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Unit7LearningaboutEnglish

PartIIReadingTask

Comprehension

ContentQuestion

PairWork

Ithasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithasanestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords.

Theydon’tlikeborrowingforeignwords.TheytrytobanwordsfromEnglish.

OldEnglishorAnglo-SaxonEnglish.

TheGermanictribesbroughtittotheBritishIslesinthe5thcentury.

Theyareusuallyshortanddirect.

TheyusewordsderivedfromOldEnglish.

AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembledsomewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.

Greek,Latin,Sanskrit,English,etc.

TherewerethreelanguagescompetingforuseinEngland.

WordsfromGreekandRomanclassicscameintotheEnglishlanguage.

ThegreatprinciplesoffreedomandrightsofmanwereborninEngland,thentheAmericanscarriedthemforward.

No.Englishisandhasalwaysbeenthetongueofthecommonpeople.Thereshouldnotbeanyfencearoundittoprotectitsso-calledpurity.

TextOrganization

WorkingOnYourOwn

PartOne:MassiveborrowingfromotherlanguagesisamajorfeatureoftheEnglishlanguage.

PartTwo:thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromtheIndo-EuropeanparentlanguagetomodernEnglish.

PartThree:Tolerance,loveoffreedom,andrespectfortherightsofothers---thesequalitiesintheEnglish-speakingpeopleexplaintherichnessoftheirlanguage.

Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxonwords---OldEnglish.

Para.12:TheChristianreligionenrichedEnglishwithwordsfromGreekandLatin.

Para.13:theVikingsfromScandinaviacamewithwordsfromOldNorse.

Para.14:theNormanConquest---Frenchinfluence.

Para.15:TheEuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwordsfromLatinandGreek.

Para.16:TheAmericanrevolution---theemergenceofanewvariety---AmercanEnglish.

LanguageSenseEnhancement

judge

resembled

systematic

descended

losttous

comeupwith

assume

established

drifted

becameknownas

Vocabulary

I

Strictlyspeaking

drifted

resembles

invaded

isconquered

fascinating

snack

put;intopractice

source

climate

surrendered

were;aroused

anabsolutenecessityratherthanaluxury.

isavaluableadditiontothefootballteam.

willgetoutofcontrol,ifthefiremendonotarrivewithintenminutes.

AlternativebuttogoviaVancouvertogettoSeattle.

Declaredallbeefimportswillbebannedforthenextsixmonthsasanemergencymeasuretostopthespreadofmaddisease.

systematic;haveinvented;toaveryrealextent;mysteries

toestablish;tobemodified/modifying

tolerancetowards;strikeout;enrich

Synonyms

wish

wish

want

want/wish

skin

hide/skin

hide

skin

raise/rear

raise

rear/raise

raise

royal

kingly/royal

sovereign

royal/kingly

Usage

Indeed

though

Frankly

Moreover

Tomyknowledge

however

nevertheless

Yet

instead

inotherwords

ComprehensiveExercises

cloze

fascinating

tolerance

invented

addition

ban

corrupt

outofcontrol

influenced

elite

cameupwith

establishing

Massive

sources

enrich

early

similar

source

observation

examine

features

declared

stronger

accident

sprung

Translation

Manysmallbusinesseshavesprungupinthecitysincethenewpolicywentintoeffect.

Onhearingthenews,shesmiledbriefly,andthenreturnedtoherhabitualfrown.

Hepausedforeffect,thensaid:“Wecanreach/enterthesemarketsthroughnewchannels.〞

Theadditionofaconcerthalltotheschoolwillhelpitnourishyoungmusicaltalents.

Wehavenowaytoprotectourpersonallibertiesuntilwehaveestablishedasovereignstate./Wecan’tprotectourpersonallibertiesunlesswe,firstofall,establishasovereignstate.

ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsamysterytomanypeople,linguistsbelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshavedescendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.EnglishwasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.TheypassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Inoverfifteencenturiesofitsdevelopment,Englishhasenricheditselfbymassiveborrowing.AsBritishimmigrantslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnitedStatesasanindepende