河北省新乐市第一中学高中英语必修1课件：Unit 2 English around the world-Using language.pptVIP

2. Believe it or not, there’s no such thing as standard English. 信不信由你,世界上没有所谓的标准英语。 believe it or not: 相当于一个副词，通常用于口语，意为“信不信由你，我说的是真的”。 Believe it or not, she cheated in the exam. no such thing as… 没有…这回事 such…as…: 象…一样的…; 诸如…之类的… Such students as you should have a bright future. I don’t like such a person as Mary. 3.expect : Vt. 期望，预料，认为，预期 usage: expect sb to do sth指望／预料某人做某事 Sb be expected to do sth expect +that-clause认为／预想…… expect sb/sth 期待着某人或某事物的到来 expect to do sth 指望／希望做某事 I expect so. 我想是这样。 I expect not. I don’t expect so. 我想不是这样。 expect wait for expect 主要指心理状态（a state of mind），含有期盼的意味。 wait for 则指一种行动（a sort of activity），特别指什么都不干而专门等待。 4. play a part in 1参加某活动. She plays an active part in local politics(当地政治). 2. 对某事有影响, 对某事起作用 She played an important part in the success of the plan. Geography also plays a part in making dialects. 地理位置对方言的产生也有影响. 5. recognize  (猜词义) I recognized my old friend at once. They recognized him to be a great leader. We recognized that we had to overcome a lot of difficulties. You can recognize a tiger by its strips(条纹). Vt. 辨认出来，承认，公认 phrases: recognize one’s voice recognize sb to be …… be recognized to be……被承认为…… recognize that…… 注意：recognize是一个终止性动词。是指原来很熟悉，经过一段时间的间隔或别的原因后又重新认出来。 The Oxford English Dictionary Reading task on P51 How it began 1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary More work than they thought 1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project The Oxford English Dictionary 的历史 One step at a time 1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles Keeping it current 1933-1986: Supplements to the OED Making it modern 1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition Into the electronic age 1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published The future has begun The present: The OED is now being fully revised,