2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 2 Language Section Ⅲ Word pow

Unit2LanguageSectionⅢWordpower,Task&Project[基础词汇]1．__________n．风俗，习俗2．__________vi.&vt.插嘴，打断，暂停3．____________vt.代表；展示，描绘4．______________vt.区分，辨别；使具有某种特征custominterruptrepresentdistinguish[拓展词汇]5．__________vt.使尴尬，使难堪→embarrassedadj.尴尬的；局促不安的→embarrassingadj.令人为难的；尴尬的→embarrassmentn．困窘；尴尬；难堪6．__________n．结论；推论→concludevt.推断出；使结束vi.结束；总结；7．__________adj.错误的；误解的→mistaken．错误；误会；过失v.误解；弄错embarrassconclusionmistaken8．__________vt.&vi.组合；(使)联合→combinationn．结合；结合到一起的事物或人9．__________adj.方便的→conveniencen．便利；舒适；适宜10．__________vt.显示；表示；象征，暗示→indicationn．指示；表示；迹象combineconvenientindicate1．______________上上下下；来来回回；起起伏伏2．_______________取笑3．______________总之；综上所述；最后4．______________和……不同，不同于5．______________代表，象征6．______________作为整体，总体上upanddownmakefunofinconclusiondifferfromstandforasawhole7．________________变成8．________________在20世纪50年代9．________________应当，应该10．________________由于，作为……的结果turnintointhe1950soughttoasaresultof1．all与否定词连用，构成部分否定_______________(不是所有的)charactersweredevelopedfromdrawingsofobjects.2．“beof＋名词”结构Whilethestudentsfoundthesoldier’sideainteresting,thesystemwastoodifficultto____________________(实用)．NotallbeofpracticaluseReadthetextinP38carefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1．ThemaindifferencebetweentheChineselanguageandmanyWesternlanguagesshouldbethat__________.A．thecharacterstheChineselanguageuseshavemeaningsandcanworkaloneaswords,whileWesternlanguagescan’tB．WesternlanguagesareusuallyformedbycombiningandmixingmanydifferentlanguagesfromdifferentcountriesC．theChineselanguagehasalongerhistorythanWesternlanguages2．HowmanykindsofChinesecharactersarementionedinthepassage?A．1.B．2.C．4.3．Whichisthecorrectexplanationabouttheformingofthecharacter“休”?A．Amanlyingonthegroundwithhisarmscrossed.B．Amanrunning.C．Amanlyingagainstatree.答案：1－3.ABCThedevelopmentofChinesecharacters①TheChineselanguagediffersfrom②Westernlanguagesinthat③，insteadofanalphabet④，itusescharacterswhichstandfor⑤ideas，objectsordeeds⑥.Chinesewordsareformedbyputtingtogetherdifferentcharacters.Inmanycases⑦，asinglecharactercanalsomakeup⑧aword.ThehistoryoftheChineselanguagecanbeexaminedbylookingathowthesecharactersdeveloped.Chinesewriting⑨beganthousandsofyearsago.Accordingtoanancientstory，amannamedCangJie⑪invented⑫Chinesewriting.Onewinterdaywhilehewashunting⑬，hesawthetracks⑭ofanimalsinthesnowandobservedthattheappearance⑮ofmountaineachonewasdifferent.Thenhehadtheideamountainthathecouldusedifferentshapestorepresent⑯differentobjects⑰.ThefirstChinesecharactersweredrawings⑱ofphysical⑲objects.Somecharactershavebeensimplified⑳andothershavebeenmademoredifficultovertime.However,asawhole，thecharactershavedevelopedfromdrawingsintostandardforms.Thecharacterforamountainwasatfirstthreemountaintopstogether.Thisbecameonemountaintopandthreelines,andovertimeturnedintothecharacterusednowadays.