Words in Module 4 修选八模块四词汇教学

WordsinModule4XiongShulaninstant--instantlyadj(名词前)立刻的；马上的immediate；即食的aninstantreplyInstantcoffee/noodlesn常用复数瞬间；即刻momentIcouldn’tanswerforaninstant.Inaninstant,hetookoffhiscoatandjumpedintothewater.theinstantthat…Theinstant(Assoonas)shestoppedaskingquestions,Igotupandwentoutoftheroom.recognize—recognizable--recognition不用于进行时态认出；辨认出Thefilmstarwearssunglasses.Therefore,hecangoshoppingwithoutbeingrecognized.正式承认；认识到TheBritishrecognizedAmericaasanindependentstate.Iwassurprisedbyherwords,whichmademerecognizewhatsillymistakesIhadmade.recognize—recognizable--recognition认出；识别；承认ThetownhaschangedbeyondallrecognitionsinceIwaslasthere.Thereisgeneralrecognitionthatthestudytechniquesofmanystudentsareweak.Thereisgeneralrecognitionthat…人们普遍意识到…Ihaven’tseenSarasinceshewasalittlegirl,andshehaschangedbeyond____________(recognize).recognitionmatter事情；问题asubjectorsituationthatyoumustthinkaboutandgiveyourattentiontoapersonal/privatematterIhaveaseriousmattertotalkabout.matter/affair/eventmatter通常指客观存在的或有待处理的问题，常用于amatterof

的结构中Itisamatteroftime/money/duty/moral.Wehaveseveralimportantmatterstodealwithatournextmeeting.mattermatter/affair/eventaffair可用于描述严肃认真的公共或政治“事务”；也可描述与个人生活密切相关的“小事”foreignaffairscurrentaffairsWearefriends,butIdon’tknowmuchabouttheirprivateaffairs.event通常指“重要事件”、“大事”Theelectionwasthemaineventof2010.matter只用单数，与the连用毛病；麻烦事Whatisthematterwithyou?Thereisnothingmatterwiththemachine.常用复数事态；情况thingstomakemattersworseMattersweremadeworsebyafireinthefactory.物质Youcanimprovethesoilbyaddingorganicmatter.amatterof关乎…的事情Reducingthenumberofroaddeathsisnotsimplyamatterofimprovingroads.Nomatter与疑问词连用无论；不管YouandIwillalwaysbefriendsnomatterwhathappens.Nomatterhowhardtherainfallsandthewindblows,thepolicekeeptotheirposts.takemattersinone’sownhands亲自处理vi有关系；要紧countWhatmattersmostinlearningEnglishisenoughpractice.改错Tomakemattersbad,nowIhavetosharearoomwithmyyoungersister.Ican’tsaywhichwineisbest---itis__________关乎…的事情personaltaste.amatterofcountvi数数countfromonetoonethousandvi&vt计算总数Therearetwelveweekstogo,countingfromtoday.vt把…计算在内；包括toincludesb/sthinatotalTherearemorethan380ofusontheplane,notcountingthecrew.Vi不用于进行时态重要matter；有价值tobeimportantorvaluableFirstimpressionsreallydocount.Ihavealwaysbelievedthathappinesscountsmorethanmoney.Itisnothowmuchyoureadbutwhatyoureadthatcounts.counton/upon依靠；依赖；指望todependonsborsth,especiallyinadifficultsituationThatwasthefirsttimeDadhadcountedonmeinamomentofemergency.countn总数；数量；计数keepacountofHelostcountofthenumberofcarshehadwashed.count---countable---uncountable---countless

MymotherandIconflictedcountlesstimesovertheyears.Thewholeteamcount_________CristianoRonaldo,andheseldomletsthemdown.Surelyitdoesn’tmatterwherethestudentassociationsgettheirmoneyfrom,what_______(count)iswhattheydowithit.counter:柜台；结账处；收银台；计算器；计数器；计算者on/uponcountsliein指处于某范围内FloridaliesinthesoutheastoftheUS.(通常不用于进行时态)(指抽象事物)存在；在于Thevalueofdiamondliesinitshardness.Shetoldmethathappinessliesinhelpingotherstobehappy.link联系；关联connectionthecloselinkbetweenteacherandstudentIstherealinkbetweensmokingandlungdisease?(交通、沟通的)连接线；(互联网的)链接rail/road/telephonelink

link…to/with把…连接/联系起来Asubwaylinewilllinktheairporttothecitycentre.Yellowislinkedwithconfidence,plain(不用于被动语态)抱怨Hplaintosbabout/ofIhavereallygotnothingtocomplainof.Youngpeoplenowdon’tlookforjobs,plaintosbthat…BettycomplainedtoStevethatSplain---complaint抱怨；不满；投诉aletterofcomplaintIhavenocomplaintaboutmypay.Whydonotyoumakeacomplaintagainstyournoisyneighbors?Intimeofdifficulty,whatweneedisnotcomplainttoeachotherbutunderstandingofeachother.抱怨/投诉的事Ihaveanumberofcomplaintsaboutthehotelroomyouhavegivenme.relevant有关的；贴切的AhighlyrelevantsuggestionberelevanttoTheessayisnotevenremotelyrelevanttothetopic.Idonotthinkwhathesaidisrelevant___thetopicwearediscussing.Hehasmissedthepoint.(2015湖北)toconveyThistrainconveysbothpassengersandgoods.conveyamessageIfyouseeJames,doconveymyapologiestohim.Herletterclearlyconveyedthatshewasdeterminedtogotocourtoverthematter.Hismusicconveyshowhefeelsabouttheworld.(正式用语)运送;运输表达；传递(思想、感情等)communicatethusNeitherpouroutallyouknownorremarkallyouseethustokeepaquietlife.Wefailedtofindenoughevidence;hisway;likethis如此；这样知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要都评论，这样生活才可以平静。therefore

(句子副词)因而；从而我们未能找到足够的证据，因此，我们认定他是无罪的。opposeAllthememberspresentopposedtheplanbitterly.Iwouldopposechangingthelaw.Hisparentsareopposedtothemarriage.200peopleattendedthemeeting,asopposedto300thepreviousyear.Weemployyoutoworkasopposedto(=ratherthan)justsitting.

