Unit 2 language points

How did you make use of your spare time? 你是怎样利用你的业余时间的。
The use you_______time is really practical. A.make B.take C.make of D.take of
6. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. 后者体现了美国英语的拼写特色。 较后的，后面， (两者中) 后者的 I find it hard to understand the latter part of his lecture． 我发现他的讲座后面部分很难理解。 【固定搭配】the former…，the latter…
3)latter最常用的含义是“两者中的(后者)”， 常与the连用，固定搭配“the former…，the latter…”。如： Here are Tom and David; the latter is my brother. 这是汤姆和戴维;后者是我的兄弟。 4)lately是副词，意为“近来，最近,recently” 如： Have you been to Beijing lately? 你最近去过北京吗?
post-reading
All languages change when ________ cultures communicate with one another. So there are British English, American English, Australian English and so on. They all have their own ________. identity English is also spoken as a foreign or second language inmany ____ _______. _____ other countries Maybe one day Chinese English will become one of the world English.
a native of ...的人/产于...的动物或植物
He is a native of New York. 他是纽约人。
3. American Amy: Yes. I'd like to come up to your apartment. 美国的Amy说：“好的，我想来你的公寓。”
上来, 走近; 被提出; （植物）发芽; （太 阳）升起
the number of…意思是“……的数字/数目”，介 词of同其后名词构成介词短语，修饰the number。 当它作主语时，谓语动词用单数。 a number of…意思是“一些，若干”（= some）， 后接可数名词复数或代词，谓语动词用复数形式。 当中还可加形容词表示数量大或小 （a large/small number of…许多/少数……）
【经典例题】 Did he go there by bike or on foot? The ______ seems unlikely. A latter B late C later D lately
7.Today the numbeBaidu Nhomakorabea of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. 当今中国学习英语的人数在快速增长中。 Today a munber of people in China are learning English.
重点单词 1．Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that，English began to be spoken in many other countries．后来，在下个世纪，英国人开始 航海征服世界其他地区。许多别的国家因此而开 始说英语。
voyage
注意voyage是可数名词，常和make搭配构成 make a voyage to或make voyages to，表 示 “航行到……”。单数表示一次航行。
【词义辨析】
voyage: 去国外或海上旅行 journey: 指较远的从一地到另一地旅行陆路 travel: 一系列的旅程，尤指旅行的概念 不 可数 trip: (短途)旅行 tour:为了公务、娱乐或教育参观多处名胜的 旅行
sb. come up to sp. 某人上某地来 sb. come up with 提出，想出
He came up with a promble in the meeting. The problem came up in the meeting.
太阳升起来了。 The sun came up. 不曾出现过这个问题。 The question never came up. 他靠近并和我们打招呼。 He came up and said hello to us. 春天草会再度发芽。 The grass will come up again in the spring.
Unit 2 English Around the World
Period 2
True or False
1. English had the most speakers in the 17th century. 2. English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain. 3. Language frequently change.
5. So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 所以到了17世纪，莎士比亚能够用比以前任何时 期都大的词汇量。 make the best / most of make good/ full use of take advantage of 利用 充分利用
4. The language of the government is always the language of the country. 5. English is one of the official languages used in India. 6. This reading describes the development of the English language.
【记忆联想】 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 out 出现，出版,开花
【小试牛刀】 • 1. His car ____ the terrible traffic jam, so he had to call off his appointment with his doctor. • A. came about B. came across • C. came up D. come on • 2. ---How did it ___ that you made such a silly mistake? • ---I myself haven’t figured it out yet. • A. bring about B. come about • C. come across D. come on
2. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽 相同，也可以相互理解。 adj. 本土的,本国的,土生的 The giant panda is native to China. 大熊猫是中国特有的动物。
post-reading
summary
At first, only people in ________ spoke English. England Later, people from England _______ made voyages to other parts, so English began to be spoken in many other countries Today, _______ people ______ _____ _________. more speak English as their _____, second or foreign first Native language. _______ English speakers _____ can understand each other ____ ___ they don't speak even if the same English.
【辨析】late，later, latter, lately
1)late是形容词，表示“迟到的，晚的”。如： You are late again! 你又迟到了。 2)later可作形容词，是late的比较级，意为“更 迟的，更后的”；也可作副词，意为“稍后， 随后”，常与on连用。如： I will talk to you later.
because of后边加名词或动名词短语 because是连词, 所以后边跟句子 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because ofgetting up late. 【经典例题】: We must not lose heart only _____ the difficulty we are faced with. A because B because of C since D as
be native to 原产于 go native 入乡随俗，同化 one's native language/ country /land 某人的祖 国/母语/故乡 native wit/ intelligence 与生俱来的机智/才智
n. 本地人,本国人 Are you a native here, or just a visitor? 你是本地人， 或者只是游客?
填空: journey 1). It is tiring to take a long _______ by train from Paris to Moscow. voyage 2). The _________ from England to Australia used to take several months. 3). We’ll have time for a trip ______ to France next weekend. 4). We went on a guided ______ round the tour castle.
4. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English we spoke today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 一开始，从大约公元450到1150年人们所讲的英语 和今天所说的英语很不一样。当时的英语更多的是以 德语为基础，而今天我们所说的英语不是。