全新版大学英语第二册Unit7

SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishBR_mainListeningandAnsweringtheQuestionsHistoryofEnglishWinstonChurchillJuliusCaesarVikingNormanWilliamCaxtonOttoJespersenRenaissanceSupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishBR_HistoryofEnglishHistoryofEnglishTherootofEnglishThedevelopmentofModernEnglish20thCenturyEnglishSupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishBR_WinstonChurchillWinstonChurchillABriefintroductiontoWinstonChurchillChronologyofWinstonChurchillAVideoClipaboutWinstonChurchillSupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishYes.Forexample,themeaningof“yourhouseburnsup”isthesameasthatof“yourhouseburnsdown”,or“youfillinaform”isthesameas“youfilloutaform”.BR_ListenandAnswertheQuestions11.Whatisthepassageabout?ListenandAnswertheQuestionsDirections:Listentotherecordingtwoorthreetimesandthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions.Englishisagreatlanguage,butitisalsoacrazylanguage.2.CanyougiveoneortwoexamplestoillustratethemessinessoftheEnglishlanguage?SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglish3.Areyousureofalltheidiomaticusagesmentionedintherecordedpassage?Someofthemoreconfusingusagesareexplainedhere:1)shipbytruck/sendcargobyship:shipcanbeeitheraverboranoun.Thefirst“ship”means“send”,thesecondone“alargeboat”.2)nosesthatrun/feetthatsmells:BR_ListenandAnswertheQuestions2Thisreferstowhatpeopleusuallysay“havearunningnose”(流鼻涕),“havesmellyfeet”(臭脚).SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglish3)aslim/fatchance:aremotepossibility4)awiseguy:apersonwhopretendstobemuchwiserthanhe/shereallyis;aderogatorytermawiseman:areallywiseperson;acommendatoryterm5)overlook:failtoseeornotice,paynoattentiontooversee:control(work,workmen)BR_ListenandAnswertheQuestions3SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglish6)hot/coldashell:extremelyhot/cold7)burnup:catchfireandflareupburndown:bedestroyedbyfire8)fillinaform/filloutaform:synonymous9)gooff:startanaction,usuallyaccompaniedbyagreatnoisegoon:continuedoingsomethingBR_ListenandAnswertheQuestions4SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglish10)whenstarsareout:whenstarsappearintheskywhenlightsareout:whenlightsareturnedoff11)windupawatch:tightenthespringofawatchwindupaspeech:endaspeechBR_ListenandAnswertheQuestions5SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishBR_TherootofEnglish1TherootofEnglishEnglishbeganasawestGermaniclanguagewhichwasbroughttoEnglandbytheSaxonsaround400A.D.OldEnglishwasthespokenandwrittenlanguageofEnglandbetween400and1100A.D.ManywordsusedtodaycomefromOldEnglish,includingman,woman,king,mother,etc.ButOldEnglishwasverydifferentfrommodernEnglishandonlyafewwordscanbeeasilyrecognized.Inthe9thand10thcenturies,whenVikingsinvadedEngland,OldNorsewords,e.g.sky,takeandgetandmanyplacenames,enteredthelanguage.SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishFromtheNormanConquest(1066)untilthelate12th.centuryEnglishwasreplacedastheofficiallanguagebyNormanFrench,thoughEnglishwasstillusedbythelowerclasses.Englishfromabout1300to1500isknownasMiddleEnglish.ItwasinfluencedbyFrenchandalsoLatininvocabularyandpronunciation.Frenchbroughtmanywordsconnectedwithgovernment,e.g.sovereign,royal,court,legalandgovernmentitself.LatinwasthelanguageofreligionandlearningandgavetoEnglishwordssuchasminister,angel,master,schoolandgrammar.LiteraturebeganagaintobewritteninEnglishduringthisperiod.OneofthemostfamousMiddleEnglishworksisChaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesBR_TherootofEnglish2SupplementaryReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingBeforeReadingUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishUnit7ThegloriousmessinessofEnglishModernEnglishdevelopedfromtheMiddleEnglishdialectoftheEastMidlandsandwasinfluencedbytheEnglishusedinLondon,whereaprintingpresswassetupbyWilliamCaxtonin1476.Englishchangedagreatdealfromthistimeuntiltheendofthe18thcentury.DuringtheRenaissance,manywordswereintroducedfromGreekandLatintoexpressnewideas,especiallyinscience,medicineandphilosophy.Theyincludedphysics,species,architecture,encyclopediaandhypoth