新世纪大学英语第一册第一单元及习题答案大全.docx

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新世纪大学英语第一册第一单元及习题答案大全

Unit1LearningaLanguage

GetStarted

Sitingroupsofthreesorfoursanddiscussthefollowingquestions.

1.Doyouthinkitisnecessarytolearnanotherlanguagebesidesyourmothertongue?

2.HowlonghaveyoulearnedEnglish?

DoyouthinkEnglishisverydifficulttolearn?

3.Ifpossible,whatotherforeignlanguagesdoyouwanttolearn?

Why?

4.Speakingfromyourownexperience,whateffectivewayswouldyouliketosuggesttohelpotherslearnEnglish?

GetStarted

Answersforreference

1.Answersmayvary.However,theteachermaydrawstudents'attentiontothefactthatEnglishisbecominganinternationallanguageandthatthereisagrowingneedforustocommunicateinEnglishwithpeoplefromothercountries.

2.Answerscouldvaryfrom"6to10years,"dependingonwherethestudentsarefrom.Generallyspeaking,studentsgrowingupincitiesstartlearningEnglish3-5yearsearlierthanthoseinthecountryside.Thosewhodon'tenjoylearningEnglishorarenotmotivatedmayfindEnglishverydifficulttolearn.

3.PossibleanswersmaybeFrench,German,Japanese,Spanish,etc.Onemayfinddifferentreasons.Somestudentschoosetostudyonespecificforeignlanguageoutoftheirlovefortheliteratureinthatlanguage;somemayliketolistentomusic,orwatchmoviesinthatlanguage;somewanttobeabletoreadresearchpaperspublishedinthatlanguage;andmanyothersmaysimplywanttobeabletospeakthetargetlanguagewhentravelinginthatcountry.

4.Possibleusefulwaysmayinclude:

readingandlisteningasmuchasonecan;talkingtonativespeakerswheneverpossible;visitingtheEnglishCorneroncampus;watchingEnglishmovies;surfingtheInternet,etc.OthereffectivewaysoflearningEnglishmayinclude:

payingspecialattentiontousefulexpressionsandtryingtousethemwheneverandwhereverpossible;learninggoodpassagesbyheart;memorizinglistsofwordstodevelopvocabulary;workingonagrammarbooksystematicallytoachieveaccuracyanddoingmorewritingpractice.

QUOTES

Studythefollowingquotesaboutlanguagelearning.Doyouaccepttheideasexpressedinthequotes?

Stateyourreasons.

Whoeverisnotacquaintedwithforeignlanguagesknowsnothingofhisown

---Goethe

Languageisnotanabstract（抽象的）constructionofthelearned（有学问的人）,orofdictionary-makers,butissomethingarisingoutofthework,needs,ties,joys,affections,tastesoflonggenerationsofhumanity,andhasitsbasesbroadandlow,closetotheground.

---WaltWhitman

Ihaven’tconqueredSpanishyet.I’mlearningandunderstandwhat’ssaidduringtraining.I’mprogressinglittle.Spanishisverydifficultforme,althoughIamgettingusedtoit.Iammakinganeffort.It’scomplicated.ButifIcanconquerSpanish,itwillhavebeenagreatachievement.

----DavidBeckham

Interpretationsofthequotes

1.Goetheemphasizestheimportanceoflearningforeignlanguages.Learningaforeignlanguageiscomparabletoajourneyofdiscovery.Oneneedstobefamiliarwithsomeforeignlanguagesinordertounderstandhisorherownnativelanguage.JohannWolfgangvonGoethe（1749-1832）:

aGermanpoetandscientist,andoneofthebestknownwritersofplaysandbooksofalltime,knownespeciallyforhisplayFaust（《浮士德》）.

2.Whitmanthinksthatlanguageisnotsomethingproducedfromnowherebytheintellectualsordictionary-makers.Rather,itissomethingcomingfromthecommonplaceactivitiesandemotionsofmanygenerationsofhumanbeings,includingtheirwork,needs,relationships,happiness,loveandpreferences.Languageisbroadlyanddeeplyrootedinthesecommonhappenings.

WaltWhitman（1819-1892）:

aUSwriterknownforhispoetryaboutthebeautyofnatureandthevalueoffreedom.HeisregardedasoneofthegreatestandmostinfluentialUSpoets,andhisbest-knownworkisLeavesofGrass（《草叶集》）.

3.HereBeckham,theworld-famousfootballstar,shareswithushisexperienceinlearningaforeignlanguage.FromwhatBeckhamsays,wecanseethatlearningaforeignlanguageisdifficultforeveryone.Butifwemakeaneffort,wecanconquerit.Asthesayinggoes,wherethereisawill,thereisaway.DavidBeckham（1975-）becameknownasafootballtalentattheageof11.HejoinedManchesterUnitedasaprofessionalmidfielder（中锋）inJanuary1993.InJune2003,hemovedtoSpainandjoinedRealMadrid.Afootballerwithanamazingabilitytoscoregoalsandgetthecrowdonitsfeet,Beckhamisnowwellknownasoneofthebestfootballplayersoftheworld.

ListenandRespond

YouwilllistentowhatastudentfromArgentina（阿根廷）saysaboutlearningforeignlanguages.Thewordsandphrasesintheboxmaybeofsomehelptoyou.

