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必修一Unit2Exploring EnglishUINeither Pinenor Applein PineappleHaveyou everasked yourselfwhy peopleoften havetroublelearn EnglishI hadnt,until onedaymy five-year-old sonasked mewhether thereham in a hamburger.There isnt.This mademe realizethat theresno eggin eggplanteither.Neither is there pineapple inpineapple.This gotme thinkinghow Englishcan bea crazylanguagelearn.For example,in ourfree timewe cansculpt aand painta painting,but wetake aphoto.And when we aretraveling wesay thatwe arethe caror thetaxi,but on the train orbus!While weredoing allthis traveling,we canget atsea,in theair andcarsickin acar,but wedont getwhenweget backhome.And speakinghome,why arenthomeworkand houseworkthe samethingIf“hard”istheof soft,why are“hardly andsoftly“not anopposing pairIfactions arethe oppositeof harmfulactions,why areshameless andbehaviorsthe sameWhenwe lookout of the windowand seerainorsnow,we cansay itsraining,,or itssnowing”.But whenwe seesunshine,we cantsay itssunshining”.释义Even thesmallest ofwords can be confuse.When yousee thecapitalized“WHO”in a?medical report,do youread it as the“who”in“Whos that”What about“IT”and US”You alsohave towonder theuniquemad ofa languagein ahousecan burnup as it burns,in whichyou filla formby fillingit out,and inwhich analarmis onlyheard onceit!English inventby people,not computers,and itreflects thecreate of the humanrace.That iswhenthe starsare out,they arevisible,but whenthe lightsare out,they are.And thatis whywhen Iwind upmy watch,it starts,but whenI windupthis passage,it.DI Misadventuresin EnglishLastweek,our forumasked ifyou hadany funnyor strangestories aboutusing English.We didntexpectto getso manyposts.Here aresome ofour favourites,to remindus thatsome ofthe Englishwelearn in the classroomis ratherdifferent fromthe Englishintheoutside world!(谨慎行事)Yancy:People saythat theBritish alwayswhat theyeat.Not true!I wentto asummerschool inManchester andmy Englishteacher wascalled Maggie.One day,a differentteacher tookourclass.He toldus thatMaggie couldntteach thatday COZshe(因喉咙痛说话困难).一Poor Maggiebut whydid shetry toeat sucha bigfrog135commentsSophie:When Ifirst visitedNew York,I wentto adowntown shoppingcentre tobuy somewinter()boots.At theinformation deskat theenter,I askeda ladythe shoesectionwas.She saidthat itwas onthe first floor.So Iwent upto thefirst floor,but couldntfind any()shoes.I decidedleave.When I was lookingfor theexit,I sawthat shoeswere actuallysold downstairs(ontheground floor,not thefirstfloor.Why didshe giveme thewrong informationX-128commentsJulien:Ive gotan Englishpenfriend,who Ifinally gotto meetin Londonthis summer.He hadtoldme thathis grandfatherwas reallywicked”.But whenI methis grandfather,I likedhim alot.I foundit(奇,怪的).very Whydid myfriend usea wordabout sucha niceman63commentsZheng Xu:The Britishmust havereally highstandards.Iwaspart ofa studentexchangeprogramme auniversity inEngland andmy universityin China.I spentdays preparingandwriting myfirst Englishpaper.I knewI haddone agood joband waslooking forwardto(得到积极的评论).When Igot thepaper back,I foundmy teacherhad writtenthe comment“Not!匚(Not Butthere werentany errorsin mypape-85comments
1.THE CHINESEWRITING SYSTEM:CONNECTING THEPASTAND THEPRESENTChina iswidely knownfor itsancient civilisation which hascontinued all the waythrough intomoderntimes,despite themany upsand downsin itshistory.There aremany reasonswhy thishas beenpossible,but oneofthemain factorshas beenthe Chinesewriting system.At thebeginning,written Chinesewas apicture-based language.It datesback severalthousand一years tothe useof longguanimal bonesand shellsonwhichsymbols werecarved byancient Chinesepeople.Some ofthe ancientsymbols canstill beseen intodays hanzi.By theShang Dynastyaround1600-1046BCE,these symbolshad becomea well-developedwriting system.Over theyears,the systemdeveloped intodifferent forms,asitwas atime whenpeoplewere dividedgeographically leadingto manyvarieties ofdialects andcharacters.This,however,changedunder Emperor Qinshihuang ofthe QinDynasty221-207BCE.EmperorQinshihuangunited theseven majorstates intoone unifiedcountry wherethe Chinesewriting system beganto developin onedirection.That writing system wasof greatimportance inunitingthe Chinesepeople andculture.Even today,no matterwhere Chinesepeople liveor whatdialect theyspeak,they canall stillcommunicate inwriting.Written Chinesehas alsobecome an important meansby whichChinas presentis connectedwithits past.People inmodem timescan readthe classicworks whichwere writtenby Chinesein ancienttimes.The highregard forthe Chinesewritingsystemcanbeseen inthe developmentof Chinesecharactersas anart form,known asChinese calligraphy,which hasbecome animportant part of Chineseculture.Today,the Chinesewritingsystemis stillanimportantpartofChinese culture.As Chinaplays agreaterrole inglobal affairs,an increasingnumber ofinternational studentsare beginningto appreciateChinasculture andhistory throughthis amazinglanguage.
2.LEARNING ENGLISHWangLeHey,everybody,what areyour biggestproblems withlearning EnglishLiuWenHi!Ive beenstudying Englishsince primaryschool.I used to gethigh marksin English,but nowImhaving alot oftrouble withmy listening.When Ilisten tonative Englishspeakers talkinginavideo,I cancatch onlya few words.I cannever quiteget themain idea.Any adviceJiaXinListening toEnglish radioprogrammes helpsme getusedtohow fastnative speakerstalk.I alsorepeatwhat Ihear tohelp myselfto experiencethe feelingofthelanguage.Sometimes Ieven recordmyvoice soI canlisten tomyself andcompare mypronunciation withthe radiohosfs!My biggestheadache,is howto bepolite inEnglish.Its somuch easierto justsay“Open thewindow!”but inEnglish thatcansound reallyterrible.I haveto thinkabout whoIm talking to andthen decidewhether tosay,“Open thewindow,please!”or“Could youopen thewindow,please”or evenlonger Would you mind openingthe window,please”Li RuiYeah,thats reallyhard!I thinkit alldepends onwho youretalking to.If Tmtalking toa close一friend,I canuse shortrequests,like“Open thewindow“our relationshipis closeand wereequals,so Ionlyneed afewwordsto bridgethe gapbetween us.But ifIm talkingto someonewho isntvery closetome,I must make myrequest longer-and Imustmakeitaquestion,not ademand,eg,“Could youopen thewindow,please^If Tmtalkingtosomeone seniorto me,then Ishould say,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please”For me,vocabulary ismy biggestproblem-there arejust SOMANY newwords!Icant keepallthenew vocabularystraight inmy head,and Icertainly cantremember howto usethem allproperly.HELP!。