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Language points P14-15
Unit 2 Exploring English
课文回顾:
1. Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English
句意:你有没有问过自己,为什么人们学习英语总是有困难?
have trouble (in) doing sth.
=have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难
例:人们理解不同的英语口音总是有困难。
Students often ________________________
different English accents.
have trouble understanding
2. Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple.
句意:菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。
neither ... nor... 既不……也不……
该句是倒装句表强调,其表现形式为否定意义的词neither位于句首,句子用部分倒装。
例:她既不唱歌也不跳舞。
____________ she sing nor dance.
Neither does
3. Speaking of travelling, are you going anywhere exciting this year
句意:说到旅游,你今年要去什么好玩的地方吗?
speak of 提起;讲述
speak about 说到(谈论)
speak out 畅所欲言
speak for 代表某人讲话
speak up 大声点说
例:谈到费用问题,我买得起它吗
___________ cost, can I afford to buy it
Speaking of
4. Even the smallest words can be confusing.
句意:即使是最小的单词也会令人困惑。
例:盒子上的使用说明令人费解。
The instructions on the box are very ________.
confusing adj.令人困惑的;混乱的; 混淆的
confuse v. 使混乱,使困惑
confused adj. 感到困惑的
confusion n. 混淆,混乱,困惑
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confusing用来修饰物 ,可以做定语或者表语
confused用来修饰人,常作表语
confusing
5. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!
句意:你也一定会对一种语言独一无二的错乱感到惊讶。在这种语言中,一幢房子被烧毁既可以用burn up也可以用 burn down。填表格即可以用fill in,也可以用fill out。警报只有在go off的时候才会响起!
wonder at 感到诧异;非常惊讶
例:她没想到自己竟会这样愚蠢。
She ___________ her own stupidity.
wondered at
例:
1. 这场火烧掉了价值50多万美元的古董。
The fire ___________ more than $ 500,000 worth of antiques.
2.在那场大火中,学校大楼被烧毁。
The school building was in that ____________ big fire.
burn up/burn down 烧毁;烧成平地
fill in/ fill out 填写(表格)
go off 爆发突然的响声
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burn down“烧毁;火势减弱”,通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌。
burn up 也有“烧毁; 烧掉”之意,但一般不是指建筑物。
burned up
burned down
6. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.
句意:这就是为什么当我说手表wind up时,它会开始走,但当我说这段文章wind up时,它就结束了。
该句包含一个由why引导的表语从句(Predicative Clause),在全句中位于系动词is后,作表语。表语从句是名词性从句的一种,名词性从句还包括主语从句、宾语从句和同位语从句。
wind up 结束;上发条
That is why...意为“这就是为什么……”,指由于各种原因所造成的结果。
That is because...意为“这就是因为……”,指原因或理由。
例:那就是为什么我早早离开了。
_________ I left so early.
That's why
1. If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get _________.
2. Great care is taken to avoid _________ the
two types of projects.
1. The fire has ____________ to a spark.
2. Let’s _________ all this waste paper.
burn up
confused/ confusing
burn up/ burn down
burned down
confused
confusing
1.I have much trouble _____ speaking English.
2.The ground must be just right neither too wet______ too dry.
3.I have no trouble _____ my English study.
4.Speaking ______ honesty, I know a lot of
people who don't pay bus fares.
5.I wonder _____ your allowing her to do such a
thing.
6.In western culture, and if a problem, the best
way is to speak _____ directly.
7.The student filled _____ the application form.
8.The alarm went _____.
in
nor
with
of
at
out
out
off
Using language P17
Unit 2 Exploring English
Presentation/Pratice
Look and match:
d
c
b
a
Read and
complete:
构
词
法
合成法:
派生法:
转换法:
缩略法:
five-year-old
eggplant
painting
madness
rain n.→v.
snow n.→v.
WHO
lab-laboratory
Production
Group work: Choose one type and come up with as many words as possible.
abbreviating
changing the part of speech
adding a prefix or suffix
combining two or more words
Group
A
Group
B
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Video: Chinese Character Evolution
Watch and think
What's the differences between English
words and Chinese characters
My teacher asked me to write a _________(600 words) passage in English.
I wrote a letter to show my ___________(appreciate) of his thoughtfulness.
For my homework tonight, we have to write a __________(describe) of the street where we live.
The first lesson was very _________(enjoy)—I liked it a lot!
These discoveries proved the _________(exist) of a human species who lived in the area between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago.
600-word
appreciation
description
enjoyable
existence
The committee is discussing the problem right now. It will __________(hope) have been solved by the end of next week.
The accused man proved his _________(innocent) of the crime.
The government's new scheme is designed to help the _______(job).
The days start to ________(long) in March.
_________(Luck), Peter didn't get the job.
The wounded soldier was _____________(conscious) from his loss of blood.
Reading comprehension can't be _______________ (dependent) from the knowledge of writing.
innocence
jobless
lengthen
Unluckily
unconscious
independent
hopefully
Thank you!