Unit 2 Exploring English
根据P20－21教材课文内容选择正确答案
1．What's the purpo of the passage?
A．To discuss methods to learn English.
B．To stress the importance of the English outside the world.
C．To introduce the funny or strange stories about using English.
D．To encourage the students to u English as much as possible.
2．It can be inferred from the first paragraph that .
A．People are not interested in the topic.
B．People are too shy to give their opinions.
C．People think the topic is funny.
D．People respond enthusiastically to the topic.
3．What do we know about Maggie according to the passage?
A．She ate a big frog.
B．She played safe with what she ate.
C．She had a sore throat and couldn't speak.
D．She was an English teacher in summer school in London.
4．In Paragraph 4 “negative” probably means .
小朋友怎么画A．not good B．very funny
C．a bit disappointing D．too confusing
5．Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．“The first floor” in America may be called “the ground floor” in another country.
B．When we say someone is “wicked”，we only want to show the person is bad.
C．If you want to go to “The first floor” in America when you enter a building，you should go upstairs.
D．In China，we u “Not bad！” to show something is good.
[答案] 1－5 CDCAB
Words And Phras
知识要点1 come across 偶然发现；偶然遇见，碰见；被理解
(教材原句P17) When you open a dictionary，you often 公司企业文化内容come across a lot of unfamiliar words.
当你打开词典，你经常碰见许多不熟悉的单词。
[例1] He spoke for a long time but his meaning did not 甚嚣尘上是什么意思come across.
他讲了很久，但没把意思讲明白。
[例2] I abntmindedly turned the pages of the phone book and came across a city map.
我无意中翻开电话簿的一页，偶然发现了一张城市地图。
[翻译] 今天早上我在牛津大街碰见一位老校友。
I came across an old school friend in Oxford Street this morning.
[知识拓展]
come about 发生
come out 出版；出来
come to 来到；合计，总共是；苏醒过来葫芦绘画
come to an end 结束小康社会
come up with 赶上；提出
come into being 形成；产生
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①Can you tell me when your new book will come out?
②When we read newspapers，we often come across such English words as “AIDS” and “PK”．
③Our class came up with the idea to make better u of the ud materials.
④Can you tell me how the accident came about?
知识要点2 contact vt.联系，联络
(教材原句P17) a friend that you contact by writing，traditionally using a pen
一个你通过书写联系的朋友，传统上是用钢笔
[例1] I contacted my uncle as soon as I went to Beijing.
我一到北京就和我的叔叔联系上了。
[例2] There is little contact between the two organizations.
食品供货合同这两个机构之间没有什么联系。
[翻译] 详情请与我们当地办事处联系。
For further details，plea contact our local office.
[知识拓展]
get into contact with＝make contact with
与……取得联系
keep in 与……保持联系
lo 与……失去联系
be in/out of 与……有/没有联系
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①You'd better get into contact with him as soon as possible.
②Have you kept in contact with our classmates after graduation? I have lost touch with most of them.
知识要点3 likely adj.可能的，可能发生的adv.或许，可能
[例1] Snow showers are likely tomorrow.
明天可能有阵雪。
[例2] I'd very likely have done the same thing in your situation.
我要是处在你这种情况，也有可能会那样做的。
[翻译] 这条法规可能会产生什么样的影响？
网络工程师简历What are the likely effects of the law going to be?
[知识拓展]
(1)be likely to do sth. 很可能做某事
It is 很可能……
not likely 绝不可能，才不呢(表示强烈反对)
(2)unlikely adj. 不太可能的
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①The more you hurry，the less progress you are likely to make (make)．
②It is very likely that my parents will not allow me to go.
③Where there is a will there is a way，so you are unlikely(likely) to be jobless for long.
知识要点4 remind v．提醒，使想起
(教材原句P20) Here are some of our favourites，to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!
以下列出了我们最喜爱的几条，用以提醒大家，我们在课堂上学到的英语跟外部世界的英语大不相同！
[例1] This song reminded me of my childhood.
这首歌使我想起了我的童年。
[例2] He reminded me not to forget my promi.
他提醒我不要忘了我的诺言。
[翻译] 请提醒他明早有个重要的会议。
Plea remind him that there is an important meeting tomorrow morning.
[知识拓展]
桂林旅游多少钱remind sb.of sth. 提醒某人某事；使某人想起某事
remind sb.(not)to do sth. 提醒某人(不要)做某事
remind 提醒某人……
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①He reminded me to turn (turn) off the lights when I go out.
②It reminds me of my days when I joined in the military training after I entered the nior high school.
③My teacher often reminds me that I should keep calm in examinations.
知识要点5 comment n．[C，U]评论，议论v.发表意见，评论
