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1、2. any standard book on the history of English literature3. Encyclopaedia BritannicaQuestions on content:1. What, according to the writer, makes good conversation? What spoils it?2. Why does the writer like “bar conversation” so much?3. Does a good conversation need a focal subject to talk about?4.

2、Why did the people talk about Australia? Why did the conversation turn to Norman England?5. How does the use of words show class distinction?6. Can you guess the writers views on bilingual education? （para 11）7. Why was the term “Queens English” used in 1593 and “the Kings English” in 1602?8. When w

3、as “the Kings English” regarded as a form of racial discrimination in England?9. What is the attitude of the writer towards” the Kings English” ?10. What does the writer mean when he says, “the Kings English, like the Anglo-French of the Normang, is a class representation of reality” ? （para 16） Que

4、stions on appreciation:1. In what way is “pub talk” connected with “the Kings English”? Is the title of the piece well “chosen?2. Point out the literary and historical allusions used in this piece and comment on their use.3. What is the function of para 5? Is the change from “pub talk” to “the Kings

5、 English” too abrupt?4. Do the simple idiomatic expressions like “to be on the rocks, out of bed on the wrong side, etc., “ go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer uses? Give your reasons.5. Does the writer reveal his political inclination in this piece of writing? How?

6、IV. Paraphrase:1. And it is an activity only of humans. （para 1）2. Conversation is not for making a point. （para 2）3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. （para 2）4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each others lives. （para 3）5. it could still go ignorantly

7、on （para 6）6. There are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef （boeuf）. （para 9）7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. （para11）8. English had come royally into its own. （para 13）9. The phrase has always been used a l

8、ittle pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. （para 15）10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. （para 15）11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us. “ （para 16）12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the Kings En

9、glish slips and slides in conversation. （para 18）V. Translate paras 9-11 into Chinese. Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the italicized idiomatic phrases:1. their marriage may be on the rocks （para 3）2. they got out of bed on the wrong side （para 3）3. the conversation was on wings （p

10、ara 8）4. the Norman lords of course turned up their noses at it （para 10）5. we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant （para 11）6. English had come royally into its own. （para 13）7. we sit up at the vividness of the phrase （para 18）. Discriminate the following groups of syn

11、onyms:1. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned2. jeer, scoff, sneer, gibe, floutSRB1. Webster s New World Dictionary of the American Language2. Webster s New Dictionary of Synonyms3. Reader s Digest, Use the Right Word Give ten synonymous and/or related words of the word conversation （meaning

12、communication）. Give words of the same part of speech.1. Roget s International Thesaurus2. Websters Collegiate Thesaurus. Give ten antonymous and/or contrasted words of the word intricate. Give words of the same part of speech.1. Rogets International ThesaurusX. Look up the dictionary, find out from

13、 what languages the following words are borrowed, and then put them into Chinese:1. buffet 8. soire 15. attaeh2. cuisine 9. cloisonn 16. liaison3. lemonade 10. omelette 17. djvu4. liqueur 11. restaurateur 18. encore5. djeuner 12. repertoire 19. discothque6. menu 13. coup dtat 20. chandelier7. salon

14、14. corps de ballet . The following sentences all contain metaphors or similes. Explain their meaning in plain, non-figurative language:1.no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows.2.they got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern.3.They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each others lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place5.The glow of the conversation burst into fla