1 Unit1
TextA
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.Reading comprehension. 1.A 2.D 3.B 4.B 5. C
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.Fill in the following blanks with listed below in their proper forms.Please pay attention that the
re are more words than are necessary.
1.by the same token
她需要理智一些,同样的道理,你也应该理解她?/p>
2.contributed
大部?/p>
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为教
堂的
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建筑
捐了
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西?/p>
3.confrontation
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在自
己的
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间里
避免
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人起
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突?/p>
4.annoyed
她命令我的这一做法着实让我恼火?/p>
5.hospitable
当地人非常善良,也非?/p>
友好?/p>
6.sacrifice
一个母亲会将其人生奉献给孩子们?/p>
7.protests
就算曼蒂坚持说她没有醉,也不要让她开车?/p>
8.offer
他甚至都不表示要帮忙?/p>
9.amount
炒菜的时候最好加一点儿水?/p>
10.other than
她很少有不高兴的时候?/p>
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. Translate the following sentences into English. 1
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Like the national push for Asian literacy in Australia, there has been foreign languages fervor in c
hina, with English on top of the list.
就如澳大利亚在全国推广学亚洲语言一样,中国也掀起一
股外语热,在这股热潮中英语高居榜首?/p>
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Is English such a difficult language that it really demands people to invest a large amount of time
and energy before it is mastered?
英语真的有这么难,需要人们投入大量的时间和精力才能掌
握吗?/p>
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From my personal experience, I think learning English means far more than learning its
pronunciation, grammatical rules, etc.
从我个人的经验来看,英语学习不仅仅是指学习英语发
音和语法规则等?/p>
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Without a complete understanding of the language, the English a foreigner speaks will inevitably s
ound strange or even unintelligible though there is not anything wrong with his pronunciation, sen
tence structure and the words he uses.
对英语没有全面的理解?/p>
即便有完美的发音?/p>
句子结构?/p>
措词,一个外国人所讲的英语也会是稀奇古怪甚至难以理解的?/p>
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Social customs and habits contribute to the difficulty in learning a foreign language.
社会风俗
习惯增加了学习外语的难度?/p>
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By the same token,
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Have you eaten?
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will sound to native English speakers that the Chinese ar
e so hospitable that they invite people to meals off-handedly.
由于同样的原因,英语母语者听?/p>
“吃了吗??/p>
,会觉得中国人非常好客,在事先毫无准备的情况下会请人吃饭?/p>
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The foreigner will respond
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Oh, it
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s very nice of you. When?
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, if he happens to have a craving
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望)
for Chinese cooking and has not had
现在完成?/p>
his dinner yet.
如果这位外国人此刻正?/p>
望品尝一下中国美食,而且又碰巧没有吃饭,他会回答?/p>
“太好啦,什么时候??/p>
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Chinese has nothing in common with English and China had little contact
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系)
with the Western world in modern history.
汉字和英语这两种文字毫无共同之处,并且中
国和西方世界在近代史上很少接触?/p>
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The background
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背景?/p>
knowledge of English fascinates
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着
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large numbers of interested and determined
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English learners but at the same time disheartens
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quite a few.
英语背景知识既吸
引了大量英语爱好者,也使许多人丧失信心?/p>
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2006-4
刚考过?/p>