Unit3Understandingeachother●WordPowerStep1:BrainstormingDoyouhaveanydifficultyinrememberingEnglishwords?Whatmethodsdoyouusuallyuseinlearningnewwords?NowI’llgiveyousometipstolearnandrememberEnglishvocabulary.Rememberthespellingofawordbyitspronunciation.Rememberthespellingofawordbyanalyzingtheformationoftheword.Rememberthemeaningofawordbymakingasentencewithit.Rememberthemeaningofawordbystudyingtheoriginoftheword.Englishisoneofthemostwidely-spokenlanguagesintheworldanditisusedastheinternationalworkinglanguageinmanyplacesthroughouttheworld.ButwheredotheEnglishlanguageandallitswordscomefrom?Whoinventedsomanynewwords?IsitpossiblethatEnglishborrowedwordsfromotherlanguages?Ifso,Canyougivesomeexamples?Step2:Vocabularylearning1.LookatPartA.ThisisanonlinearticleaboutEnglishwordsborrowedfromotherlanguages.ReadthearticleandanalysehowwordsareborrowedfromotherlanguagesandusedintheEnglishlanguage.Finishthefollowingtable.LanguageCategoriesofwordsFrenchfood,entertainment,jobsGermanTools,mechanical,equipment,snacks,geologicaltermsItalianmusic,thearts,themilitaryArabicspices,chemicals,animals,food,mathematics2.LookatPartB.ItisaspidergramshowingsomeofthewordsthathavebeenborrowedfromotherlanguagesandincorporatedintoEnglish.Pleaseaddmoreexamplesifpossible.3.PartCservesasastrengtheningexercisetocheckyourabilitytounderstandsomenewwordsandusethemcorrectly.Youshouldunderstandthepassageandtheexactmeaningsofthesewordsfirstandthenfillintheblankscorrectly.AnswersC(1)Italian(2)Arabic(3)food(4)restaurant(5)jobs(6)ballet(7)confetti(8)colonel(9)clock(10)rocket(11)German(12)hamburger(13)alcohol(14)zero4.Inthispassage(PartC),whichwordsareborrowedfromItalian?WhatwasItalyfamousforinthe18thcentury?WhatdoesthewriterthinkoftheGermans?WhichwordsareborrowedfromGerman?WhatweretheArabsgreatfor?Step3:VocabularyextensionLookatPartD.Theidiomsconnectacharacteristicwithananimalorathing.Readtheidiomsandguessthemeaningofeachofthem.AnswersD1.sleptlikeadog2.ascoolasacucumber3.aspoorasachurchmouse4.asbusyasabee5.asstrongasahorseStep4:Homework1.Finishthetwoexercisesonpage122inWorkbook.2.Completethee-mailinPartC.
