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m Italian, and “tofu” from Chinese. 4. Will the importance of English last? As China continues to grow, many people think that Chinese will bee as mon as English by the middle of the twentyfirst century. More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as a foreign language, together with? some European languages. However, most people still think that English will be used most around the world, at least for the next twenty or thirty years. 5. So who owns English? The answer is everyone who speaks it—the British, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a rich language. Even though we speak different types of English, we are all part of an international club. We all own English. 知識(shí)點(diǎn) 1 quarter /39。 考向一 quarter意為“四分之一”, three quarters意為“四分之三”,分別與 one fourth和three fourths同義。當(dāng)分子大于 1時(shí),分母要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。 考向二 “ a/one quarter of+名詞”作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的形式應(yīng)根據(jù) of后面的名詞的形式而定。 eg: Only a quarter of the water is drinkable. 只有四分之一的水可飲用。 魔法記憶 分?jǐn)?shù)表達(dá)法:英語(yǔ)分?jǐn)?shù)很好記, “母序子基 ” 四個(gè)字;分子若是 大于一,分母還須加 s。分?jǐn)?shù)的表達(dá)方式:分子用基數(shù)詞,分母用序數(shù)詞,分子大于 1時(shí),分母用復(fù)數(shù)。 three quarters意為“四分之三”,與 three fourths同義,故選 A。le??n/ n. 人口;人口數(shù)量 eg: The whole world’s population is increasing faster and faster. 全世界的人口增長(zhǎng)得越來(lái)越快。 eg: What is the population of Canada? 加拿大的人口是多少? 考向一 考向二 表示人口的多或少不用 much或 little,而用large或 small。 【 點(diǎn)撥 】 表示人口數(shù)量的多或少用 large或者 small,這是習(xí)慣用法。 B 考向三 population常與定冠詞 the連用,作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞常用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。s population was about 1,700 million. 在二十世紀(jì)初,全世界的人口大約是十七億。 eg: About seventy percent of the population in China are 。 eg: China has a population of about billion. = There is a population of about billion in China. 中國(guó)大約有十三億人口。 當(dāng) together with/with/along with連接名詞或代詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí),即在結(jié)構(gòu)“ A+ together with/with/along with+ B”中,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式要根據(jù) A來(lái)確定。 —What are you going to do this weekend? —I together with my classmates ________ going to climb Mount Qian. (咸寧 ) A. is B. am C. are D. were 典例 B 【 點(diǎn)撥 】 此題用 主謂一致法 解答。 3 Match the ideas with the paragraphs. a)Chinese may b