大学英语综合教程course2-unit7VIP专享VIP免费

Unit7Pre-readingTaskTextALanguageSeneEnhancementLanguageFocusTextBComprehensiveLanguagePracticeListeningPracticeVideoClipTextNewWordsComprehensionLanguageSeneEnhancementVocabularySynonymsinContextCollocationComprehensiveExercisesTextNewWordsComprehensionCheckTranslationLanguagePracticeSummaryofTextBDictationSpeakingPractice:GroupDiscussionPracticalWritingGlossaryYouhavestudiedEnglishformanyyears.YethaveyouevernoticedtherearelotsoffunnythingsaboutEnglishwordsthemselves?Theshorttalkyou'regoingtolistentoisallaboutit.Afterlistening,completethefollowingstatementsaccordingtowhatyouhaveheard.Thefollowingwordsintherecordingmaybenewtoyou:eggplantn.茄子pineapplen.菠萝hamburgern.汉堡牛肉饼，汉堡包1.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—perhapsasmanyas—andoneofthenoblestbodiesofliterature.2.Englishmuffinsweren'torFrenchfriesin3.InEnglish"overlook"and"oversee"arewhile"quitealot"and"quiteafew"areinmeaning.4.Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,andit,which,ofcourse,isn'taraceatall.hellotest、、Keys1.onemillionwords2.inventedinEngland;France3.opposites,similar/alike4.reflectsthecreativityofthehumanraceScriptEnglishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageinthehistoryofourplanet.Oneineverysevenhumanbeingscanspeakit.Morethanhalfoftheworld'sbooksandthreequartersofinternationalmailareinEnglish.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—perhapsasmanyasonemillionwords—andoneofthenoblestbodiesofliterature.Nonetheless,let'sfaceit.Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoeggineggplant,neitherpineorappleinpineappleandnohaminahamburger.Englishmuffinsweren'tinventedinEnglandorFrenchfriesinFrance.Sweetmeatsarecandy,whilesweetbreads,whicharen'tsweet,aremeat.SometimesIwonderifallEnglishspeakersshouldbesenttoamadhouse.Inwhatotherlanguagedopeopledriveonaparkwayandparkinadriveway?Shipbytruckandsendcargobyship?Havenosesthatrunandfeetthatsmell?Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawiseguyandawisemanareopposites?Howcanoverlookandoverseeareopposites,whilequitealotandquiteafewarealike?Howcantheweatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext?Youhavetomarvelatthegloriousmessinessofalanguageinwhichyourhousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitoutandinwhichyouralarmclockgoesoffbygoingon.Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace,which,ofcourse,isn'taraceatall.Thatiswhywhenstarsareouttheyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareouttheyareinvisible.Andwhy,whenIwindupmywatchIstartit,butwhenIwindupthisspeechIenditRTSomelanguagesresisttheintroductionofnewwords.Others,likeEnglish,seemtowelcomethem.RobertMacNeillooksatthehistoryofEnglishandcomestotheconclusionthatitstoleranceforchangerepresentsdeeplyrootedideasoffreedom.有些语言拒绝引入新词。另一些语言，如英语，则似乎欢迎新词的引入。罗伯特·麦克尼尔回顾英语的历史，得出结论说，英语对变化的包容性体现了根深蒂固的自由思想。TheGloriousMessinessofEnglishRobertMacNeilRT1.ThestoryofourEnglishlanguageistypicallyoneofmassivestealingfromotherlanguages.ThatiswhyEnglishtodayhasanestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords,whileothermajorlanguageshavefarfewer.英语中绚丽多彩的杂乱无章现象罗伯特·麦克尼尔我们的英语的历史是典型的大量窃取其他语言的历史。正因为如此，今日英语的词汇量据估计超过一百万，而其他主要语言的词汇量都要小得多。T2.French,forexample,hasonlyabout75,000words,andthatincludesEngl...