新人教必修一_Unit2_English_around_the_World阅读.pptVIP

1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken? Careful reading Development of English Why does English change over time? Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time clue. Thinking: Read the text carefully again and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why. Exercise 1 on page 10. Language points for Reading I 1.There be结构 “存在,有” be 动词的单复数要根据后面名词的单复数而定.如是多个并列的名词,则由第一个名词的单复数而定. There one book and two pens on the desk. There two pens and one book on the desk. 2.more than 1. 用在数词之前,相当于 over 2.与其他词连用相当于 “不仅仅,岂止” Mary and Amy are more than classmates. 3. include 1）用作及物动词，意为“ 包括；包含”，不能用于进行时态,后跟名词,代词,动名词做宾语. e.g.: Your duties will include cleaning the room. 2）include 还可作“ 包含于、、、里面；算入”讲，常与in, on, among 介词等连用。 e.g.: He includes me among his friends. I’m included in the team. 4.either ... or... neither ...nor... 两者连接两个主语时,谓语动词的单复数与同它靠近的那个主语保持一致. have has Either the teacher or the students been ill. Neither the students nor the teacher been ill. Close your book and fill in the blank 1.____16th century, about____ people spoke English. 2. Today, more people speak English as their first or foreign language______. 3.China may ____of English speakers. 6. even if (1) even if ( = even though ): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使；尽管 是连词词组，用来引导让步状语从句； (2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。 e.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him.) ( Even ) though he is poor, she loves him. ( = He is poor, yet she loves him.) come up with I came up with them as they were rounding the corner. We werent able to come up with any new suggestions. Hes come up with a great idea. Come up走过来,到来(vi.) Come about: happen Come across: find or meet accidentally Come out Our National Day is coming up soon. How did this come about? I came across an