Module 4 Languages of the World-reading practice Period One Introduction 课件.ppt

1、Endangered languages are languages that are on the brink of extinction, much like endangered species of plants or animals. Languages are considered to be nearly extinct when only a few elderly speakers are still living.,Endangered languages,What is an endangered language?,Module 4 Languages of the W

2、orld-reading practice Period One Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary 课件,话题美文赏析,The world faces enormous challenges in maintaining language diversity(多样性)Of the more than 6,800 languages, half may be in danger of disappearing in the next several decades.And at least 10% of the worlds living languag

3、es are now spoken by fewer than 100 people.,Some of the forces that contribute to language loss are the impact of urbanization(都市化)，Westernization, global communication, discrimination, war, disease, hunger and population movements.These forces diminish the selfsufficiency(自负)and selfconfidence of s

4、mall and traditional communities.As a result, parents do not pass their language to their children because they feel that speaking the majority language better equips their children for success in the majority culture than speaking their own language.,Why do languages die?,Why try to preserve endang

5、ered languages? Wouldnt the world be simpler if there were fewer languages? Why care if languages die out? The truth is that a peoples identity and culture are closely tied to their language.Each language is unique.No one knows what riches may be hidden within an endangered language.We may never lea

6、rn about the cultures whose languages have disappeared. We all share the responsibility of ensuring that no language will disappear and that as many languages as possible will be maintained and handed to future generations.,Fill in the blanks： 1. The world now has languages， of which are in danger,

7、and at least of them only have less than native speakers. 2Urbanization, Westernization, global communication， war， ， and population movements lead to the disappearing of languages. 3We can learn about a and through its language.,more than 6,800,half,10%,discrimination,disease,hunger,peoples identit

8、y,culture,Module 4 Languages of the World-reading practice Period One Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary 课件（外研版选修9）,1 v超过，超越 过去式 过去分词 2 v预言，预料 n预言，预 报 adj.可预言的，可预想的 3 v扩大；增加 n广阔，宽广 4 adv.现时；目前 adj.当前的，现时发的 n通用；流传,.单词识记,overtake,overtook,overtaken,predict,prediction,predictable,expand,expanse,curr

9、ently,current,currency,课前自主学习,5 v建立；创立；设立 adj.已确立的，已获确认的 n建立；创立，确立 6 v包括 prep.包括在内 7 adj.浪漫的，爱情的 n. 浪漫史，爱情关系 n浪漫主义 8 v估价；估计，估算 n估计，估算 n判断；评价；看法,establish,established,establishment,include,including,romantic,romance,romanticism,estimate,estimate,estimation,1 母语 2apart 除了 3 the control of在的控制下 4 insta

10、nce例如 5 than 超过；不仅仅 6prevent. .阻止做 7be based 基于之上 8more less或多或少 9in 另外 10 well(as sb/sth)除之外；也；还,.短语天地,mother tongue,from,under,for,more,from,on,or,addition,as,1Although the ethnic minorities of China have their own languages，Chinese putonghua is the national common language. 信息提取although引导让步状语从句。

11、例句仿写虽然下着雪，但并不很冷。,.句型搜索,Although it was snowing, it was not very cold.,2It is predicted that the population of India could one day overtake the population of China. 信息提取It is predicted that.据预测people predict that.，类似的说法还有It is said/reported/believed that.据说/据报道/据认为 例句仿写据报道有三人在这次交通事故中丧生。,It is reporte

12、d that three people were killed in the traffic accident.,3Russian is not only spoken in Russia, but also in nearby countries，such as Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. 信息提取not only.but also.连接两个相同的成分，意为“不但，而且” 例句仿写他不但在学校里教书，而且还写小说。,He not only teaches at school, but also writes novels.,阅读课文，根据课文内容判断正误

13、。 1English is spoken with the biggest population in the world.() 2The UK has the largest number of native English speakers.() 3750 million is the total number of people who speak English as a first or second language.() 4Portuguese was only spoken in Portugal when it was under the control of Spain.(

