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American English(一) 一、【目地与要求】 掌握本单元出现的单词和词组 pronounce , medicine , British , however , European , reason , explain , have some difficulty in doing……, ask…for , and so on , more or less , change…into…, come about , bring in , a great many ,等等……。 二、【日常交际用语】 Would you please say that again more slowly ? How do you pronounce／spell… ? I’m sorry I know only a little English . I have some difficulty in doing sth . I’m sorry I don’t quite follow you . What does this word mean ? 三、【知识重点与难点分析】 1.I have some difficulty in pronouncing some of the words in English . 在某些英语单词的发音上我有些困难。 have some difficulty (in) doing sth 这是一个很常见的句型。意思是“在做某事方面有困难”。 其中介词in常可省略。在此句型中difficulty是用作不可数名词，所以前面不能加不定冠词“a”，也不能改为复数形式。但difficulty前可加any , no等词，例如： Do you have any difficulty in translating this sentence into English ? 你把这句子翻译成英语有困难吗？ We had no difficulty in finding his house yesterday evening . (=We didn’t have any difficulty……) 昨晚，我们毫不费劲地就找到了他的家。 2.When do you take your near exams ? 你们下一次考试是什么时候？ 注意本句中用一般现在时表示将来发生的动作。本句相当于：When will you take your next exams ? 此句用法只限于将来的事件是“列入日程”的，也就是说，是按计划或时刻表将要发生的事，则可以用一般现在时来表示将来。 例如： When does the winter vocation begin ? 寒假什么时候开始？ What time does the train leave for Shanghai ? 开往上海的列车几点开车？ The plane takes off at ten A.M. 飞机上午十点起飞。 3.Pardon ? Would you please say that again more slowly ? 对不起，请慢点再说一遍好吗？ Pardon ? =Beg pardon ? =I beg your pardon? 是“对不起，请原谅”的意思。这里当没听清楚或没听懂对方话时，希望对方重复一遍的礼貌用语。意思是“I didn’t hear／understand what you said”同下句“I’m sorry , I don’t quite follow you .”一样，也是希望对方重说一遍的用语。 4.Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America , though there are some spelling differences . 在英国和美国，书面英语大体上是相同的，尽管在拼法上有些差异。 more or less 作“或多或少”、“大约”、“差不多”、“几乎”解。 例如： This work is more or less finished . 这件工作大体上已经完成了。 I’ve more or less finished reading the book . 我差不多已经把这本书看完了。 It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling . 粉刷天花板用了大约一整天的时间。 I think it’s more or less a crime . 我认为这或多或少是一种犯罪行为。 5.How did these differences come about ? 这些差