Unit 7 Mainly revision

文化背景

Lift and Elevator

　　The word “lift” is often used in American English, while the word “elevator” is often used in British English.

Ball Games

　　Football is the most popular ball game in the world. British football is often called soccer. The most popular ball games in the United States are rugby and basketball, while table-tennis is the most popular game in China.

相关足球用语

FIFA：The Federation internation de Football Association(法语)国际足联

penalty mark：罚点球决胜负

　　the Golden Ball Award：the best player on the basis of a vote by managers of national teams,金球奖

　　the Golden Shoe Award：this award goes to the player who scores the highest number of goals金靴奖

　　World Cup final tournament：世界杯总决赛

　　midfielder：中场球员

　　forwarder：前锋

　　defender：后卫

　　co-hosts will enjoy home advantage：联合主办国将享有主场优势

　　How many floors does the building have? 这幢大楼多少层？

floor意为“地板、楼层”。中国和英、美国家在表达楼房的第几层楼时区别如下：

中国	英国	美国
一楼	the ground floor	the first floor
二楼	the first floor	the second floor
三楼	the second floor	the third floor

英语小诗欣赏

SPEAKING ENGLISH

　　Mary speaks English,

　　But not very well.

　　When she tries to speak English,

　　You really can not tell

　　What language she is speaking,

　　Or trying hard to speak.

　　The first time I heard her speaking,

　　I thought it was Greek.

　　John's English is wonderful,

　　He speaks very well.

　　His accent is perfect.

　　You really cannot tell

　　That he isn't a native

　　Of the U. S. A.

　　There's only one problem—

　　He has nothing to say.

讲英语

　　玛丽讲英语，

　　但是不地道。

　　她一开口说，

　　听者就着急：

　　讲的哪国话?

　　操的什么语?

　　初次听她讲，

　　还当是希腊语。

　　约翰英语呱呱叫，

　　确实很地道

　　他的音调好又妙。

　　你实在听不出

　　他原来并不是

　　真正的美国佬。

　　问题只一个一一

　　他就是话太少。