Unit 5 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD
1. _____________ n. 十亿
2. _____________ adj. 出生的;本地;土著的 n. 本地人
3. _____________ n. 态度;看法
4. _____________ n. 体系;制度;系统
5. _____________ prep. 即使;尽管
6. _____________ n. 因素;要素
7. _____________ n. 骨头;骨(质)
8. _____________ n. 壳;壳状物
9. _____________ n. 符号;象征
10. ____________ vt. & vi. 雕刻
11. _____________ n. 王朝;朝代
12. _____________ n. 地方话;方言
13. _____________ n. 方式;方法;途径
14. _____________ n. 尊重;关注 vt. 把……视为;看待
15. _____________ n. 文字;符号;角色;品质;特点
16. _____________ n. 书法;书法世界
17. _____________ adj. 全球的;全世界的
18. _____________ n. 公共事务;事件;关系
19. _____________ adj. 特定的;明确的;具体的
20. _____________ 公元
21. _____________ n. & vi. 斗争;奋斗;搏斗
22. _____________ n. 舌头;语言
23. _____________ n. 学期
24. _____________ n. 汽油;气体;燃气
25. _____________ n. 汽油
26. _____________ n. 地铁 (BrE underground)
27. _____________ n. 公寓套房
28. _____________ n. (BrE) 内裤;短裤;(NAmE) 裤子
29. _____________ vt. 恳求;祈求;哀求
30. _____________ n. 间隔;开口;差距
31. _____________ n. 词汇
32. _____________ n. 朝鲜(或韩国)语;朝鲜(或韩国)人
adj. 朝鲜(或韩国)的
33. _____________ n. 丹麦语;丹麦人
adj.丹麦的
34. _____________ n. 丹麦 (国家名)
35. _____________ n. 阿拉伯语
adj. 阿拉伯语的;阿拉伯文学的
1. refer vi. 提到;参考;查阅 vt. 查询;叫……救助于
→____________ n. 指称关系;参考
2. base vt. 以……为据点;以……为基础 n. 底部;根据
→____________ adj.以(某事)为基础的;
以……为重要部分(或特征)的
→____________ n. 基础
→____________ adj. 基本的
→____________ adv. 主要地;基本上
3. variety n. (植物、语言等的)变体;异体;多样化
→____________ vt. & vi. 使不同
→____________ adj. 各种各样的
4. major adj. 主要; 重要的;大的 n. 主修课程;主修学生
vi. 主修;专门研究
→____________ n. 大多数;大半
5. classic adj. 传统的;最优秀的;典型的 n. 经典作品;名著
→____________ adj. 古典的;经典的;传统的
6. appreciate vt. 欣赏;重视;感激;领会 vi. 增值
→____________ n. 欣赏;感激
7. equal n. 同等的人;相等物 adj. 相同的;同样的
→____________ adv. 同样地;相等地
→____________ n. 平等;相等
8. demand n. 要求;需求 vt. 强烈要求;需要 vi. 查问
→____________ adj. (工作)要求高的;(人)苛求的
9. describe vt. 描述
→____________ n. 描写(文字);形容
10. relate vt. 联系;讲述
→____________ n. 关系;联系
→____________ adj. 相关的;有联系的
1. ____________________ 注意
2. ____________________ 既不……也不……
3. ____________________ 追溯到
4. ____________________ 不再
5. ____________________ 在……扮演重要角色;发挥重要作用
6. ____________________ 提到;指的是;描述;查阅
7. ____________________ 浮沉;兴衰;荣辱
8. ____________________ 观点;看法
9. _________________________ ……有困难
10. _______________________与……相关;涉及;谈到
11. _______________________ 感觉像
12. _______________________导致
13. _______________________ 过去常常
综合运用
基础训练篇
I. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空(每个单词限用一次)。
variety, vocabulary, reference, appreciate, character, specific, struggle
1. She used her work experience as a frame of ________ for her teaching.
2. Lecture language is a language ________ lying between written language and oral language.
3. She revealed her true ________ when anyone disagreed with her.
4. I think the best way to enlarge your ________ is by reading English novels.
5. The money is to be used for one ________ purpose: the building of the new theatre.
6. You can't fully ________ foreign literature in translation.
7. I've been ________ to understand this article written in French all afternoon.
II. 用适当的介词填空。
1. Although she didn't mention any names, everyone knew who she was referring
________.
2. Fluency in a second language cultivates an ability to see things from another person's point ________ view.
3. The traditional friendship between our two peoples dates back ________ ancient days.
4. All these calculations are based ________ the statistics you have provided.
III. 用适当的关系词补全下列句子。
1. The number of people ________ come to visit the city each year has risen to one million.
2. The play, the style of ________ is rigidly formal, is typical of the period.
3. Help is needed for families ________ homes were destroyed in the thunderstorm.
4. The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point ________ he can walk
correctly and safely.
