Unit 2 English around the world
补充注释：
P.9
There you are.
这是一句表示一件事情告一段落或有了最终结果的用语。例如：
THERE YOU ARE ！除此之外，还可以表示“瞧，对吧”的语气。例如：
THERE YOU ARE！I KNEW WE SHOULD FIND IT AT LAST。

You must be very tired.
must这个情态动词在这里表示的是很有把握的一种主观判断，意思是“一定，肯定”等。作这一意思解释时，“MUST”的否定形式是“ CAN’T”，既“一定不”。例如：
A: that must be The Williams.
B: No, it can’t be them. They are away on holidays.


P.10
English is a language spoken all around the world. 全世界。
all around the world: all over the world, throughout the world

There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.
Majority:
1.the great number or part, most多数人，大部分人
the great majority of the women who worked in Packingtown suffered in the same way.
The time has come to improve the conditions of the majority of the people.
I disagree with the majority on both points.
But the majority were on Ben’s side.

In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.
total
1) n. 总数。in total 加起来，总计。例如：
In total, there must be around 1,000 attending the meeting today.
2）adj. 整个的，全部的，总数的。例如：
What is the total costs of the furniture we need?
3) vt. 总数为，加起来是。例如：
The money left totals only $15. How can we get back home?


An equal number of people learn English as a second language.
Equal: adj. n . v
1.The same in size, amount, value, number, degree, status, etc.相同的，相等的，同样的。
Divide the cake into equal parts.
Equal amounts of flour and sugar should be added to the mixture.

2.Equal to sth/doing sth---having the strength, courage, ability, etc for sth.对某事物有力量，能力等，能胜任。
She feels equal to the task.
n
Person or thing equal to oneself in some way 和自己相当的人或事
He is my equal in strength.
We consider ourselves equals.

v
3. Equal sb/sth (in sth)----be equal to sb/sth 与某人某事物相同或相等
He is equaled by no one in kindness.

…, except for those in Hong Kong, where….
except for: not including, but not 除了…之外
（表示所说的不包括在内）
The meal was excellent except for the first course.
The office was in darkness except for the solitary light above his desk.
She was quite alone in the world except for an invalid aunt in Bridleton.
You picture is good except for some of the colors.
Except for a touch of melancholy in his expression, he was nothing out of the common.

P. 11
You can listen to English songs on the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet.
Communicate:
1. exchange information
They had no way to communicate with Kurt.
I shall communicate with you direct.
They used carrier pigeons to communicate with headquarters.
We’ve been communicating by mail.
I immediately communicated with the police.
We can communicate with people in most parts of the world by telephone.
We learn a language in order to communicate.
2. convey
with his help, we tried to communicate this feeling to our hosts.
You don’t communicate your ideas well in this essay.
I asked your sister to communicate my wishes to you.
3. be connected
the dining-room communicates with the kitchen.
My garden communicates with the garden next door by means of a gate.
P. 12
How did this these differences come about?
come about: happen; take place
句中动词短语come about 作“发生”、“造成”解。例如：
How did this accident come about？
They didn’t know how the change had come about。
Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about.


There is no quick answer to this question.
to: for, of
Have you got the key to the lock?
She is the secretary to the manager.
Would you plea
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