高中英语教学资料（缙云中学）汇编-M1U2 useful words and expressions.pptVIP

Unit 2;翻译下面的短语。 ;8. at present 9. make use of 10. at that time 11. a large number of 12. such as 13. in fact;Today more and more people speak English, but _____________ the 16th century only about five to seven million people living in England spoke English. Later, people there began to _______ other parts of the world, _______ America and Australia, and people in the two countries began to speak English. ???;English, _________ all other languages, changes and develops over time. Many people from other countries also enrich the English language, especially its _________ . The American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster gave a ________________ to American-English spelling by the 19th century. Today many Chinese people are learning English. I believe Chinese will enrich the English language, too.;1. Nearly all of them lived in England. nearly与almost 的区别 (1) 在肯定句中两者可通用 He is almost / nearly 80 years old. She fell and almost / nearly broke her neck. (2) almost可用在一些含否定意义的词前 面，如none，nobody，nothing, never， no one等，表示“几乎或简直(没有)”，而 nearly不能。 Almost no one believed him. There is almost none left.; (3) 只用nearly的场合 a.被 very, not, pretty等修饰时 He has $20, but that is not nearly enough for the trip. I am very nearly ready. b.和具体数字连用时（nearly常用） Nearly 100 students attended the meeting. The river is nearly 100 metres wide. ;1). 他们中间几乎没有一个人有小汽车。??_______ none of them has a car． 2)．他们吃晚饭几乎总是喝咖啡。??They __________ always have coffee for supper． 3)．这远远不像你所想的那么容易。??It is not _______ so easy as you think． 4)．几乎没有人出席会议。??_______ nobody attended the meeting． 5)．我以前几乎从未看见过她。?I have _______ never seen her before． ;2. …, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, …;journey, tour, travel, trip, voyage这些名词均含“旅行”之意。 journey: 最普通用词，侧重指时间较长、距离较 远的单程陆上旅行。 tour: 指最后返回出发地，旅途中有停留游览 点，距离可长可短，目的各异的周游或巡行。 travel: 泛指旅行的行为而不指某次具体的旅 行，多指到远方作长期旅行。 trip: 普通用词，口