1、话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Unit 2English around the world话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究There are many kinds of English,such as Australian,South African and Indian English,as well as British and American English.There are small differences in spelling,grammar,vocabulary and pronunciation.Everyone has a
2、different accent but its all the same language.When you speak English,you dont have to sound American or British.All you have to do is speak clearly,so people can understand you.话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究English is a language of international communication.It doesnt just belong to me,it belongs to you too.S
3、o,yes,there are many kinds of English,including Chinese English.Best wishes，Simon话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Tasks：1佳句仿写.so.她生病了，所以呆在家中。She was ill,_.such as.他有许多消遣方式，如读书和下棋_including.包括我父母在内，我们一共有五人。_话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究2句子翻译(将黑体句子译成汉语)_答案 1.so she stayed homeHe had many pastimes,such as reading and chess.Ther
4、e will be five of us,including my parents.2英语是一门国际交流的语言，它不仅属于我，它也属于你。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Period 1Warming Up，Prereading&Reading话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究6Singapore n_7Malaysia/mleIzI/n_8elevator/elIveIt/n_9petrol/petrl/n_10Danish/dnI/n_adj._ _ _答案：1.official2.voyage3.native4.actually；actual5.
5、base6.新加坡7.马来西亚8.电梯9.汽油10.丹麦语；丹麦的，丹麦人的，丹麦语的话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究.短语天地1_因为，由于2_走近；上来；提出3_以为基础/根据4_目前，现在5_利用，使用6the number of_7such as_话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究8be different from _9at the end of_10more than one_答 案1.because e up3.be based on4.at present5.make use of6.的数目7.例如，像这种的8.与不同 9.在末 10.不只一个话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂
6、互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究.预读理解1 Fast Reading：Scan the text and choose the best answers according to the text.English has/had the most speakers _.AnowadaysBwhen the British ruled many parts of the worldCin the time of ShakespeareDin
7、 the 12th century话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究According to the text,which of the following statements is TRUE?ALanguages always stay the same.BLanguages change only after wars.CLanguages no longer change.DLanguages change when cultures change.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more like _.AFrench BChinese CGe
8、rman DRussian话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Shakespeares English was spoken around _.A1400s B1150sC450s D1600sWhich country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?AAustralia.BChina.CIndia.DBritain.答案 ADCDB话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究2 Careful Reading：Read the text carefully and then decide whether
9、 they are true or false.In the 17th century,many people outside England began to speak English.()The greatest number of people who speak English is in England now.()Americans use“apartment”instead of“flat”()Both British English and American English have changed greatly during the years.()In the 1600
10、s English had a larger vocabulary than ever before.()答案 TFTTT话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】make/take a voyage 进行航行be on a voyage to 正往航行go on a voyage 去航行话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【比较网站】voyage/travel/trip/tour/journeyvoyage指不论距离长短的海上或空中旅行travel指长距离旅行或国外旅行trip指较短距离旅行，常含有回到原出发地之意tour指巡回旅行，常含有在不同的几
11、个地方旅行后又回到原地之意journey指远距离的陆上旅行，不含有回到原出发地之意话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究选词填空(voyage/travel/trip/tour/journey)He is going to make a long train _to Europe because he always gets seasick when making a long sea _.Having read the _of Marco Polo,a most interesting book,John decided to make a roundtheworld _.They are p
