湖南省师范大学附属中学高中英语 Period 4 Reading II课件.pptVIP

Reading – I (1m )Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question. Is there standard English? Reading – II ( 5m )Detailed Reading Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question. 1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? 2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? 3.Why are there so many dialects in American English? 1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? 2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them. 3.Why are there so many dialect in American English? Guess the meanings of the phrase come up in different sentences. 1. The sky was dark blue and clear when the moon came up. 2. Your question came up at the meeting. 3. I came up for interview but didn’t get the job. 4. A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station. 1.standard n.adj.标准，规格；标准的，规格的 phrases: come up to the standard meet standards set a standard standard of living by international standards from the standards on a standard a car of standard size a standard composer expect wait for expect 主要指心理状态（a state of mind），含有期盼的意味。 wait for 则指另一种行动（a sort of activity），特别指什么都不干而专门等待。 4.southern,eastern adj. 南方的，南部的；东方的，东部的 eastern一类的词与east一类的词辨析 专有名词，尤其是所表示的地方具有明确的固定范围的专有名词，特别是政治区分，一般用east。普通名词和所指的地方没有明确的固定范围的专有名词多用eastern。 east 重点在形容方位或从哪个方向来的；而eastern则指从某一固定的地方看某一个方向，或指某物来自何方或某地朝哪个方向。 5.Recognize Vt.辨认出来，承认，公认 phrases: recognize one’s voice recognize sb to be ……被承认为…… be recognized to be…… recognize that…… 注意：recognize是一个终止性动词。是指原来很熟悉，经过一段时间的间隔或别的原因后又重新认出来。 Sentence patterns 1.believe it or not ,…… e.g.. Believe it o