5. This latest political drama has come at a time ________ the government has started to look increasingly tired.
能力提升篇
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It's estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. About 90% of 1. _______ (they) are used by less than 100,000 people.
Languages are grouped into families that have shared origins. For example, English is related 2. _______ German and Dutch, and they are all part of the Indo-European family of languages.
About 2,200 of the world's languages can 3. _______ (find) in Asia, while Europe has merely 260. Nearly every language uses a similar grammatical structure, even though they may not be linked in vocabulary or origin. Communities which are 4. _______ (normal) isolated from each other may have developed multiple languages.
The ease or difficulty of 5. _______ (learn) another language can depend on your mother tongue. 6. _______ general, the closer the second language is to the learner's native tongue and culture in terms of vocabulary, sounds or sentence structure, the 7. _______ (easy) acquisition (习得) will be.
Dutch is said to be the easiest language for native English speakers 8. _______ (pick) up, while research shows that for those native English speakers 9. _______ already know another language, some of the most difficult languages to get your head around 10. _______ (be) Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
参考答案:
基础词汇
1._billionn十亿
2._nativeadj.出生的;本地;土著的n.本地人
3._attituden.态度;看法
4._systemn.体系;制度;系统
5._despite prep.即使;尽管
6._ factor n.因素;要素
7._ bone n.骨头;骨(质)
8. shell n.壳;壳状物
9._symbol n.符号;象征
10.carve vt.& vi。雕刻
11. Dynasty n.王朝;朝代
12.dialect n.地方话;方言
13.means n.方式;方法;途径
14._regard n.尊重;关注yt.把……视为;看待
15._character_n.文字;符号;角色;品质;特点
16. calligraphy_n.书法;书法世界
17. _global adj.全球的;全世界的
18._affair n.公共事务;事件;关系
19._specific adj.特定的;明确的;具体的
20.CE公元
21.struggle n vi.斗争;奋斗;搏斗
22._tongue n.舌头;语言
23.semester n.学期
24.gas n.汽油;气体;燃气
25.petrol n.汽油
26._subway n.地铁(BrE underground)
27._apartment_n.公寓套房
28._pants n. (BrE)内裤;短裤;(NAmE)裤子
29.beg”t.恳求;祈求;哀求
30. gap n.间隔;开口;差距
31.vocabulary_n.词汇
32.Korean n.朝鲜(或韩国)语;朝鲜(或韩国)人adj.朝鲜(或韩国)的
33.Danish n.丹麦语;丹麦人adj.丹麦的
34.Denmark n.丹麦(国家名
35._Arabic n.阿拉伯语 adj.阿拉伯语的;阿拉伯文学的
拓展词汇
1. refer vi.提到;参考;查阅wt.查询;叫……救助于reference_n.指称关系;参考
2. base wL.以……为据点;以……为基础n.底部;根据→_based_adj.以(某事)为基础的;
以……为重要部分(或特征)的→basisn.基础→basicadj.基本的→basically_adv.主要地;基本上
3. variety n.(植物、语言等的)变体;异体;多样化→_vary vt.& vi.使不同_various_adj.各种各样的
4.major adj主要;重要的;大的 n.主修课程;主修学生vi.主修;专门研究majority_n.大多数;大半
5. classic adj.传统的;最优秀的;典型的n.经典作品;名著classical_adj.古典的;经典的;传统的
6. appreciate vt.欣赏;重视;感激;领会vi.增值中appreciation_ n.欣赏;感激
7.equal n.同等的人;相等物adj、相同的;同样的equally adv.同样地;相等地equality_n平等;相等
8. demand n.要求;需求vt强烈要求;需要 vi、查问demanding_adj. (工作)要求高的;(人)苛求的9. deseribe ut.描述descriptionn.描写(文字);形容
10.relate vt,联系;讲述relation n.关系;联系 related adj.相关的;有联系的
短语
1. pay attention to注意
2.neither.. .nor...既不……也不…….
3. date back (to...)追溯到
4.no longer不再
5. play a great role in_在……扮演重要角色;发挥重要作用
6.refer to提到;指的是;描述;查阅
7. ups and downs浮沉;兴衰;荣辱
8.point of view观点;看法
9. have problems/ trouble with .……有困难
10.relate to与……相关;涉及;谈到
11. feel like感觉像
12.lead to导致
13._used to过去常常
基础训练篇
I. 1. reference 2. variety 3. character 4. vocabulary 5. specific
6. appreciate 7. struggling
II. 1. to 2. of 3. To 4. on / upon
III. 1. that / who 2. which 3. Whose 4. where 5. when
能力提升篇
1. them 2. to 3. be found 4. normally 5. learning
6. In 7. easier 8. to pick 9. who / that 10. are