原创力文档At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. Today,the largest number of people___1____(speak)English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people speak English___2____their foreign language. 3_____English language___4____(change)quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sounded more ____5___less like German for it ____6_____(base)on German, but modern English sounds more like French __7______ German __8______England was once ruled by the French. Two people had great effects on the English changes.One was Shakespeare, who___9_____ (large) the English vocabulary; the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary ____10____ gave American English its own identity. 根据汉语意思，完成下列句子。 (1). 海水含有盐。 Sea water ________________ salt. (2) 这次旅游项目中包括参观科学博物馆。 The tour ___________________ the Science Museum. (3)我必须去做包括英语在内的许多工作。 I have to do much homework ___________ English. (3)人们一致认为环境污染已经成了最严重的问题之一。 __________________environment pollution has become one of the most serious problems. 【辨析】because/as/since/for 它们都表示原因，但意义不同。 because 直接原因，语气最强。回答why提出的问题只能用because.在强调句型中，也只能用because. as 用于解释做某事的原因，语气较弱，通常位于主句前。 since 表示的原因是指众所周知的事实，意思“既然”。语气比because弱，但比as强。通常位于主句前，并常与as换用。 for 并列连词，连接并列分句，表示一种补充说明，是推测或判断的理由，语气较弱。 【归纳*拓展】 come up with(针对问题等)提出，想出，提供 come about发生 come across邂逅 come at攻击，向……扑来 come from出身于 come out出版；开花 come to达到；苏醒；谈到 come after跟在……后面 注意：as也可以代替though引导让步状语从句，但要把其表语、谓语原形和宾语前置，且前置的单数名词前不可以用冠词。 Girl as she is, she can go alone in the darkness.=Though she is a girl, she can go alone in the darkness.尽管她是个女孩，她敢一个人走夜路。 【即学即练】根据汉语意思，完成句子。 (1)你应该充分利用一切机会说英语。 You ought to ______________ any opportunity to speak English. (2)我们将很好地利用她的才能。 We will _____________ her talents. 【答案】(1) make full use of/make the best(most) of （2）make good use of ※ Ⅲ. 重点语句 ※ 1.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
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