课程内容

《English around the world （Part 1）》

重点句子

1.Do you know that there is more than one kind of English?
你知道不仅仅有一种英语吗？
more than   不仅仅是,不只是
more than one+n.+v.单数“不只一个”
A library is more than just a place where books are stored.
China Daily is more than a newspaper.It can help improve our English.
He is more than a father;he is also my close friend.
More than one student supports my idea.
More than one person has been infected with the disease.

more……than……  与其说……倒不如说……
He is more an artist than a writer.
He is more brave than wise.

2.I'd like to come up to your apartment.
我很想到你的公寓去看看。
come up vi.无被动语态
①走近；上来
②（太阳、月亮）升起
③（问题、议题）被提出来
④产生,发生

We watch the sun come up.
The question came up at the meeting whether he had enough money for his research.
I'm afraid something urgent has come up.

常见搭配

come out出来；出版；（花）开；发（芽）
come across=run across偶然遇到
come about发生（vi.无被动语态）
come up with想出（计划、回答）
come to oneself 苏醒过来；恢复知觉
He came across so many difficulties,but he never gaver up.
How did the car accident come about?

3.Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.
事实上,当不同文化互相交流渗透时,所有的语言都会有变化、有所发展。
1）actually adv.事实上,实际上
   =in fact
   =as a matter of fact
He looked calm,but actually he was very nervous.
Well,what did she actually say?
2）communicate with沟通；交流
With the Internet,he can communicate directly with Beijing.
He is a shy boy who can't communicate with other people very well.

4.It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.
当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础,而我们今天所说的英语则不是。
1）be based to以…为基础
The film is based on a true story.
This song is based on an old folk song.
2）at present 目前,现在
present adj.现在的,当前的（前置定语）
            出席的,到场的（后置定语）
        n. 礼物
        v.（presented;presented）
           赠送,介绍,呈递,授予
Here's the doctor's present address.(前置定语)
Those present at the party were all college students.(后置定语)
The president presented a diploma to each of the graduates.

5.So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
make use of    利用
make full use of  充分利用
make the best/most of  好好利用
You'd better make full use of the limited time.

6.……China may have the largest number of English learners.
中国也许是把英语作为外来语学习的人数最多的国家。
A (large,small)number of+复数名词/代词+v复数
The number of+名词+v单数
A small number of friends want to see him off.
There are a large number of people here.

7.English is also spoken in Singaore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.
such as/for example/namely
such as 用于列举事物,作“例如”
for example 用于举例子说明（句首,句中,句末）
namely=that is 解释说明