外教社全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第七单元课后练习答案unit 7 book 2

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Unit7 Learning about English

Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work

1. It has borrowed and is still borrowing massively from other language

s. Today it has an estimated vocabulary of over one million words.

2. They don’t like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words f

rom English.

3. Old English or Anglo-Saxon English.

4. The Germanic tribes brought it to the British Isles in the 5th century. 5. They are usually short and direct. 6. They use words derived from Old English.

7. An English judge in India noticed that several words in Sanskrit

closely resembled some words in Greek and Latin. A systematic study later revealed the Indo-European parent language. 8. Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, English, etc.

9. There were three languages competing for use in England.

10. Words from Greek and Roman classics came into the English la

nguage.

11. The great principles of freedom and rights of man were bor

n in England, then the Americans carried them forward.

12. No. English is and has always been the tongue of the common peo

ple. There should not be any fence around it to protect its so-called purity.

Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.

Part One: Massive borrowing from other languages is a major feature of

the English language.

Part Two: the history of the English language from the Indo-Europe

an parent language to modern English.

Part Three: Tolerance, love of freedom, and respect for the right

s of others---these qualities in the English-speaking people explain the richness of their language.

2.

Paras. 10-11: Germanic tribes came to settle in Britain and brought

Anglo-Saxon words---Old English.

Para. 12: The Christian religion enriched English with words from Greek an

d Latin.

Para. 13: the Vikings from Scandinavia came with words from Old Norse.

Para. 14: the Norman Conquest---French influence.

外教社全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第七单元课后练习答案unit 7 book 2

Para. 15: The European renaissance and the printing pressbrought m

any new words from Latin and Greek.

Para. 16: The American revolution---the emergence of a new variety---Amercan

English.

Language Sense Enhancement 1.

(1) judge (6) come up with (2) resembled (7) assume (3) systematic (8) established (4) descended (9) drifted (5) lost to us (10) became known as Vocabulary I 1.

1) Strictly speaking 7) snack 2) drifted 8) put; into practice 3) resembles 9) source 4) invaded 10) climate 5) is conquered 11) surrendered 6) fascinating 12) were; aroused 2.

1) an absolute necessity rather than a luxury. 2) is a valuable addition to the football team.

3) will get out of control, if the firemen do not arrive within ten mi

nutes.

4) Alternative but to go via Vancouver to get to Seattle.

5) Declared all beef imports will be banned for the next six m

onths as an emergency measure to stop the spread of mad disease.

3.

1) systematic; have invented; to a very real extent; mysteries 2) to establish; to be modified/modifying 3) tolerance towards; strike out; enrich II. Synonyms 1.

a) wish c) want h b) wish d) want/wis2.

a) skin n d) skin b) hide/skic) hide 3.

a) raise/b) raise e

rear c) rear/raisd) raise

4.

外教社全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第七单元课后练习答案unit 7 book 2

a) royal c) sovereign b) kingly/royal d) royal/kingly III. Usage 1. Indeed 5. To my knowledg8. Yet 2. though e 9. instead 3. Frankly 6. however 10. in other words 4. Moreover 7. nevertheless Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze 1.

(1) fascinating (6) corrupt (10) came up with (2) tolerance (7) out of cont(11) establishing (3) invented rol (12) Massive (4) addition (8) influenced (13) sources (5) ban (9) elite (14) enrich 2.

(1) early (5) examine (9) accident (2) similar (6) features (10) sprung (3) source (7) declared (4) observation (8) stronger II. Translation 1.

1) Many small businesses have sprung up in the city since the ne

w policy went into effect.

2) On hearing the news, she smiled briefly, and then r

eturned to her habitual frown.

3) He paused for effect, then said: “We can reach/enter these mark

ets through new channels.”

4) The addition of a concert hall to the school will help it nourish

young musical talents.

5) We have no way to protect our personal liberties until we have

established a sovereign state. / We can’t protect our personal liberties unless we, first of all, establish a sovereign state.

2.

Though how the English language came into existence remains a mystery to many people, linguists believe that English and most other European languages have descended from a common source: the Indo-European parent language. English was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabulary of English. In over fifteen centuries of its development, English has enriched itself by massive borrowing. As British immigrants landed in America and established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added to the English language: American English. Though some people worry that the languag

外教社全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第七单元课后练习答案unit 7 book 2

e is running out of control, many native speakers of English take pride in the tolerance of their language.


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