人版高中英语必修一unit2课文精讲.pptVIP

Unit 2 English around the world The Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语，几乎所有这些人都生活在英国。 在……尽头；在……结束时 adv. 差不多，几乎；密切地 Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. 后来，在17世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其它地区。于是，许多别的国家开始说英语了。 n. 航行；航海 v. 征服；占领 因为；由于 because of+短语/词 because+句子 begin to do sth. 开始做…… Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. 如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。 比以往任何时候更…… adj.外国的；外交的；异质的；不想关的 As用法小结 conj.因为；随着；虽然；依照；当…时prep.如同；当作；以…的身份adv.同样地；和…一样的 一、as作连词的用法 　　 1. as...as的用法 　　 as...as意为“和……一样”，表示同级的比较。使用时要注意第一个as为副词，第二个as为连词。 基本结构：as+ adj./ adv. +as；否定式：not as/so +adj./ adv. +as e.g. This film is as interesting as that one. 这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。 　　 Your pen writes as smoothly as mine. 你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。 　　 This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think. 这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。 　　 修饰成分(twice, three times, half, a quarter)须置于第一个as之前。 e.g. Your bag is twice as expensive as mine. 你的袋子比我的贵两倍。 　　　　　 as...as的常见句型： 　　 (1)as...as possible 　　 e.g. Please answer my question as soon as possible. 请尽快回答我的问题。 　　 (2)as...as usual/before 　　 e.g. She looks as pretty as before. 她看起来和以前一样漂亮。 　　 (3)as long as... (引导条件状语从句) 　　 e.g. It took us as long as three years to carry out the plan. 我们花了长达三年的时间才完成这项计划。 　　 (4)as far as 　　 e.g. He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening. 昨天傍晚，他一直散步到火车站。 (5)as well as 　　 e.g. She cooks as well as her mother does. 她烧菜烧得跟她母亲一样好。 尽快 只要；与…一样长 至于，直到，远到；就…而言 也；和…一样；不但…而且 2. as用作连词引导时间状语从句 　　 as与when，while都是引导时间状语从句的从属连词，含义都是“当……的时候”。 区别：用when时，从句的动作可以与主句的动作同时发生，也可以先于主句的动作发生 e.g. It was snowing when he arrived at the construction site. 他到工地时正在下雪。 用while时，从句的动作为一过程，主句动作与从句动