甘肃省金昌市第一中学高一英语《Unit2EnglisharoundtheWorld》Patterns学案.doc

PATTERNS 1. than ever before [原句展示1] Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. (P9) [原句展示2] So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. (P10) [点拨] 上面两句中的than ever before，意为“比以前，比以往任何时候更”。ever是副词，用以加强原级、比较级及最高级，常和比较级连用构成比较结构。如： He gets up earlier than ever before. [拓展] than before与than ever than before比以前，比从前；than ever比以前任何时候，比到现在为止的任何时候。如： He is no happier than before. 他不比以前幸福。 It is raining heavier than ever. 现在雨比先前任何时候下得都大。 2. Believe it or not [原句展示] Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. (P13) [点拨] believe it or not = it may sound surprising but it is true 是习惯用法，意为“信不信由你”，在句中作状语，表示让???，常位于句首。如： Believe it or not, we were left waiting in the rain for two hours. [注意] believe it or not只有这一种形式，动词believe没有believed或believing的形式，也就是说：believe不受主句主语的影响。如： Believe it or not, Mary was admitted to a famous university yesterday. [仿写] ___________________________________[来源:学#科#网] （信不信由你，这种事又发生在我身上了。） [联想] 用法类似的有：roughly / generally / personally speaking; to tell (you) the truth等。 [小试牛刀] 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. With the college entrance examination approaching, he studies harder ______. A. as before B. as ago C. than ever before D. than ever ago [来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K] 2. ______ you the truth, I don’t like him, because he always lies. A. To tell B. Tell C. Told D. Telling PATTERNS: [仿写] Believe it or not, this happened to me again. [小试牛刀] 1. C 2. A [来源:金太阳新课标资源网] [来源: /]