Unit 5 Languages around the World Language Points1知识点讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

B1U5Language Points 1 Period 1 Listening and Speaking 1. billion (n.) 十亿 How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language? 有多少亿人把联合国的官方语言作为母语或第二语言？ two billion people 20亿人 billions of 数十亿 词义关联：two hundred/thousand/million 两百/千/百万 hundreds/thousands/millions of 几百/几千/几百万 2. native (adj.) 出生地的；本地的；土著的 (n.) 本地人 Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. 听演讲，勾出母语人数最多的两种语言。 Tom is a native(adj.) New Yorker/a native(n.) of New York. English is his native language / He is a native English speaker and America is his native country. Tom是土生土长的纽约人/纽约本地人。英语是他的母语，美国是他的祖国。 It is well known that the giant panda is native to China. 众所周知，大熊猫原产于中国。 词义关联：local (adj.) 地方的；当地的；本地的 local people 当地人a local newspaper地方报纸 3. attitude (adj.) 态度；看法 What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning？演讲者对外语学习的态度是什么？ To live a happy life, one should take/hold/have a positive attitude to/towards difficulties. 一个人想要过幸福的生活。就要对困难采取积极的态度。 词义关联：a negative attitude to/towards 对...的消极态度 4. refer (vi.) 提到；参考；查阅 (vt.) 查询；叫...求助于 What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences? 句子中的斜体单词指的是什么？(指的是) Ben is always referred to as “that nice man.” Ben总是被称为“那个大好人”。(refer to... as... 把...称为...) Some scientific stories this book refers to have come true now. 这本书里提到的一些科学故事现在已经变成了现实。(提到，谈到) This article refers to the events of last year. 这一篇文章说的是去年发生的事。（描述；涉及；与...有关） When reading, you’d better avoid referring to the dictionary too often. 在阅读时，你最好避免太频繁地查字典。(查字典；refer to notes 查阅/参考笔记) reference(n.) books 参考书 in/with reference to 关于；根据 词义关联：look up a word in a dictionary 在字典里查单词 consider... as/to be... 认为...是... regard/recognise ...as ... 认为/公认...为... 5. the official languages of the UN 联合国的官方语言 6. do business with 和某人做生意 My father is doing business with Russians. 我爸在和俄罗斯人做生意。 7. pay attention to 注意 8. a British accent/an American accent 英国口音/美国口音 9. neither...nor... 既不...也不... There is no egg in eggplant