Unit 5 I Love Learning English ！Lesson 27阅读短文回答问题。1. How many words are there in the English language? ____________________________________________________. 2. Can one letter be an English word? ____________________________________________________. 3. Can just one word be a sentence? ____________________________________________________.答案： 1. About 800, 000 words 2. Yes, it can3. Yes, it can 4. How many words are there in “therein”? ____________________________________________________. 5. Is there a long English word with about 1, 900 letters? ____________________________________________________. 答案： 4. Seven 5. Yes, there isIn fact, there are about 800, 000 words in the English language. 事实上，在英语中大约有 80 万个词汇。【自主领悟】 (1)fact “”作名词，意为 事实，真实的事物 ，常用于 in fact“”意为 事实上, 既可以用在句首用逗号隔开，也可以用于句尾。例如： In fact, she is a nice girl. 实际上，她是一个好女孩。(2)in fact 常用于两种语境：用于补充信息，尤其是令人惊奇的信息；用来表示与人们的看法不太相符的事实。【活学活用】 ①He isn’t a doctor.________ , he is a teacher. A. Fact B. In fact C. Or D. But② 事实上，他没有完成作业。________, he didn’t finish his homework. 答案： In factDig in and enjoy ！让我们开始认真学习并享受其中的乐趣吧！【自主领悟】 (1)dig“”动词，意为 挖，掘 ，现在分词是 digging, 过去式和过去分词是 dug 。(2)dig in“常用于英语口语中，主要有两个意思：一个是 开始”“”认真工作；钻研 ，另一个是 开始贪婪地吃；津津有味地吃 。例如： There is some fish. Dig in! 这儿有一些鱼。开始吃吧！【活学活用】—①What are you doing? —I’m ________ (dig) a hole for the tree. ② 孩子们，午餐准备好了。开始吃吧！Lunch is ready, children. ________ ________ ！答案：① digging Dig in②Ⅰ. 单项填空1. There ______ seven letters in word “English”. A. is B. are C. h...
