镇海中学英语 Unit 2 语言点.ppt

1.Do you know that there is more than one kind of English. more than 多于; 超过 (over) I have known David for more than 20 years. More than one person is / More persons than one are concerned with this accident. 不仅仅；不只是 (not only) He is more than our teacher. He is our friend too. 极其；非常 (very) They were more than glad to help. 是……不能…… The cold was more than the children could bear. more … than … 与其说……倒不如…… Catherine is more diligent than intelligent. 2.In some important ways they are very different form one another. in a (one) way / in some ways 在…方面; 在某种程度上 In a (one) way it was one of our biggest mistakes. She does love you in her own way. You’ll have to move – you are in the (my) way. By the way, do you know where the post office is? He stopped for breakfast on the way to school. He saves old envelopes. In this way, he has collected a great many stamps. Going hiking is a good way of getting close to nature. 5. mean to do = plan to do mean doing 意味着做某事 I’m sorry I hurt you. I didn’t mean to. Losing a bus in London means waiting for another hour. Don’t laugh！I mean it. means 方式；方法 -- Do you mind if I have a look? -- By all means. They succeeded by means of hard work. She is by no means poor. In fact, shes quite rich. By no means was he able to handle it. List the countries that use English as an official languages. 6. official adj. 官方的，正式的 I can hardly believe that is our official attitude. n. 官员（文官）official 军官（武官）officer 只用almost的场合 和 any, anybody, anything, no, none, nothing, nobody, nowhere, never 等连用 Almost anything will do. I have almost nothing to do today. There is almost none left. 只用nearly的场合 ① 被very, not, pretty等修饰 ② 和具体数字连用 There is not nearly enough money for a new car. There is nearly 1000 pounds here. Today, more people speak English … than ever before. 9. than ever before “比以往任何时候”，接比较级，before可以省略 It’s raining harder than ever. He hated her more than ever, when he got that letter. even if 从句所说的不肯