必修五Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish1.confusingadj.令人困惑的;混乱的教材原句①Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing(confuse).◆单句填空②“There’ssomereallygoodstuff(艺术作品)upthere.”Shesteppeddown,lookingconfused(confuse).重点单词③AtfirstIthoughtIunderstoodwhatmyteachersaid,butthemoreheex-plained,themoreconfused(confuse)Ibecame.④Ifyou’reconfusedaboutanything,phonemyoffice.⑤Theheavysnowlastedforaweek,causingserioustrafficconfusion(confuse)inthewholearea.⑥Peopleoftenconfusemeand/withmytwinsister.◆句式升级⑦Iwasconfusedbysuchaconfusingproblem,soIturnedtohimforhelp.(用过去分词短语作状语改写句子)Confusedbysuchaconfusingproblem,Iturnedtohimforhelp.点拨(1)confuseAwith/andB把A与B混淆(2)confusedadj.(人)糊涂的;困惑的beconfusedabout/bysth.对……感到困惑(3)confusionn.困惑;混乱局面【联想】“以-ing和-ed结尾的形容词”:①encouraging令人鼓舞的encouraged受到鼓舞的②astonishing令人惊讶的astonished惊讶的③terrifying令人恐惧的terrified感到恐惧的④satisfying令人满意的satisfied感到满意的⑤frightening令人恐惧的frightened感到恐惧的2.comparev.对比;对照教材原句①Prepositions,too,canbedifferent:compare(对比)ontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend(British).◆单句填空②Alreadythisyear,115measlescaseshavebeenreportedintheUSA,compared(compare)with189foralloflastyear.③Ifyoucompareherworkwithhis,you’llfindhersismuchbetter.④Compared(compare)withoursmallflat,Bill'shouseseemedlikeapalace.⑤Incomparison(compare)withotherstudents,Mikeismorediligent.⑥Whencomparing(compare)differentcultures,weoftenfocusourat-tentiononthedifferenceswithoutnoticingmanysimilarities.⑦Michael’snewhouseislikeahugepalace,compared(compare)withhisoldone.点拨(1)compareAwithB拿A和B比较compareAtoB把A比作Bcomparedwith/to和……相比comparenoteswithsb.与某人交换看法或意见beyond/withoutcompare无与伦比(2)comparisonn.比较,对比incomparisonwith和……相比3.differvi.不同;有区别教材原句①Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdiffer(不同)arespellingandpronunciation.◆单句填空②Becauseacollegecommunitydiffersfromthefamily,manystu-dentswillstruggletofindasenseofbelonging.③Theseclotheslookthesamebuttheydiffergreatlyinmaterials.④Peoplegreatlydifferintheirviewsoflifefromeachother.⑤Thetwolawyersdifferedgreatlyonhowtopresentthecase.◆单句改错⑥Thelanguageusedinadvertisementsdiffersinthatusedinlaws.第二个in→from⑦ThelifestyleofpeopleinZhejiangissomewhatdifferentthatinBeijing.different后加from◆完成句子⑧Icannevertellthedifferencebetweenthetwins.我从来都分不清这对双胞胎。⑨AmericanEnglishissignificantlydifferentfromBritishEnglish.美式英语与英式英语有很大差异。点拨(1)differfrom(=bedifferentfrom)与……不同differin(=bedifferentin)在……方面不同differwithsb.on/about/oversth.与某人在某事上意见不同(2)differentadj.不同的;有差别的bedifferentfrom与……不同(3)differencen.区别;差异tellthedifferencebetweenAandB辨别A和B之间的不同4.presentadj.现在的;目前的;出席到场的n.礼物vt.提交;颁发;展现;陈述;提出(观点、计划等)教材原句①Presentyourideastotherestoftheclass.◆单句填空②Themayorpresentedhimwithagoldmedalatanofficialcityreception.③WewerepresentattheconcertwhileTomwasabsentfromit.④Sheaskedthemnottodiscussthematterinherpresence.⑤Thecompanyisstillinbusiness,atleastforthepresent.◆完成句子这对老夫妇向学院赠送了一笔款项以纪念他们的女儿。⑥Theoldcouplepresentedasumofmoneytothecollegeinmemoryoftheirdaughter.(presentv.+to)⑦Theoldcouplepresentedthecollegewithasumofmoneyinmemoryoftheirdaughter.(presentv.+with)点拨(1)atpresent目前;现在forthepresent=forthetimebeing目前;暂且thepresentsituation目前的形势bepresentat出席……inone’spresence某人在场的时候;当着某人的面(2)presentsth.tosb.=presentsb.withsth.给某人颁发某物presentone’sopinion提出某人的观点(3)abirthdaypresent一份生日礼物【点津】present作前置定语时,意为“目前的”;作后置定语时,意为“出席的,在场的”。present作名词时,是可数名词,意为“礼物”。5.attemptv.试图;尝试n.尝试;努力教材原句①CanyouseeanysimilaritiesbetweenWebster’sworkandattemptstosimplifyChinese?◆单句填空②Hewasasproudasapeacockwhenhepassedhisdrivingtestathisfirstattempt.③Iattemptedtoget(get)intouchwithher,butfailed.④Amanisbeingquestionedinrelationtotheattempted(attempt)murderlastnight.◆句型转换⑤Theclimberswillattempttoreachthesummitagaintoday.→Theclimberswillmakeanotherattempttoreachthesummittoday.→Theclimberswillmakeanotherattemptatreachingthesummitto-day.→Theclimberswillbeinanattempttoreachthesummitagaintoday.点拨(1)attempttodosth.尝试做某事,试图做某事(2)makeanattempttodo/atdoingsth.试图做某事inanattempttodosth.试图做某事atone’sfirstattempt在某人第一次尝试时(3)attemptedmurder谋杀未遂1.have...incommon有相同的特点教材原句①WehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,ex-ceptofcourse,language.重点短语◆完成句子②Ascientistworkingatherlabbenchandasix-month-oldbabyplayingwithhisfoodmightseemtohavelittleincommon.一个坐在她的实验室工作台上的科学家和一个把玩他的食物的六个月大的婴儿之间似乎没有多少共同点。③Tomysurprise,IfoundIhadalotincommonwiththestrangerthefirsttimeImethim.令我惊讶的是,第一次见面我发现自己和这个陌生人有很多相同之处。④Anyonewithcommonsenseisabletomaketheappropriatedeci-sionanddowhateversuitstheoccasionbest.任何一个有常识的人都会做出合适的决定,做任何最适合该场合的事情。⑤Wemustadmitthefactthatpeoplefromdifferentcultureshavemoreincommonthanweusuallyrealize.我们必须承认一个事实,来自不同文化的人之间的共同的(东西)要比我们通常意识到的还多。点拨haveeverythingincommon一切相同,完全一样havenothingincommon完全不同,一点也不一样havealot/muchincommon有很多共同之处havelittleincommon没有多少共同之处commonsense常识commonpractice惯例,一般做法2.makeadifference有影响;使不相同教材原句①Itdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksBritishorAmericanEnglish.◆完成句子②Hannahisoneofmanyexamplesofyoungpeoplewhoaremakingadifferenceintheworld.汉纳是正在给世界带来影响的年轻人中的众多楷模之一。③Wetrytocreateworkexperienceopportunitiesthatwillreally