Part Ⅱ  The Development Of Writing

Exerciscs:

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Ⅱ. Writing is one of man's _________________.It developed from ____. ____was the first step. Next, ____or____ derived from simplified pictures were used to ____. The Phoenicians and Greeks 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) Englishman. (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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