step by step 第三册 lesson 103

UNIT 52 LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE STUDY ( Ⅱ ) Lesson 103 Part Ⅰ

UNIT 52  LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE STUDY (Ⅱ)

 

Lesson 103

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Note-taking: The English Dictionary

How Many Words Are There in the English Dictionary ?

1806_____________________________________________

1822_____________________________________________

Today ____________________________________________

A complete and exhaustive English dictionary today would probably contain ______________________________________________________.

People usually use less than _____________________________.

 

Webster's New World Dictionary

Page (s)

 

The letter“S”______________________________________

The letter“C”_____________________________________

The letter“Z”_____________________________________

The letter“X”_____________________________________

 

Score: ____

Lesson 103 Part Ⅱ

Lesson 103

Part Ⅱ  The Development Of Writing

 

Exerciscs:

Ⅰ. 1._____________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3._______________________________________________

4._______________________________________________

5._______________________________________________

Ⅱ. Writing is one of man's _________________.It developed from ____. ____was the first step. Next, ____or____ derived¹ from simplified² pictures were used to ____. The Phoenicians and Greeks³ developed ____. The Romans adopted it for ____ making a few changes. Today, many of the languages of the world use ____.

 

Lesson 103 Part Ⅲ

Lesson 103

Part Ⅲ  Where Do These Words Come From ?

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ. (The word) sandwich (is a) common (word. It is an) English word. (The word is also) used today (in) many other languages. The Earl of Sandwich (was an) Englishman⁴. (He lived in the) eighteenth century. (He) liked (to) play cards. (He liked to play) for money. He was the greatest player of his time. Often he played all day and night. One time, he played for twenty-four hours without stopping. He did not leave the card table even to eat. Servants brought food to him. They brought him some meat and some bread. He did not want to stop playing while he ate. He put the meat between two of the pieces of bread. In this way he was able to continue playing.

From the name of this man, the Earl of Sandwich, we have the word sandwich today.

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Ⅲ.________________________________________________________________________________________

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1 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 simplified   

使（某事物）简单[简明]，简化( simplify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The application forms have now been simplified. 申请表格现已简化了。
• He presents the theory in a grossly simplified form. 他极其简明地陈述了这个理论。

3 Greeks   

希腊人( Greek的名词复数 )； 希腊语； 对我来说太难懂了； 像天书一样

参考例句：

• The ancient Greeks sacrificed lambs or calves before engaging in battle. 古希腊人在打仗前用羊和小牛作祭品。
• Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years. 特洛伊城被希腊人围攻了十年。

4 Englishman   

n.(pl.Englishmen)英国人；英国男人

参考例句：

• I was astonished that he was not an Englishman.我很惊讶,他竟不是英国人。
• She stared thoughtfully at the Englishman across the table.她若有所思地盯着桌子对面的那个英国人。