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Unit 2 Language Points
1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world?
more than one“不止一个” +名词单数, 后面的谓语动词用单数。类似:many a (许多)。
1)more than + 数词 “多于,超过”
2)more than + 名词 “不仅仅;不只是” Both of them are more than schoolmates.
3) more than + 形容词 “非常;极其” We are more than happy today.
4)more than +从句“超过” The cold was more than he could bear.
5) more….than…与其说….倒不如说
2. In some important ways they are very different from one another.在某些重要方面, 它们彼此有差异。
1) be different from British English is different from American English.
2) one another/each other:都表示“相互,彼此”,在句中作动词或介词的宾语,但不能作主语。
表示两个人或事物之间的相互关系用each other, 表示三个或三个以上的人或事物之间的相互关系时, 用each other或one another都可以。
3. voyage n. 航行,航海;指较远地方的海上或空中旅行;
go on a voyage (to sp) 正在旅行/航海; make a voyage (to sp) 去某地旅行
【辨析】journey,travel,trip,tour和voyage
journey n.[C]多指陆地长途旅行, “旅程,旅途”。
travel n. [C,U] 可指所有的旅行和游历, “旅行”的总称
trip n. [C] 常指短途,短期旅行, 往返某地
tour n. [C,U] 指(团队)观光旅行,也可表示“巡视”“巡回比赛”或“演出”