WordsinModule4XiongShulaninstant--instantlyadj(名詞前)立刻的；馬上的immediate；即食的aninstantreplyInstantcoffee/noodlesn常用復數瞬間；即刻momentIcouldn’tanswerforaninstant.Inaninstant,hetookoffhiscoatandjumpedintothewater.theinstantthat…Theinstant(Assoonas)shestoppedaskingquestions,Igotupandwentoutoftheroom.recognize—recognizable--recognition不用于進行時態認出；辨認出Thefilmstarwearssunglasses.Therefore,hecangoshoppingwithoutbeingrecognized.正式承認；認識到TheBritishrecognizedAmericaasanindependentstate.Iwassurprisedbyherwords,whichmademerecognizewhatsillymistakesIhadmade.recognize—recognizable--recognition認出；識別；承認ThetownhaschangedbeyondallrecognitionsinceIwaslasthere.Thereisgeneralrecognitionthatthestudytechniquesofmanystudentsareweak.Thereisgeneralrecognitionthat…人們普遍意識到…Ihaven’tseenSarasinceshewasalittlegirl,andshehaschangedbeyond____________(recognize).recognitionmatter事情；問題asubjectorsituationthatyoumustthinkaboutandgiveyourattentiontoapersonal/privatematterIhaveaseriousmattertotalkabout.matter/affair/eventmatter通常指客觀存在的或有待處理的問題，常用于amatterof

的結構中Itisamatteroftime/money/duty/moral.Wehaveseveralimportantmatterstodealwithatournextmeeting.mattermatter/affair/eventaffair可用于描述嚴肅認真的公共或政治“事務”；也可描述與個人生活密切相關的“小事”foreignaffairscurrentaffairsWearefriends,butIdon’tknowmuchabouttheirprivateaffairs.event通常指“重要事件”、“大事”Theelectionwasthemaineventof2010.matter只用單數，與the連用毛病；麻煩事Whatisthematterwithyou?Thereisnothingmatterwiththemachine.常用復數事態；情況thingstomakemattersworseMattersweremadeworsebyafireinthefactory.物質Youcanimprovethesoilbyaddingorganicmatter.amatterof關乎…的事情Reducingthenumberofroaddeathsisnotsimplyamatterofimprovingroads.Nomatter與疑問詞連用無論；不管YouandIwillalwaysbefriendsnomatterwhathappens.Nomatterhowhardtherainfallsandthewindblows,thepolicekeeptotheirposts.takemattersinone’sownhands親自處理vi有關系；要緊countWhatmattersmostinlearningEnglishisenoughpractice.改錯Tomakemattersbad,nowIhavetosharearoomwithmyyoungersister.Ican’tsaywhichwineisbest---itis__________關乎…的事情personaltaste.amatterofcountvi數數countfromonetoonethousandvi&vt計算總數Therearetwelveweekstogo,countingfromtoday.vt把…計算在內；包括toincludesb/sthinatotalTherearemorethan380ofusontheplane,notcountingthecrew.Vi不用于進行時態重要matter；有價值tobeimportantorvaluableFirstimpressionsreallydocount.Ihavealwaysbelievedthathappinesscountsmorethanmoney.Itisnothowmuchyoureadbutwhatyoureadthatcounts.counton/upon依靠；依賴；指望todependonsborsth,especiallyinadifficultsituationThatwasthefirsttimeDadhadcountedonmeinamomentofemergency.countn總數；數量；計數keepacountofHelostcountofthenumberofcarshehadwashed.count---countable---uncountable---countless