①Chinesecharacter汉字②differfrom和……不同，不同于differ['dIfə(r)]vi.相异，有区别③inthat“在于，因为”，引导原因状语从句。④alphabet['ælfəbet]n.(一种语言的)字母表，全部字母⑤standfor代表，象征⑥deed[diːd]n.行为，行动which引导的定语从句，修饰characters。⑦inmanycases在许多情况下⑧makeup构成⑨writing['raItIŋ]n.文字；文字作品○10accordingto根据，是介词短语，后跟名词作宾语。⑪过去分词短语namedCangJie是后置定语，修饰aman。⑫inventv.发明；创造；捏造discover发现⑬hunt[hʌnt]vt.&vi.打猎，猎杀，搜寻⑭trackn.踪迹⑮appearance[ə'pIərəns]n.外观，外貌⑯represent[ˌreprI'zent]vt.代表；展示，描绘⑰thathecould...是同位语从句，解释说明idea的具体内容。⑱drawing['drɔːIŋ]n．绘画，绘画艺术⑲physicaladj.有形的；实物的；物质的；物理的⑳simplify['sImplIfaI]vt.简化○21overtime随着时间的推移；久而久之○22asawhole作为整体，总体上○23mountaintopn.山顶汉字的发展汉语与西方语言的区别在于它不使用字母，而是用汉字表示思想、物体或行为。中文的词语是通过把不同的汉字放在一起而组成的。在许多情况下，一个单字也能构成一个词。通过研究这些汉字是如何发展的就可以考察汉语的历史了。汉字起源于数千年前。根据古代传说，一位名叫仓颉的人发明了汉字。他在某个冬日打猎时，看到各种动物留在雪中的足迹，他发现足迹的外观各不相同，接着他有了用不同形状代表不同物体的想法。最初的汉字只是表现有形物体的图画。随着时间的推移，一些汉字被简化了，而另一些则变得更加复杂了。然而，总体看来，汉字已从图画发展成了标准形式。表示“山”的汉字最初是三座山峰并列，接着又变为一座山峰和三根线条，随着时间的推移，最终才演化成了我们今天使用的这个汉字。Notallcharactersweredevelopedfromdrawingsofobjects.Sometimestoexpressideas，somecharactersweremadebycombiningtwoormorecharacterstogether.Forexample，‘rest’wasmadeupofthecharactersforamanandatree.Thecharacter‘prisoner’wasformedwitha‘man’insideasquare.Othercharactersweredevelopedfordirectionsandnumbers.Itiseasytodistinguishtheirmeaningsbylookingatthem，forexample,thecharactersfor‘up’and‘down’，whichareoppositesofeachother.Thoughthesekindsofcharactersindicatemeanings,oneoftheirshortcomingsisthattheydonotshowhowtheyshouldbepronounced.Therefore，amethodwasdevelopedtohaveonepartofacharacterindicatethemeaningandtheothersuggestthepronunciation.ManyChinesecharactersusedtodayweremadethisway.Inthe1950stheChinesegovernmentintroducedsimplifiedChinesecharactersandnowtheyhavewidespreaduseinChina’smainland.○24Notall...是部分否定句式，意为“并不是所有的……都……”。○25动词不定式短语toexpressideas作目的状语。○26combine[kəm'baIn]vt.&vi.组合；(使)联合combinesth.andsth.(together)使某物与另一物相结合起来combinesth.withsth.把某物与另一物相混合○27forexample例如○28bemadeupof由……组成/构成○29beformedwith由……组成○30distinguish[dI'stIŋɡwIʃ]vt.区分，辨别；使具有某种特征○31it为形式主语，真正的主语是todistinguish...。○32oppositen.对应物；对立面○33whichareopposites...是非限制性定语从句，修饰thecharactersfor‘up’and‘down’。○34indicate['IndIkeIt]vt.显示，表示；象征，暗示○35shortcoming['ʃɔːtkʌmIŋ]n.缺点，短处○36pronouncev.发音○37thereforeadv.因此；所