高中英语新课标人教版(广东)高一(1)unit2 workbook

billion¹ people. Unlike² many other countries, our people speak a lot of languages⁴. So we use English, which we got⁵ from British⁶ rulers hundreds of years ago. Of course⁷, we have our own⁸ way of using English.
S2:
Well, I live on a huge⁹ green island in western¹⁰ Europe¹¹. Hundreds of years ago, my people spoke¹² a very different language³ from English. Then the British rulers came¹³. Now the old language is spoken¹⁴ in only a few¹⁵ villages in the western part¹⁶ of my country.
S3:
My country has more than 7,000 islands. Some of them are very large but most of them are quite small. Hundreds of years ago, the Spanish¹⁷ rulers chnged the way we live. Much later¹⁸, the American rulers taught¹⁹ their own kind of English in our school. Nowdays, we speak a kind of English that borrows²⁰ words from American English but is mostly²¹ our wewn.
S4:
My country is very small. In fact²², it's really a city. It is in southeast²³ Asia²⁴ and is very rich. People come from all over Asia to do business²⁵ here. Today, you can hear our kind of English spoken everywhere in the city and on many ships that come here.

1 billion   

num.十亿；数以十亿计；大量；一万亿

参考例句：

• A billion is a large number.十亿是个大数目。
• They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.他们已经在那上面花了近10亿美元。

2 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。

3 language   

n.语言

参考例句：

• Is English a hard language to learn?英语是一种难学的语言吗？
• Language is a wonderful thing.语言是极好的东西。

4 languages   

n.语言( language的名词复数 )；表达方式；（某民族、某国家的）语言文字；计算机语言

参考例句：

• I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages. 不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。
• She has always excelled in foreign languages. 她的外语从来都是出类拔萃。

5 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

6 British   

adj.英国的；大不列颠的；英国人的

参考例句：

• The British drink a great deal of tea.英国人饮大量的茶。
• The ship is in British waters.这条船行驶在英国的海域里。

7 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

8 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

9 huge   

adj.巨大的，庞大的

参考例句：

• He gave me a huge apple.他给了我一个大苹果。
• His acting raised a huge laugh.他的表演引起一阵大笑。

10 western   

n.西方人；西部片；西部小说；adj.西方的，西洋的，西部的

参考例句：

• He is wearing a western style suit.他穿着一套西式服装。
• He lives at the western end of the village.他家住在村子尽西头。

11 Europe   

n.欧洲

参考例句：

• Have you traveled in Europe?你到欧洲旅行过吗？
• We're planning to visit Europe this summer.我们正打算今年夏天去欧洲旅行。

12 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

13 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

14 spoken   

adj.口语的；口说的；口头的

参考例句：

• His spoken English is very good.他的英语口语非常好。
• We'll hold a talk on how to improve our spoken English.我们将要举行一次关于如何提高我们的英语口语的会谈。

15 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

16 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

17 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。

18 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

19 taught   

v.teach的过去式过去分词

参考例句：

• Children must be taught to be careful of traffic.必须教育孩子要当心车辆。
• Miss Brown taught my daughter last year.去年是布朗小姐教我女儿的。

20 borrows   

v.借，借进( borrow的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He neither lends nor borrows. 他既不借给人也不向人借。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He borrows money from me all the time. 他总是向我借钱。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

21 mostly   

adv.主要地；大部分

参考例句：

• Our weather has been mostly warm.我们这里的天气多半是暖和的。
• She uses her car mostly for driving to work.她的汽车主要用于上下班。

22 fact   

n.事实，实情，论据

参考例句：

• It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
• I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实，我明天是准备去那里。

23 southeast   

n.东南，东南地区；adj.东南的，向东南的，来自东南的； adv.往东南，来自东南

参考例句：

• A southeast wind was blowing.开始刮东南风。
• Austria lies to the southeast of Germany.奥地利位于德国东南。

24 Asia   

n.亚洲

参考例句：

• He went to some place in Asia.他到亚洲某地去了。
• An Asian is a person born or living in Asia. 亚洲人是指出生或居住在亚洲的人。

25 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。