LanguagepointsofUnit2.doc

Language points1. We leave London on 15th July, and well be flying to Morocco, in northern Africa. The present tense is used in the sentence here to indicate the future event. There are some other words which share similar usages as above, such as come, go, begin, sail, arrive, return, start, stop, end, open, stay, etc. e.g.:The plane takes off at 9. 20 a.m.The delegation arrives tomorrow afternoon.The train leaves in five minutes time.The new term starts on 18th February.When does the show begin?2. The whole trip will take six days.(Here “take” means “need an amount of time”) e.g.:The flight took us an hour and a half / one and a half hours.Writing books must take a great deal of time.It takes him twenty minutes to go to school every day.# To distinguish: take / cost / spend / pay3. So, well go white-water rafting.(Here “go” means “travel somewhere in order to do the started activity”. When go is used like this, the veb n-ing form usually follows.) e.g.: She went house-hunting at the weekend. If you go eating those green apples youll make yourself ill. Dont you looking for trouble.4. You have to wear special clothing, a helmet and a life jacket, just in case your raft gets turned upside down or sink.The word “clothing” is an uncountable noun, which can be used to talk about clothes in general or a particular type of clothes. In this sentence “clothing” indicates a particular type of clothes to wear when one is rafting. e.g.:I changed my clothing before I went to the party.In those days people wore woolen clothing.Food here is cheaper than in Britain. Clothing, on the other hand, is more expensive.#the differences between cloth, clothes and clothing How much cloth does it take to make a blouse for the girl? (a piece of material used to make clothes) Then they handed each of us a hot wet cloth to wipe out hands. (a piece of cloth used for a special purpose.) Put on your school clothes. (the things that one wears) The clothing industry in this area has been going from strength to strength. (clothes in general) in case means “because it possible that something might happen”. Commonly a clause or a noun is used after the phrase. e.g.: I shall stay at home all day in case Harry calls. The criminal stayed in the cave for one month. He didnt dare to leave in case he was recognized. Its better to keep a little water in case you need it during the night.5. Well live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cows blood. (Here “whatever” means “anything that”) e.g.: Parents shouldnt give their children whatever they want. I will just say whatever comes into my head. You must do whatever is best for you. # whatever can also means ”no matter what”. e.g.: Whatever people say about Bruce, we still have to believe that hs is a highly competent man. Whatever the others think of the old woman, she continues her work. Whatever decision you make, Ill support you.6.Since well be walking every day for almost two weeks, Ill need to buy a large, strong, light backpack to carry my supplies of food.(Here “supplies” is plural noun which means “necessary things for daily life such as food, water or medicines for a group of people over a period of time.”) e.g.: We shall be receiving new water supplies next week. The drought-hit areas are now dependent upon food supplies. The medical supplies were running out. # Usually “supply” can be used as a singular form followed by a preposition phrase led by of, which means “amount of something”. There is a good supply of food in the cupboard, so we are unlikely to run short. Have you got a good supply of water for the hike.# the word “supply” can also be used a