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Unit 1 Text A
How Difficult Is English?
英语有多?/p>
Like the national push for Asian literacy
?/p>
n.
有文化,
有教养,
有读写能力)
in Australia
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there
has been foreign languages fervor in China
?/p>
with English on top of the list.
就如澳大利亚在全国推行学亚洲语言一样,
中国也掀起一股外语热?/p>
在这股热潮中?/p>
英语?/p>
居榜首?/p>
English is not only taught at schools
?/p>
colleges and universities
?/p>
but also at evening classes
?/p>
on
radio and TV
?/p>
不仅各级学校教英语,夜校、电台、电视台也都设有英语课程?/p>
Parents hire
private tutors for their school children
?/p>
adult English learners would sacrifice the
weekend at an English corner in a public park practicing their spoken English with peop1e of the
same interest and determination.
父母为学龄的孩子聘请英语家教,成年英语学习者会牺牲周末休息日,到公园参加英语角?/p>
与志趣相投的英语学习者练习口语?/p>
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
?
The answer
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if
I am asked to offer
?/p>
is undoubtedly
?/p>
yes
?/p>
如果我被问及这个问题,那么毫无疑问,我的答案是:是的?/p>
From
my
personal
experience,
I
think
learning
English
means
far
more
than
learning
its
pronunciation
?/p>
its grammatical rules
?/p>
its words
?/p>
etc
?/p>
从我个人的经验来看,英语学习不仅仅是学习英语发音、语法规则、词汇等?/p>
It involves learning everything about the countries where it is used and the people who use it
?/p>
它包括学习与使用该语言的国家和民族有关的所有内容?/p>
Without
such
a
complete
understanding
of
the
language,
the
English
a
foreigner
speaks
will
inevitably
sound
strange
or
even
unintelligible
though
there
is
not
anything
wrong
with
his
pronunciation
?/p>
sentence structure and the words he uses
?/p>
对英语没有这样全面的理解,即使发音?/p>
句子结构?/p>
措辞毫无错误?/p>
一个外国人所讲的英语
也难免听起来稀奇古怪甚至难以理解?/p>
The social customs and habits of the English-speaking people contribute a lot to the difficulty a
foreigner has in learning it
?/p>
讲英语民族者的社会风俗习惯增加了外国人学习英语的难度?/p>
Take the Chinese English learners for example
?/p>
以学英语的中国人为例?/p>
" Hello "and "Good morning" may sound a little bit simple to Chinese people
?/p>
"
你好
"
?/p>
"
早上?/p>
"
是非常简单的?/p>
It
is totally beyond the understanding of a Chinese English learner that native English speakers
would be annoyed when they're addressed "Where are you going?"
?/p>
which is a commonly used
addressing among the Chinese
?/p>
"
你去哪儿
?"
是中国人常用的问候语,若英语母语者被问及
"
你去哪儿
?"
,他们会因此感到?/p>
悦,这一点让中国的英语学习者大为不解?/p>
Is there anything wrong with the English sentence structure ? Of course not
?/p>
这个英语句子结构不对?/p>
?
当然不是?/p>