清华大学博后全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第七单元课后练习答案unit 7 book 2

Unit7

Learning about English

Part II Reading Task

Comprehension

Content Question

Pair Work

1.

It

has

borrowed

and

is

still

borrowing

massively

from

other

languages.

Today

it

has

an

estimated vocabulary of over one million words.

2.

They don’t like borrowing fo

reign words. They try to ban words from English.

3.

Old English or Anglo- Saxon English.

4.

The Germanic tribes brought it to the British Isles in the 5

th

century.

5.

They are usually short and direct.

6.

They use words derived from Old English.

7.

An

English

judge

in

India

noticed

that

several

words

in

Sanskrit

closely

resembled

some

words

in

Greek

and

Latin.

A

systematic

study

later

revealed

the

Indo-European

parent

language.

8.

Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, English, etc.

9.

There were three languages competing for use in England.

10.

Words from Greek and Roman classics came into the English language.

11.

The great principles of freedom and rights of man were born in England, then the Americans

carried them forward.

12.

No. English is and has always been the tongue of the common people. There should not be

any fence around it to protect its so-called purity.

Text Organization

Working On Your Own

1.

Part One: Massive borrowing from other languages is a major feature of the English language.

Part Two: the history of the English language from the Indo-European parent language to modern

English.

Part Three: Tolerance, love of freedom, and respect for the rights of others---these qualities in the

English-speaking people explain the richness of their language.

2.

Paras.

10-11:

Germanic

tribes

came

to

settle

in

Britain

and

brought

Anglo-Saxon

words---Old

English.

Para. 12: The Christian religion enriched English with words from Greek and Latin.

Para. 13: the Vikings from Scandinavia came with words from Old Norse.

Para. 14: the Norman Conquest---French influence.

Para. 15: The European renaissance and the printing pressbrought many new words from Latin

and Greek.

Para. 16: The American revolution---the emergence of a new variety---Amercan English.

Language Sense Enhancement

1.

(1)

judge

(4)

descended

(2)

resembled

(5)

lost to us

(3)

systematic

(6)

come up with