Text comprehension
I. B
II. 1. T;
2. F;
3. T;
4. T;
5. T.
III.
1.
鈥渟nail mail鈥?
2. 鈥渁n essential stepping stone on the road to success鈥?
3.
鈥渢he
profound
relationship
between
language
and
culture
that
lies
at
the
heart
of society鈥?
4. 鈥渢he means to shape our views of the world鈥?
5. 鈥渢o negotiate the boundaries between languages and to compromise in
translation鈥?
6.
鈥渢o
use
linguistic
skills,
to
think
differently,
to
enter
into
another
culture鈥檚
mentality and to shape language accordingly鈥?
IV.
1. with convenient ways to reach any part of the world.
2. It seems that everyone is able to always get in touch with anyone else if he or
she can afford to.
3. is the most important to society.
4. a fundamental skill in today鈥檚 world, where different c
ultures interact.
5. are finding ways to interrelate different cultures.
Structural analysis of the text
1. The last sentence of the 3rd paragraph: 鈥淢ost fundamental is the profound
relationship
between
language
and
culture
that
lies
at
the
heart
of
society
and
one
that we overlook at our peril.鈥?/p>
2.
Paragraph
4:
The
lack
of
an
exact
counterpart
of
the
English
word
鈥渉omesickness鈥?nbsp;
in other languages such as Italian, Portuguese, and German.
Paragraph 5: The problem of untranslatability which the early Bible translators
encountered.
Paragraph 6: English and Welsh speakers make adjustments regarding the color
spectrum in the grey / green / blue / brown range; The word 鈥渄emocracy鈥?nbsp;means
completely
different
things
in
different
contexts;
the
flat
breads
of
Central
Asia
are
a
long
way
away
from
Mother鈥檚
Pride
white
sliced
toasties,
yet
the
word
鈥渂read鈥?nbsp;
has to serve for both.
Part One. Vocabulary Analysis
I.
Phrase practice
1. provided =as long as
鍋囧锛屽�樿嫢
need never be out of touch =can never fail to be reached
浠庝笉浼氬け鍘昏仈绯?/p>
2. regardless of =no matter
涓嶇锛屼笉椤?/p>