不信由你come up with 提出 come up to a place 参观某地 ever before 从前even if/ though 即使 at the end of 在…末期 be based on 在...基础上close to 距离…近 change…into 把…变成 in the early days 在早期take…with…随身携带 the same…as 与…相同的 at present 目前be absent from 缺席 be present at 在席；出席 carry out a rule 执行规则 be a native of 是…人 at sb’s request 应某人的要求 have a command of掌握make a request 请求 request that …(should)+v原形 in one direction 朝一个方向give commands 命令 be different from 与…不同 i n the 1620’s = in the 1600sas a rule 通常；照例 be native to 是…的土产动物/植物 as we know 正如我们所知an international language 一门国际语言 an international organization 一个国际组织play a role/ part (in) 在…中担任角色；在…中起作用;扮演一个角色；参与play an important role/ part 在…中起重要作用 because of 因为；由于come up (vi) 走进；上来；发生；被讨论make (good/ full) use of （好好/充分）利用from one place to another 从一处到另一处 present sth to sb / present sb with sth句子归纳：
1. However, they may not be able to understand everything.（然而，他们可能不是什么都懂。）2. This is because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.(这是因为英国于1765年到1947年统治过印度。)3. All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.(当不同文化互相沟通时，所有的语言都会发生变化。)4. What the British call “petrol” the Americans call “gas”.(美国人把被英国人称作“petrol”的东西称作“gas”。 此处what引导宾语从句)5. Actually, it was based more on German than present day English.(实际上，当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础的，而现代英语不是。)6. …those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.7. The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.(in which= where, 其引导定语从句。 美国是一个大国，国内说着许许多多的方言。)8. …there is more than one kind of English in the world.(more than one+单数可数名词，作主语时，谓语用单数) 9. It is not easy for a Chinese person to speak English as well as a native English speaker.(对于一个中国人来说把英语说得跟以英语为母语的人一样好是不容易的。)句型：It is + adj/n+ for sb to do sth 对于某人来说做某事是…扩充：It is + adj+ of /for sb to do sth当句式中形容词修饰to do sth 时用for; 若形容词修饰sb，则用of.eg: It’s kind of you to help me carry the box.
附：1. either…or…和neither…nor…连接两个名词作主语，谓语动词采取就近原则。2. be different in强调在某方面的不同be different from 强调在各方面的不同3. in the end 最后，最终 后无of 结构三个表示最后最