5. Read English newspapers, magazines, and books; write English as often as possible; write emails in English
Language focus
Words in u
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1 conden 2 exceed 3 deficit 4 exposure 5 ast 6 adequate 7 competent 8 adjusting 9 precily 10 beneficial
Word building
demands4.
Manager----managerial; editor----editorial; substantial----substance; survive----survival; traditional----tradition; marginal----margin; consistent----consistency; accurate----accuracy; efficiency----efficient; recover----recovery; minister----ministry; asmble---asmbly
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1 editorial 2 recovery 3 accuracy 4 substance 5 managerial 6 margin 7 asmbly 8 Ministry 9 survival 10 tradition 11 consistency 12 efficient
Banked cloze
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英语翻译软件1 L; 2C; 3L; 4A; 5I; 6O; 7N; 8E; 9H; 10F
Expressions in u
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1.feel obliged to; 2. be rious about; 3. run into; 4. distinguish between; 5.thrust upon; 6.was allergic lost; 8.be attracted to; 9.make n; 10.looked upon as
ara是什么Structure analysis and writing
burmaSome bookworms in my dormitory often spend hours reading their “Bible”, Practical English Grammar, and do a lot of exercis in that book, but I don’t care about it at all. My assumption is since I have never learned Chine grammar, what’s the n of learning English grammar? In fact, English grammar has always been a big headache to me.
march是什么意思English grammar is very complicated becau, unlike Chine, there are many verb tens. Even stranger than verb tens, English grammar also contains something very confusing. For example, I do not remember how many times my middle school teacher tried to “impo” the differences between ud to and be ud to on us. Sometimes he would go on with the explanation for 20 minutes or so. He even summarized the differences by listing three or four points for us to memorize. However, they could never stay in my mind. I do not remember how many times I got it wrong with the ntences co
ntaining ud to or be ud to on my exams. I was really confud with the two phras, and I can never get them right.
In brief, I am allergic to learning English grammar. Curiously, I just wonder if the native speakers of English have a microcomputer in their brain to help them utter the two phras promptly with just a click of their brain mou
Translation
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人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言，很多不以英语为第一语言的国家经常使用英语。与其他语言一样，英语也变化很大。英语这种语言的历史可分为三个阶段：古英语、中古英语和现代英语。公元5世纪，三个日耳曼部落入侵英国，他们对英语语言的形成起了很大的作用，英语由此起源。中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的影响遍及不列颠群岛。自17世纪初伊始，全世界都开始感受到英语的影响。欧洲的探险和殖民历时百年，让英语发生了巨变。如今，美国电影、电视、音乐、贸易和技术（包括互联网在内）风靡一时，美国英语的影响尤为显著。tuita
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Chine calligraphy, a distinctive art form, is proclaimed to be one of the unique art treasures in the world. Its formation and development is cloly related to the emergence and evolution of Chine characters, which, in the long cour of history, have not only rved as a vehicle for exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also evolved into a unique art form. Calligraphic works is a faithful reprentation of calligraphers’ personal feelings, knowledge, lf-cultivation, personality, and thus there exists a phra that “eing the calligrapher’s handwriting is like eing the person”. As one of the treasures of Chine culture, Chine calligraphy shines splendidly in the world’s art treasure hou.
Section B
Understanding the text
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1.D 2. A. 3. C. 4. A. 5. C. 6. B. 7. C. 8. D
Critical thinking
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1. effort counts; no pains, no gains; where there is a will, there is a way.
2. perverance; determination; motivation;
3. more time commitment; more learning strategies; more perverance
4. probably not since it’s too tedious and will drive me crazy; probably will if it could work out perfectly.
5. yes. One’s knowledge is expanded and accumulated through learning a language, thus language learning is changing and shaping one’s mind gradually.
No. Language is just language and it has nothing to do with the shaping of one’s mind; the mindt has more to do with one’s nature, personality, and the way of one’s thinking.
Language focus
Words in u
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1.mysterious; 2.desperate; 3.devi; 4.negotiate; 5.recalled; 6.specifically; 7.depict; 8.ignorance; 9.expand; 10.confusion
