。
differ in… 在……方面存在不同
The husband and wife differ in their interests.
夫妻之间爱好不同。
For years, studies have suggested that women and men differ in how they experience pain.
数年来,研究表明女性和男性的差异表现在他们各自的疼痛体验上。1. 人们对失败持有不同的态度。
People differ in their attitudes towards
failure.
2. 这对双胞胎姐妹在性格上不同。
The twin sister differ in their characters.practice 6. The accent, which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US.在美国东海岸能够听到跟英式英语非常接近的口音。
be similar to 与……相似
The questions will be similar to the ones you answered on your Application for Permanent Residence in Canada.
这些问题和你在申请加拿大永久居民时的问题相似。1. 孩提时,我们被那些我们认为与自己
相像的人所吸引。
As children, we’re attracted to those we
perceive to be similar to us.
2. 她的性格跟她母亲很相似。
Her character is similar to her mother.practice 7. A Londoner has more difficulty
understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.
一个伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人讲话可能比理解一个纽约人更难。
have difficulty (in) doing sth. “做某事有困难。”difficulty是不可数名词, 相当于trouble, 其前可用some, any, no, great, much, little等修饰, 介词in可以省略。
When I have difficulty in doing anything, I will ask my father for advice.
每当我做事遇到困难时,我往往向我父亲求教。 I had great difficulty _____ the
suitable food on the menu in that
restaurant.
A. find B. found C. to find D. finding
2. You can’t imagine what difficulty we
had ____ home in the snowstorm.
A. walked B. walk
C. to walk D. walkingpractice 8. This nonstop communication, the
experts think, has made it easier for
British people and Americans to
understand each other.
make+it+adj.+ for sb.+to do sth: it作形式宾语,真正的宾语为不定式短语to understand each other。形容词easier作宾语补足语。for后面的British people and Americans为不定式的逻辑主语。
He bought a bicycle last week, and it
makes it easier for him to get around.
他上周买了一辆自行车,这使他来来往
往更加方便了。1. The fact that she was foreign made ____
difficult for her to get a job in that
country.
A. so B. much C. that D. it
2. He didn’t make ____ clear when and
where the meeting would be held.
A. this B. that C. it D. thesepractice 9. But it has also led to lots of American
words and structures passing into British English.这也导致了大量美语单词和结构进入英式英语。
lead to “引起, 导致” (to为介词, 后接名词性的词或短语, 不用被动语态)。
This misprint led to great confusion.
这个印刷错误导致了巨大的混乱。
Heart failure led to her father’s death.
心力衰竭导致她父亲的死亡。 一个投资计划会创造上百个新就业机会。
An investment program will lead to the
creation of hundreds of new jobs.
2. 银行悬赏情报,以便将这些人绳之以法。
The bank has offered a reward for any
information leading to the arrest of the men.practice Let the word flyLet the word fly 板块是帮助学生学习一些一词多义、熟词生义的词汇。通过此环节,学生可以对一些常见词的用法、意思有一个全面的了解。在翻译过程中体会词汇使用的丰富多彩。1. Laughter filled the room.
2. Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards.
3. Fill the pots with earth.试着翻译下面的英文,注意单词fill的用法。fill in 填写 fill sth. with 填满;装满别忘了填写你的登记卡。 在花盆里装上泥土。房间里充满了笑声。4. He has filled up the tank with gas.
5. Pop music undoubtedly fills an
important role in teenagers’ lives.fill a role 成为(……的)一部分;
起某种作用流行音乐毫无疑问是青少年生活中一个
重要部分。fill up 装满 他已给油箱装满了汽油。Work in pairs and make up sentences as many as possible with fill in English, then we’ll check which group is the most productive.现学现用注: word 文档
点击此处链接Individual activity1. 我对他说的令人难懂的话感到迷惑不解。
I was _________ at his _________ words.
2. 一点细节也不要漏掉。
Don’t ____ __ ______ _____.
3. 这两个女孩在外表上相似,但声音却
不同。
The two girls ___ ______ __ appearance,
but they _____ __ voice.Quiz I: Translation.?confused?confusingomit a single detailare similar indiffer in 4. 我们宁愿保持着现在的样子
We _______ ____ stay where we are.
5. 要想在一个陌生的市镇走动是件令人
头痛的事。
It’s a headache trying to ___ _______
in a strange, new town.
6. “我们唯一应该恐惧的是恐惧本身。”
是富兰克林·罗斯福的名言。
“The only thing we have to fear is
fear itself.” is the ______ _______ of
Franklin Roosevelt. get aroundfamous remarkprefer to7. 人们常干的最糟糕的事,就是用与别人的比较来衡量自己的成功。
One of the worst things people do is to measure their success by how they __________ _____ others.
8. 该报告声称数百名士兵被杀或自杀。The report claimed __________ ______ soldiers were killed or committed suicide as a result. compare withhundreds ofget around; lead to; be similar to;
make a difference; queue up; fill up with; at the flick of; on the other side of Her kind financial help has _______
_________to the poor boy’s life.
2. I saw many people____________ for
tickets at the box office when I passed
by.II. Choose the best phrases to complete
the following sentences.queuing upmade a difference3. It’s hard to ____________ in some
foreign cities if you don’t know the
language.
4. Many things can be easily done just
_____________ the mouse.
5. Her book shelf ______________
all kinds of novels and magazines.get aroundat the flick ofis filled up with6. Global warming has ________ the sea
level rising little by little every year.
7. They _____________ each other in
appearance but differ greatly in
character.
8. Williamsburg is located right
__________________ the East River.led toare similar toon the other side ofReview课时重点回顾be different in 在……方面不同
hundreds of 成百的……
prefer to 宁愿;更喜欢
get around 到处走走
compare with 与……相比较
be similar to 与……相似
lead to 导致;引起