14、) 5Indonesian is the same with Malay.(),.预读理解,He predicted a good harvest.他预言丰收。 He predicted that an earthquake was imminent. 他预言即将发生地震。 【归纳拓展】 prediction n预料；预言 predictable adj.可预言(报)的；可预料到的 predictive adj. 预言性的；前兆的,1predict vt.预言；预料；预报(that)(wh)；vi.预言；预示,课堂互动探究,单词扫描,这次地震早在几个月以前就发布了预报。 The earthqu

15、ake several months before. 【翻译句子】 这很难预料。,【完成句子】,had been predicted,Its hard to predict.,I had to walk very fast to overtake you. 为了赶上你，我不得不走得很快。 The driver behind me tried to overtake on the inside. 我后面的驾驶员想从内车道超过我。 【归纳拓展】 be overtaken with terror被吓倒 be overtaken in (with) drink喝醉 be overtaken by a

16、storm突然受到暴风雨袭击 overtake another car超过另一辆车,2overtake v赶上，超过；突然来袭；压倒,我虽然开得很快，还是被一辆汽车超前了。 A car although I was going very fast. 在转弯处超车十分危险。 Its dangerous .,【完成句子】,overtook me,to overtake on a bend,3expand vt.使膨胀；扩张，扩大，扩展；阐述，详谈；引伸；vt.展开，张开 Water expands when it freezes.水结冰时体积膨胀。 In ten years，the citys p

17、opulation expanded by 12%. 十年之中，该城人口增加了百分之十二。 【归纳拓展】 expansion n. 扩充，扩展；膨胀 expansive adj.广阔的；广泛的；开朗的 expand ones view阐述观点 expand ones knowledge 扩大知识面 expand ones business扩大业务,They have expanded my view on the question. 他们已更充分地阐明了我对这个问题的观点。 He is thinking of expanding his business. 他正考虑扩展他的生意。,【辨析】,用

18、expand和extend的适当形式填空 You can the terms of the lease for another month by paying an extra $20. The population of this city rapidly in the last five years.,extend,has expanded,apart from既可表示besides，也可以表示except或except for 还可以表示without的意思。 Apart from English, we study Russian and Spanish. (besides)除了英语以

19、外，我们还学俄语及西班牙语。 Apart from the money in the drawer, I am penniless.(except) 除去抽屉里的钱我是身无分文。 There can be no knowledge apart from practice.(without) 离开实践的认识是不可能的。,1apart from除了之外；缺少；且不说,【归纳拓展】,短语释义,除了他叔叔外，再也没有人照顾那个孤儿了。 The orphan had no one to take care of him . 除了一些小缺点之外，这不失为一件漂亮的工作。 Its a good piece

20、of work， .,【完成句子】,apart from his uncle,apart from a few slight faults,For instance, one of our cargo ships sank last week in typhoon.例如，我们的一艘货轮上星期在台风中沉了。,2for instance for example例如；比如,【辨析】,用for example和such as填空 What would you do if you met a wild animala lion， ？ Some of the rubbish， food, paper an

21、d iron, rots away over a long period of time.,for example,such as,3under the control of在控制下； 受的管辖；受的控制 All schools are under the control of the Ministry of Education.所有学校统归教育部管辖。 Under the control of the program , computers even can do some great things . 在程序的控制下，电脑甚至能够做出一些惊人的事情。,have/hold control o

22、f控制着 in control (of)控制；掌管；操纵 in the control of 受控制 lose control (of)失去控制 under control被控制住 out of control 失去控制；无法管理 He has no control of (over)his class.他控制不了班级。 They were in control of the whole state. 他们控制了整个政府。,【归纳拓展】,He was in the control of the robbers. 他在抢劫犯的掌控之中。 The driver lost control of th

