高一人教新课标必修一Unit 2English around the worldReading.pptVIP

Unit 2 English around the world Reading Careful reading: Para 1--Development of English Para 2 Why does English change over time? Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time axis. Flow Chart 1. What is the clue of the passage? 2. When did people from England begin to move to other parts of the world? 3. Why does India have a large number of English speakers? Thinking  1. Nearly all of them lived in England. nearly和almost 用法明辨： (1) 两者通用的场合 a. 在肯定句中 b. 修饰all, every, always 等时 c. 在行为动词的否定式前时 e.g. He is almost/nearly 80 years old. 3. because of 后边加名词或动名词短语； because 是连词, 所以后边跟句子。 因为你的关心, 我发现生活充满了希望。 Because you are concerned about me, I find that life is full of hope. Because of your concern, I find that life is full of hope. 因为雨下得很大, 那个男孩穿过树林 回家了。 Because it rained heavily, the boy went back home through the woods. Because of the heavy rain, the boy went back home through the woods. 4. than ever before “比以往任何时候更” than ever before可看作是than they ever speak English before 的省略形式。 在比较级结构中，副词 ever 与比较级 和最高级连用，用来加强语气。如: You’ll speak English much better than ever before. Jane looks much prettier than ever before. ever在不同句型中的意义： 1) 曾经; 以前 (用于疑问句) 2) 无论什么时候都 (不) (用于否定句) 3) 曾经 (用于if 从句) 4) 到底; 究竟 (用于特殊疑问句) 5) 永远; 老是 (用于肯定句) 注意: (1) even if (= even though): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使; 尽管 是连词词组, 用来引导让步状语从句; 若主、 从句皆表示将来情况, 从句中可用一般现在 时代替将来时。 (2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。 e.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him.) (Even) though he is poor, she loves him. (= He is poor, yet she loves him.) When talking to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close _______ the actual distance is not shortened. A. but B. even if C. so D. because 12. Only time can tell. 惟有时间将能证明。 tell vi. 显示出; 发生影响; 起作用; 判断 tell A from B: 区分, 分别 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother? vt.