unìt2readìng—languagepoìnts.pptVIP

1.make use of 利用 take advantage of make good use of __________ make full use of/make the best of/make the most of _______ be made use of eg: You must make good use of any chance to practise English. (2)The use you______ time is really practical. A..make B.take C.make of D.take of 2. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础，而现代英语不是。 分析 base A on / upon B 把A建立在B的基础上。 be based on /upon 以……为基础/依据 more +adj/n+than+adj/n 表示“与其说，倒不如说……” ① 与其说他聪明，倒不如说他幸运。 He is more lucky than clever. ②与其说他是教师，不如说他是个学者（scholar） ______________________________________ 3 . Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以相互交流。 本句是一复合句。句中even if 引导让步状语从句。even though 也可表示“即使、纵使”，相当于no matter whether ;但两者之间略有差异。 even though有退一步设想的意思，多用于书面语。 even if 含有强烈的假设性。 引导让步状误从句的连词和词组：although, though(虽然)，as, while(尽管)，whether... or ( 无论……还是) ①Cold as /Though it is (=Though/Although it is cold),the children play outdoors. 虽然冷，孩子们仍然在外玩耍 ②I’ll do it, even if /though it takes me all the afternoon. 即使/尽管要花我整个下午的时间，我也要做。 ③Whether he drives or takes the train, he’ll be there on time. 无论是驾车还是坐火车，他都会按时到那儿的。 No matter how busy he was, he studied English every day.无论多忙，他坚持每天学英语。 注意：as though=as if 好像：似乎；引导方式状语从句或表语从句；even so 即使如此；虽然如此。 [迁移训练] （2007．浙江）Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice, ________they knew it to be valuable. A . as if B. now that C. even though D. so that 4 English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and Asia, such as South Africa , Singapore and Malaysia. 在非洲和亚洲的许多其他国家里也讲英语，比如南非、新加坡和马来西亚。 such as 例如，诸如此类的（后面常接上述人或事物的解释语） [词义辨析] such as 与 for example (1)such as 用于列举事物，常用在列举的事物和前面的名词之间，但是所列举事物的数量不能等同于前面所提事物的总数，否则就应用that is 或namely. (2)for example 被用于举例说明，一般只列举同类人或事物中的“一个”，其位置比较灵活，可置于句首、句中或句末。 ①I