21世纪英文报课件

LanguageofborrowersIssue.1048April2,2014SophomoreyearkeytofuturepathBackgroundInformationDetailedStudyLanguageofborrowersGeneralQuestions•EnglishisaWestGermaniclanguagethatwasfirstspokeninearlymedievalEnglandandisnowconsideredtobeagloballinguafranca.Itisspokenasafirstlanguagebythemajoritypopulationsofseveralsovereignstates,includingtheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Canada,Australia,Ireland,NewZealandandanumberofCaribbeannations;anditisanofficiallanguageofalmost60sovereignstates.Itisthethird-most-commonnativelanguageintheworld,afterMandarinChineseandSpanish.ItiswidelylearnedasasecondlanguageandisanofficiallanguageoftheEuropeanUnion,manyCommonwealthcountriesandtheUnitedNations,aswellasinmanyworldorganizations.BackgroundInformationSkimmingandscanning:Findtheanswerstothefollowingquesitonsasquicklyaspossible.Instruction1.WhyisEnglishaintermixedlanguage?2.Whatdoestheadoptionofwordsresultin?Itsadoptionofwordsfromsomanydifferentlanguages,knownasloanwords,hasresultedinitbeingoneofmostdiverselanguagesontheplanet.GeneralQuestionsThroughoutmuchofhistory,theEnglishlanguagehasborrowedwordsfromotherlanguagestobecometheintermixedlanguagethatweknowtoday.3.Whatdoesthecontinuedprevalenceofborrowingwordsdemonstrate?4.WhydoJudithRosenhouseandRotemKownerhailEnglishas“thelinguafranca?Thecontinuedprevalenceofborrowingwordsacrosslanguagesdemonstratesthecloseconnectionsdifferentcultureshavewithoneanotherinourglobalizedworld.GeneralQuestionsTheyreportthatEnglishistheofficiallanguageofmorethan75statesandterritoriesacrosstheglobeanditistheworld’smostpopularchoiceofsecondlanguage.5.WhatistheinfluenceofEnglishonotherlanguages?6.WhydoesDurkinsaythenumberofnewborrowedwordsisonalongdownwardtrend?TheascendancyofEnglishasagloballanguagehasdrasticallyincreasedthenumberofwordsitnowlendstootherlanguages.GeneralQuestionsAlthoughEnglishisnowborrowingfromotherlanguageswithaworldwiderange,newborrowingsintoEnglishtodaytendtoclustermuchmorecloselyinafewsubjectareas,especiallynamesoffoodanddrink.DetailedStudyReadthepassagecloselyandfindoutthefollowingsentences.TranslatethesentencesintoChinese.InstructionThroughoutmuchofhistory,theEnglishlanguagehasborrowedwordsfromotherlanguagestobecometheintermixedlanguagethatweknowtoday.DetailedStudyIntermixvt.使…混杂；使…混合vi.混杂；混和Coalseamsintermixedwithironore.Heintermixedwiththecrowdandsoondisappeared.煤层和铁矿混杂在一起。他混在人群当中，很快消失了。LinguistsrefertoEnglishasachainofborrowingsthatwastheresultofconquestsbyforeigninvaders.Refertoas:把…称作Referto：参考；涉及；指的是；适用于DetailedStudy1.Heneverreferredtohissistersinhisletters.2.Mr.Whitereferredhissuccesstohishardwork.3.Ifyoudon'tknowthespellingofaword,youshouldrefertoadictionary.1.他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹。2.怀特先生说他的成功是靠勤劳工作而获得的。3.如果你不会拼写一个词，你应当查一下词典。Itsadoptionofwordsfromsomanydifferentlanguages,knownasloanwords,hasresultedinitbeingoneofmostdiverselanguagesontheplanet.DetailedStudyAdoptionn.采用；收养；接受Diverseadj.不同的，多种多样的，变化多的这栋楼里摆放着大量各式各样的古董。他们放弃了自己的婴儿让别人收养。Thebuildinghousesawideanddiversevarietyofantiques.Theygavetheirbabiesupforadoption.Britainadapteditslanguagewitheachinvasion,mixingwordstocreateablendedversionofmanydifferentlanguages.DetailedStudy1.这个世界将会不同，所以我们必须准备好适应变化。2.把黄油和糖混合起来，快速搅拌成松软的糊状。1.Theworldwillbedifferent,andwewillhavetobepreparedtoadapttothechange.2.Blendthebutterwiththesugarandbeatuntillightandcreamy.Adaptvt.使…适应，改编Blendvt.混合Thecontinuedprevalenceofborrowingwordsacrosslanguagesdemonstratesthecloseconnectionsdifferentcultureshavewithoneanotherinourglobalizedworld.DetailedStudy1.Thestudyalsodemonstratedadirectlinkbetweenobesityandmortality.2.Theyareanxioustodemonstratetothevotersthattheyhavepracticalpolicies.Prevalencen.流行，普遍，广泛Demonstratevt.证明，展示，论证1.这项研究也证明了肥胖和死亡率之间的直接关系。2.他们急于向选民证明他们有切实可行的政策。TheascendancyofEnglishasagloballanguagehasdrasticallyincreasedthenumberofwordsitnowlendstootherlanguages.DetailedStudyAlthoughgeographicallylinked,thetwoprovinceshavelongfoughtforpoliticalascendancy.Republicanswanttodrasticallyslashwhatthefederalgovernmentspendsthisyear.Ascendancyn.优势，支配地位Drasticallyadv.彻底地，激烈地尽管地理相连，这两个省长久以来都在为政治优势而竞争。共和党希望大幅度削减联邦政府今年的支出。Incontrast,saysDurkin,thenumberofnewborrowedwordsfindingtheirwayintothesharedinternationalvocabularyisonalongdownwardtrend.DetailedStudyTheprivatesector,bycontrast,hasplentyofmoneytospend.Shecontrastedthesituationthenwiththepresentcrisis.Contrastvi.对比；形成对照vt.使对比；使与…对照n.对比；差别；对照物私营部门相比之下有很多钱可花。她把过去的情况与现在的危机进行了对比。GroupDiscussionGeneralQuestionsDetailedStudySophomoreyearkeytofuturepathDiscussion：Doyouagreethatsophomoreyearisveryimportantincollegestudy?Whatisyourplanforsophomoreyear？Talkwithyourfriendsandshareideaswitheachother.GroupDiscussionSkimmingandscanning:Findtheanswerstothefollowingquesitonsasquicklyaspossible.InstructionGeneralQuestions1.WhydidWangJianspendhistimeinanetinsteadofclassroom?2.WhatdoestherecentsurveyconductedbytheHigherEducationResearchCenterofChinaAgriculturalUniversityshows?Itshowsthatsophomorestudentsaretheleastmotivatedgroupamongcollegestudents.Thisphenomenonmanifestsitselfinbothacade