12、lanning to have a weekend _ to Hangzhou.答案journey;voyageTravels;tourtrip话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究2native(1)adj.本国的，本地的；天生的，天赋的；(常与to连用)土产的，原产于His friend is a native Englishman.他的朋友是个土生土长的英国人。The tiger is native to India.这种虎原产于印度。In order to let her son learn her native language,she sent him back to her nat
13、ive land.为了让儿子学会她的母语，她把儿子送回了祖国。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】native language/tongue 母语，本族语native art/dance/peoples 土著艺术/舞蹈/民族native wit/intelligence 与生俱来的机智/才智be native to 原产于，土生土长的be a native of 土生土长的本地人go native 入乡随俗，同化话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究注意：(1)ones native place 指某人的出生地，但表达是“某地人”时，习惯上不说：
14、My native place is.,而说：I was born in.(2)native作形容词，意为“本地的”时，仅作前置定语。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究汉译英鱼天生会游泳。_他的出生地是广东，他是个土生土长的南方人。_答案 The ability to swim is native to fish.His native place is Guangdong.He is a native of the South.话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究3actually adv.实际上，事实上Years of hard work made her older but actual
15、ly she was only 35.多年的辛劳使她显老，但实际上她只有35岁。Were not American,actually.Were Canadian.实际上我们不是美国人，我们是加拿大人。【归纳拓展】as a matter of factin factactually,事实上，实际上actual adj.实际的，真实的话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【单项填空】Do you think its a good idea to make friends with your students?_，I do.I think its a great idea.AReally BObvio
16、usly CActually DGenerally解析 句意：你认为与你的学生交朋友是好主意吗？事实上，我就这样。我认为这是好主意。actually事实上。答案 C话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究4base(pl.)bases(1)v.建于之上，以为根据be based on/uponIt was based more on German than the English we speak at present.当时的英国更多地是以德语为基础的，而不是现代英语。The film is based on a novel by D.H.Lawrence.该影片是根据D.H劳伦斯的小说改编而成的
17、。One should always base his opinion on facts.一个人应该始终以事实为依据发表自己的观点。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究(2)n.底；根基，基础；基地，根据地We camped at the base of the mountain.我们在山脚下安营。Our companys base is in Beijing.我们公司总部在北京。【比较网站】base/basis都有“基础”之意，base和basis的复数形式都是bases。base指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础，也可指军事基地；basis指理论、信念的依据或基础，主要表示抽象意义。如the
18、base of a building建筑物的根基；the economic basis经济基础。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【单项填空】Many students believe the choice of their courses and universities should _their own interest.Abe based on Bbase onCbe basing on Dbase at解析base.on.，“以为基础，以为根据”。由题意知，应用被动形式即be based on。答案 A话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究5present(1)adj.目前的，现在的
19、Im not satisfied with the present situation at all.我对目前的情况一点都不满意。(2)adj.出席的，在场的It is a great honour to be present at the World Media Summit.能够出席世界媒体峰会，我感到非常荣幸。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【温馨提示】present作形容词，位置不同，意义相异。作前置定语，意为“现在的，目前的”，作后置定语，意为“出席的，到场的”。Did you see the present government leaders?你见到现任政府的领导人了吗？Di
20、d you see the government leaders present?你见到在场的政府领导人了吗？话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】at present目前，现在The old couple retired last year and at present they are living in the country.这对老夫妻去年退休了，目前他们住在乡下。There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present.现在卖报纸利润很少。present n礼物(gift)present v把交给；提出；赠送p
21、resent sth to sb/present sb with sth把某物交给/赠与某人话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究英译汉At his birthday party,he received many good books as a present from his parents and he promised in front of his guests present that he would present the books to those in great need._答案在生日宴会上他收到父母给他的很多好书作礼物。他当着在场的客人的面承诺要将这些书赠送给那些急需的人
22、。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究6latter adj.较后的，后期的，(两者中)后者的I like the latter book.我喜欢后一本书。The building will be completed in the latter half of the year.这栋楼将会在下半年完成。【归纳拓展】the latter half of the year 后半年in the latter part of her life 在她的后半生the latter(n.)(两者中的)后者the former 前者话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Jane and May are my s
