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必修五 Module 1 British and American English,语言点用法过关 1.confusing adj.令人困惑的;混乱的 教材原句 Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning,which can be confusing. 有时同一个单词在意义上有细微的差别,这让人感到很困惑。,语境应用 单句填空 At first I thought I understood what my teacher said, but the more he ex- plained, the more confused (confuse)I became. If youre confused about anything, phone my office. The heavy snow lasted for a week, causing a serious traffic confusion (confuse) in the whole area.,单句改错 What she referred to was so confused that they could hardly make any sense of it. confusedconfusing When she returned home, Rose found her computer had been removed and she was very confusing. confusingconfused,句式升级 I was confused by such a confusing problem,so I turned to him for help. (用过去分词短语作状语改写句子) Confused by such a confusing problem,I turned to him for help.,用法点拨 (1)confuse A with/and B 把A与B混淆 (2)confused adj.(人)糊涂的;困惑的 be confused about sth. 对感到困惑 (3)confusing adj.(事/物)令人困惑的,【联想】“以-ing和-ed结尾的形容词”: encouraging令人鼓舞的 encouraged受到鼓舞的 astonishing令人惊讶的 astonished惊讶的 terrifying令人恐惧的 terrified感到恐惧的 satisfying令人满意的 satisfied感到满意的,pare v.对比;对照 教材原句 Prepositions,too,can be different: compare on the team,on the weekend (American)with in the team,at the weekend(British).介词也不相同,比较一 下(美国英语中的)on the team,on the weekend和(英国英语中的)in the team,at the weekend。,语境应用 单句填空 If you compare her work with his,you ll find hers is much better. Compared (compare)to/with our small flat,Bill s house seemed like a palace. In comparison (compare)with other students,Mike is more diligent. When comparing (compare)different cultures, we often focus our atten- tion on the differences without noticing many similarities. Michael s new house is like a huge palace, compared (compare) with his old one.,用法点拨 (1)compare A with B 拿A和B比较 compare A to B 把A比作B compared with/to和相比 compare notes 交换意见;对笔记 (2)comparison n.比较,对比 beyond/without compare无与伦比 in comparison with和相比,3.differ vi.不同;区别;相异 教材原句 The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pro- nunciation.这两种英语另外两个不同的方面是拼写和发音。,语境应用 单句填空 These clothes look the same but they differ greatly in materials. People greatly differ in their views of life from each other. The two lawyers differed greatly on how to present the case.,单句改错 The language used in advertisements differs in that used in laws. infrom The life style of people in Zhejiang is somewhat different that in Beijing. different后加from,用法点拨 (1)differ from(=be different from)与不同 differ in(=be different in)在方面不同 differ with sb. on/about/over sth. 与某人在某事上意见不同 (2)different adj.不同的;有差别的 be different from 与不同 (3)difference n.区别;差异 tell the difference between A and B辨别A和B之间的不同,4.present adj.现在的;目前的;出席到场的 n.礼物 vt.提交;颁发;展现;介绍 教材原句 Present your ideas to the rest of the class.把你的观点介绍给班里其余的 同学。,语境应用 单句填空 The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception. We were present at the concert while Tom was absent from it.,完成句子 这对老夫妇向学院赠送了一笔款项以纪念他们的女儿。 The old couple presented a sum of money to the college in memory of their daughter.(present v.+to) The old couple presented the college with a sum of money in memory of their daughter.(present v.+with),用法点拨 (1)present adj.现在的;目前的;出席到场的 at present 目前;现在 for the present=for the time being 目前;暂且 the present situation 目前的形势 be present at 出席 in one s presence 某人在场的时候;当着某人的面 (2)present vt.提交;颁发;展现;介绍 present sth. to sb.=present sb. with sth.给某人颁发某物 present one s opinion 提出观点,(3)present n.礼物 a birthday present 一份生日礼物,【点津】 present作前置定语时,意为“目前的”;作后置定语时,意为“出席的,在 场的”。 present作名词时,是可数名词,意为“礼物”。,5.attempt v.试图;尝试 n.尝试;努力 教材原句 Can you see any similarities between Webster s work and attempts to sim- plify Chinese?你能够看出韦伯斯特的工作和为简化汉语所做的尝试之 间的共同点吗?,语境应用 单句填空 He was as proud as a peacock when he passed his driving test at his first attempt. I attempted to get (get)in touch with her, but failed. A man is being questioned in relation to the attempted (attempt) murder last night.,句型转换 The climbers will attempt to reach the summit again today. The climbers will make another attempt to reach the summit today. The climbers will make another attempt at reaching the summit today. The climbers will be in an attempt to reach the summit again today.,用法点拨 (1)attempt to do sth. 尝试做某事,试图做某事 (2)make an attempt to do/at doing sth.试图做某事 in an attempt to do sth. 试图做某事 at one s first attempt在某人第一次尝试时 (3)attempted murder谋杀未遂,【辨析】,1.have.in common 方面相同 教材原句 We have really everything in common with America nowadays,except of course,language.当然除了语言外,我们现在拥有的一切真的和美国的一 样了。,语境应用 完成句子 To my surprise, I found I had a lot in common with the stranger the first time I met him.令我惊讶的是,第一次见面我发现自己和这个陌生人有 很多相同之处。 Anyone with common sense is able to make the appropriate decision and do whatever suits the occasion best.任何一个有常识的人都会做出合适 的决定,做任何最适合该场合的事情。 We must admit the fact that people from different cultures have more in common than we usually realize.我们必须承认一个事实,来自不同文化的 人之间的共同的(东西)要比我们通常意识到的还多。,用法点拨 have everything in common 一切相同,完全一样 have nothing in common 完全不同,一点也不一样 have a lot/much in common有很多共同之处 have little in common没有多少共同之处 common sense常识 common disease常见病 common practice 惯例,一般做法,2.make a difference 有影响;起作用 教材原句 It doesn t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.老师说英式英语还是美式英语不会产生很大影响。,语境应用 完成句子 We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to the youth.我们努力去创造真正能给年轻人带来影响的工 作实践机会。 It makes no difference to him whether you stay here or go to Hong Kong. 你是待在这里还是去香港,对他来说没有影响。 Can you tell the difference between the words “require” and “re- quest”?你能分清“require”和“request”这两个单词之间的区别吗? It doesn t make any difference if you are late to my party. I just want you to come.聚会来晚了一点关系也没有,我就是想让你来。,用法点拨 make a difference 有影响;起作用 make no difference 没有影响 make some/much difference 有些/大有影响 tell the difference between 辨别之间的差异 be different from 与不同;不同于,1.have difficulty doing sth. 教材原句 A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰 人说话比听懂纽约人说话更难。,语境应用 单句填空 You can t imagine what difficulty we had walking (walk)home in the snowstorm. He is afraid to face the difficulty he thinks he ll have passing (pass)the driving test tomorrow;he finds it difficult to get (get)rid of the worries. Unfortunately, the young mother has trouble keeping (keep) a balance between work and family. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, Kate had a hard time passing (pass) the exam.,用法点拨 做某事有困难,
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