2. have trouble learning Englishc英语有困难3. sculpt a s学ulpture雕一座雕像4. paint a painting画一幅画[来源:Zxxk.Com]
g get me thinkin5.让我开始思考
6. in ofr uree timei我们空闲的时候7. get seasick at sea在海上的时候晕船8. get airs在ck in the air在坐飞机时晕机9. get carsick in a car坐车时晕车10. get homesick思乡，想家
e speaking of hom11.提/说到家
12. the op”osite op “softfsoft的反义词
13. an opposing pair5组反义词14. shameless behavior无耻的行为1一. shameful behavior可耻的行为16. look out of the window往窗外看
e wonder at the unique madness of a languag17.对一异语言的独有的疯狂感到诧种/惊
讶
18. a house burno up/ dswn房子烧毁了
19. fill in/out a form.写表格20填 an alarm goes of闹钟/警报器响了
e reflect the creativity of the human rac21.反映了人类的创造力22. the lights are out灯熄灭了
h wind up my watc22.给我的手表上发条
23. wind up this passage a束这篇文章24. develop from a Spanish word从一个西班牙词汇演变而来25. give advice on how to learn English就如何学英语给出建议26. come 结cross a lot of unfamiliar words遇到许多不熟悉的单词27. contact a friend by writing通过写信和朋友联系28. have fixed meanings有固定的意思29. mean the opposite意思相反30. improve a lot/
make great improvemento得很大进步、有了很大的提高31.the 取ther way round/around（情况）相反32. calm sb. down使某人镇静、冷静下来
33. present sb. a gift=give sb. a present d某人礼物34. be made up of the first letters of several wor给s 由几个单词的首字母组成[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]35. be short for “as soon as possible”是as soon as possible的简称/缩写
36. be referred to as WTO被称作是 TO37. come up with as many words as possible想出尽可能多的单词38.Wget to know the American English words and their English equivalents逐渐了解美语词汇和他们的英式英语对等词
Unit 2 Exploring EnglishI. Chunks1. have the largest number of native speakers以(某种语言)为母语的人数最多


47. play safe with what they eat西他们吃的东在上很谨慎48. go to a summer school上夏校
49. have a frog in one’s throatt尤因喉咙痛）说话困难50. an information desk at the en（rance入口处的问询处51. be part of a student exchange programme参加了一个学生交流项目52. do a good job做得好
53. look forward to getting a positive comment 待得到积极的评价54.期stay with a British family和一个英国家庭住在一起。55. to my astonishment令我吃惊的是
56. present your idea to the classc全班提出你的想法58. can recognize diferences between Ameri向an English and British English能辨别出美式英语和英式英语的差异59. write a story based on given pictures依据给出的图
片写u55. be aware of c故事ltural diferences注
意到文化S II. 差异entences
1. I hadn’t had trouble learning English until one day my five-year-old son asked
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me whether there was ham in a hamburger.
直到有一天，我五岁的儿子问我汉堡包里有没有腿火习，我的英学语才遇到了麻烦t2. Nei。her is there pine nor apple in pineapple. 菠萝里既没
有松树，也没有苹果:[来源。Z#xx#k.Com]
3. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.
如让我开始思考英语是这何成为一门 狂的学习语言的。4. Speaking of home, why疯aren’t homework and housework the same thing? 说到家，为
什么家庭作业和家务这两个单词（看起来很像意思却）不是一s5. Even the smalle回事呢？t words can be confusing. 就
算是最短小的单词有时候都会让人费解。
6. That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are
out, they are invisible.
这就是为什么当星星出来时，它们是可见而，的当灯光，熄灭时它可是不们见的。.
7. Americans talk about putting gas in their cars and driving along the highway,
whereas in the UK, people put petrol in their cars and drive along the motorway.
美国人说给他们的车加油用gas，然后在高速路公上行驶用highway而用在英国，人们，ep
trol给车加油，然后在motorway上行驶。
8. Americans take the elevator to the top floor of a building, but the British use
the lift.
39. be in common international use在国际上通用40. understand each other from the context 从上下文中了解对方41. have a friendly argument about which word is the right one友好地争论哪个词是正确的。42. make additions to English dictionaries给英语词典增加内容43. be appropriate for the situation在这个情况下是合适的44. cause misunderstandings引起误会45. a very useful learning resource非常有用的学习资源[来源:学_科_网]46. broaden your knowledge 扩大你的知识面


到建筑物的顶层乘坐的电梯，美国人叫 levator,e而英国人叫lift。
9. Americans live in an apartment, while the British live in a flat.
美国人住的公寓叫 partaent,m而英国人叫flat.
10. Not only can you post specific questions, but you can also broaden your
knowledge by reading posts from other English learners around the world.
你不仅以发表可具体问的题，而且你还可以通过阅读来自世界各地的其英他语学习者的帖子来拓宽
你的知识面。
11. Here are some of our favorites, to remind us that some of the English we
learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world.
这是一些我们最喜欢的帖子，可以提醒我们我在们课堂里的一些面语和外英世界大使中的英语是用
不相同I’。12. 的ve got an English penfriend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. 我有个英国
笔友，今年夏天我终于在伦敦见到他了。
13. I spend days preparing and writing my first English paper.
我的第一篇英语论文，从准备到写作花了若干天时间。
14. It turns out that toad-in-the-hole is delicious.
明事实证种，这食物是美味的。