Section 2 Notes to difficult sentences from Unit 2
English around the world
1. …English became less like German… 英语变的更不像德语了……
句子中的became是系动词的一种，叫半系动词。系动词分如下几种：
1）状态系动词： 用来表示主语状态，只有be一词，例如：He is a teacher. 他是一名教师。（is与表语一起说明主语的身份。）
2）持续系动词： 用来表示主语继续或保持一种状况或态度，主要有keep, rest, remain, stay, lie, stand, 例如：He always kept silent at meeting. 他开会时总保持沉默。
3）表像系动词： 用来表示“看起来像”这一概念，主要有seem, appear, look, 例如：He looks tired. 看起来很累。
4）感官系动词： 感官系动词主要有feel, smell, sound, taste, 例如：This kind of cloth feels very soft.
5）变化系动词： 这些系动词表示主语变成什么样，变化系动词主要有become, grow, turn, fall, get, go, come, run. 例如：He became mad after that. 自那之后，他疯了。
6）终止系动词： 表示主语已终止动作，主要有prove, turn out, 表达“证实”，“变成”之意，例如：The rumor proved false. 这谣言证实有假。
2. English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. 在南亚，英语同样是作为外语或者是第二语言使用的。
句子中的as是介词，意思是“当作”，作副词意思是“同样地”，作连词意思是“当…….之时”。
例句与用法:
(1) It is just as you like. 事情就如你喜欢的那样。
(2) He can run as fast as I can. 他能跑得和我一样快。
(3) The kitten uses that box as its bed. 小猫把那个盒子当做它的床。
(4) Jim runs fast, but I run just as fast. 吉姆跑得快，但我跑得也一样快。
(5) As you weren't there I left a message. 因为你不在那里，我留了个信儿。
(6) As she's been ill perhaps she'll need some help. 她由于生病可能需要些帮助。
(7) As if unsure of where she was, she hesitated and looked round.
她仿佛茫然不知身在何处，犹犹豫豫向四周打量。
(8) Cyprus, as you know, is an island in the Mediterranean. 如你所知，塞浦路斯是地中海的岛国。
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