2. Step1 revision of unit1 1 三条建议 一些建议 2 曾经有段时间 3 经历，检查，穿过 4 遭受 5 切题的 6 交流 7 关心 8 储蓄，收拾 three pieces of advice some advice there was a time when go through Suffer from to the point communicate with be concerned about put away

3. 1 我碰巧读过那本书。 2 这是我第一次参观北京。 3 自我 1994 年入团以来，参加了很多活动。 4 我爷爷经历了中国内战。 5 他不懂电脑。 6 他沮丧的回到了家。 I happened to have read the book It is the first time that I have visited Beijing I have joined in many activities since I joined the League in 1994. My grandfather went through the China civil war. He was ignorant of computer He went back home,upset

4. 1 His absence ________( 增添了 )our difficulty in finishing the job. 2 After a while,he added that he would try his best 3 I __________ (help) him, but I only gave him some advice. It ________(rain)last night,for the road is wet. If I had been free, I ________(help) you. 4 Great changes __________(take place) lately. 5 When ______(walk)in the street, I came across a famous star. 6 The box is ___________(too much,much too) heavy. added to 又说 should have helped must have rained would have helped have taken place walking much too

6. Words 1 international 2 apartment 3 actually 4 present 5vocabulary 6identity 7 government 8 rapidly 9 command

7. 10 request 11 standard 12 recognize/realize 13 accent 14 direction 15 play a role in (as) 16 such as \for example 17 come up 18 because of/because

8. THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH _____ （ in at ） the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. _____ （ in at ） the next century, people from England started moving to other parts of the world, so English began to_____ （ speak ） in many other countries. Today, more people speak English_____ （ in ， as ） their first, second or foreign language than________( 以往任何 时候 ). China may have ____(a ， the)largest number of English speakers. as In be spoken At ever before the

9. Native English speakers can understand______ (each other,one another) _____________ ( 即使 )they don’t speak the same kind of English. H__, they may not be able to understand everything. For example, a British person may say to his friends, “Would you please come_____ to my flat for a visit?” One of her American __ (friend) may then ask her, “Come up where?” Her Canadian friend might explain, “She means we should come up to her apartment.” each other even if however up friends

10. So why has English changed _____time( 一段时间 )? All languages change when cultures _______________ （交流） one another. The English spoken between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different ＿＿ the English spoken today. Actually, it was __ (base) more on German than present day English. Then from about 1150 to 1500 English changed even more. It became less like German, and more like French because those_____ ruled England at that time spoke French. It became_____ （ closer ， closely ） to the language you are learning now. In the 1600’s Shakespeare _________ （运用） a wide v__ than ever before. One big change in English usage happened when Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language, __ (give) American English its own identity. Later, when some British people went to Australia, English began to be spoken there. Now Australian English has its own i__. over communicate with from based who closer made use of vocabulary giving identity

11. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. India has ＿＿（ a,the ） very large number of English speakers... English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and Asia, __ (such as, for example)South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia. In China, English has been used in Hong Kong _____about 1842. Today ____(a the)number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes? Only time will tell. a since the

12. Reading 2 1 Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English. 2 The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize each other’s dialects.