必修五 Module 1 British and American English語言點用法過關(guān)語言點用法過關(guān)1.confusing adj.令人困惑的;混亂的教材原句教材原句 Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning,which can be confusing.有時同一個單詞在意義上有細微的差別,這讓人感到很困惑。 語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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.單句改錯單句改錯What she referred to was so confused that they could hardly make any sense of it. confusedconfusingWhen she returned home, Rose found her computer had been removed and she was very confusing. confusingconfused句式升級句式升級I was confused by such a confusing problem,so I turned to him for help.(用過去分詞短語作狀語改寫句子)Confused by such a confusing problem,I turned to him for help.用法點撥用法點撥(1)confuse A with/and B把A與B混淆(2)confused adj.(人)糊涂的;困惑的be confused about sth. 對感到困惑(3)confusing adj.(事/物)令人困惑的【聯(lián)想】【聯(lián)想】“以-ing和-ed結(jié)尾的形容詞”:encouraging令人鼓舞的encouraged受到鼓舞的astonishing令人驚訝的astonished驚訝的terrifying令人恐懼的terrified感到恐懼的satisfying令人滿意的satisfied感到滿意的pare v.對比;對照教材原句教材原句Prepositions,too,can be different: compare on the team,on the weekend(American)with in the team,at the weekend(British).介詞也不相同,比較一下(美國英語中的)on the team,on the weekend和(英國英語中的)in the team,at the weekend。語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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. 用法點撥用法點撥(1)compare A with B拿A和B比較compare A to B把A比作Bcompared with/to和相比compare notes 交換意見;對筆記(2)comparison n.比較,對比beyond/without compare無與倫比in comparison with和相比3.differ vi.不同;區(qū)別;相異教材原句教材原句The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pro-nunciation.這兩種英語另外兩個不同的方面是拼寫和發(fā)音。 語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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.單句改錯單句改錯The language used in advertisements differs in that used in laws.infromThe life style of people in Zhejiang is somewhat different that in Beijing.different后加后加from用法點撥用法點撥(1)differ from(=be different from)與不同differ in(=be different in)在方面不同differ with sb. on/about/over sth. 與某人在某事上意見不同(2)different adj.不同的;有差別的be different from 與不同(3)difference n.區(qū)別;差異tell the difference between A and B辨別A和B之間的不同4.present adj.現(xiàn)在的;目前的;出席到場的 n.禮物 vt.提交;頒發(fā);展現(xiàn);介紹教材原句教材原句Present your ideas to the rest of the class.把你的觀點介紹給班里其余的同學。 語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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.完成句子完成句子這對老夫婦向?qū)W院贈送了一筆款項以紀念他們的女兒。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)用法點撥用法點撥(1)present adj.現(xiàn)在的;目前的;出席到場的at present 目前;現(xiàn)在for the present=for the time being 目前;暫且the present situation 目前的形勢be present at 出席in one s presence 某人在場的時候;當著某人的面(2)present vt.提交;頒發(fā);展現(xiàn);介紹present sth. to sb.=present sb. with sth.給某人頒發(fā)某物present one s opinion 提出觀點(3)present n.禮物a birthday present 一份生日禮物【點津【點津】present作前置定語時,意為“目前的”;作后置定語時,意為“出席的,在場的”。present作名詞時,是可數(shù)名詞,意為“禮物”。5.attempt v.試圖;嘗試 n.嘗試;努力教材原句教材原句Can you see any similarities between Webster s work and attempts to sim-plify Chinese?你能夠看出韋伯斯特的工作和為簡化漢語所做的嘗試之間的共同點嗎?語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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.句型轉(zhuǎn)換句型轉(zhuǎn)換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.用法點撥用法點撥(1)attempt to do sth. 嘗試做某事,試圖做某事(2)make an attempt to do/at doing sth.試圖做某事in an attempt to do sth. 試圖做某事at one s first attempt在某人第一次嘗試時(3)attempted murder謀殺未遂try指努力或試圖做某事,但并不知道結(jié)果成功與否,可接不定式或動名詞attempt指嘗試或企圖做某事,雖然付出了很大努力,但不一定成功,后接名詞、不定式manage指成功地做成某事,尤指困難的事,manage to do sth. 相當于succeed in doing sth. 【辨析【辨析】1.have.in common 方面相同教材原句教材原句We have really everything in common with America nowadays,except of course,language.當然除了語言外,我們現(xiàn)在擁有的一切真的和美國的一樣了。 語境應用語境應用完成句子完成句子To my surprise, I found I had a lot in common with the stranger the first time I met him.令我驚訝的是,第一次見面我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己和這個陌生人有很多相同之處。Anyone with common sense is able to make the appropriate decision and do whatever suits the occasion best.任何一個有常識的人都會做出合適的決定,做任何最適合該場合的事情。We must admit the fact that people from different cultures have more in common than we usually realize.我們必須承認一個事實,來自不同文化的人之間的共同的(東西)要比我們通常意識到的還多。用法點撥用法點撥have everything in common一切相同,完全一樣have nothing in common完全不同,一點也不一樣have a lot/much in common有很多共同之處have little in common沒有多少共同之處common sense常識common disease常見病common practice 慣例,一般做法2.make a difference 有影響;起作用教材原句教材原句It doesn t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.老師說英式英語還是美式英語不會產(chǎn)生很大影響。語境應用語境應用完成句子完成句子We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to the youth.我們努力去創(chuàng)造真正能給年輕人帶來影響的工作實踐機會。It makes no difference to him whether you stay here or go to Hong Kong.你是待在這里還是去香港,對他來說沒有影響。Can you tell the difference between the words “require” and “re-quest”?你能分清“require”和“request”這兩個單詞之間的區(qū)別嗎?It doesn t make any difference if you are late to my party. I just want you to come.聚會來晚了一點關(guān)系也沒有,我就是想讓你來。 用法點撥用法點撥make a difference 有影響;起作用make no difference 沒有影響make some/much difference有些/大有影響tell the difference between 辨別之間的差異be different from 與.不同;不同于1.have difficulty doing sth. 教材原句教材原句A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.倫敦人要聽懂來自格拉斯哥的蘇格蘭人說話比聽懂紐約人說話更難。 語境應用語境應用單句填空單句填空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. 用法點撥用法點撥做某事有困難have difficulty(in)doing sth.havetrouble(in)doing sth.have a hard time(in)doing sth.