Module+7+English+for+you+and+me+Unit+2+We+all+own+English 外研版英语九年级下册

教材语境

In

Ghana，India

and

Singapore,

English

is

used

as

a

working

language,

for

example,

between

bosses

and

secretaries,

and

between

doctors

and

patients,

although

there

are

other

languages

for

everyday

use.在加纳、印度和新加坡，人们虽然日常生活中使用其他语言，但还是把英语当作一门工作语言来使用，例如，在老板和秘书之间，在医生和病人之间。（教材P58）&1&

between

prep.在……（两者）之间&2&

&3&

between与among两者都可表示"在……之间"，但在用法上有所区别。between一般用于两者之间（也可表示多个事物的每两者之间），常构成between…and…结构，意为"在……和……之间"among一般用于三者或三者以上的对象之间，其宾语通常是表示复数概念的名词或代词You

can

decide

between

joining

the

dancing

club

and

going

to

the

chess

club.你可以在加入舞蹈俱乐部和国际象棋俱乐部之间做决定。（选自安徽中考）We

have

a

short

break

between

classes.

我们在课间有短暂的休息。The

Belt

and

Road

has

improved

the

trade

between

China

and

other

countries."一带一路"增进了中国和其他国家之间的贸易（往来）。（选自铜仁中考）Among

all

the

school

subjects,

English

is

my

favourite.在学校的所有科目中，英语是我最喜欢的。典例1

(青岛中考)The

high-speed

train

___

Qingdao

and

Beijing

travels

faster

now.

The

train

ride

takes

only

about

three

hours.DA.from

B.among

C.in

D.between【解析】句意：现在青岛与北京之间的高铁行驶得更快了，火车行程仅花费大约三个小时。between...and...意为"在……和……之间"，故选D。&4&

everyday

adj.每天的,

日常的&5&

everyday与every

dayeveryday形容词意为"每天的，日常的"，相当于daily，只用在名词前作定语every

day副词短语意为"每天"，在句中作状语It

is

necessary

for

us

to

learn

everyday

English

every

day.每天学习日常英语对我们来说有必要。教材语境

English

is

now

used

by

nearly

a

quarter

of

the

world's

population,

and

anywhere

you

go

in

the

world，there

is

a

good

chance

that

you

will

meet

someone

who

speaks

English.

目前全世界约四分之一的人口都在使用英语，无论你去世界的哪个地方，都很有可能会遇到说英语的人。（教材P58）&6&

quarter/ˈkwɔːtə/

n.四分之一

&7&

&8&

quarter在此相当于fourth。a

quarter/one

fourth"四分之一"；three

quarters/three

fourths"四分之三"。特别提醒当"分数+of+名词"作主语时，谓语动词的单复数一般要与名词的数保持一致。若名词为可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数形式；若名词为不可数名词或可数名词单数，谓语动词用单数形式。A

quarter

of

the

students

in

our

class

are

from

the

country.

我们班四分之一的学生来自农村。About

three

quarters

of

the

earth

is

covered

by

water.

地球（表面）约四分之三被水覆盖。&9&

quarter作名词，还可表示"十五分钟，一刻钟"。At

a

quarter

past

seven

last

night,

I

was

watching

a

documentary

about

space.

昨晚七点一刻，我正在看一部关于太空的纪录片。（选自宁波中考）&10&

population

n.（地区、国家等的）人口，人口数量&11&

population多与定冠词the连用，作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。表示人口的多与少时要用large、big或small修饰。The

population

of

the

world

continues

to

increase,

but

in

some

areas

the

population

is

falling.

世界人口持续增长，但在一些地区，人口在下降。Thecity

has

the

biggest

population

in

ourprovince.这个城市是我们省人口最多的城市。&12&

（1）对人口多少进行提问时常用"What's

the

population

of...?"。—What

is

the

population

of

Guizhou?

贵州的人口有多少？—It

has

more

than

thirty-eight

million

people.

3

800多万。（选自黔东南州中考）（2）表示某地有多少人口时，常用"某地+has

a

population

of..."，相当于"the

population

of+某地+is..."。Cambridge

is

on

the

River

Cam

and

has

a

population

of

about

150,000.

剑桥在康河河畔，有大约15万人口。&13&

There

is

a

good

chance

that...很有可能……There

is

a

good

chance

that

he'll

be

back

in

time.他及时赶回来的希望很大。教材语境

The

reason

why

English

is

spoken

everywhere

is

that

in

the

nineteenth

century,

English

became

the

language

of

world

trade.

各地都说英语的原因是，在19世纪，英语成了世界贸易用语。（教材P58）&14&

The

reason

why...is

that...

……的原因是……&15&

该句型中why引导定语从句，that引导表语从句，that不可省略。The

reason

why

he

is

absent

today

is

that

he

is

ill.他今天缺席的原因是他生病了。教材语境

Will

the

importance

of

English

last？英语的重要性会持续吗？

（教材P58）&16&

importance

n.

重要性&17&

importance作不可数名词，the

importance

of...意为"……的重要性"。其形容词形式为important"重要的；重大的"。It's

necessary

for

students

to

know

the

importance

of

studying.对学生来说，知道学习的重要性是必要的。It's

important

for

us

to

learn

English

well.对我们来说，学好英语很有必要。教材语境

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（国家的）语言的同时，也教授汉语这门外语。（教材P58）&18&

together

with与……一起；和；连同&19&

together

with为短语介词，后跟名词（短语）或代词作宾语。当"名词/代词+together

with+名词/代词"作主语时，谓语动词要与together

with前面的名词/代词在人称和数上保持一致。Jim

sent

me

some

books,

together

with

a

schoolbag.

吉姆寄给我一些书，连同一个书包。Tom,

together

with

his

friends,

often

goes

to

the

old

people's

home

to

cheer

the

old

up.

汤姆经常和他的朋友们一起去养老院帮助老人高兴起来。&20&

与together

with用法类似的词或短语还有：with（和）；as

well

as（和）；along

with（与……一起）；rather

than（而不是）；except（除……之外）等。His

parents

as

well

as

Tom

are

going

to

the

cinema

tonight.汤姆和他的父母今晚都要去看电影。教材语境

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、印度人和中国人共同将它（英语）变成了一门丰富的语言。（教材P58）&21&

Indian/ˈɪndiən/

n.印度人

adj.印度的；印度文化的&22&

Indian在此作名词，意为"印度人"，其复数形式为Indians。Indian还可作形容词，意为"印度的；印度文化的"。I

heard

three

Indians

were

coming

to

our

school.

我听说有三个印度人要来我们学校。（作名词）He

has

an

Indian

friend.

他有一个印度朋友。（作形容词）教材语境

Even

though

we

speak

different

types

of

English,

we

are

all

part

of

an

international

club.

虽然我们说不同类型的英语，但我们都是国际俱乐部的一员。（教材P58）&23&

even

though（不能用although代替）尽管，即使；纵然&24&

&25&

even

though用于引导让步状语从句，可位于句首或句中，相当于even

if。He

went

out

even

though

it

was

raining.尽管在下雨，他还是出去了。Even

though

he

was