北师大版高中英语选修七Unit-19《Language》

Unit19Language功能PoliterequestsShowingsympathy句型1.Thereisnopoint(in)doing...2....beingabletospeakmorethanonelanguage,includingEnglish,ishowyoustandoutandgetahead.3.Regardlessofthesedifferences,expertsagreethat...4.Toputitsimply,ifyouwanttobeasuccessinthebusinessworld...5....thereisadiscountprovidedthatIpayinadvance.6....itishopedthatGeorgewillpassonhisgenestoanewgeneration.语法NounClauses名词性从句ImpersonalReportStructures非人称转述结构写作Aformalletter一封正式信件考点定语从句(2012江苏高考,22)同位语从句(2012江苏高考,27)动名词(2011四川高考,2)(2011上海高考,27)不定式作目的状语(2011四川高考,11)(2011重庆高考,29)动词negotiate(2011湖北高考,27)while表“虽然”的用法(2011陕西高考,19)强调句(2011四川高考,15)(2011湖南高考,35)名词性从句(2012山东高考,25)(2011江西高考,26)(2011山东高考,33)(2011安徽高考,33)(2011北京高考,31)(2011四川高考,10)(2011重庆高考,34)(2011陕西高考,15)副词thankfully(2011安徽高考,31)名词(2011江苏高考,27)众所周知,英语是全世界的通用语言。在我们的感觉中,美国人当然讲英语,可事实上,在美国,不同的地方有不同的语言……读完下文,你会大为惊讶!LanguagesintheUnitedStatesNotsinceWorldWarⅡhavesomanyAmericansspokenaforeignlanguageathome.Today,oneinsevenU.S.residentsspeaksalanguageotherthanEnglish.Spanishistheleadingtongue,spokenby17millionAmericans.Alltold,31.8millionAmericanresidentsspeak329foreignlanguagesintheirhouseholds.Thisrepresentsanincreaseof34%inforeignlanguageusagesince1980.Asianlanguagesaccountfor14%offoreignlanguagespeakers,reflectingthenewwaveofimmigration.Europeanlanguageshavedeclinedthemost,asthedescendantsoftheoldimmigrantsabandonsuchlanguagesasGerman,Yiddish,Polish,andItalian.Thislistrepresentsthe20mostcommonforeignlanguagesinuseinthehomeandstateswiththehighestpercentageofspeakers.Spanish7339172NewMexicoFrench1702176MaineGerman1547099NorthDakotaItalian1308648NewYorkChinese1249213HawaiiTagalog843251HawaiiPolish723483IllinoisKorean626478HawaiiVietnamese507069CaliforniaPortuguese429860RhodeIslandJapanese427657HawaiiGreek388260MassachusettsArabic355150MichiganHindi331484NewJerseyRussian241798NewYorkYiddish213064NewYorkThai/Lao206266CaliforniaPersian201865CaliforniaCreole187658CaliforniaArmenian149694CaliforniaOtherlanguagesspokenbymorethan100000Americanresidentsandthestatesinwhichtheyarechieflyusedare:Navajo(NewMexico),Hungarian(NewJersey),Hebrew(NewYork),Dutch(Utah),Mon-Khmer(RhodeIsland),andGujarathi(NewJersey)Onthenextpartarethefourstatesthathavethemostandthefewestforeignlanguagespeakersinthehome.MostForeignSpeakersFewestForeignSpeakersNewMexico35.5%Kentucky2.5%Texas25.4%Arkansas2.8%Hawaii24.8%Alabama2.9%NewYork23.3%Tennessee2.9%诱思探究Questions:1.Thisarticleismainlyabout.A.speakingEnglishB.thelanguagesspokenintheUnitedStatesC.whysomanyAmericansspeakforeignlanguagesD.Americaisameltingpot答案：B2.Whichquestionisansweredinthepassage?A.HowmanypeopleinHawaiispeakKorean?B.Whichstatehasthemostforeignlanguagespeakersinthehome?C.HowmanypeopleinCaliforniaspeakEnglishonly?D.WhydothedescendantsoftheoldimmigrantsabandonEuropeanlanguages?