大学英语综合教程book2 Unite7课后练习答案

Unit7LearningaboutEnglishPartIIReadingTaskComprehensionContentQuestionPairWork1.Ithasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithasanestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords.2.Theydon’tlikeborrowingforeignwords.TheytrytobanwordsfromEnglish.3.OldEnglishorAnglo-SaxonEnglish.4.TheGermanictribesbroughtittotheBritishIslesinthe5th5.Theyareusuallyshortanddirect.century.6.TheyusewordsderivedfromOldEnglish.7.AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembledsomewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.8.Greek,Latin,Sanskrit,English,etc.9.TherewerethreelanguagescompetingforuseinEngland.10.WordsfromGreekandRomanclassicscameintotheEnglishlanguage.11.ThegreatprinciplesoffreedomandrightsofmanwereborninEngland,thentheAmericanscarriedthemforward.12.No.Englishisandhasalwaysbeenthetongueofthecommonpeople.Thereshouldnotbeanyfencearoundittoprotectitsso-calledpurity.TextOrganizationWorkingOnYourOwn1.PartOne:MassiveborrowingfromotherlanguagesisamajorfeatureoftheEnglishlanguage.PartTwo:thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromtheIndo-EuropeanparentlanguagetomodernEnglish.PartThree:Tolerance,loveoffreedom,andrespectfortherightsofothers---thesequalitiesintheEnglish-speakingpeopleexplaintherichnessoftheirlanguage.2.Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxonwords---OldEnglish.Para.12:TheChristianreligionenrichedEnglishwithwordsfromGreekandLatin.Para.13:theVikingsfromScandinaviacamewithwordsfromOldNorse.Para.14:theNormanConquest---Frenchinfluence.Para.15:TheEuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwordsfromLatinandGreek.Para.16:TheAmericanrevolution---theemergenceofanewvariety---AmercanEnglish.LanguageSenseEnhancement1.(1)judge(2)resembled(3)systematic(4)descended(5)losttous(6)comeupwith(7)assume(8)established(9)drifted(10)becameknownasVocabularyI1.1)Strictlyspeaking2)drifted3)resembles4)invaded5)isconquered6)fascinating7)snack8)put;intopractice9)source10)climate11)surrendered12)were;aroused2.1)anabsolutenecessityratherthanaluxury.2)isavaluableadditiontothefootballteam.3)willgetoutofcontrol,ifthefiremendonotarrivewithintenminutes.4)AlternativebuttogoviaVancouvertogetto