Module 7 English for you and me
Unit 2 We all own English.
课前导学
核心单词
1. _____________ n. 老板;上司
2. _______________ n. 秘书
3. _____________ n. 四分之一
4. _____________ n. 制造业;工业
5. _____________ n. (数字)零
6. _____________ n. 印度人 adj. 印度的;印度文化的
7. __________ n.种;类;类型
boss
secretary
quarter
industry
zero
Indian
type
常考短语
1. ____________________ 被……说
2. ______________ 被用作
3. _______________________ 共同语言
4. _______________________ ……的四分之一
5._________________ 把……传播到……
6. ____________________ 从……借……
7. ____________________ 连同……一起
8.________________ ……的一部分
be spoken by ...
be used as
common language
a quarter of ...
spread ... to ...
borrow ... from ...
together with ...
part of ...
典型句子
1.English is spoken by about 400 million people, mostly in the US, the UK ...
_____________________________________________
2.English is the most important foreign language that children learn at school, because when they grow up, it will be quite possible for them to meet people from other countries.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
大约有4亿人说英语,他们主要分布在美国、英国……
英语是孩子们在学校学习的最重要的一门外语,因为当他们长大时,他们很有可能遇见来自其他国家的人。
3. The reason why English is spoken everywhere is that in the nineteenth century, English became the language of world trade.
_____________________________________________
4.However, most people still think that English will be used most around the world, at least for the next twenty or thirty years.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
各地都说英语的原因是,在19世纪,英语成为了世界贸易用语。
然而,大多数人仍然认为,至少在未来的二三十年里,英语仍然会是全世界使用最多的语言。
要点梳理
重点词汇精析
1 quarter的用法
【教材例句】English is now used by nearly a quarter of the world’s population, and anywhere you go in the world ... 英语现在被全世界近四分之一的人口所使用,你无论去世界的哪个地方……(教材第58页)
【要点思维导图】
【举例】About three quarters of the earth is covered with water. 大约四分之三的地球被水覆盖着。(earth不可数,故谓语用单数——is)
A quarter of the students are playing football. 四分之一的学生在踢足球。(students为可数名词复数,故谓语用复数——are)
—What’s the time? 几点了?
—It’s a quarter to seven. 六点四十五了。
【应用】
( )1._____ of the students in Class 6 have lunch at school.
A.Two fifth B.One thirds
C.Three fifth D.Three quarters
2.用所给单词的适当形式填空
(1)Three quarters of the bread _______(be) eaten by Tom.
(2)Three quarters of the teachers in the school
________ (be) women teachers.
D
is
are
2 borrow的用法
【教材例句】It is also important to know that English has borrowed many words from other languages... 英语还借用了其他语言的许多单词,了解这点也是很重要的……(教材第58页)
【用法】borrow ... from ..., 表示“从……借……”,其中borrow为动词,意为“借入”。
【举例】I often borrow books from the library. 我经常从图书馆借书。
【辨析】 borrow, lend与keep的区别
【应用】
( )—Could you please ____ me your notebook, Grace?
—Certainly. Here you are.
A.borrow B.to borrow C.lend D.keep
3 together with的用法
【教材例句】More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as a foreign language, together with some European languages.越来越多的欧洲学校在教一些欧洲语言的同时,也教授中文这门外语。(教材第58页)
【用法】together with意为“包括……在内;加上;连同……一起”,强调空间和时间上的联系;当主语后有together with时,谓语动词的数要与前面的主语保持一致,即“语法一致”原则(与其相似的用法还有with, as well as, but, except, besides, like, including, rather than等)。
C
【举例】Together with the Smiths, there were nine of us in the villa.包括史密斯一家在内,我们一共有九人住在别墅里。
My knowledge, together with his money, is very useful to the project.我的知识,加上他的钱,对这个项目很有用。
【应用】
( )Healthy eating _____ regular exercise is the best way to keep fit.
A.less than B.instead of
C.such as D.together with
D
4 “make + 宾语 + 宾语补足语”的用法
【教材例句】The answer is everyone who speaks it—the British, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a rich language. 答案就是每一个说英语的人——英国人、印度人和中国人都使英语成为一门丰富的语言。 (教材第58页)
【用法】make it a rich language意为“使它成为一门丰富的语言”,其中make作及物动词,it是宾语,a rich language是宾语补足语。
【举例】Most pop singers make music their career. 大多数流行歌手把音乐当作他们的职业。
【拓展】 “make+宾语+宾语补足语”结构
【应用】
( )1.Could you please tell me _____?