MymotherandIconflictedcountlesstimesovertheyears.Thewholeteamcount_________CristianoRonaldo,andheseldomletsthemdown.Surelyitdoesn’tmatterwherethestudentassociationsgettheirmoneyfrom,what_______(count)iswhattheydowithit.counter:柜臺；結賬處；收銀臺；計算器；計數器；計算者on/uponcountsliein指處于某范圍內FloridaliesinthesoutheastoftheUS.(通常不用于進行時態)(指抽象事物)存在；在于Thevalueofdiamondliesinitshardness.Shetoldmethathappinessliesinhelpingotherstobehappy.link聯系；關聯connectionthecloselinkbetweenteacherandstudentIstherealinkbetweensmokingandlungdisease?(交通、溝通的)連接線；(互聯網的)鏈接rail/road/telephonelink

link…to/with把…連接/聯系起來Asubwaylinewilllinktheairporttothecitycentre.Yellowislinkedwithconfidence,plain(不用于被動語態)抱怨Hplaintosbabout/ofIhavereallygotnothingtocomplainof.Youngpeoplenowdon’tlookforjobs,plaintosbthat…BettycomplainedtoStevethatSplain---complaint抱怨；不滿；投訴aletterofcomplaintIhavenocomplaintaboutmypay.Whydonotyoumakeacomplaintagainstyournoisyneighbors?Intimeofdifficulty,whatweneedisnotcomplainttoeachotherbutunderstandingofeachother.抱怨/投訴的事Ihaveanumberofcomplaintsaboutthehotelroomyouhavegivenme.relevant有關的；貼切的AhighlyrelevantsuggestionberelevanttoTheessayisnotevenremotelyrelevanttothetopic.Idonotthinkwhathesaidisrelevant___thetopicwearediscussing.Hehasmissedthepoint.(2015湖北)toconveyThistrainconveysbothpassengersandgoods.conveyamessageIfyouseeJames,doconveymyapologiestohim.Herletterclearlyconveyedthatshewasdeterminedtogotocourtoverthematter.Hismusicconveyshowhefeelsabouttheworld.(正式用語)運送;運輸表達；傳遞(思想、感情等)communicatethusNeitherpouroutallyouknownorremarkallyouseethustokeepaquietlife.Wefailedtofindenoughevidence;hisway;likethis如此；這樣知道的不要全部傾吐，看到的不要都評論，這樣生活才可以平靜。therefore

(句子副詞)因而；從而我們未能找到足夠的證據，因此，我們認定他是無罪的。opposeAllthememberspresentopposedtheplanbitterly.Iwouldopposechangingthelaw.Hisparentsareopposedtothemarriage.200peopleattendedthemeeting,asopposedto300thepreviousyear.Weemployyoutoworkasopposedto(=ratherthan)justsitting.

反對；抵制opposedoingsth反對；抵制

opposed不用于名詞前反對的asopposedto(表示對比)而；而非resist---resistanceThebankstronglyresistedcuttinginterestrates.Hefoundithardtoresistbuyingthesebooks.Ican’tresistthetemptation.Ifinishedthecake.Icouldn’tresistit.resistanenemyattackresistdoingsth抗拒oppose(常用于否定句)忍住；抵制反對；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.接到某人的電話2.某人花...時間做某事3.在這個意義上4.區分開5.標準模式6.同意，贊成7.在全世界傳播8.只要9.在于10.做某事很難11.向......走過來12.以防萬一13.尤其，特別1.接到某人的電話2.某人花...時間做某事3.在這個意義上4.區分開5.標準模式6.同意，贊成7.在全世界傳播8.只要9.在于10.做某事很難11.向......走過來12.以防萬一13.尤其，特別receiveaphonecallfromsb.IhissensetellapartastandardformagreeonspreadacrosstheworldaslongaslieinIt'euptoincaseinparticular考點點撥Thequalityofsomeone’svoiceandtheirchoiceofwordsmakeapersoninstantlyrecognisable,eventhoughyoucan’tseehimorher.[考點1]choice作名詞，意為“選擇”，后常跟介詞of或for。choose--chose--chosenchoice:n[考例]Ofthesevendaysinaweek,Saturdayissaidtobethemostpopular______foraweddinginsomecountries.A.wa