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【正文】 難。 8American English has changed over the centuries. over [用法 ]在 ...期間 [舉例 ]My grandchildren will stay over Christmas. 我的孫兒孫女們圣誕節(jié)期間將呆在這兒。 9They started to use English,but they also brought in some words from their own language. bring in [用法 ]產(chǎn)生 (利潤、進息、收入 )。進口 。引進 [舉例 ]In America,pop singers may bring in millions of dollars each year. 在美國 ,流行歌手每年可以有數(shù)百萬的收入 . When we bring in new technology,we also bring in new ideas. 我們在引進新技術的同時 ,同樣引入了新的觀念 . 10There are a great many American Indian words. a great many [用法 ]also a good many ,意為很多 ,和復數(shù)名詞連用 [舉例 ]There are a good many people in the hall. 大廳里有很多人。 4workbook 1Hi,long time no see. [用法 ]好久不見了 .口語用法 . 2It s been nice talking to . [用法 ]also It’ s nice talking to you or It’ s nice to talk to you [注意 ]前者多見于分手時使用 .后者見面也可以使用 . 3She told him to shut up. shut up [用法 ]】 (使 )住口 [舉例 ]Will you children shut up?! I can t concentrate on my work. 孩子們可以請你們閉嘴嗎 ?我沒法子專心工作。 Can’ t you shut your friend up? 你不能叫你朋友閉嘴嗎 ? 4He told me to move my chair a little bit closer to his bed. a little bit [用法 ]有點 。有幾分 [舉例 ]You’ d better speak a little bit slowly so that you can make yourself understood. 你最好說慢點 ,這樣別人可以聽懂你的意思 . 5He has married a Chinese girl. marry [用法 ]vt. 娶 。嫁 ,和 ...結(jié)婚 vi. 結(jié)婚 [舉例 ]He is going to marry Jane. 他將與簡結(jié)婚。 He didn39。t’ t marry until he was fifty. 他直到五十歲才結(jié)婚。 [注意 ]和某人結(jié)婚多長時間了 ,即表示狀態(tài)要用 be married (to) 詢問對方結(jié)婚了沒有 ,常用 Are you married?(當然 ,類似問題涉及隱私 ,慎用 !) 6I wish we could see each other more often,but that s too difficult. wish [用法 ]wish后面的從句應使用虛擬語氣 ,其構(gòu)成取決于時間 [舉例 ]I wish (that) I had never met her. 我要是沒遇見過她就好了。 (對過去而言 ) I wish (that) I were/was younger. 我真希望能年輕一些。 (對現(xiàn)在而言 ) 7Not only did Xiaohua learn a lot of English from her Canadian teacher,she also became very interested in Canadian. not only...but also... [用法 ]not only...but also...在連接句子時 ,not only后面的句子要使用倒裝結(jié)構(gòu) . 另外 ,but also有時僅用 but或 also或but...too或 but...also或 but...as well [注意 ]連接主語時 ,動詞的數(shù)采用鄰近原則 . 8I try to read as many books as I can find about Canadian. as many as [用法 ]和 ...一樣多 (復數(shù)相關 ) [舉例 ]You may take as many as you want. 你要多少就可拿多少。 9Write a letter in the name of Wang Ning to Mr Smith,who works for the newspaper 21st Century. In the name of [ 用法 ] 以 ... 的 名 義 [舉例 ]Stop doing that, in the name of God! 看在上帝的分上 ,別干了 ! Exercises ? 1． ______English is more or less the same in Both Britain and America. A. Speaking B. Writing C. Speak D. Written ? 2． How did the differences e______? A. at B. to C. in D. about ? 3． The English______ in America changed sometimes. A. speaks B. spoken C. is spoken D. is speaking Answers: DDB ? 3 ． Chinese is our______ language. The sentence means Chinese is our_____ tongue. A. native。 mother B. mother。 native C. native。 native D. mother。 mother ? 4． His position is excellent, _______some spelling mistakes. A. except B. except for C. besides D. but ? 5 ． Sound travels in the same way as light_______. A. does B. do C. travel D. travelled Answer: ABA