DOC《Unit 1》

t say that I know her . 我知道有其人,但谈不上认识她. 5. Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America though there are some spelling differences . 在英国和美国,书面英语大体上是相同的,尽管在拼法上有差异. more or less : 大约;

或多或少;

在一定程度上 eg. I'

d like to spend $10 ,

000 more or less on a computer . 我想花一万美元买一台计算机. 6. For example , the words colour , centre and travelled are spelt color , center and traveled in American English . 例如:colour , centre , traveled 这些词在美国英语里拼成color , center , traveled . for example是介词短语,为插入语在句子作独立成份,意为 例如 譬如 可缩写为 eg . eg. He , for example , is a good teacher . 例如,他是个好教师. 7. However , most of the time , people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other . 尽管如此,大多数时候,两国人民在互相理解上没有困难. eg. ① However , he didn'

t have any money on him . ???② He will never succeed , however hard he tries . You can write however you want to . 8. How did the differences come about ? 这些差别是怎样产生的呢? (1)come about 发生 造成 eg. The police are investigating how the accident came about . 警方正调查事故是怎样发生的. (2)happen和take place , happen to do It happens that … eg. ① The car accident happened under my eyes . I happened to meet him in the street yesterday . It'

ll happen that I'

ll go to your university for a visit . I don'

t believe that the accident happened to him . The May Fourth Movement took place in

1919 . (3)come构成的短语 eg. ⑴ I have never come across such a thing before . ???⑵ Come along with us if you like to . ⑶ He came from TaiWan . ⑷ Summer comes after spring . ⑸ The elder gentleman came down in the world with the bank crash . ⑹ The true story came down to our generation from last generation . ⑺ The new term began and we all came back to the school . ⑻ The rain stopped and the sun came out . ⑼ Leaves and flowers come out when spring come........