Unit 2 English around the world

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【单元导航】

中国式英语

欧洲人做过精细的统计，自1994年以来加入国际英语行列的词汇中，中式英语贡献了5%到20%，超过任何其他来源。

除“孔夫子(Confucious)”、“中国功夫(kung fu)”、“麻将(mahjong)”或者“豆腐(tofu)”之类绝无仅有的称谓，再挑拣几个真正有中国气质、代表华夏气派、并影响全球当代生活的“鸡蛋词”。

(一)丝绸——silk

中国是养蚕大国，丝绸的故乡。“silk”的发音，显然是汉语的音译，这个词代表了中国高超的工艺技术和贸易强势。即便现在，丝绸仍在现代生活中充当雍容华丽、典雅高贵的象征。

(二)茶——tea

这个词，又是英国人从拗口的闽南话里偷走的。茶，和丝绸、瓷器比肩，堪称古代中国对外贸易的拳头产品。目前，品茶代表了一种生活方式和文化品位。 18世纪的柴斯特顿勋爵在《训子家书》里写道：“尽管茶来自东方，它毕竟是绅士气味的；而可可则是个痞子、懦夫，一头粗野的猛兽。”

(三)世外桃源——Shangrila (Xanadu)

这是两个近义词，都有“世外桃源”的意思。“Shangrila”出自西藏的传说之地——香格里拉，“Xanadu”则是蒙古的元上都。如果要表达“世外桃源”，通常采用“Xanadu”这个词。

(四)风水——Feng Shui

风水，还是音译。它凝聚了古代中国在活人住宅和死人墓地方面的集体智慧。近年来，风水在美国红极一时，从中国人唇齿之间发出的音节，已经成为当代人急需探究的学问。

(五)走狗——running dogs

中国式英语“running dogs”贴切地表达了一种见利忘义、供人驱使的“下三烂”。最先运用这个词的是中国人，还是英国人，已无从考证；重要的是，英语世界接纳了“走狗”，并以汉语的思维抚育这个“外来词”。接纳词汇的同时，无形中也接受了中国人的价值观。

人与自我之语言学习的规律、方法等

第一板块：自学检测

(一)主题阅读类词汇——多多益善

1．回顾单元词汇

第一组：阅读单词——知其意

(1)subway n． 地下人行道；〈美〉地铁

(2)elevator n. 电梯；升降机

(3)petrol n. 〈英〉汽油

(4)conquer vt. 征服；占领

(5)apartment n. 〈美〉公寓住宅；单元住宅

(6)enrich vt. 使富裕；充实；改善

(7)identity n. 本身；本体；身份

(8)dialect n. 方言

(9)eastern adj. 东方的；东部的

(10)lightning n. 闪电

(11)usage n. 使用；用法；词语惯用法

(12)accent n. 口音；腔调；重音

(13)block n. 街区；块；木块；石块

第二组：重点单词——写其形

(1)official adj. 官方的；正式的；公务的

(2)voyage n. 航行；航海

(3)native adj. 本国的；本地的

n. 本地人；本国人

(4)base vt. 以……为根据

n. 基部；基地；基础

(5)spelling n. 拼写；拼法

(6)vocabulary n. 词汇；词汇量；词表

(7)command n．& vt. 命令；指令；掌握

(8)request n．& vt. 请求；要求 (9)straight adv. 直接；挺直

adj. 直的；笔直的；正直的

2．拓展主题词汇

第一组：学习内容

(1)phrase n．短语 (2)idiom n．习语；成语

(3)pronunciation n．发音 (4)grammar n．语法

(5)practice n．练习 (6)standard n．& adj.标准(的)

Unit2 English around the world单元同步测试

I. 单项选择

1. ---Are you sure you have ______ all the documents in your list?

---Oh, sorry, I forgot to ______ the one you had sent me.

A. included; contain B. listed; include C. listed; be included D. contained; listed

2. She didn’t come to his birthday party just ______what he had said to her the day before.

A. because B. because of C. as result of D. thanks for

3. If you want to do international trade successfully, ______ of English is _______.

A. good command; a must B. a good command; a need

C. a good command; a must D. good command; must

4. Pandas are native ______ China.

A. with B. to C. for D. in

5. If you can’t _____ a better plan, we have to carry out the present one.

A. come along with B. come up with C. come across D. come about for

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1 / 7 单元加餐练(一) 完形阅读组合练

Ⅰ.完形填空

“Fire! Fire！〞 What terrible words to hear when I __1__ in a strange house

in the middle of the night! It was a large, __2__ house — the sort that burns easily

— and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, __3__ the door and stepped

out into the passage. It was full of __4__.

I began to __5__， but as I was still only half awake, __6__ going towards the

stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard

to __7__. The floor became __8__ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried

to reach the __9__ for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something

__10__ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of

clothes,

and I picked it up to protect my __11__ from the smoke and heat. Just then the