Module+7+English+for+you+and+me+Unit+2+We+all+own+English 外研版英語九年級下冊

教材語境

In

Ghana，India

and

Singapore,

English

is

used

as

a

working

language,

for

example,

between

bosses

and

secretaries,

and

between

doctors

and

patients,

although

there

are

other

languages

for

everyday

use.在加納、印度和新加坡，人們雖然日常生活中使用其他語言，但還是把英語當(dāng)作一門工作語言來使用，例如，在老板和秘書之間，在醫(yī)生和病人之間。（教材P58）&1&

between

prep.在……（兩者）之間&2&

&3&

between與among兩者都可表示"在……之間"，但在用法上有所區(qū)別。between一般用于兩者之間（也可表示多個事物的每兩者之間），常構(gòu)成between…and…結(jié)構(gòu)，意為"在……和……之間"among一般用于三者或三者以上的對象之間，其賓語通常是表示復(fù)數(shù)概念的名詞或代詞You

can

decide

between

joining

the

dancing

club

and

going

to

the

chess

club.你可以在加入舞蹈俱樂部和國際象棋俱樂部之間做決定。（選自安徽中考）We

have

a

short

break

between

classes.

我們在課間有短暫的休息。The

Belt

and

Road

has

improved

the

trade

between

China

and

other

countries."一帶一路"增進了中國和其他國家之間的貿(mào)易（往來）。（選自銅仁中考）Among

all

the

school

subjects,

English

is

my

favourite.在學(xué)校的所有科目中，英語是我最喜歡的。典例1

(青島中考)The

high-speed

train

___

Qingdao

and

Beijing

travels

faster

now.

The

train

ride

takes

only

about

three

hours.DA.from

B.among

C.in

D.between【解析】句意：現(xiàn)在青島與北京之間的高鐵行駛得更快了，火車行程僅花費大約三個小時。between...and...意為"在……和……之間"，故選D。&4&

everyday

adj.每天的,

日常的&5&

everyday與every

dayeveryday形容詞意為"每天的，日常的"，相當(dāng)于daily，只用在名詞前作定語every

day副詞短語意為"每天"，在句中作狀語It

is

necessary

for

us

to

learn

everyday

English

every

day.每天學(xué)習(xí)日常英語對我們來說有必要。教材語境

English

is

now

used

by

nearly

a

quarter

of

the

world's

population,

and

anywhere

you

go

in

the

world，there

is

a

good

chance

that

you

will

meet

someone

who

speaks

English.

目前全世界約四分之一的人口都在使用英語，無論你去世界的哪個地方，都很有可能會遇到說英語的人。（教材P58）&6&

quarter/?kw??t?/

n.四分之一

&7&

&8&

quarter在此相當(dāng)于fourth。a

quarter/one

fourth"四分之一"；three

quarters/three

fourths"四分之三"。特別提醒當(dāng)"分?jǐn)?shù)+of+名詞"作主語時，謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)一般要與名詞的數(shù)保持一致。若名詞為可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式；若名詞為不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。A

quarter

of

the

students

in

our

class

are

from

the

country.

我們班四分之一的學(xué)生來自農(nóng)村。About

three

quarters

of

the

earth

is

covered

by

water.

地球（表面）約四分之三被水覆蓋。&9&

quarter作名詞，還可表示"十五分鐘，一刻鐘"。At

a

quarter

past

seven

last

night,

I

was

watching

a

documentary

about

space.

昨晚七點一刻，我正在看一部關(guān)于太空的紀(jì)錄片。（選自寧波中考）&10&

population

n.（地區(qū)、國家等的）人口，人口數(shù)量&11&

population多與定冠詞the連用，作主語時，謂語動詞常用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。表示人口的多與少時要用large、big或small修飾。The

population

of

the

world

continues

to

increase,

but

in

some

areas

the

population

is

falling.

世界人口持續(xù)增長，但在一些地區(qū)，人口在下降。Thecity

has

the

biggest

population

in

ourprovince.這個城市是我們省人口最多的城市。&12&

（1）對人口多少進行提問時常用"What's

the

population

of...?"。—What

is

the

population

of

Guizhou?

