Unit 2 Language language points学案

一、知识复习

（一）词汇部分

1.【原句再现】The language they created is what we now called Old English .(P22)

【知识要点】create/invent/make/produce/discover

【诊断练习】用create/invent/make/produce/ discover的适当形式填空。

①It was Edison who ________ the electric light lamp.

②A hundred pence ________ one pound.

③Female sheep ________ one or two lambs at a time.

④Shakespeare ________ many comic characters and made his characters alive.

⑤Who first ________ America?

2.【原句再现】This is because many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English, for example, pick up and lift up. (P22)

【知识要点】pick up的用法

【诊断练习】给出划线部分的汉语意思。

①I bought a radio to pick up English programs.

②Please pick up all these pieces of paper in the room.

③Where did you pick up this lovely vase at such a low price?

④My son picked up some French while he was staying in Paris.

⑤At the second corner the bus stopped to pick up three people.

⑥To our joy, our business is gradually picking up.

3.【原句再现】Many factors contributed to the development of this new type of English.(P22)

【知识要点】contribute to的用法

【诊断练习】给出划线部分的汉语意思。

①Poor food contributes to her illness.

②How much did you contribute to the Red Cross?

③The Song Dynasty contributed three great inventions to the world civilization.

④This professor has contributed many articles to magazines and newspapers.

4.【原句再现】By the later half of the 14th century, English was adopted by all classes in