English around the world--Language points
1. Do you know that there is more than
one kind of English in the world?
你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？
more than one +名词单数, 后面的谓
语动词用单数。
eg. 不止一个学生想去游泳
More than one to
go swimming.
student wants
2. In some important ways they are very
different from one another.
在某些重要方面, 它们彼此有些差异。
be different from
be similar to
be the same as
each other = one another
3. go to the pictures/ movies/ cinema
4. by underground/ subway
3. official adj. 官方的，正式的
official language
official news
n. 政府官员
An important official will visit our
school.
officer n. 军官
He is an officer in the army.
4. 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.
(1)_________ he is ill,he is absent today.
(2)He is not at school___________his illness. (3)He can’t come__________the heavy rain.
(4)We like physics________we can learn a lot of ideas.
Have a try
Because
because of
because of
because
5. More people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.
如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或者外语。

more---- than ever before
比以往任何时候都更

eg. I love you more than ever before.
English becomes more important than ever before.
6. 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， 用来引导让步状语从句，意为 “尽管；即使”
eg. Even if the road is full of difficulty, I will never lose heart.
7. come up
上来, 走近; 被提出; （植物）发芽; （太阳）升起
come up to sp 上某地来
come up with 提出 想出
He came up with a good idea in the meeting.
问题在会议中被提出来了。
The problem came up in the meeting.
Come back回来
eg. When did you come back last night?
Come on 快点；跟着来
Come from 来自
eg. He comes from Canada.
Come in 进来
eg. Pls come in and close the door.
come across 偶然遇到，发现，被理解
come about 发生
come true 实现
come back 回来， 恢复记忆
come out 出现，出版,开花
1. His car ____ the terrible traffic jam, so he had to call off his appointment with his doctor.
A. came about B. came across
C. came up D. come on
2. ---How did it ___ that you made such a silly mistake?
---I myself haven’t figured it out yet.
A. bring about B. come about
C. come across D. come on
8. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact
事实上，实际上
9. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.
[翻译] 起初在大约公元450年到1150年间英国人所讲的英语与人们现在所讲的英语很不一样。
[分析] 此句看起来复杂，但实际上是一个简单句，即： the English... was different from the English..., at first 在句中作状语， spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150以及spoken today都是过去分词短语作后置定语，用来修饰中心词the English，表示被动关系。
过去分词作后置定语
eg. The speech given by that professor was a great success. （given by that professor 作the speech的定语）
那个教授所作的演讲很成功。
10. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.
当时的英语更多是以德语为基础，而我们今天所说的英语则不然。
base可以作名词，意为： 总部，基础；
也可以作动词， 意为：以……为根据，
sth be based on / upon sth. （主动） 结构。
base sth on / upon sth (主动）结构
都表示 建于……之上， 以……为根据
eg. 他的小说是以真实故事为根据的
his novel _________________a true story.
He __________________a true story.
was based on
based his novel on
at present =for now 目前
present (adj.) 　
现在的，目前的，可作前置定语
出席的，在场的，可作后置定语
the present situation
the people present
present (n.) 礼物=gift
英语谚语：

Yesterday is a history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
but today is a gift,
that is why it is called Present.
11 . …Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。
make (good/full/no…) use of 　使用
eg. We could make good use of our resources.
Every minute should be made good use of.
12. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers…印度拥有众多讲英语很流利的人
a number of 大量的+复数名词（其后谓语动词用复数）eg. A number of people have came.
the number of …的数目+复数名词（其后谓语动 词用单数）
eg. The number of homeless people has increased.
eg. 大量的学生已出国学习。

失业人员的数量正在增长。
A large number of students have gone
abroad to study.
The number of people who are
out of work is increasing
fluent adj. 流利的 流畅的
fluently adv. 流利地 流畅地
speak fluent English adj.
speak English fluently adv.

be influent in …流利地讲
eg. He is influent in five languages.
13. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as Africa.
在新加坡，马来西亚和非洲其他国家，如南非，人们也说英语。
用来表示列举事物和举例说明的短语有：
such as 列举部分 其后不用逗号
for example 列举一个 常用逗号隔开
that is 列举所有 意为“即”
用such as, for example, that is填空。
(1) I'd like keep a pet, ___________ ，a dog.
(2)My daughter studies four subjects in school,
_________，Chinese, maths, English, and PE.
(3) We all study foreign languages, ________
English, French or Japanese and so on.
for example
that is
such as
14. Only time will tell.
时间会证明一切。
tell 知道, 判断
eg. It’s hard to tell whether he is right.
tell A from B: 区分，分别
eg. Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?
短语训练营
请选用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下列句子。
such as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of
1. He realized that she was crying _________ what he had said.
2. ______________, John has passed the driving test.
because of
Believe it or not
such as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of
3. This book is ________ a true story.
4. A beggar _______ to us and asked for money.
5. They had an English exam __________ last month.
6. Girls _______ Ann and Lucy are very friendly.
such as
based on
came up
at the end of
at the end of
made voyages
conquer the world
because of
native English speakers
even if
come up to sp
communicate with each other the English spoken today
summary
be based on
at present
these new settlers enriched the English language
make use of
a wider vocabulary than ever before
a very large number of
fluent English speakers
such as
South Africa
the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly
English learners