反对；抵制opposedoingsth反对；抵制

opposed不用于名词前反对的asopposedto(表示对比)而；而非resist---resistanceThebankstronglyresistedcuttinginterestrates.Hefoundithardtoresistbuyingthesebooks.Ican’tresistthetemptation.Ifinishedthecake.Icouldn’tresistit.resistanenemyattackresistdoingsth抗拒oppose(常用于否定句)忍住；抵制反对；抵制

Module4WhichEnglish?ReadingandVocabulary(1)HowmanyvarietiesofEnglisharethere?(b)InhowmanycountriesisEnglishanofficiallanguage?Readthepassageandfindout:(a)Many.

Therearevarietiesofmorethan60countrieswhereEnglishistheofficiallanguage,plusmanyotherlocalandregionalvarietieswithinthosecountries.(b)Morethan60.Readthepassageagainandchoosethebestanswers.

Inthetext,allofthefollowingarementionedEXCEPTthe_______.A.officiallanguage B.historyofEnglishC.pronunciationandgrammarD.varietiesofEnglish

B2.ItisimpossibleforustotellwhichEnglishiscorrect,because_______.A.peopleonlycareaboutitsgrammaticalfeaturesB.EnglishiswidelyspokenanditishardtoprovideamodeltofollowC.peopledon’twanttodrawaconclusionthatwhichwayisrighttospeakEnglishD.thedevelopmentofEnglishhasledtomanydifferentvarieties

B3.ThelasttwoparagraphsaboutJamaicaandSingaporeimplythat_______.JamaicanEnglishhasfeaturesoftheAfricanLanguagesB.somepeopleinSingaporearebilingualC.themothertongueofthespeakershasaneffectonspeakingEnglishinacertaincountryD.therearesimilaritiesbetweenJamaicanEnglishandSingaporeEnglishC2.F1.TReadthepassageagainanddotrueorfalsequestions.(Ex.2onP45)3.F4.T6.F7.F5.T9.T8.FEx.3onP46:

FindtheparagraphwhereeachoftheseideascomesfromSentence1comesfromparagraphSentence2comesfromparagraphSentence3comesfromparagraph537Sentence4comesfromparagraphSentence5comesfromparagraphSentence6comesfromparagraphSentence7comesfromparagraph1642WhyhasEnglishbecomeaninternationallanguagewithsomanyvarieties?Becauseofhundredsofyearsoftradeexplorationandbusiness.Ex.4onP46:

Answerthequestions.Becauseit’smoreimportantthatpeopleunderstandeachotherthantheyspeakgrammaticallycorrectly.2.Whydoesthewriterthinkcommunicationismoreimportantthancorrectness?BecausetheAustralianpronunciationisdifferentfromtheBritishpronunciationofEnglish.3.WhydidHowmuchisitsoundlikeEmmaChissittotheEnglishauthor?4.WhydoyouthinktheSpeakGoodEnglishmovementwascreatedin1999?Becauseofficialswereworriedthat‘Singlish’wasbecomingtoofarawayfromBritishEnglishtobeunderstandable.verbs:Wordstodowithlanguage:preventreceiveaccentrhythmspeechWordsforpeople:ancestorauthorcustomerprisonerEx.5onP46:

Lookatthewordsintheboxandfind.Ex.5onP46:

Choosethecorrectmeanings.Anaccentisthewaypeoplespeak/thewordspeopleuseinaparticularplace.Speechistheabilitytospeak/writealanguage.Therhythmofalanguageisits

regularpatternofsounds/varietyofdifferentwords.Ex.5onP46:

Matchthewordswiththeirmeanings.1.d2.i3.n4.e5.m6.f7.g8.k9.c10.l11.j12.h13.a14.bFindoutthefollowingexpressions:1.接到某人的电话2.某人花...时间做某事3.在这个意义上4.区分开5.标准模式6.同意，赞成7.在全世界传播8.只要9.在于10.做某事很难11.向......走过来12.以防万一13.尤其，特别1.接到某人的电话2.某人花...时间做某事3.在这个意义上4.区分开5.标准模式6.同意，赞成7.在全世界传播8.只要9.在于10.做某事很难11.向......走过来12.以防万一13.尤其，特别receiveaphonecallfromsb.IhissensetellapartastandardformagreeonspreadacrosstheworldaslongaslieinIt'euptoincaseinparticular考点点拨Thequalityofsomeone’svoiceandtheirchoiceofwordsmakeapersoninstantlyrecognisable,eventhoughyoucan’tseehimorher.[考点1]choice作名词，意为“选择”，后常跟介词of或for。choose--chose--chosenchoice:n[考例]Ofthesevendaysinaweek,Saturdayissaidtobethemostpopular______foraweddinginsomecountries.A.wa