23、e car.司机对车失去了控制。 【完成句子】 For a few hours，they were Paris. It was a long time before they got the flood . The car went and knocked into the wall.,in control of,under control,out of control,I can earn 20 a night, more or less, as a waiter. 我当服务员一晚上能挣20英镑左右。 Ive more or less finished reading the book. 我

24、差不多已经把这本书看完了。 I was more or less pitiful at the news that he couldnt come.听到他不能来的消息后，我多少有些遗憾。 【翻译句子】 在这次事故中，所有的乘客或多或少都受了伤。,4more or less或多或少(强调数量或程度),All the passengers were more or less injured in the accident.,His conclusion is based on years of observation.He bases the conclusion on years of obse

25、rvation. 他的结论是基于多年的观察。 This play is based on a true story. 这出戏以一个真实的故事为基础。 【归纳拓展】 base.on/upon以为根据，在基础上 on.basis(on the basis of)以为根据，在基础上 provide a.basis for为提供根据,5be based on/upon以为根据，在基础上,The machine rests on a wide base of steel. 这部机器安置在一个巨大的钢筋底座上。 We drew this conclusion on the basis of experim

26、ents. 我们是在试验的基础上得出这个结论的。 【翻译句子】 这个故事是以事实为依据的。,This story is based on facts.,6in addition( to) In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight. 【归纳拓展】 additional adj.附加的；另外的 in addition 另外；除此之外 There is, in addition, one further point to make. 此外，还有一点要说。,除以外还有，此外还有,

27、除了这些安排以外，另增救护车将值班至午夜。,除了一本照相簿外，我还给了他一支钢笔和一支铅笔。 ，I gave him a pen and a pencil. 除经济增长之外，巴西的产业健康依靠三件事情。 ， Brazils industrial health depends on three things.,【完成句子】,In addition to an album,In addition to economic growth,1Although the ethnic minorities of China have their own languages, Chinese putonghu

28、a is the national common language.尽管中国的少数民族有他们自己的语言，但普通话却是他们的通用语言。 Although the ethnic minorities of China have their own languages属于让步状语从句。 Although he was worn out，he kept on working. 虽然他已经精疲力竭了，但仍然继续工作。,句式突破,引导让步状语从句的连词主要有以下这些：though，although, as, even if, even though, whether.or., no matter疑问词，疑

29、问词ever。下面对这些连词引导的让步状语从句作一一说明。 (1) though，although表示“虽然，纵然”之意。 这两个连词意思大致相同，在一般情况下可以互换使用。在口语中，though较常使用，although比though正式，二者都可与yet，still或nevertheless连用，但不能与but连用。 Although/Though he is very old，(yet) he is quite strong. 他虽然年纪大了，身体还很健壮。,【归纳拓展】,although引导的让步状语从句位于主句之前的情况较多，though引导的让步状语从句可位于主句之前或主句之后。

30、She passed the examination though she had not studied very hard.她虽然不用功学习，考试却及格了。 (2)as，though表示“虽然，但是，纵使”之意。as引导的让步状语从句必须以部分倒装的形式出现，被倒装的部分可以是表语、状语或动词原形，though间或也用于这样的结构中，但although不可以这样用。,Object as you may, Ill go.(Though/Although you may object，Ill go.) 纵使你反对，我也要去。 Hard as/though he works, he makes

31、little progress. (Though he works hard, he makes little progress.) 尽管他学习很努力，但几乎没取得什么进步。 Child as/though he was, he knew what was the right thing to do.(Though he was a child, he knew what was the right thing to do.)虽然他是一个孩子，但他知道该做什么。 (3) even if，even though表示“即使，纵使”之意。 Well make a trip even if/though the weather is bad. 即使天气不好，我们也要作一次旅行。,(4)“no matter疑问词或疑问词ever”的含义为“无论都；不管都”，它们引导的让步状语从句可以互换。 No matter what happened, he woul