The Oxford English Dictionary Period 2 Extensive Reading

Do you like learning English? Why? Lead-in

My problem s Ideas for improvement Why I like English My future with English.. My experience of learning English Pair work:Fill in the chart after discussing in pairs.

Reading Task on page 52 Read the passage on Page 51 & 52, then fill in the following form: Country Education Job Most important task Who worked on it? Date of completion Other informationa

My problems Ideas for improvement Why I like English My future with English ListeningListen to BBC.Listen to music and movies. Help me realize my dream. WritingPractice making sentence Enjoy original works WordsMemorize new words Travel My experience of learning English

Country Education Job Most important task Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information Scotland

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. Job Most important task Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. JobWork in a bank, teacher. Most important task Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. JobWork in a bank, teacher. Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. JobWork in a bank, teacher. Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors. Date of completion Other information

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. JobWork in a bank, teacher. Most important task Its difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors. Date of completion 1982 Other information

CountryScotland EducationVillage school then taught himself. JobWork in a bank, teacher. Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Who worked on it?Murray, his two daughters and other editors. Date of completion1982 Other informationIdeas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in Begin to do it in Hoped to finish it in ten years.

1. include 1 ）用作及物动词，意为 “ 包括；包含 ” ，不 能用于进行时态。 Eg: Your duties will include putting the children to bed. 2 ） include 还可作 “ 包含于、、、里面；算 入 ” 讲，常与 in, on, among 介词等连用。 Eg: He includes me among his friends. I’m included in the team. Language points for Reading I

2. play a role / part ( in ) 意为 “ 在、、、中担任角色；在、、、中起作用 ” 。 Role 习惯搭配 take (on) /perform a role 扮演角 色， hand out roles 分派任务（角色） a leading/starting role 主角 eg:  He filled the role of a manager.  The UN plays an important role in international relations.  She’s been offered a leading role in a new film.

3.Nearly all of them lived in England. Nearly 与 almost 用法明辨： （ 1 ）两者通用的场合。 a. 在肯定句中。 b. 修饰 all, every, always 等时。 c. 在行为动词的否定式前时。

（ 2 ）只用 almost 的场合。 a. 和 any, no, none, nothing, nobody, nowhere, never 等连用时。 b. 和 too, more than 等连用时。 c. 和表示感觉或心理活动的静态动词连用时。 （ 3 ）只用 Nearly 的场合。 a. 被 very, not, pretty 等修饰时。 b. 和具体数字连用时（ nearly 常用）。

4. than ever before 比以往任何时候更 …… You’ll speak English much better than ever before. than ever before 可看作是 than they ever speak English before 的省略形式。在比 较级结构中，副词 ever 与比较级和最高级 连用，用来加强语气，意为 “ 比以往任何时 候更 ……” 。

ever 在不同句型中的意义： 1 ）曾经；以前（用于疑问句） 2 ）无论什么时候都（不）（用语否定句） 3 ）曾经（用于 if 从句） 4 ）到底；究竟（用于特殊疑问句） 5 ）永远；老是（用于肯定句）

5.Native English speaker can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. (1) even if ( = even though ): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使；尽管 是连词词组，用来引导让步状语从句；若主、 从句皆表示将来情况，从句中可用一般现在 时代替将来时。 (2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。

E.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him.) ( Even ) though he is poor, she loves him. ( = He is poor, yet she loves him.)

6. Only time can tell 惟有时间将能证明。 tell 此处用作不及物动词，意为 “ 显示出 ” ， 还可作 “ 发生影响；起作用；判断 ” 等讲。 All the hard work is telling on him. 所有这 些艰难的工作都在影响着他的健康。 Every blow tells. 每一打击都击中了。 You can never tell, for appearances often deceive us. 谁也不知道，外表常是靠不住 的。

Homework Finish the reading on page 53 and design a code of your own. (a group of 4).