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d each other and what we can do for each other. Step 2 Dictation The main distinction between earlyand late modern English is vocabulary. Pronunciation, grammar, and spelling are largely the same, but LateModern English has more words. These words are the result of two historical factors. The first is the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the technological society. The second was the British Empire. At its height, Britain ruled one quarter of the earth’s surface, and English adopted many foreign words and made them its own. Also, the rise of the British Empire and the growth of global trade served not only to introduce English to the world, but to introduce words into English. Step 3 Language points study 1. How did these differences e about ? e about : happen/take place e up across off out appear above the soil。 rise。 be going to happen soon meet sb or find sth by chance。 fall off (the sun, the moon, stars)appear 。 published。 they ______________(熬夜 )making the design. Stay away from have stayed up 3. British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words. And as a result, they have different words. (1) Strong and healthy as we are, we’ll ______________________( 最終會(huì)有身體殘缺 )when we are old. end up with a disability (2) If you continue to steal, you’ll_________________(終歸得進(jìn)監(jiān)獄 ). end up in prison (3)At first, he refused to accept any responsibility, but he ______________________ (到頭來還是到了歉 ). ended up apologizing (4) If he carries on driving like this, he’ll _____________(死于非命 ). end up dead 3. Most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other. have difficulty trouble (in) doing sth a problem problems have difficulty/difficulties with sth There is difficulty (in) doing sth are difficulties with sth. do sth with (without) difficulty 我英語懂得不多,費(fèi)了好大勁才把自己的觀 點(diǎn)向這位英國客人解釋清