貴州的人口有多少？—It

has

more

than

thirty-eight

million

people.

3

800多萬。（選自黔東南州中考）（2）表示某地有多少人口時，常用"某地+has

a

population

of..."，相當(dāng)于"the

population

of+某地+is..."。Cambridge

is

on

the

River

Cam

and

has

a

population

of

about

150,000.

劍橋在康河河畔，有大約15萬人口。&13&

There

is

a

good

chance

that...很有可能……There

is

a

good

chance

that

he'll

be

back

in

time.他及時趕回來的希望很大。教材語境

The

reason

why

English

is

spoken

everywhere

is

that

in

the

nineteenth

century,

English

became

the

language

of

world

trade.

各地都說英語的原因是，在19世紀(jì)，英語成了世界貿(mào)易用語。（教材P58）&14&

The

reason

why...is

that...

……的原因是……&15&

該句型中why引導(dǎo)定語從句，that引導(dǎo)表語從句，that不可省略。The

reason

why

he

is

absent

today

is

that

he

is

ill.他今天缺席的原因是他生病了。教材語境

Will

the

importance

of

English

last？英語的重要性會持續(xù)嗎？

（教材P58）&16&

importance

n.

重要性&17&

importance作不可數(shù)名詞，the

importance

of...意為"……的重要性"。其形容詞形式為important"重要的；重大的"。It's

necessary

for

students

to

know

the

importance

of

studying.對學(xué)生來說，知道學(xué)習(xí)的重要性是必要的。It's

important

for

us

to

learn

English

well.對我們來說，學(xué)好英語很有必要。教材語境

More

and

more

schools

in

Europe

are

teaching

Chinese

as

a

foreign

language,

together

with

some

European

languages.

越來越多的歐洲學(xué)校在教一些歐洲（國家的）語言的同時，也教授漢語這門外語。（教材P58）&18&

together

with與……一起；和；連同&19&

together

with為短語介詞，后跟名詞（短語）或代詞作賓語。當(dāng)"名詞/代詞+together

with+名詞/代詞"作主語時，謂語動詞要與together

with前面的名詞/代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。Jim

sent

me

some

books,

together

with

a

schoolbag.

吉姆寄給我一些書，連同一個書包。Tom,

together

with

his

friends,

often

goes

to

the

old

people's

home

to

cheer

the

old

up.

湯姆經(jīng)常和他的朋友們一起去養(yǎng)老院幫助老人高興起來。&20&

與together

with用法類似的詞或短語還有：with（和）；as

well

as（和）；along

with（與……一起）；rather

than（而不是）；except（除……之外）等。His

parents

as

well

as

Tom

are

going

to

the

cinema

tonight.湯姆和他的父母今晚都要去看電影。教材語境

The

answer

is

everyone

who

speaks

it

—

the

British,

the

Indians

and

the

Chinese

all

help

make

it

a

rich

language.

答案就是每一個說英語的人——英國人、印度人和中國人共同將它（英語）變成了一門豐富的語言。（教材P58）&21&

Indian/??ndi?n/

n.印度人

adj.印度的；印度文化的&22&

Indian在此作名詞，意為"印度人"，其復(fù)數(shù)形式為Indians。Indian還可作形容詞，意為"印度的；印度文化的"。I

heard

three

Indians

were

coming

to

our

school.

我聽說有三個印度人要來我們學(xué)校。（作名詞）He

has

an

Indian

friend.

他有一個印度朋友。（作形容詞）教材語境

Even

though

we

speak

different

types

of

English,

we

are

all

part

of

an

international

club.

雖然我們說不同類型的英語，但我們都是國際俱樂部的一員。（教材P58）&23&

even

though（不能用although代替）盡管，即使；縱然&24&

&25&

even

though用于引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，可位于句首或句中，相當(dāng)于even

if。He

went

out

even

though

it

was

raining.盡管在下雨，他還是出去了。Even

though

he

was