A.how can I make the machine work
B.how I can make the machine work
C.how I can make the machine to work
D.how can I make the machine to work
2.根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
(1)我的宠物常常使我高兴。
My pet often ________ ________ ________.
(2)昨天我们选他当班长。
We ________ ________ _____________ yesterday.
B
makes
me
happy
made
him
monitor
易混词 (组) 辨析
even though与even if的区别
【教材例句】Even though we speak different types of English, we are all part of an international club. 尽管我们说不同类型的英语,我们都是国际俱乐部的一部分。(教材第58页)
【要点思维导图】
【举例】He went on working with his brother even though both of them were tired. 他和弟弟仍继续工作,尽管他们两个都累了。
Even if we achieve great success in our work, we should not be proud. 即使我们在工作中取得了好成绩,也不应该自满。
【应用】
( )1._____ Frank left school at 16, he still became a successful writer.
A.Ever since B.In fact
C.After all D.Even though
2.即使要失败十次,我也绝不灰心。(根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词)
I wouldn’t lose heart ________ ________ I should fail ten times.
D
even
if
课堂练习
一、根据句意及首字母或中文提示完成单词
1.That’s one good reason why he’s your ________ (老板).
2.Please leave word with my ____________ (秘书) if you can’t come.
3.My uncle decided to enter the film ____________ (行业) when he was in his fifties.
4.How many z______________ are there in the number “1,000,000”?
5.After a q_______ of an hour, we must leave for school.
boss
secretary
industry
eros / zeroes
uarter
二、根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
1.录音机是学生用来练听力的。
The radio________ ________ _________ students for practising listening.
2.到21世纪初,汽车和自行车一样普遍。
Cars have become _______ __________ ______ bikes by the early twenty-first century.
3.下周老师和学生们要一起到海滩去野餐。
The teacher ___________ __________ his students is having a picnic on the beach next week.
is
used
by
as
common
as
together
with
4.当他们长大后,他们想成为律师。
When they__________ ____________, they want to be lawyers.
5.尽管我们来自不同国家,我们有很多共同爱好。
__________ _______________ we come form different countries, we have lots of hobbies in common.
三、单项填空
( )1.It will be possible for us _____ on the Mars in the future.
A.living B.to live C.lived D.be lived
grow
up
Even
though
B
( )2. The reason _____ she didn’t go to school is that she had a bad cold.
A.that B.because C.why D.how
( )3. _____ he has done so much for her, she did not get married to him.
A.Unless B.If C.Even though D.But
( )4.In Singapore, more than _____ of the people are Chinese.
A.one quarters B.two quarter
C.three quarters D.three quarter
( )5.The boy ____ a new car. That is, it’s ____ new car.
A.owner; his own B.owns; his own
C.owns; own his D.owner; own his
C
C
C
B
四、课文语篇短文填空
As a language which is widely used, English has the largest number of speakers among all languages in the world. It is used 1. _______ a working language, and it’s the most important foreign language for children to learn in many countries. People from all over the world need a 2. _________ language to communicate with each other, and English suits them fine. Actually, English is now used by nearly a 3. _________ of the world’s population.
as
common
quarter
Why is English so 4. ________? The reason is that English became the language of world trade in the nineteenth century and later, the US spread it to the world through newspapers, television and films, and the Internet as well.
English has borrowed many words 5. ___________ other languages, like “restaurant” from French, “zero” from Arabic, “piano” from Italian, and “tofu” from Chinese.
popular
from
Will the importance of English last? With the rapid development of China, many people think that Chinese will become as common as English by the middle of
6. ________ twenty-first century. More and more schools in Europe are 7. _______ Chinese as a foreign language. 8. ____________, most people still think that English will be used most, at least in the near future.
Who owns English? The answer is everyone 9. ____ speaks it. Even though we speak different 10. _________ of English, we’re all part of an international club. That is,we all own English.
the
teaching
However
who
types