New words and expressions1.accent (1)He speaks with a strong Shandong accent.(2)The word “increase” here is used as a noun. The accent is on the first syllable.2.tap (British English) faucet (American English) petrol gasoline maize corn post mail film movie engine motor luggage baggage

main road high way

tap v. tap sb. on the shoulder

3.generally speaking : in general

strictly speaking exactly speaking

frankly speaking personally speaking

roughly speaking

4.notice

(1)vt. notice sb. do / doing

notice that…

(2)vi. I was’t noticing

(3)n. take no notice of sth

bring sth to sb’s notice

put up a notice

5. Official adj. official language n. official n. officer 6. settle vi.(1) settle in some placeHe is settled in the countryside. (2) settle one’s nerves(3)The internal affairs of each country should be settled by itsown peoplesettled adj. settlement n. settler n.7.minus (1)Four minus two is two. Two plus two is four. Five times three is fifteen. Fifteen divided by three is five.

.8. freeze (froze , frozen) Fresh water freezes at 00 C. It is freezing. What freezing weather! He was frozen to death. Smile froze on her face.9. average(1) The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6. above/ below /on the average(2) The average age of the girls in our class is17(3) If you average 4 , 5 and 9 ,you will get 6.10. all the year round : all through the year / throughout the year all night / day long

11. be famous / well-known for / as / by / to12. a great deal (1) There is a great deal to do .(2) I have seen Mrs Smith a great deal.(3) She felt a great deal better.

a lot of / lots of plenty of +[c]&[u]a large quantity of many / a good many a large number of +[c]much / a large amount of / + [u]

13. exploit : develop / use exploitation n.(1) We must ~every opportunity to learn new things.(2) They tried every means to ~ the oil under the sea.(3) exploit child labor 14. make full / good / much / little / no use of We should make good use of our natural resources. The boy made no use of his time. 15. refer to (1) Don’t refer to the matter again . (2) When I said some people are stupid , I wasn’treferring to you(3) The speaker often referred to his notes . (4) What I have to say refers to all of you .

16. Race (1) the yellow / white / black / brown race racial (adj.) discrimination (2) a horse race / a relay race17. baggage (A. E.) [u] a piece of baggage luggage (B. E) [u] an article of luggage18. block (1) n. a block of ice The office is four blocks from here. a traffic block / jam(2) v. The road was blocked by snow.19. from time to time / now and then / sometimes / occasionally Dialogue 1. tell the difference between A and B Can you tell the difference in meaning between “over” and “above”? tell …from … Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

Text 1. the second largest country The Yellow River is the 2nd longest river in China. 2. reach (1) extend The woods reach as far as the river. (2) get to reach London (3) stretch out the hand and take sth Can you reach that apple on the tree? (4) n. within / out of / beyond reach 3.cover (1) China covers about 9.6 million km2.(2) cover the events (3) cover the table with a tablecloth .

(4) He covered 50 miles a day.(5) cover the loss(6) cover 5 pages a day

4. remain

(1) After the fire , very little remained of my house.

(2) How many weeks will you remain here?

(3) He remained silent .

(4) He remained (to be) a teacher.

(5) It remains to be seen : We shall know later on .