Unit3Timeschange!DevelopingIdeasLanguagepoints2課件-高中英語選擇性

P4Languagepoints2

While(Iwas)waitingoutsidethecafeteria,Ireceivedthefollowingmessagefrommyfriend:

IttookmeaminutebeforeIrealisedwhatitmeant.Thesigns(that)heusedweretosaythathe’dberunninglateandwouldbetheresoon.

Insteadofreplyingwithasimple“OK,don’trush（倉促行事，匆忙做）”,Isearchedfor(尋找，搜尋)emojisonmyphonethatwouldexpressthesamemessage:Paragraphs1-21.IttookmeaminutebeforeIrealisedwhatitmeant.beforeconj.until

到……為止；到……之前，①Itmaybemanyyearsbeforethesituationimproves.②

ItwassometimebeforeIrealizedthetruth.③

Itwillbemonthsbeforewegettheresults.這種狀況或許要過很多年才能得到改善。過了很長一段時間我才悟出真相。我們要等很長時間才能得到結(jié)果。itwas/willbe+時間段+before…

過了/要過多久才……rushsbtosp.把某人匆忙送往某地rushintosth匆忙做某事rushout沖出去rushhour高峰時間，交通擁擠時間

Thiswasmyattempttofollowthetrend(時尚，潮流)ofcommunicatingwithemojis.Emojisareusedeverywhere,fromtextmessagestoemails,blogsandothersocialmedianetworks.Withtherapiddevelopmentofsocialmedia,emojisarebecominganintegralcomponentofthelanguage(that)weusetoexpressourselves.Paragraph3

Thiswasmyattempt

tofollowthetrendofcommunicatingwithemojis.①

Thisismysecondattemptattheexam.②

Theyclosedtheroadinanattempttoreducetrafficinthecity.③

Hemadeanattempttolearntoski.attemptn.

企圖；試圖；嘗試v.試圖，嘗試attempttodosthmakeanattempttodo試圖做……inanattempttodo以試圖……

Theword“emoji”comesfromJapanese,literally

meaning“picturecharacter”.Emojisaresmallsymbols

representingideas,emotionsorfeelings.Theycomeindifferentcategories/kinds,suchasfacesandpeople,plantsandanimals,andfoodanddrink.Paragraph4

When(emojiswere)firstintroducedinJapanin1999,emojiswerelimitedto(局限于)

176simpledesigns.Nowtherearemorethan3,000emojisthatexpandupontheway

inwhichwecommunicate.Duetotheirpopularity,theOxfordDictionariesWordoftheYearin2015was,forthefirsttimeever,apictographinsteadofatraditionalword.Paragraph5theway意思為“······的方式”，作先行詞，在從句中作狀語，定語從句可用inwhich，that引導(dǎo)或者省略關(guān)系詞

Intoday’sworld,emojishavebecomemoreandmorepopular.Itseemsthatemojshaveclearadvantagesoverwrittenlanguage.Peoplelikethembecausetheyaddemotionalmeaning,andarequickandeasytouse.Infact,thisissimilartothegesturesweusewhenwespeak.Withasmilingorsadfaceaddedtoamessageorpost,yourreadercan“see”yourfacialexpressionwhile(yourreader)readingyourwords.Emojiscanalsohelppeopleexpresstheirfeelingswhentheycannotfindtheappropriatewords.Forinstance,ifyourfriendismovingacrossthecountry,youmayjustsendthemastringof

(一串，一連串，一系列)cryingfacestoexpressyoursadnessoveryourseparation.Paragraph6haveadvantagesover①Shoppingonlinehaveclearadvantagesoverphysicalstoresintermsofconvenience.②ShehasgotthejobeasilybecauseshehastheadvantagesoverothersinEnglish.

比……有優(yōu)勢Theuseofemojishasevenspreadtoclassicalliterature.ShakespeareseriesforyoungreadershastakenWilliamShakespeare’spopularplaysandreplacedsomewordswithtextspeakandemojis.Theintentionoftheseadaptationsistomaketheclassicsmoreaccessibletoyoungreaders.Somepeople,however,believethatthesenewversionshavetakenawaytheheartandsoulofShakespeare’splays.Paragraph7beaccessibleto

可進入的，可獲得的；易懂的

Aswecansee,emojishaveatendencyto(有做某事的趨勢)popupallovertheplace.Usersofemojissaythattheyfacilitatethewayinwhichwecommunicateandexpressourselves.Butthismakesothers,especiallyeducators,worrythatwearelosingtheabilitytocommunicateproperlyusingthewrittenword,oreventhespokenword.Afterall,howmanyofustodaywouldrathersendamessagepackedwithemojisthanmakeatelephonecall?Perhapspeoplewillonedaychoosetocommunicateinpictures,andforgethowtowriteproperly.Onthatday,emojiswillhavebecomearealpictorial“l(fā)anguage”.But,fornow,maybeit’sbestthatwejustenjoyusingthem.Paragraph8Afterall,howmanyofustodaywouldrathersendamessagepackedwithemojisthanmakeatelephonecall?wouldratherdo...thando...

寧可(愿)做……而不要(愿)做……①Iwouldratherstayathomethango

tothecinema.②I

would

ratherworkthan

sit

there

doing

nothing.①

Theywouldgo

forawalkintheparkratherthanstayindoorsonasunnyday.②

Hewouldstudyforthetesttonightratherthanwaituntilthelastminute.woulddo…ratherthando…1.itwas/willbe+時間段+before…2.search…(for…)3.inanattemptt