教材語境

In

Ghana，India

and

Singapore,

English

is

used

as

a

working

language,

for

example,

between

bosses

and

secretaries,

and

between

doctors

and

patients,

although

there

are

other

languages

for

everyday

use.在加納、印度和新加坡，人們雖然日常生活中使用其他語言，但還是把英語當(dāng)作一門工作語言來使用，例如，在老板和秘書之間，在醫(yī)生和病人之間。（教材P58）&1&

between

prep.在……（兩者）之間&2&

&3&

between與among兩者都可表示"在……之間"，但在用法上有所區(qū)別。between一般用于兩者之間（也可表示多個(gè)事物的每?jī)烧咧g），常構(gòu)成between…and…結(jié)構(gòu)，意為"在……和……之間"among一般用于三者或三者以上的對(duì)象之間，其賓語通常是表示復(fù)數(shù)概念的名詞或代詞典例1

(青島中考)The

high-speed

train

___

Qingdao

and

Beijing

travels

faster

now.

The

train

ride

takes

only

about

three

hours.D

【解析】句意：現(xiàn)在青島與北京之間的高鐵行駛得更快了，火車行程僅花費(fèi)大約三個(gè)小時(shí)。between...and...意為"在……和……之間"，故選D。&4&

everyday

adj.每天的,

日常的&5&

everyday與every

dayeveryday形容詞意為"每天的，日常的"，相當(dāng)于daily，只用在名詞前作定語every

day副詞短語意為"每天"，在句中作狀語It

is

necessary

for

us

to

learn

everyday

English

every

day.每天學(xué)習(xí)日常英語對(duì)我們來說有必要。教材語境

English

is

now

used

by

nearly

a

quarter

of

the

world's

population,

and

anywhere

you

go

in

the

world，there

is

a

good

chance

that

you

will

meet

someone

who

speaks

English.

目前全世界約四分之一的人口都在使用英語，無論你去世界的哪個(gè)地方，都很有可能會(huì)遇到說英語的人。（教材P58）&6&

quarter/?kw??t?/

n.四分之一

&7&

&8&

quarter在此相當(dāng)于fourth。a

quarter/one

fourth"四分之一"；three

quarters/three

fourths"四分之三"。特別提醒當(dāng)"分?jǐn)?shù)+of+名詞"作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)一般要與名詞的數(shù)保持一致。若名詞為可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式；若名詞為不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。A

quarter

of

the

students

in

our

class

are

from

the

country.

我們班四分之一的學(xué)生來自農(nóng)村。About

three

quarters

of

the

earth

is

covered

by

water.

地球（表面）約四分之三被水覆蓋。&9&

quarter作名詞，還可表示"十五分鐘，一刻鐘"。At

a

quarter

past

seven

last

night,

I

was

watching

a

documentary

about

space.

昨晚七點(diǎn)一刻，我正在看一部關(guān)于太空的紀(jì)錄片。（選自寧波中考）&10&

population

n.（地區(qū)、國(guó)家等的）人口，人口數(shù)量&11&

population多與定冠詞the連用，作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞常用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。表示人口的多與少時(shí)要用large、big或small修飾。The

population

of

the

world

continues

to

increase,

but

in

some

areas

the

population

is

falling.

世界人口持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)，但在一些地區(qū)，人口在下降。Thecity

has

the

biggest

population

in

ourprovince.這個(gè)城市是我們省人口最多的城市。&12&

（1）對(duì)人口多少進(jìn)行提問時(shí)常用"What's

the

population

of...?"。—What

is

the

population

of

Guizhou?

貴州的人口有多少？—It

has

more

than

thirty-eight

million

people.

3

800多萬。（選自黔東南州中考）（2）表示某地有多少人口時(shí)，常用"某地+has

a

population

of..."，相當(dāng)于"the

population

of+某地+is..."。Cambridge

is

on

the

River

Cam

and

has

a

population

of

about

150,000.

劍橋在康河河畔，有大約15萬人口。&13&

There

is

a

good

chance

that...很有可能……There

is

a

good

chance

that

he'll

be

back

in

time.他及時(shí)趕回來的希望很大。教材語境

The

reason

why

English

is

spoken

everywhere

is

that

in

the

nineteenth

century,

English

became

the

language

of

world

trade.

各地都說英語的原因是，在19世紀(jì)，英語成了世界貿(mào)易用語。（教材P58）&14&

The

reason

why...is

that...

……的原因是……&15&

該句型中why引導(dǎo)定語從句，that引導(dǎo)表語從句，that不可省略。The

reason

why

he

is

absent

today

is

that

he

is

ill.他今天缺席的原因是他生病了。教材語境

Will

the

importance

of

English

last？英語的重要性會(huì)持續(xù)嗎？

（教材P58）&16&

importance

n.

重要性&17&

importance作不可數(shù)名詞，the

importance

of...意為"……的重要性"。其形容詞形式為important"重要的；重大的"。It's

necessary

for

students

to

know

the

importance

of

studying.對(duì)學(xué)生來說，知道學(xué)習(xí)的重要性是必要的。It's

important

for

us

to

learn

English

well.對(duì)我們來說，學(xué)好英語很有必要。&18&

together

with與……一起；和；連同&19&

together

with為短語介詞，后跟名詞（短語）或代詞作賓語。當(dāng)"名詞/代詞+together

with+名詞/代詞"作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞要與together

with前面的名詞/代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。Jim

sent

me

some

books,

together

with

a

schoolbag.

吉姆寄給我一些書，連同一個(gè)書包。Tom,

together

with

his

friends,

often

goes

to

the

old

people's

home

to

cheer

the

old

up.

湯姆經(jīng)常和他的朋友們一起去養(yǎng)老院幫助老人高興起來。&20&

與together

with用法類似的詞或短語還有：with（和）；as

well

as（和）；along

with（與……一起）；rather

than（而不是）；except（除……之外）等。His

parents

as

well

as

Tom

are

going

to

the

cinema

tonight.湯姆和他的父母今晚都要去看電影。教材語境

The

answer

is

everyone

who

speaks

it

—

the

British,

the

Indians

and

the

Chinese

all

help

make

it

a

rich

language.

答案就是每一個(gè)說英語的人——英國(guó)人、印度人和中國(guó)人共同將它（英語）變成了一門豐富的語言。（教材P58）&21&

Indian/??ndi?n/

n.印度人

adj.印度的；印度文化的&22&

Indian在此作名詞，意為"印度人"，其復(fù)數(shù)形式為Indians。Indian還可作形容詞，意為"印度的；印度文化的"。教材語境

Even

though

we

speak

different

types

of

English,

we

are

all

part

of

an

international

club.

雖然我們說不同類型的英語，但我們都是國(guó)際俱樂部的一員。（教材P58）&23&

even

though（不能用although代替）盡管，即使；縱然&24&

&25&

even

though用于引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，可位于句首或句中，相當(dāng)于even

if。He

went

out

even

though

it

was

raining.盡管在下雨，他還是出去了。Even

though

he

was

ill,

he

still

stuck

to

going

to

work.

他雖然生病了，但是仍然堅(jiān)持去上班。典例2

(龍東中考)

I

will

never

forget

that

car

accident

___

it

happened

so

long

ago.C

though【解析】句意：我永遠(yuǎn)無法忘記那場(chǎng)車禍，盡管它發(fā)生在很久之前。until"直到……為止"；if"如果"；even

though"即使"。根據(jù)句意可知選C。&26&

type

/ta?p/

n.種；類；類型&27&

type在此作可數(shù)名詞，相當(dāng)