答案：B3.Whatisthemeaningof“Alltold”inthefirstparagraph?A.Altogether.B.Aboveall.C.Atall.D.Afterall.答案：AⅠ.词汇拓展1.n.流利度;流畅度→adj.流畅的;流利的答案:fluency;fluent2.n.精确度;准确度→adj.准确的;精确的答案:accuracy;accurate3.adj.感谢的;为……感到高兴的→vt.感谢;感激答案:thankful;thank4.vt.折叠;交叉→vt.打开(折叠的反义词)答案:fold;unfold5.n.缺席;缺乏→adj.缺席的;不在的答案:absence;absent6.vt.环绕;围绕→adj.周围的→n.周围的环境答案:surround;surrounding;surroundings7.n.通告;宣告→vt.通告;宣告答案:announcement;announce8.vt.祝贺→n.祝贺答案:congratulate;congratulation9.adj.无意识的;不知不觉的→adj.有意识的;有知觉的答案:unconscious;conscious10.n.赞成;赞许;批准→vt./vi.赞成;批准答案:approval;approve11.vt.协商;谈判→n.协商;谈判答案:negotiate;negotiation12.n.女乘务员→n.男乘务员答案:stewardess;steward13.n.规则→adj.有规律的;规则的答案:regulation;regulate14.vt.使窘迫→adj.尴尬的;窘迫的→adj.令人尴尬的答案:embarrass;embarrassed;embarrassingⅡ.短语互译1.在……不在/缺席时答案:intheabsenceof2.被……环绕着答案:besurroundedby/with3.(调节)使适应答案:adjustoneselfto4.通知某人某事答案:informsb.ofsth.5.学会答案:catchon6.许久;很长时间答案:forages7.congratulatesb.on(doing)...答案:因某事向某人祝贺8.onpurpose答案:故意地9.ontheotherhand答案:另一方面10.approveof答案:赞成;支持11.providedthat答案:如果;条件是12.Ibet答案:我肯定Ⅲ.重点句型1.如果你已看了母语新闻,那么再读英语新闻就没意义了。There􀆳sinEnglishifyou􀆳vealreadywatcheditinyourownlanguage.答案:nopointreadingthenews2.当今世界上,能够说多种语言,包括英语,是你脱颖而出并且领先的一种方式。Intoday􀆳sworld,morethanonelanguage,includingEnglish,ishowyouandgetahead.答案:beingabletospeak;standout3.另一方面,你也可以通过摇头轻松地表达你不喜欢的东西。,youcanalsoeasilyshowyoudon􀆳tlikebyshakingyourhead.答案:Ontheotherhand;what4.尽管存在着这些不同,世界各地的专家们却认为有一种身体语言得到普遍的认同,那就是微笑。thesedifferences,expertsagreethatacrosstheglobethereisoneformofbodylanguagethat—thesmile.答案:Regardlessof;receivesuniversalapproval5.简单地说,如果你想在商界取得成功,就需要有较高水平的英语能力。,ifyouwanttobeinthebusinessworld,youneedahighlevelofEnglishcompetence.答案:Toputitsimply,asuccess6.……假若我提前付款,有一个折扣。...thereisadiscountIpay.答案:providedthat,inadvance7.……希望乔治会把基因传递给新的一代。...thatGeorgewillhisgenesanewgeneration.答案:itishoped;passon;toSectionⅠWarm-up&Lesson1LanguageLearning阅读Lesson1,回答下列问题1.WhenwasitforetoldthatEnglishwouldcoverthewholeworld?答案：Inthe1700s2.Whyareteachersencouragedtocreatearichlanguageenvironmentintheclassroom?答案：BecausethestudentscangetanadequateamountofinputinEnglish.3.Whatmaterialsshouldtheteachergivetothestudents?答案：Thematerialsmustbeofthehighestquality.4.Whyisitimportanttostudywithyourclassmates?答案：T