| 第三十四课：它是什么制成的？ |
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课文翻译 2Read阅读………………………………… ENGLISH IS WIDELY USED 英语的广泛运用 More than 6,000 languages are spoken in the world today. Many of these 现在，世界上有六千多种语言。其中许多 languages are spoken by small groups of people. More than 200 languages are 语言为少数人群所使用。另一方面，两百多种 spoken by one million or more people. Which language is spoken by the largest 语言为一百万或更多的人所使用。哪一种语言在世界上 number of people in the world? Of course, the answer is Chinese. But which 讲的人最多?答案当然是汉语。但世界 language is the most widely spoken in the world? The answer is English. 上哪一种语言使用得最广?答案是英语。 English is spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language. 全球有四亿多人把英语作为第一语言。 It is spoken by most people in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and 在美国、大不列颠、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰，大部分人 New Zealand. But it is also used very widely as a foreign language in many 说英语。但是在世界上许多其他的国家，英语作为一门外国语言也 other countries of the world. 得到极其广泛的使用。 Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words“Made in 看一看你的手表背面。你可能会看到英文“中国 China”. Look at something else, for example, a TV set. Again, you may find 制造”的字样。看一看其他的东西，如电视机，得到你会再次看到英 the English words“Made in China”,“Made in Japan”,or even“Made in Germany.” 文“中国制造”或者“日本制造”，甚至“德国制造”的字样。 English is the first language in none of these countries. Why are English 英语在这些国家并不是第一语言。为什么英语 words written on these things? It is because in the modern world, English is 单词写在这些东西上面呢?这是因为在当今世界上，英语 widely used for business between different countries. When a German buys 广泛应用于不同国家间的商务。当一个德国人 something from a Japanese,or an Indian sells something to a Frenchman, they 从一个日本人那里买东西，或者一个印度人卖东西给一个法国人时，他们 often use English. Most business letters around the world are written in Eng- 都经常使用英语。国际上的大部分商业信件是用英语书写的。 lish. Half the world's telephone calls are made in English. Three quarters of 世界上一半电话交谈是用英语。四分之三的 the world's books and newspapers are written in English. More than three 世界性书刊和报纸都是用英语印刷的。超过四分之三 quarters of the information on the Internet is in English too! 的因特网上的信息也是用英语交流的。 If you travel in India, France, Germany, or almost any other country in 如果你在印度、法国、德国或在世界上其他几乎任何一个国家 the world, you will still be able to use English. It is used by travellers and 旅行，你将依然能够使用英语。世界各地的旅游者和 business people all over the world. It is one of the world's most important 商人都使用英语。它是世界上最重要的语言 languages as it is so widely used. That is why more and more people in China 之一，因为它使用广泛。这就是为什么在中国 are interested in learning English. 越来越多的人对学习英语感兴趣。 |
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| 第三十四课：它是什么制成的？ |
重点·难点·考点及疑点注释 短语纵横 1in the world“在世界上”，相当于on the earth。 What is the most difficult thing in the world?世界上最难的事情是什么? 2be spoken by,“被……说”，by后接宾语，如是代词应用其宾格形式。 Chinese is spoken by few people outside our country. 在我们国家以外说汉语的人不多。 3the number of ....“……的数目”，看成一个整体，后面的谓语动词应用单数第三人称。 The number of the students in our school is nearly four thousand. 我们学校学生的数目接近四千。 4something else“其他的……”，类似短语还有anything else, nothing else。 I have something else to tell you.我还有其他事情要告诉你。 5none of ...没有一个…… None of us are/is afraid of difficulties.我们当中没有一个人害怕困难。 6buy ... from ...“从……买……”，与其对应的短语是sell...to...，“把……卖给……”。 He bought a cake from that shop.他在那个商店里买了一块蛋糕。 7three quarters of“……的四分之三”。“四分之一”为a quarter或one quarter。 About three quarters of the students passed the final exam. 大约有四分之三的学生期终考试及格了。 8more and more“越来越(多的)……”。后面跟名词或多音节的形容词、副词。 Our country is becoming more and more beautiful.我们的国家越来越美了。 More and more students are interested in computers. 越来越多的学生对电脑感兴趣。 点击句型 1... be used as...“被当作……使用”，被动语态形式，as后接名词。 Look can also be used as a noun. look也可以用作名词。 2... be used by ....，“被……使用”，是被动结构，by后应用名词或代词宾格形式。 These machines are used by farmers to cut grass. 这些机器被农民用来除草。 |
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