Portuguese葡萄牙语（的）；葡萄牙人（的）

mothertongue母语

Spanishn.&a.西班牙语（的）

broadenvt.放宽，变宽；扩大

confidenta.确信的，自信的；有信心的

copev.dealsuccessfullywithadifficultsituation（成功地）应付，对付

communicatev.交流意见（或感情、消息等）；沟通

frequentlyad.常常地，频繁地

obtainv.ratherfmlbecometheownerof,esp.bymeansofeffortorplanning;get较正式目（尤指通过努力或计划）获得，得到；买到

remarkablyad.显著地，引人注目地

catchon（tosth.）：

begintounderstand（sth.）（开始）明白，了解（某事）

rhythmn.节奏；韵律

regardingprep.Fml【正式】（尤用于商业书信中）关于，有关

plusn.受欢迎的或有利的附加物，有利条件

accustomeda.inthehabitof;usedto习惯于…的

getaccustomedto：

becomeinthehabitof;becomeusedto习惯于…的

processn.步骤，程序

enjoyablea.（事情、经历等）使人快乐的，有乐趣的

Script

Hello,I'mAlberto.I'mastudentofEnglish,French,PortugueseandItalian.IwouldalsolovetolearnChineseandGermaninthenearfuture.MymothertongueisSpanishandIhaveadegreeinPoliticalScience.Ilovetolearnnewlanguages,becauseIthinkitbroadensmymind.EventhoughIstillhavesomedifficultywithverbtenses,I'mconfidentthatwithtimeandpracticeI'llcopewiththem.

Ibelievelearninganewlanguagebesidesyourmothertonguecanbeuseful,especiallyinaworldwheredistancesareshortenedandpeoplefromdifferentcountriescommunicatewitheachothermorefrequently.

Learninganewlanguagecanbeagoodexperience,butonlyifyoukeepinmindthatnothingisobtainedwithoutsomeeffort.Inmyopinion,thebestwaytolearnalanguageistoreadalot.Itdoesn'tmatterwhatyouread,butthatyoudoit.Evenifyoudon'tunderstandeverything,yourreadingcomprehensionskillwillimproveremarkably.Also,ifpossible,watchalotoftelevisioninthatlanguage,orlistentoCDs.Maybeatfirstyouwon'tunderstandaword,butlateryou'dcatchontotherhythmofthelanguage.

Gooddictionariesarenecessary,andbooksregardingvocabularycanbeaplus.TheInternetisalsoausefultool.

Thelanguageyouchoosetolearnmightseemalittledifficultatfirst,oreventotallystrange,butyou'llgetaccustomedtoit.Rememberthatthelearningprocessislong,andthatitneverends.However,itisalsohighlyenjoyable.

TASKONEFocusingontheMainIdeas

Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtotheinformationcontainedinthelisteningpassage.

1.WhatdoesAlbertomainlytalkaboutinthismonologue（独白）？

2.Isheveryinterestedinlanguagelearning?

Why?

3.Doeshethinkitisveryusefultodoalotofreadingwhenlearningalanguage?

Why?

TASKTWOZoomingInontheDetails

Listentotherecordingagainandfillineachoftheblanksaccordingtowhatyouhaveheard.

1.Albertohasstartedlearning____________,___________,Portugueseand__________,andhewouldalsolovetolearn__________and__________inthenearfuture.

2.Helovestolearnnewlanguages,becausehethinksitbroadens___________.

3.AccordingtoAlberto,learninganewlanguagebesidesone's__________canbeuseful,especiallyinaworldwheredistances___________________andpeoplefromdifferentcountriescommunicatewitheachother______________________.

4.Herecommends（推荐）threegoodwaysoflanguagelearning.Theyare:

a.________________________;

b.watchalotoftelevisioninthatlanguage;and

c.________________________.

5.Healsomentionsthreeotherthingsthatarehelpfulforlearningalanguage.Theyare:

a.________________________;

b.vocabularybooks;and

c.________________________.

6.FinallyAlbertosayslearningalanguagemightseemalittle________________,orevenstrange,butonewillgetusedtoit.Thoughthelearningprocessislongandit_______________,itisalso____________________________.

TASKONE:

FocusingontheMainideas

1.InthismonologueAlbertotellsusthathelikestolearnnewlanguagesandwhyhelikestodoso.Healsoshareswithussomewayswhichhethinksarehelpfulinlearninganewlanguage.

2.Yes,heis.Heisveryinterestedinlanguagelearningbecausehethinksithelpsbroadenhismind.

3.Yes,hedoes.Hethinksthataslongasonekeepsonreading,one'sreadingcomprehensionskillwillimproveremarkably.

TASKTWO:

ZoomingInontheDetails

1.EnglishFrenchItalianChineseGerman

2.hismind

3.mothertongueareshortenedmorefrequently

4.readalotlistentoCDs

5.gooddictionariestheInternet

6.difficultatfirstneverendshighlyenjoyable

Read&Explore

ALanguageTeacher'sPersonalOpinion

一名语言教师的个人看法

【1】EverydayIseeadvertisementsinthenewspapersandonthebusesclaimingthatitiseasytolearnEnglish.我每天都会在报纸上、公共汽车上看到各种广告，声称轻轻松松就能学好英语。

Accordingtotheseadvertisements,withverylittleeffortonthestudent'spart,hewillbeabletospeakthelanguagefluentlyinthreemonthsoreventendays.这些广告称，学生不必费什么力气，要说一口流利的英语只需短短3个月，甚至10天就行。

ThereisoftenareferencetoWilliamShakespeareorCharlesDickenstoencouragehimevenmore.（AtthesametimetheadvertisementsveryoftenmentiongreatEnglishwriterssuchasWilliamShakespeareorCharlesDickenstojointheminlearningEnglish.）广告还常常提到威廉.莎士比亚和查尔斯.狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力。

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