Unit2UnitReviewⅠ
阅读理解A(2013·三明高一检测)Whatislanguagefor
Somepeopleseemtothinkit’sforpractisinggrammarrulesandlearninglistsofwords—thelongerthelists,thebetter
That’swrong
Languageisfortheexchangeofideasandinformation
It’smeaninglessknowingallaboutalanguageifyoucan’tuseitfreely
ManystudentsIhavemetknowhundredsofgrammarrules,buttheycan’tspeakcorrectlyorfluently
Theyareafraidofmakingmistakes
Oneshouldn’tbeafraidofmakingmistakeswhenspeakingaforeignlanguage
Nativespeakersmakemistakesandbreakrules,too
BernardShawoncewrote,“ForeignersoftenspeakEnglishtoocorrectly
”ButthemistakesthatnativespeakersmakearedifferentlyfromthosethatChinesestudentsmake
They’reEnglishmistakesintheEnglishlanguage
Andifenoughnativespeakersbreakarule,itisnolongerarule
Whatusedtobewrongbecomesright
Peoplenotonlymakehistory,theym