BOOK ONE unit 2 English around the world
Step 1. Useful words and phrases
Give the English words according to the Chinese meanings
1 浴室
2 别客气
3 壁橱
4 发音
5 宽的
6 重复、重述
7多数、大半
8 本地的本土的
9 总数、合计
10 总共
11 母语
12 相等的平等的
13 情形、境遇
14 除了……之外
15 国际的世界的
16 组织
17 与……交流
18 交换、兑换
19 整理、收拾
20 熬夜
21 发生
22 独立自主的
23 以……告终
24 南方的
25 引进
26许许多多
27 比较
28 替换
29 旅途愉快
30 整个世界
31.做某事有困难
32 口语
33 书面语
34 或多或少
Keys:
Bathroom make oneself at home closet pronounce broad repeat majority native total in total mother tongue equal situation except for international organization communicate with exchange tidy stay up
come about independent end up with southern bring in a great many compare replace have a good flight/trip all around the world have some difficulty in doing sth. spoken English written English more or less
Step 2 listening and filling in the blanks
English around the world
English is a language spoken _____ _______ the world. There are more than 42 countries where _____ _______ of the people speak English. Most _______ speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. _________ ________, for more than 375 million people English is their _______ _______. An equal number of people learn English as a second language. These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English. This _________ is found in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the Philippines.
However, _____ ______ ______ people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million. Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn English. Most people learn English for five or six years at high school. In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, _____ ______ those in Hong Kong, where many people speak English as a first or a second language.
In only fifty years, English has _______ _______ the language most widely spoken and used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them _____ English. English is also the language of global culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs ______ _____ ________ or use English to _______ ________ people around the world ________ the internet. _______ so many people communicating in English every day, it will become more and more important to _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ English.
Keys: all around the majority native In total mother tongue situation
the number of except for developed into using on the radio communicate with through With have a good knowledge of
American English and British English
Many students want to know about the ___________ between American English and British English. How did these differences ______ ________ There is no quick answer _____ this question. At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America
became an __________ country. After that, the language slowly began to change. ______
______ _______ _______ the language in America _______ the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about “fall”. Today, most British people talk about “autumn”, but Americans still talk about “fall”. In the same way Americans still use the expression “I guess” (meaning “I think”0, just as the British did 300 years ago.
At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, _______ _____ _______ different words. For example, the British took “typhoon” from Chinese, while the Americans took “tornado” from Spanish.
In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English _______ _______ British English, so he changed the spelling of many words. ______ ________ the words colour, centre and traveler are spelt color, center and traveler in American English. Except for these differences in spelling, _______ ________ is ______ _____ _______ the same in both British and American English.
The differences are greater in the _____ ________. For example, Americans say dance, and in southern English they say /da:ns/. In America they ___________ not, in southern English they say . However, most of the time people from the two countries do not ______ _____ ______ _____ _______ each other.
Keys: differences come about to independent For a long time stayed
ending up with different from That’s why written English more or less spoken language pronounce have any difficulty in understanding
Step 3. Important sentence structures
1 It’s the 1st / 2nd … time that sb. have / has done …
eg. 1. It’s the first time I’ve visited your city.
2. It’s the second time he has talked with an Englishman.
2 强调句型 It is / was+被强调部分+ that------
Step 4.<高考点击>
1. --- Isn’t that Ann’s husband over there
--- No, it______ be him. I’m sure he doesn’t wear glasses.
A. can’t B. must not
C. won’t D. may not
2. It was about 600 years ago_______ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made.
A .that B. until C. before D. when
3 It was with great joy ______he received the news that his lost daughter had been found.
A because B which C since D that
4. It was a pity that the great writer died_______ his works unfinished.
A. for B. with C. from D. of
5. _______two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.
A. With B. Besides C. As for D. Because of
6. E-mail, as well as telephones, _______ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play
7. --- I’m going to the post office.
--- ________ you are there , can you get me
some stamps.
A. As B. While C. Because D. If
8. Did you have any trouble _______the post office
A. to have found B. with finding C. to find D. in inding
AADBAABD
Fill in each blank with a suitable phrase:
in all at all after all first of all above all
1 ____________________ I must check the number.
2 ___________, your birthday is only two weeks away.
3 He doesn’t like math ___________.
4 If you do it ____________, do it well.
5 There are 2,000 students ________in our school.
First of all (Above all) After all at all at all in all
(not)a little (not)a bit
6. In fact, this problem was ______________ bigger than that one because he didn’t know the answer.
7. We can go on with it or have a rest because I am only______________ tired.
8. I am ____________ tired, so we needn’t have a rest.
9. I am ___________tired and we must have a rest.
10. There is only __________ food left for lunch.
11. There is only __________ of food left for lunch.
a little (a bit) a bit (a little) not a bit not a little a little a bit
a/an the
12. Do you know ______ number of my telephone
13. _____ number of trees planted in our village is never under 200 every year.
14. We have lived there for ______ number of years.
15. _______ number of jobless people grows in the country at present.
16. _____ number of students are playing football on the playground.
17. _____ number of students in our class is over 50.
The the a the a the
besides except except for except that except to
18. We answered all the questions __________ the last one.
19. We all went ________ our teacher. We had a good time with our teacher.
20. I know nothing about him ____________ he is from the south.
21. Your composition is good ____________ some spelling mistakes..
22. He did nothing all day _______ play computer games.
23. We had no choice ___________ obey his order.
Except besides except that except for except except to
up on pout across about
24. Can you tell me how the accident came_______
25. How did it come _______ that he knew where we were
26. The thought came ________ my mind that I had seen her before.
e_______! The others are waiting!
28. The book will come _______ next month..
29. The question hasn’t come _______ yet.
Out about across on out up
bring in / out /up / down/ about
30. Good harvest will _____________ the prices.
31. He _________________ by his grandmother in the country.
32. His new suggestion ___________________ at the meeting.
33. She ______________ two new books at the same time.
34. He ____________ one hundred more dollars a month from his new job.
35. What _____________ the quarrel between them
bring down was brought up was brought up brought out brought in
brought about
1,broad 面积广阔, 肩背宽, 豁达大度
wide 两侧距离宽广, 眼嘴大, 广博的
a broad / wide road
a wide river, a broad ocean,
wide knowledge, broad shoulders
Open your eyes wide, please!
2. a bit not a bit: not … at all
a little not a little: very / much
3 equal adj. 相等的,平等的 be equal to :等于
n. 同等的或平等的人或物
vt. 等于, 和……相等
adv. equally
1). All men are born equal.
2). Twice three is equal to six.
3). Two plus two equals four.
4). They are equally strong
(to) do
sb. / sth. 同类中去除若干, 排除在外
4. except that ------从句
for 整体中除去某个因素 (性质不同)
只是……
besides 除------外还有(其余也如此)
5. a great many, many, a good many,
a (large, great )number of, (many a )
2) much, a great / good deal of,
a great amount of
3) a lot of, lots of, plenty of,
a large / great quantity of,
quantities of
6. come about (= happen, occur, take place, break out)
across sb./sth. 偶然遇到,
on 来吧, 快点
out 出现, 真相大白, 被出版
up 长出, 被提出,上升