English around the world- language points.ppt

1、Unit 2 English around the World,Period 3 Language points,1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world?,more than one +名词单数, 后面的谓语动词用单数。 More than one student wants to go to swim.,more than 的用法： 1) More than 100 scientists attended the meeting.,more than+数词，意为“ ”，相当于over。,超

2、过，不止,2)He is more than a writer; he is also a professor. 3)They were more than glad to help. 4)The fox is more sly than clever.,more than+名词，意为“ ”，相当于not only。,more than+形容词，意为“ ”相当于very。,more.than.意为“ ”，在此结构中，肯定的是more后面的内容，而否定的是than后面的内容。,不仅，不只,与其说不如说,非常，极其,2. In some important ways they are very d

3、ifferent from one another.,one another/each other用法: 都表示“相互，彼此”，在句中作动词或介词的 宾语，但不能作主语。 表示两个人或事物之间的相互关系用each other 表示三个或三个以上的人或事物之间的相互关系 时,用each other或one another都可以。,3. Nearly all of them live in England.,almost与nearly两者都可以修饰 all, every, always等词，都可以用于否定句中。 只用almost的场合: a. 和any, no, none, nothing, no

4、body, nowhere, never连用; b. 和too, more than连用。 It is almost more than we feared. 只用nearly的场合:a. 被very, not, pretty等修饰; b. 和具体数字连用。 There is not nearly enough money for a new house. The mother is nearly as old as her son.,请用nearly或almost填空。 1. He said _ nothing interesting. 2. _ 1000 people were here.

5、 3. There is not _enough book for the whole class.,almost,Nearly,nearly,4. and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.,because of 因为（某人/某事）后接名词或代词 because 因为 ，连词后接从句。,eg.他们是因为我们来到这里的。 因为下雨，我们迟到了。,They are here because of us.,We were late because it rained. We were late b

6、ecause of raining.,5. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.,even if= (even though)是连词词组， 用来引导让步状语从句，意为 “尽管；即使”,even if /even though even if 从句所说的不肯定；而even though从句所说的则是事实 He will not let out the secret even if he knows it. He will not let

7、 out the secret even though he knows it.,6. Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?,The problem came up in the meeting. The sun came up. The question never came up. He came up and said hello to us. The grass will come up again in the spring.,come up to sp 上某地来 come up with 提出 想出,come up：上来,

8、 走近; 被提出; 发芽; 升起,Strangers came up to him and asked how much his books are.,Much to our surprise, the airline has come up with a solution to the problem.,come across 偶然遇到，发现，被理解 come about 发生 come true 实现 come back 回来， 恢复记忆 come on 催促, 快速运动;得了吧 come out 出现，出版,开花 come in 进来 come over 从一地到另一地,7. So wh

9、y has English changed over time? Over :贯穿， 经过（一段时间） e.g Over the years, he has become more patient. She will come to Hangzhou over the weekend. Will you stay at home over Christmas? over 超过(=more than)， 再三 (again) over 2 minutes over and over,8. Actually, it was based on German than present day Engl

10、ish. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 事实上，实际上. be based on/upon 以为基础 base sth on sth 以为基础 He based his hope on the good news we had yesterday. The movie is based on a novel. present (adj.) 1)目前的, 现在的,You should look clearly the present situation.,2) present adj.出席的，到场的，出现的 He was present at the

11、meeting yesterday,at present(=at the present time)目前 in the present situation 在目前形势下 be present at 出席，在场 for the present 暂时；暂且 Up to/until present 直到现在,present (n.) 礼物 He bought me a computer as my birthday present.,present (v.) 给，提出，展现，显现 present sb. with sth.或present sth. to sb.n 把交给,颁发,授予 eg. On

12、his birthday, his friends_ (送给他一套读本),presented him with a series of readers. presented a series of readers to him.,present adj.目前的, 现在的;出席的，到场的，出现的 n. 礼物 v. 给，提出，展现，显现,9. Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. make (good/full/no) use of 使用 eg: We could make good use of our reso

13、urces. Every minute should be made good use of.,10. India has a very large number of English speakers. a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数） A number of people have came. the number of 的数目（其后谓语动词用单数）,The number of homeless people has increased.,只能修饰可数名词的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, doz

14、ens of, scores of, quite a few,只能修饰不可数名词的： a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of,既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的： plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of,11. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. such as: 诸如，譬如说；像那样的(用于

15、列举) eg：The local economy still relies on traditional industries such as farming and mining. “such as” is used to list similar things. “for example” is used to illustrate the speakers argument. eg：My doctor told me not to eat fatty foods such as bacon or hamburgers. The differences in pronunciation b

16、etween AE and BE are greater. For example, Americans say dance daens, and in Southern England they say da:ns.,12. Only time will tell. tell 知道, 判断 Its hard to tell whether he is right. tell apart/A from B: 区分，分别 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?,It became closer to the language you are learning now. close to相近, 靠近, 几乎 Our hou