Unit7Learning about English Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1.Ithasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithasanestimated vocabulary of over one million words.
2.They don’t like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words from English. 3.Old English or Anglo-Saxon English.
4.The Germanic tribes brought it to the British Isles in the 5thcentury. 5.They are usually short and direct. 6.They use words derived from Old English.
7.AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembledsomewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.
8.Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, English, etc.
10.Words from Greek and Roman classics came into the English language. 11.The great principles of freedom and rights of man were born in England, then the Americanscarried them forward.
Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.
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Part One:
Massive borrowing from other languages is a major feature of the English language.Part Two:
the history of the English language from the Indo-European parent language to modern
English. Part Three:
Tolerance, love of freedom, and respect for the rights of others---these qualities in the
English-speaking people explain the richness of their language. 2.
Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxonwords---OldEnglish.
Para. 12: The Christian religion enriched English with words from Greek and Latin.
Para. 13: the Vikings from Scandinavia came with words from Old Norse. Para. 14: the Norman Conquest---French influence.
Para.15: The
EuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwordsfromLatinand Greek.
Para. 16: The American revolution---the emergence of a new variety---Amercan English.Language Sense Enhancement
1. (1)judge
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(4)descended (2)resembled (5)lost to us (3)systematic (7)assume (9)drifted (8)established (10)became known as VocabularyI 1.
1)Strictly speaking7)snack 2)drifted8)put; into practice 3)resembles9)source 4)invaded10)climate
5)is conquered11)surrendered 6)fascinating12)were; aroused 2.
1)an absolute necessity rather than a luxury. 2)is a valuable addition to the football team.
3)will get out of control, if the firemen do not arrive within ten minutes. 4)Alternative but to go via Vancouver to get to Seattle.
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5)Declaredallbeefimportswillbebannedforthenextsixmonthsanemergencymeasure to stop the spread of mad disease.
3.
1)systematic; have invented; to a very real extent; mysteries 2)to establish; to be modified/modifying 3)tolerance towards; strike out; enrich II.Synonyms 1.
a)wishb)wishc)wantd)want/wish 2.
a)skinb)hide/skinc)hided)skin 3.
a)raise/rearb)raisec)rear/raised)raise 4.
a)royalc)sovereign b)kingly/royald)royal/kingly III.Usage 1.Indeed
5.To my knowledge 9.instead 2.though 6.however
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