Module3 unit2 language
Welcome
1. in a broad sense从广义上讲
2. transmit information传播信息
3. various forms of language语言的各种形式
4. stand for a beaming smile代表灿烂的微笑
5. all over the world/ throughout the world全世界
6. fly in circles 绕圈飞行
7. inform sb of/ about sth.通知某人某事
keep sb informed of sth使某人被通知
8. including sth/ sth included包括某事
9. share sth with sb与某人分享某物
10. make a special Internet language构成一种特殊的因特网语言
11. have some effective methods for studying the English language
有一些学习英语的特殊方法
Reading
1. throughout history贯穿历史；throughout the world/ all over the world
2. be made up of/consist of由…组成
3. a language with some confusing rules 一种带有令人迷惑规则的语言
4. bring sth with sb to sp将某物待在身边带到某地
5. at the end of the 9th Century 在九世纪晚期
6. a language called Celtic一种叫做凯尔特的语言
7. be different from与……不同
8. It’s certain that… …是确定的
9. the official language of England英国官方语
10. sb find it hard to do sth觉得做某事很难
11. This is because…/ That is why…表语从句句型
12. have similar meaning in …有类似的意思
13. contribute to / result in/ lead to/cause the development of……导致……的发展
14. sb take control of控制
15. sb lose control of失去控制
16. be replaced by/ with；设备sb take the place of sb 被…代替
17. despite the fact/ in spite of the fact尽管事实如此
18. have an impact on(the English language)对…巨大冲击
19. at this point在此期间
20. raise animals 饲养动物
21. the upper/lower class上(下)层阶级
22. common people普通人（地位相对低的）
23. by the latter half of the 24th century到24世纪下半叶
24. be adopted by被…采用
25. one’s mother tongue/ one’s native language母语
26. undergo huge changes(underwent, undergone)经历巨大变化/ undergo treatment接受治疗
27. continue doing/ continue to do sth继续做某事
28. a sequence of events一系列事件
29. relate… to…与…相关
30. official occasions官方正式场合
31. modern English/life/science and technology现代英语/生活/科技
32. make a promise; keep /break one’s promise做许诺；遵守诺言/食言
33. promise to do sth许诺做某事
34. a promising boy一个有前途的男孩
35. disagree with what =everything that =all that sb say
1.The English language is made up of/consists of the rules and vocabulary each group of people brought to Britain with them.
英语是由每个进入不列颠的人群所说语言中的规则和词汇构成的。
2.They brought with them their languages, which also mixed with Anglo-Saxon.
他们带来了自己的语言，与盎格鲁萨克森语混合起来
3.The language they created is what we now call Old English.
他们创造的语言就是我们现在所说的古英语。
4.Middle English is the name given to the English used from around the 12th to the 16th century.中古英语这个名词是指大约12世纪至16世纪期间所使用的英语
5.However, the Norman conquest did not have the same result that the Germanic invasion had had about 600 years earlier.
然而，诺曼征服并没有给英语带来大约600年前日耳曼入侵所带来的相同后果。
6.The question of English will continue changing in the future is easy to answer.
英语在未来是否会继续变化这个问题其实很容易回答
7.Where a person comes from will affect their style of speech.
一个人来自哪里会影响他们说话的风格
8.There are many different dialects of English depending on where people live.
根据人们居住的地方（的不同）有许多不同英语方言。
9. We sometimes find it hard to decide which words or phrases to use
我们有时发现很难决定用何词和短语。
10.This is where I disagree.
This is what I disagree to.这就是我不赞同的地方。
Word power & Grammar & Task
1. spoken English/written English口语、书面语
2. a large amount of / a great deal of+不可数n
3. a large number of/ a great(good) many+可数n复
4. a large quantity of/plenty of+可数/不可数n
5. sort out=arrange安排
6. discard=throw away丢弃
7. I regret to inform you我遗憾地通知你
8. in addition=plus除此之外
9. have a word with=speak to与某人谈话
10. have words with sb与某人吵架
11. take sth into consideration考虑某事
12. five permanent members of the UN Security Council五个联合国安理会常任理事国
13. take action/measures to do sth采取行动做某事
14. set high standards for设一个标准
15. below standard在标准以下
16. up to the required standard超过被要求的标准
17. make a decision做决定
18. at one time曾经（at times 有时候）
19. at a time一次
20. keep … pure使…纯化
21. due to/because of/thanks to/ as a result of/owing to由于
22. ban sb from doing sth阻止某人做某事
23. easily accessed television programs容易接受的电视节目have access to
24. get along/on with sb与某人相处
25. There is no need to do sth没有必要做某事
26. waste time doing sth浪费时间做某事
27. It’s a waste of time to do/doing sth
28. shorten the distance缩短距离
29. embarrass sb into doing sth做某事使某人尴尬
30. refuse to accept an idea拒绝接受一个主意
31. from across the world从全世界
32. adopt one’s suggestion/a new teaching method
采纳某人的建议/一种新的教学方法
project
1. A differ greatly from B in size and shape
A与B 在尺寸及形状方面大大不同
2. the very first Chinese characters真正第一批简体中文
3. change over time随着时间改变
4. as a whole作为整体
5. on the whole（常用于句首）
6. combine two or more elements together把两种及更多种元素结合起来
7. the symbol for a man代表人类
8. be the opposite of sth是…的相反
9. Opposite our school are two shops.（倒装句）
10. Opposite our school is a shop.
11. be highly complex非常复杂
12. reflect one’s thought反应某人的思想
13. simplified Chinese characters简体中文
14. be widely used in mainland China在中国大陆广泛使用
15. The way a written language developed can tell us just as much about a culture as the history of a spoken language.书面语发展方式表示出来的文化就像口语的历史表示出来的文化一样。
16. The Chinese language differs from many Western languages in that it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.
汉语和许多西方语言不同，区别在于汉语使用本身就有意义，可以独立成字的汉字。
17. Not all characters are used to describe objects.=
All characters are not used to describe objects.=并非所有汉字都用来描述事物的。