Ⅱ. Complete the following passage using the words and phrases:
Today, 30 students, ___ 12 girls and 18 boys, attended a lecture about “The Road To Modern English”, which told us ___ communications made languages change. So the English spoken between AD450 and 1150 was ___ based on more on German than ___ day English. Then it became more like French because those who ___ England spoke French. English ___ is always changing and it has a wider ___ now. English has become an ___ language. Not only ___ speakers speak it, but also it is used for ___ and education. Also there are no such things as ___ English. Different words can have the same meaning, ___ “lift and ___”, “flat and ___” , “___ and eraser”, “___ and gas” and so on.
Ⅲ. Important and difficult language points:
Words:
(1) include vt.
① 费用包括在帐内。_____________
② 这本书含有12个单元,其中包括2个总复习。____________________________
③ 这房子能住20 个人。____________
④ 100 美元该足够支付你的费用了。
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(2) present n. & v. & adj
① He gave his mother a _____(礼物).
② What is your ______(现在的地址)?
③ 孩子们献花给老师。
The children __their teacher __ flowers.
The children ____flowers ___their teachers. ......
(3) command [c] & [u] & v. ......
(4) request n.&v. ......
(5) recognize v. ......
Phrases :
(1) play a role ( in )...
① 他在市内政治上起重要作用。
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② 他母亲与他的成功有很大关系。
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(2) make use of
① 你可以利用你的西班牙文知识了。
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② 好好利用: ____________________
充分利用: _____________________
尽量利用:_____________________
(3) come up ( to sb.) : to move towards sb.
① 他走近我借火。________________
② 那些水仙花刚开始破土发芽。
The daffodils are just ___________.
③恐怕有紧急事情发生了。
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④ 会上一定会讨论这个问题.
The question _________ at the meeting.
⑤ 她想出了增加销售的好主意.
She ________ a good idea for increasing sales.
Ⅳ Sentence patterns
(1) more … than
① 你讲英语比我讲的流利得多.
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② 他高兴极了. __________________
③ He has more than repaid my kindness. ____________________________.
......
(2) such … as
①没有标准英语这回事,信不信由你。
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② 世上没有免费的午餐这回事。
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③ as such : 严格来说, 从字面意义看
such as : for example
没有标准英语这么回事,信不信由你。
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像这样的机会不是每天都有。
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......
(3) since + 时间状语: /since+ 时间状语从句
He has stayed at home for 2 weeks since his leg was broken in the football match.
since + 过去一个时间点:
我自从1998 年就在这儿了。_________
since + 一段时间 + ago:
我在5 个月以前来到这儿。__________
It is + 一段时间 + since 从句:
我戒烟已经两年了。_______________
Ⅴ Grammar : 变为间接引语
(1) “ Look at these examples,” the teacher said to us.
(2) “ Would you please come up to my flat for a visit ?” she said .
Ⅵ 高考链接:
(1) We went to Canada to travel and my cousin _______ as our guide .
A. played B. showed
C. acted D. performed
(2) It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it ______that she was two hours late on such a short trip.
A. came over B. came out
C. came about D. came up
(3) Please tell me how the accident ______. I am still in the dark.