Unit 2 English Around the World

1. Unit 2 English Around the World Book 1 华南师范大学 张如玮

2. voyage['vɒɪɪdʒ]n.航行；航海 eg. They went on a voyage round the world.

3. because of因为；由于 because vsbecause of because (conj.) + sentence because of (prep.) + n./pron./v.-ing/what clause eg. He didn’t come becausehe was ill. = He didn’t come because ofhis illness.

4. native[‘neɪtɪv]adj.本国的；本地的 n.本地人；本国人 eg. He read a poem in his native language. Are you a native or just a visitor?

5. come up走近；上来；提出 eg. A bagger came up to us for money. They have come up with a solution at the meeting.

6. British English vs American English

7. Noun

8. gasoline petrol

9. elevator lift

10. fall autumn

11. apartment flat

12. movie film

13. subway underground

15. Spelling

16. -me,-ue

17. -or vs -our

18. -er vs -re -l- vs -ll-

19. -se vs -ce -ze vs -se

20. Pronunciation

21. “ r ” car park bird

22. “ t ” water whatever

23. “a” dance can’t [ɑː] [æ]

24. “ –ary ” primary [ərɪ] [ɛri] military

25. Grammar

26. About “have”… Have you a cup? Do you have a cup?

27. When talking about past tense… I have studied your report already. I studied your report already.

28. Usage of prep. in the street atthe weekend on the street on the weekend

29. Thank you for listening!