2016-12-09 发布者：赖静 浏览数( -)
Unit 2 English around the world
一．重点短语。
1. be different from 与..... 不同
2. one another 互相
3. because of 因为
4. than ever before 比以往任何时候更
5. even if 即使，尽管
6. come up 走近，上前
7. over time 随着时间的推移
8. communicate with 交流
9. be based on 以...为基础
10. at present 现在，目前
11. make use of 利用，使用
12. at that time 当时
13. such as 例如
14. the number of ...的数量
15. a number of 大量
16. Only time will tell. 只有时间会证明一切
17. believe it or not 无论你相信与否
18. be expected to do sth. 被认为是.....
19. play a part in 起作用
20. from one place to another 从一地到另一地
二．重点句子。
1. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
英语母语使用者们即使说的不是同一种类型的英语，也能听得懂对方的语言。
2. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.
起先在公元450年到1150年间，英格兰地区的人们所说的英语与今天的英语有很大差别。
3. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.
实际上，当文化之间发生碰撞和交流的时候，语言也会发生变化。
4. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.
比起我们今天所说的英语，它更多地是建立在德语的基础上的。
5. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
到17世纪时，莎士比亚能够运用的词汇量比以往任何时候都要大。
6. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.
今天，在中国学习英语的人的数量正迅速增加。
7. Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English.
无论你相信与否，世界上其实并没有所谓的标准英语。
8. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.
这是因为在早期的广播里，播报新闻的人所说的英语被认为是标准而流利的。
9. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.
然而，在电视和广播里，你也会听见人们说英语的方式有所差别。
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