23、isters.The former is a nurse;the latter is a teacher.简和玫是我的姐姐，前者是个护士，后者是老师。late adj.&adv.迟(的)，晚(的)later adj.后期的，较后的adv.后来，较晚地latest adj.最新的，最近的lately adv.(recently)最近，近来话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究选词填空(late/later/latest/latter)Have you heard the _news?They were _for the film and missed the first act._ the orp
24、han went to the college and became a doctor.I prefer the _picture to the former.答案 latestlateLaterlatter话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究1because of 因为，由于They didnt have a good harvest that year because of the heavy rain.因为大雨，他们那年没有好收成。His father had to retire because of ill health.由于健康状况不佳，他不得不退休。【比较网站】because of
25、,because话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】because of的同义短语due to 由于；thank to 多亏，由于owing to 由于as a result of 因为on account of 因为话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【句型转换】The sports meet had to be put off because of the heavy rain.The sports meet had to be put off _ _ _ _.答案 because it rained heavily话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究2come up(1)走近
26、，上来；(从乡下)上(城市)，(价格等)上升A policeman came up to me and asked if I had difficulty.一位警察走上前来问我是否有什么困难？(2)(太阳、月亮)升起来；(地位等)提升I came up for the interview but didnt get the job.我到场接受了面试，但并没有得到这份工作。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究(3)(话题、议题)被提出Many questions came up at the meeting,yet quite a few experts came up with some go
27、od ideas for the project.会议上提出了很多问题，而若干专家也为这个项目想出了很多好主意。(4)长出地面，发芽When the sun came up,the wonderful grass came up too.太阳升起时，那奇妙的小草也发芽了。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】come on 快点，加油come about 发生，产生come across 偶遇，碰到come out 出来；出版；开花come to 来到(某地)；谈到；共计come up with(人)想出(主意)，找出(答案、计划等)；追上，赶上话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究用
28、适当的介、副词填空The spring is coming and flowers are coming _.He has just finished writing his book and it will come _next month.No one knows how the accident came _yesterday.Come _，the bus leaves in two minutes!The total cost that they had spent on their clothes this month came _nearly 2,000 yuan.I came _
29、an old friend during my shopping in the supermarket.答案 outoutaboutontoacross话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究3make use of 利用，使用(use)Wed better make good use of such material.我们最好充分利用一下这种材料。We should think of what use can be made of such material.我们应该考虑怎样利用这种材料。Do you know the main use(that)the body makes of food?你
30、知道食物对身体的主要用途吗？话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】make full use of 充分利用make the best(use)of 充分利用make the most of 充分/尽量利用make little use of 几乎不利用，不充分利用话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【单项填空】She wondered what use she would _this opportunity.Amade Bmake aboutCmade for Dmake of解析 考查“make use of sth”结构。答案 D话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Ten mi
31、nutes has been made full _of _the problem.Ausing;studying Buse;to studyCto use;to study Duse;studying解析此句中的短语make full use of使用了被动形式，后接不定式作目的状语。“充分利用十分钟的时间来研究这个问题。”答案 B话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【比较网站】such as/for examplesuch as用来列举事物，置于所列举事物与前面名词之间，其后不用逗号，直接跟所列举之物，但数量总数不能等同于前面所提事物的总数for exa
32、mple用来举例说明前面说过的话或提出的观点，一般列举同类人或事物中的一个，位置灵活，可位于句首、句中和句末，往往用逗号隔开话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究用such as,for example填空They planted flowers _roses in the garden.Many countries,_，Mexico and Chile,have a lot of earthquakes.答案 such asfor example话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究1Do you know that there is more than one kind of English？
33、你知道不知道有不止一种英语吗？(1)该句中that引导宾语从句，作know的宾语。(2)more than one“不止一个”。“more than one可数名词单数”作主语时，谓语动词用单数；“more可数话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究名词复数than one”作主语时，谓语动词用复数，表示“不止一个，许多。”More than one person has a good knowledge of English in our company.在我们公司不止一个人精通英语。More persons than one have a good knowledge of English i
