unit 2 English around the world.doc

Unit two. A. Useful phrases be different in sth.在某些方面有区别ride/take the subwayat the end/beginning ofin the endmake voyage to do sth.be based on/upon means base on/uponmake (good-好好/full-充分)use ofwithout a second thought means do something quickly without thinking carefullyplay a part/role inrecognizeas means regardas关于more than1. means overe.g.:Do you know theres more than one kind of English?2. means not only e.g.:Helen and Mary are more than classmates.3. means verye.g.:When I asked them for help, they were more than glad.4. means rather than e.g.:He is more bold than strong.(常跟单音节adj.)关于come up1.走近，走上前e.g.:Tom invited me to come up to his new apartment.2. (太阳)上升；上来e.g.:The sun comes up in the east. 3（草）从土中长起来，发芽e.g.:The grass comes up.4被提出e.g.:An idea came up at the meeting.B.Important sentences and Grammar1.India has a very large number of fluent English speakers.这里，a number of的意思是许多；大量，后加谓语动词的复数形式，修饰可数名词的复数形式。2The number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.这里，the number of的意思是的数量；后加谓语动词的单数形式，修饰可数名词的复数形式。3.Believe it or not,there no such things as standard English. 这里，no such as的意思是诸如之类 many/some/no suchas e.g.1.Theres no such person as you just mentioned just now. 2.Therere many such students as you described in our school.C. The differences between phrases and phrases1.for example:列举其中一例说明以上观点，位置灵活，后有“，”2.such as: 列举所有事物中几例，一般只