高中英语教学课件：Unit 2 -Reading1.ppt

3. because of后边加名词或动名词短语 because是连词, 所以后边跟句子 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late. [考例] The open-air celebration has been put off ______ the bad weather. (浙江 2007) A. in case of B. in spite of C. instead of D. because of [点拨] 句意为“因为天气恶劣推迟了露天庆祝会。” because of由于，因为；in case of假设，万一；in spite of尽管；instead of代替，而不是……，故正确答案为D项。 4. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 把英语作为母语的人相互之间可以交 流, 即使他们说的不是同一种英语。 even if= (even though)是连词词组， 用