全新版大学英语4 Unit seven.pptVIP

Unit 7: Learning about English Text A: The Glorious Messiness of English Text B: The Role of English in the 21st Century 　Pre-reading Tasks Answer questions on p.206. What is the passage about? English is a great language, but it is also a crazy language. The idiomatic usages mentioned in the recorded passage. ship by truck / send a cargo by ship “send” by truck / send a cargo by “a large boat” Noses that run / feet that smell This refers to what people usually say “have a running nose”, “have smelly feet”. a slim/fat chance used to say that something is very unlikely to happen a wise guy / a wise man A wise guy: a person who pretends to be much wiser than he/she really is; a derogatory term. A wise man: a really wise person; a commendatory term overlook / oversee overlook: fail to see or notice; pay no attention to; miss oversee: to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily; supervise hot / cold as hell: Hell can either be hot or cold. Extremely hot or cold burn up / burn down burn up: if something burns up or is burnt up, it is completely destroyed by fire or heat burn down: if a building burns down or is burned down, it is destroyed by fire fill in/ out a form Synonymous go off: if an alarm goes off, it makes a noise to warn you about something go on: to continue doing something or being in a situation the human race: all people, considered together as a group; mankind (Human race isn’t) a race: one of the main groups that humans can be divided into according to the colour of their skin and other physical features out: ?NOT BURNING/SHINING? a fire or light that is out is no longer burning or shining ?SUN/MOON ETC? if the sun, moon, or stars are out, they have appeared in the sky wind up a watch: tighten the spring of a watch wind up a speech: end a speech Interpret the Title 1.glorious: having or deserving great fame, praise, and honour a glorious future / a glorious victory / a glorious expedition mes