新视野大学英语（第三版）第二册课后翻译答案及原文Unit1原文：Englishisknownasaworldlanguage,regularlyusedbymanynationswhoseEnglishisnottheirfirstlanguage.Likeotherlanguages,Englishhaschangedgreatly.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagecanbedividedintothreemainperiods:OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.TheEnglishlanguagestartedwiththeinvasionofBritainbythreeGermanictribesduringthe5thcenturyAD,andtheycontributedgreatlytotheformationoftheEnglishlanguage.Duringthemedievalandearlymodernperiods,theinfluenceofEnglishspreadthroughouttheBritishIsles,andfromtheearly17thcenturyitsinfluencebegantobefeltthroughouttheworld.TheprocessesofEuropeanexplorationandcolonizationforseveralcenturiesledtosignificantchangeinEnglish.Today,AmericanEnglishisparticularlyinfluential,duetothepopularityofAmericancinema,television,music,tradeandtechnology,includingtheInternet.翻译：人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言，经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用。与其他语言一样，英语也发生了很大的变化。英语的历史可以分为三个主要阶段：古英语，中古英语和现代英语。英语起源于公元5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落入侵英国，他们对英语语言的形成起了很大的作用。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的影响遍及不列颠群岛。从17世纪初，它的影响力开始在世界各地显现。欧洲几百年的探险和殖民过程导致了英语的重大变化。今天，由于美国电影、电视、音乐、贸易和技术、包括互联网的大受欢迎，美国英语的影响力尤其显著。原文：中国书法（calligraphy）是一门独特的艺术，是世界上独一无二的艺术瑰宝。中国书法艺术的形成、发展与汉文字的产生与演进存在着密不可分的关系。汉字在漫长的演变发展过程中，一方面起着交流思想、继承文化的重要作用，另一方面它本身又形成了一种独特的艺术。书法能够通过作品把书法家个人的生活感受、学识、修养、个性等折射出来，所以，通常有"字如其人"的说法。中国书法不仅是中华民族的文化瑰宝，而且在世界文化艺术宝库中独放异彩。翻译：Chinesecalligraphyisauniqueartandtheuniquearttreasureintheworld.TheformationanddevelopmentoftheChinesecalligraphyiscloselyrelatedtotheemergenceandevolutionofChinesecharacters.Inthislongevolutionaryprocess,Chinesecharactershavenotonlyplayedanimportantroleinexchangingideasandtransmittingculturebutalsodevelopedintoauniqueartform.Calligraphicworkswellreflectcalligraphers'personalfeelings,knowledge,self-cultivation,personality,andsoforth,thusthereisanexpressionthat"seeingthecalligrapher'shandwritingislikeseeingtheperson".AsoneofthetreasuresofChineseculture,Chinesecalligraphyshinessplendidlyintheworld'streasurehouseofcultureandart.Unit2原文：AMOOC(massiveopenonlinecourse)isanonlinecourseaimedatunlimitedparticipationandopenaccessviatheweb.MOOCsarearecentdevelopmentindistanceeducationandhavenowbecomeasurgingtrendinhighereducation.Theseclassesareaimedatexpandingauniversity'sreachfromthousandsoftuition-payingstudentswholiveintown,tomillionsofstudentsaroundtheworld.Inadditiontotraditionalcoursematerials,MOOCsprovideinteractiveuserforumstosupportinteractionsbetweenstudentsandprofessors.MOOCscanencouragecommunicationamongparticipantswhobringavarietyofviewpoints,knowledge,andskillstothecourse;inspirepeopleto"tryon"subjectsthattheywouldn'totherwisepursueoreventryoneducationitself;providemultiplewaystoengagewithcoursematerial,encouragingmultimodal(多模式的)learningthatcanaddresstheneedsoflearnerswithavarietyoflearningstyles;andinspirebetterteachinganduseoftechnologiesforface-to-facecourses.翻译：慕课是一种网络课程，它旨在通过网络实现广泛参与和开放接入。...
