2012届高三英语二轮复习精品
课件(湖北专用):第3模块 阅读理解 (9份) [2011·全国卷ⅱ] the way we do things round here some years ago,i was hired by an american bank. i received a letter from the head of the personnel department that started,“dear john, i am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.”that “quite”saddened me.i thought he was saying “we're kind of pleased you decided to join us although i wish we had hired someone else.”then i discovered that in american english “quite”sometimes means “very”,while in british english it means “fairly”.