外研社必修五module1 Introduction and reading.ppt

 the Differences in Grammar the Differences in Spelling and Pronunciation Organization of the text How many main varieties of Chinese are there? In what ways are they different? Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other? What will happen to Chinese in the future? Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British and American English in the 4 ways. (vocabulary, grammar, spelling and pronunciation) II. 根据括号内的提示翻译下列句子。 我宁愿去看电影也不愿呆在家里(prefer to) 2. 你简直无法想象那个女人抚养她的孩子是多么困难。(have difficulty in doing sth.) I prefer to go to the movies rather than stay at home. You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had (in) bringing up her children. 3. 孩子们，来排好队，让我们进戏院吧。 (queue up) 4. 要是把他俩的工作比较一下，你就会发 现她做得要好得多。(compare) Come and queue up, children. Let’s go to the theater. If you compare her work with his / If you compare their work, you’ll find hers is much better. 5. 他们的房子和我们的差不多，只是我 们的花园大一些。(be similar to) 6. 客人离开后， 她花了尽可能多的时间 打扫房间。(as much ... as) Their house is similar to ours, but ours has a bigger garden. After the guests left, she spent as much time as she could cleaning the rooms. 7. 爱迪生问他的父亲为什么母鸡能下 蛋，而他却不能。(while) 8. 毫无疑问，过量的工作和过少的休息 常常会引起疾病。(lead to) Edison asked his father why hens could lay eggs while he couldn’t. There is no doubt that too much work and too little rest often lead to illness. 9. 乘坐公交车在北京旅行很方便。(get around) 10. 所有证据表明， 最近几年这个问题已 得到改善。(suggest) Getting around by bus is convenient in Beijing. All the evidence suggests that the problem has improved in recent years. It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English. make a/no/some/much difference (to sb./sth.) 对（某人/某事）有（没有，有一些，很大）影响 Language points It does make a difference to us whether we can speak English fluently. 我们能否流利地说英语的确对我们有影响。 It won’t make much difference whether she comes or not. 她来不来没有太大影响。It makes no difference wh