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differ vi. 相异，有区别 【观察领悟】 I think that the desk in the shop differs from the one I have at home. 我觉得商店里的那张写字台与我家里的那张不一样。 Chinese differs greatly from Japanese in pronunciation. 汉语跟日语在发音上大不相同。 （differ from与……不同） 【拓展延伸】 different adj. 不同的 be different from 与……不同 difference n. 不同，差异 make a difference 有影响，有关系，起作用 【对点演练】 ①用differ的适当形式完成句子。 a. Allow children to voice their opinions even if they are ________ from yours. b. There are some __________ between American English and British English. c. The two cars _____ from each other in color. different differences differ ②Leaves are found on all kinds of trees, but they differ greatly ______ size and shape. A. on B. from C. by D. in 【解析】选D。考查动词与介词的搭配。句意：树叶可以在各种树上找到，但是它们在大小和形状上却有极大的不同。differ in在……方面不同。 A Research at the University of Liverpool, the UK, has found that Shakespeare’s language stimulates(刺激) positive brain activity. Shakespeare uses a linguistic（语言的） technique known as functional change that involves, for example, using a noun to serve as a verb．Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence．This process causes a sudden peak in brain activity and forces the brain to work backwards in order to fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to say. Professor Philip Davis, from the university’s School of English, said, “The brain reacts to reading a phrase such as ‘he godded me’ from the tragedy of Coriolanus, in a similar way to putting a jigsaw puzzle together．If it is easy to see which pieces fit together you become bored of the game．But if the pieces don’t appear to fit, when we know they should, the brain becomes excited．By throwing irregular words into seemingly normal sentences, Shakespeare surprises the brain in a manner that produces a sudden burst of activity — a sense of drama c