研究生英语阅基础版第三版LessonOne分析报告.ppt

1 1 Lesson One World English: A Blessing Or A Curse? Catalogue Background Information Warm-up Questions Main Idea Language Points Difficult Sentences Keys to the Exercises Background Information Other languages have more restricted regional use, such as Spanish in Spain and Latin America, Arabic in the Middle East, and Russian in the republics of the former USSR. From Microsoft Encarta Language Points hegemony n authority or control; control or dominating influence by one person or group, especially by one political group over society or one nation over others 霸权，霸权主义，领导权 Synonyms: sdominance, domination, dominion, supremacy, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty Language Points 15. for good or ill ( line 1, para. 3 ) whether the effect of a situation is good or harmful ● 在这里发生的一切，无论是好还是坏，都将 影响到世界民主的发展进程。 What happens her, for good or ill, will affect the process of democracy worldwide. Language Points ●电梯急速地下降到底层。 The elevator descended sharply to the ground floor. ● 这种习俗沿传至今。 The custom has descended to our day. Language Points ●正直的人民 decent people ●一份不错的工资 a decent wage ● 一个体面的工作 a decent job ●一个合理的解释 a decent explanation ●一个好姑娘 a decent girl Language Points 32. indigenous adj （line 1, para. 9） people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else ; native ●土著美洲人，即土生土长的美洲各民族。 Native Americans, peoples who are indigenous to the Americas. ●狮子产于非洲。 Lions are indigenous to Africa. Language Points aboriginal adj indigenous: existing in a place from the earliest known times 本地的，土著的，原始的 ●印第安人是美洲的土著居民。 The Indinans are the ab