【名师指导】2018-2019学年外研版高中英语必修5探究学案:Module1 British and American English(Period3)
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在两种英语中另外两个领域的区别是拼写和发音.

在某方面有区别:differ in ...

8.After all,there is probably as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.

毕竟,两个国家各自内部的差异和两国之间的语音差异可能是一样多的.

1)after all ;毕竟;终究2)as much ...as ;as many ...as:和...一样多

There is nearly as much pollution in this city as in that one.

There are nearly as many kinds of pollution in this city as in that one.

9.A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.

一个伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人的话比理解一个纽约人的话更困难.

Have a little/some/great/no difficulty in doing sth做某事有点/些/很大/没有困难

我很难与他们取得联系,因为我把手机忘在家里了.

I had great difficulty in getting in touch with them,for I left my mobile phone at home.

我们班大部分同学与这个外教交流没有困难.

Most of the students in my class have no difficulty in communicating with the foreign teacher.

拓展:

做某事有困难:have trouble in doing sth

做某事没有困难:There is no difficulty in doing sth

10.Since the 1980s,with satellite TV and the Internet,it has been possible to listen to British and American English at the flick of a switch.

自从20世纪80年代以来,随着卫星电视和因特网的使用,非常便捷地听到英式英语和美式英语已经成为可能.

at the flick of a switch:轻轻一按电源;形容便捷

It is +adj.+to do sth:"做某事是......",it 是形式主语,动词不定式做真正主语

随着因特网的使用,轻轻一按电源,收听BBC英语节目已经成为可能.

with the Internet,it has been possible to listen to BBC English programs at the flick of a switch.

11.This non-stop communication,the experts think ,has made it easier for British people and Americans to understand each other.

专家们认为,这种不间断的交流使英国人和美国人更容易互相理解了.

make it +adj. for sb to do sth:it 是形式宾语,真正宾语是动词不定式to do sth,形容词是宾补.

任何事情都不能使得失去的时间被弥补.

Nothing can make it possible for lost time to be made up.

Listening to music makes it possible for her to relax from working long.

12.But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English.

但这导致了大量的美语单词和结构进入了英国英语.

Lead- led -led to 导致,导向,通往,to介词

13.This international dimension suggests that in the future ,there are going to be many "Englishes",not just two main varieties.