WORD
鏍煎紡
涓撲笟璧勬枡鏁寸悊
Unit 1
Language in mission
Text A An impressive English lesson
Ex.1
Understanding the text
1
銆?/p>
Because he is tired of listening to his father and he is not interested in grammar rules.
2
銆?/p>
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
銆?/p>
however, what the
student
could do was only one single utterance :
鈥?/p>
whoa!
鈥?/p>
without any any specific comment.
3
銆?/p>
Because the schools fail to set high standards of language proficiency. They
only teach a little grammar and less advanced vocabulary. And the younger teachers
themselves have little
knowledge of the vital structures of language.
4
銆?/p>
Because teaching grammar is not an easy job and most of the students will easily get
bored if it
鈥?/p>
s not properly dealt with.
5
銆?/p>
He familiarized his son with different parts of speech in a sentence and
discussed their specific grammatical functions including how to use adverbs to
describe verbs.
6
銆?/p>
Because the son had never heard about the various names and functions of words
in an English sentence before.
7
銆?/p>
The author uses
鈥?/p>
road map
鈥?/p>
and
鈥?/p>
car
鈥?/p>
to describe grammar and vocabulary. Here,
鈥?/p>
road
map
鈥?/p>
is considered as grammar and
鈥?/p>
car
鈥?/p>
as vocabulary.
8
銆?/p>
Since the subjunctive mood
his son used is a fairly advanced grammar
structure,
the
interjection
鈥?/p>
whoa!
鈥?/p>
reflects the tremendous pride the father had toward his son
銆?/p>
it also
reflects
the author
鈥?/p>
s humor in using the word because it was once used by his student, though in
two
different situations and with two different feelings.
Ex.3
Words in use
1.condense
2.exceed
3.deficit
4.exposure
5.asset
6.adequate
7.competent 8.adjusting
9.precisely
10.beneficial
Ex.4
Word building
-al/-
ial:
managerial/editorial/substance/survival/tradit
ion/margin
-cy
: