5.
Integrating skills:

1. For a long time the language in America stayed the same,while the language in England changed.
stay vi. 保留，待
I prefer to stay at home.
stay link-v. 保持某种状态，后接形容词作表语。
The shop stays open till 10 at night.
I stayed awake last night because of missing home.
(NEMT 2003)
Why don't you put the meat in the fridge? It will___ fresh for several days.
A. be stayed B. stay C. be staying D. have stayed
while 并列连词，表示对比，“而，又”
You like sports, while I like reading.
Some people are rich while some are poor.
while 还可以表示时间，“当......时候”，“在......期间”（位于动词必须是单数）
Strike while the iron is hot.
My sister was doing her homework while I was watching TV.
while 还可以表示让步，“尽管，虽然”
While I admit his good points, I can see his bad ones.
2. more or less 或多或少
I have more or less finished the work.
3. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.
however“可是，然而”，可置于句首，句中，句末，用逗号和其他部分分开。
It was raining hard. However, I think we should go out.
but 连接两个并列分句时，只能位于两句之间，且其后不能加逗号。
She promised to come, but she didn't come.
have difficult/trouble (in) doing sth
have difficult/trouble with sth 做某事有困难
I have difficulty in talking with the foreigner in English.
Do you have difficulty with maths?
(2003 黄冈)
Did you have any trouble ____ the Post Offoce?
A. to have found B. with finding C. to find D. in finding
4. One of the reasons is that people travelled to America from all the European countries and from other parts of the world, too.
the reason is that... that引导表语从句，在句中不做任何成分，但不能省略。
because, why& that
三者都可以引导表语从句，但用法各有侧重。because 表示一种动作或状态的根本原因，而why虽译成“因为”，但实质上表示结果。that引导的表语从句表示原因，主语通常是reason或what 引导的主语从句，如 the reason why...is/was that...这一结构中的用法。
What caused the accident was that the bus driver drove the bus too fast.
She didn't study hard. That was why she failed in the exam.
She failed in the exam. That was because she didn't study hard.
The reason why he hasn't come is that he has to send his mother to hospital.
(2003 上海春招)
____ made the school pround was ____more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.
A. What, because B. What, that C. That, what D. That, because
5. Do you know any other English words that were borrowed from other language?
other, another, the other
other 别的，其他的
I have many other things to do.
the other 复数用 the others或 the other+名词复数
The hotel is on the other side of the street.
Mary is here, but the other girls are still on the payground.
another 另一个
Have another cup of tea.
some...others... 一些......一些......(无范围)
some of ... the others... 有的......其余的(全部)......(有范围)
Some girls are dancing, others are singing.
Some are workers, others are doctors.
Some of the boys went swimming, while the others sat on the beach for sunbathing.
(1997 全国)
Sarah has read lots of stories by American writers. Now she would like to read ____ stories by writers from ____ countries.
A. some, any B. other, some C. some, other D. other,other

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