Module9Englishforyouandme

　　module 9 english for you and me

　　unit 1 i’m proud of what i’ve learnt.

　　betty: how much progress in english do you think you’ve made this year, lingling?

　　do you think  作为插入语

　　eg. how much money do you think she would pay?

　　注意：后面的句子要用陈述句语序

　　lingling: not bad. in fact, i think i’ve achieved a lot, and i’m proud of what i’ve learnt. i’ve reached a level which is quite good…and i hope it’s good enough for the exams, anyway. above all, it’s the subject that i’m best at, although my handwriting could be better.

　　betty: i think you’ve done really well. learning a foreign language requires a certain effort, however easy it is.

　　be best at

　　be good at

　　be better at

　　certain adj. 某些，某个 （只用作定语）

　　eg. to a certain degree, i like my job.

　　however

　　whatever

　　whoever

　　whenever

　　wherever

　　whichever

　　lingling: i don’t think it’s really difficult to learn english, although it’s a language which looks simpler than it actually is. i just hope i can continue to make progress next year.

　　it’s a language which looks simpler than it actually is.

　　continue to+ do/ doing

　　make progress

　　betty: have you ever been to an english corner?

　　lingling: you mean, those clubs where you go to practice your english? i always thought they were for people whose english was already quite good.

　　you mean

　　i always thought

　　whose english was already quite good.

　　betty: well, i went to an english corner once, and there were some people whose level was fairly low. but it’s good to meet other people who want to learn english, no matter how good their english is. and you can often meet some people who come from the uk or the usa.

　　no matter how good their english is.

　　no matter+ who /what/ which/ where/ when/ how 等

　　wh-+ever与no matter+wh-的区别

　　lingling: anyway, what i like most is that you can use english wherever you go in the world.

　　betty: but i wonder if there will soon be more people speaking chinese.

　　unit 2 we all own english.

　　who owns english?

　　english is spoken by about 400 million people in australia, britain, canada, ireland, new zealand, south africa and the usa. in ghana, india, nigeria and singapore, english is used for government, education and trade, although there are many other languages for everyday use. in china and most other countries, it’s the most important foreign language that children will learn at school, because it’s essential for tourism, international business, entertainment, radio, television, newspapers, and the internet. so english is now used by about 1.5 billion people-or a quarter of the world’s population, and wherever you go in the world, there is a good chance that someone will speak english.

　　for everyday use.

　　everyday 与 every day

　　be essential for/to

　　a quarter of

　　how did this happen? english has not always been the most common language. until english became important in the 20th century, people who had any education spoke french. what’s more, english spelling doesn’t give much help with pronunciation, and its grammar is difficult, especially the word order.

　　what’s more

　　help sb. with sth.

　　give help with sth.

　　the reason is that in the 18th century, the uk was a country whose industrial products were sold all over the world. in the 20th century, the usa spread english all over the world through newspaper, television, films and advertising. it’s now the common language for international travel, science, industry and in recent years, information technology and the internet.

　　the reason is that

　　but it’s also important to remember that english has borrowed many words from other languages, either exactly the same word or very similar. it uses restaurant from french, zero from arabic, piano from italian, and typhoon, china and many other words from chinese.

　　borrow…from…

　　lend… to…

　　either…or/ both…and/ neither…nor

　　will the importance of english last? many people think that, if china continues to grow in importance, chinese will become as common as english by the middle of the 21st century. more and more schools in europe are teaching chinese as a foreign language, in place of other european languages. and tourism puts china into the top 10 countries for visitors. but at least for the next 20 or 30 years, english will be the language used most widely.

　　in importance

　　in place of

　　take place

　　take sb.’s place

　　take the place of..

　　put…into= change…into

　　so who owns english? the answer is every one who speaks it- the english, the indians and the chinese all help make it a rich language. it changes every year with new words and expressions. even though there are differences in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling, we all belong to the international english speaking world. we all own english.

　　belong to