(外教社)全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

Unit7 LearningaboutEnglishPartIIReadingTaskComprehensionContentQuestionPairWorkIthasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithasanestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords.Theydon’tlikeborrowrgoords.TheytrytobanwordsfromEnglish.OldEnglishorAnglo-SaxonEnglish.TheGermanictribesbroughtittotheBritishIslesintheTheyareusuallyshortanddirect.TheyusewordsderivedfromOldEnglish.AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembledsomewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.Greek,Latin,Sanskrit,English,etc.TherewerethreelanguagescompetingforuseinEngland.WordsfromGreekandRomanclassicscameintotheEnglishlanguage.ThegreatprinciplesoffreedomandrightsofmanwereborninEngland,thentheAmericanscarriedthemforward.No.Englishisandhasalwaysbeenthetongueofthecommonpeople.Thereshouldnotbeanyfencearoundittoprotectitsso-calledpurity.TextOrganizationWorkingOnYour1.PartOne:MassiveborrowingfromotherlanguagesisamajorfeatureoftheEnglishlanguage.PartTwo:thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromtheIndo-EuropeanparentlanguagetomodernEnglish.PartThree:Tolerance,loveoffreedom,andrespectfortherightsofothers---thesequalitiesintheEnglish-speakingpeopleexplaintherichnessoftheirlanguage.2.Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxonwords---OldEnglish.Para.12:TheChristianreligionenrichedEnglishwithwordsfromGreekandLatin.Para.13:theVikingsfromScandinaviacamewithwordsfromOldNorse.Para.14:theNormanConquest---Frenchinfluence.Para.15:TheEuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwordsfromLatinandGreek.Para.16:TheAmericanrevolution---theemergenceofanewvariety---AmercanEnglish.LanguageSenseEnhancement1.judge (4) descendedresembled (5) losttoussystematic (6) comeupwithassume (9) driftedestablished (10)becameknownasVocabularyI1.Strictlyspeaking 7) snackdrifted 8) put;intopracticeresembles 9) sourceinvaded 10) climateisconquered 11) surrenderedfascinating 12) were;aroused2.anabsolutenecessityratherthanaluxury.isavaluableadditiontothefootballteam.willgetoutofcontrol,ifthefiremendonotarrivewithintenminutes.AlternativebuttogoviaVancouvertogettoSeattle.Declaredallbeefimportswillbebannedforthenextsixmonthsasanemergencymeasuretostopthespreadofmaddisease.3.systematic;haveinvented;toaveryrealextent;mysteriestoestablish;tobemodified/modifyingtolerancetowards;strikeout;enrichSynonyms1.wish b) wish c) want d) want/wish2.a) skin b) hide/skin c) hide d) skin3.a) raise/rear b) raise c) rear/raise d) raise4.royal c) sovereignkingly/royal d) royal/kinglyUsageIndeed 5. Tomyknowledge 9. insteadthough 6. however 10. inotherwordsFrankly 7. neverthelessMoreover 8. YetComprehensiveExercisescloze1.fascinating (5) ban (9) elitetolerance (6) corrupt (10)cameupwithinvented (7) outofcontrol (11)establishingaddition (8) influenced (12)Massive(13)sources(14)enrich2.(1)early(5)examine(9) accident(2)similar(6)features(10)sprung(3)source(7)declared(4)observation(8)strongerTranslation1.Manysmallbusinesseshavesprungupinthecitysincethenewpolicywentintoeffect.Onhearingthenews,shesmiledbriefly,andthenreturnedtoherhabitualfrown.Hepausedforeffect,thensaid:“Wecanreach/enterthesemarketsthroughnewchannels.”Theadditionofaconcerthalltotheschoolwillhelpitnourishyoungmusicaltalents.Wehavenowaytoprotectourpersonallibertiesuntilwehaveestablishedasovereignstate./Wecan’tprotectourpersonallibertiesunlesswe,firstofall,establishasovereignstate.2.ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsamystery tomanypeople,linguistsbelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshavedescendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.EnglishwasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.TheypassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Inoverfifteencenturiesofitsdevelopment,Englishhasenricheditselfbymassiveborrowing.AsBritishimmigrantslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnitedStatesasanind