高一英語
Unit 2 English around the world
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（一） 必會詞
1．動詞：command, communicate, exchange, howl, leave, mean, pronounce, publish, repeat, request, spell, stay, tidy,
2．名詞：answer, bathroom, closet, cookbook, expression, fall, flight, government, ketchup, knowledge, landlady, majority, movement, object, organization, peg, pizza, president, service, signal, situation, speech, stand, tornado, total, towel, tourism, trade, typhoon,
3．形容詞、副詞：direct, equal, global, independent, native, widely/wide, international,
4．其他：as(prep.) , another, while, however, over,
（二） 必會短語、結構
for the first time, now then, have a good flight, all the way, make oneself at home,
forget to do/forget doing, on one’s way, got it, a bit, all around the world, more than,
in total, mother tongue, a number of/the number of, of one’s own, foreign language,
second language, except for, develop into, working language, on/over the radio,
through the Internet, have a good knowledge of, the English language, as well as,
in the future/in future, on the phone, take one’s shoes off, stand still, leave the door open,
turn down the radio, make much noise, stay up late, know about/know of/know, come about,
at first, for a long time, stay the same, in the same way, just as, at the same time, end up with, make…different from…, more or less, most of the time, have difficulty in doing,
over the centuries, bring in, a great many, give a description of…, replace…with…,
for example/such as
（三） 經典范句
1. What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom?
2. ---Could I use your bathroom? ---Why, of course.
3. If you’ll excuse me now.
4. Is there anything that isn’t clear to you?
5. Harry, bring these two pizzas to Thompson on Broad Street, number 12.
6. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.
7. In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, except for those in Hong Kong, where many people speak English as a first or a second language.
8. In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.
9. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English.
10. With so many people communicating in English every day, it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
11. The English language is also used by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in international trade and tourism.
12. In the future we will be speaking Chinese with our family, but we will be exchanging in English with people around the world for our work.
13. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed.
14. In the same way Americans still use the expression “I guess” (meaning “I think”), just as the British did 300 years ago.
15. At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words.
16. That’s why the words colour, centre and traveler are spelt color, center and traveler in American English.