高中英语 Module 1 British and American English language points训练 外研版必修5.docVIP

PAGE  2014年秋高中英语 Module 1 British and American English language points训练 外研版必修5 重点单词 【词条1】compare 【课文原句】… compare on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British).（Page 2） 【点拨】compare在该句中是动词，意思是“比较，对比”。compare A with B“比较A和B”。这句话的意思是：……比较一下on the team, on the weekend （美国用法）和in the team, at the weekend (英国用法)。 再如： We carefully compared the first report with the second. 【拓展】（1）compare A to B “把A比作B”。如： People compared him to a little white mouse. （2）A compare with/to B “A与B类似（相似）。如： This school compares with/to the best in the country. 【词条2】differ 【课文原句】The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation. (Page 2) 【点拨】动词differ在该句中的意思是“不同于，相异”。这句话的意思是???两种英语相异 的另外两个领域是拼写和发音。与介词in连用表示“在某方面相异”。如： The brothers differ in their interests. 【拓展】⑴ 短语A and B differ from each other / A differs from B意思是“A和B有区别”。如： French differs from English in this respect. (2) 短语differ with sb. (about / on / over sth.)意思是“（在某件事上）与某人持不同看法”。如： I have to differ with you on that plan. 【词条3】attempt 【课文原句】Can you see any similarities between Webster’s work and attempts to simplify Chinese? (Page 9) 【点拨】attempt在该句中是名词，意思是“尝试, 企图” ，这句话的意思是：你能从Webster的工作和简化汉语的尝试中看到一些相似点吗？再如： The prisoner made an attempt to escape. 【拓展】(1)名词attempt在表示“企图，尝试”时，除了可以与to do sth.连用，也可以与at sth. / doing sth.连用。如： His first attempt at English composition was poor. They made no attempt at escaping. （2）attempt还可以用作动词, attempt to do sth. / attempt sth.意思是“试图做某事”。如： We attempted to finish the task ahead of time. 重点短语 【短语1】make a difference 【课文原句】 It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.(Page 1) 【点拨】make a difference 在这里的意思是“产生影响, 有效”。这句话的意思是：一个老 师说英国英语还是说美国英语，没有多大影响。再如： His plan did make a difference at the meeting yesterday. 【拓展】（1）make some /no difference 有一些/没有影响。如： It makes no difference to me whether he goes or not. （2）tell the difference (between…) 区分，分清楚。如： I can never tell the difference between the t