Unit 1 Text A
Ex.1 Understanding the text
1、Becau he is tired of listening to his father and he is not interested in grammar rules.
2、The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture are so marvelous and remarkable that they should be described at least in a brief account; however, what the student could do was only one single utterance :"whoa!〞 without any any specific comment.
3、Becau the schools fail to t high standards of language proficiency. They only teach a little grammar and less advanced vocabulary. And the younger teachers themlves have little knowledge of the vital structures of language.
4、Becau teaching grammar is not an easy job and most of the students will easily get bored if it’s not properly dealt with.
5、He familiarized his son with different parts of speech in a ntence and discusd their specific grammatical functions including how to u adverbs to describe verbs.
6、Becau the son had never heard about the various names and functions of words in an English ntence before.
7、The author us "road map〞and "car〞to describe grammar and vocabulary. Here,"road map〞is considered as grammar and "car〞as vocabulary.
8、Since the subjunctive mood his son ud is a fairly advanced grammar structure, the interjection"whoa!〞reflects the tremendous pride the father had toward his son; it also reflects the author’s humor in using the word becau it was once ud by his student, though in two different situations and with two different feelings.
Ex.3 Words in u
1.conden 2.exceed 3.deficit 4.exposure 5.ast
6.adequate 7 petent 8.adjusting 9.precily 10.beneficial
Ex.4 Word building
-al/-ial: managerial/editorial/substance/survival/tradition/margin
-cy : consistency/accuracy/efficient
-y : recovery/ministry/asmbly
Ex.5 Word building
1.editorial 2.recovery 3.accuracy 4.substance 5.managerial
6.margin 7.asmbly 8.Ministry 9.survival 10.tradition 11.consistency 12.efficient
Ex.6 Banked cloze
1-5: L C J A I 6-10: O N E H F
Ex.7 Expressions in u
1.feel obliged to 2.be rious about 3.run into 4.distinguish between 5.thrust upon 6.was allergic to 7.get lost 8.be attracted to 9.make n 10.looked upon as
Ex.8 Structured writing
Some 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.
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 don’t 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 s
tay in my head . I don’t remember how many times I got it wrong with the ntences containing 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’m 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!
Ex.9 E-C Translation
人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言，经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用。与其他语言一样，英语也发生了很大的变化。英语的历史可以分为三个主要阶段：古英语，中古英语和现代英语。英语起源于公元5世纪，当时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。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的影响普及不列颠群岛。从17世纪初，它的影响力开场在世界各地显现。欧洲几百年的探险和殖民过程导致了英语的重大变化。今天，由于美国电影、电视、音乐、贸易和技术、包括互联网的大受欢迎，美国英语的影响力尤其显著。
Ex.10 C-E Translation
Chine calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chine calligraphy is cloly related to the emergence and evolution of Chine characters. In this long evolutionary process, Chine characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligraphers’ personal feelings, knowledge, lf-cultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression 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 treasure hou of culture and art.