34、n our company.我们公司许多人精通英语。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【归纳拓展】more than数词，“超过，多于”，相当于over。People more than 18 years of age have the right to vote in China.在中国，年满18岁的公民有选举权。more than名词，“不只是，不仅仅”。Modern science is more than much information.现代科学不仅仅是大量的信息。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究more than形容词/副词，“非常，很”。They were more tha
35、n glad to help.他们非常愿意帮忙。more than(that)从句，“远非，简直不”。That is more than I can understand.那事我实在不明白。注意：more than的反义短语是less than，“少于”。We finished the work in less than two hours.我们不到两个小时就把活干完了。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【单项填空】To us,Mr.Li is _a teacher.He is also a friend.Anot more than Bno more thanCmore than Dnot
36、 less than解析 more than名词，“不止，不仅仅”。答案 C话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Im _to take you there in my car.Aa little more than happyBmore than a little happyChappy more than a littleDa little more happy than解析 more than修饰形容词，表示“非常开心”。答案 B话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Do you need any help,Lucy?Yes.The job is _I could do myself.Ale
37、ss than Bmore thanCno more than Dnot more than解析more than从句，表示“远非”。答句句意：“这工作远非我自己能做的。”less than少于；no more than仅仅(only);not more than不多于。答案 B话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究2Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.以英语为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以互相听懂。本句为主从复合句。ev
38、en if引导让步状语从句，相当于even though，“即使，尽管”，在even if/though引导的让步状语从句中，可用现在时代替将来时。Even if you take a taxi,you will still miss the train.即使你搭计程车也赶不上火车了。By 2010 things were beginning to change,even if not easy enough.到2010年，情况开始变化，尽管不是很容易。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【感悟高考】The engineers are so busy that they have zero t
39、ime for outdoor sports activities,_they have the interest.(2010安徽，29)Awherever Bwhenever Ceven if Das if解析句意：工程师们非常忙。尽管对户外运动感兴趣，他们也没时间。wherever无论何地；whenever无论何时；even if即使；as if好像。结合句意应选C。答案 C话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究用even if和as if填空_you start right now,youll be late.It looks _it is going to rain.答案 Even if
40、/thoughas if话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究3At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.起初大约在公元450年和公元1150年间，英国人所说的英语与人们现在说的英语很不一样。本句为简单句。其中spoken in England.and 1150以及spoken today为过去分词结构，作后置定语，修饰English，表示被动意义，可转换为that/which was spoken.定语
41、从句。Yesterday I received a package sent by my parents.昨天我收到了父母寄来的包裹。Bitten by a dog,she is afraid to go out alone.被狗咬了之后，她再也不敢单独外出了。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【单项填空】A great number of students _said they were forced to practise the piano.Ato question Bto be questionedCquestioned Dquestioning解析 过去分词作后置定语，表“被询问的
42、”，修饰students。答案 C话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究Mrs.White showed her students some old maps _from the library.Ato borrow Bto be borrowedCborrowed Dborrowing解析borrowed为过去分词，此处表被动和完成，作maps的后置定语。答案 C话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究4 India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to
43、 1947.印度拥有众多讲英语很流利的人，这是因为在1765年到1947年印度受英国的统治。(1)该句为复合句，because引起原因状语从句。(2)a number of“一些，若干”，后接复数名词或代词，作主语时谓语动词须用复数形式。(有时也用作numbers of)Many people came to the meeting but a number of them left early.许多人来参加会议，但是不少人很早就离开了。A small number of friends went to see him when he was ill.他生病期间，为数不多的朋友去看望过他。话题
44、美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究【温馨提示】the number of“的数目”，中心词为number，后接复数名词，作主语时谓语动词须用单数。China may have the largest number of English learners.中国可能拥有世界上最多的英语学习者。Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.如今学英语的中国人在快速增多。话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究话题美文欣赏课前自主学习课堂互动探究用正确的谓语动词形式填空The number of books missing from the library_large.There_a number of people out this afternoon.The number of people who speak English_large，and a large quantity of them_the native.答案 iswereis；are
