step by step 第三册 lesson 102

Lesson 102 Part Ⅰ

Lesson 102

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Note-taking: Language and People

Languages                          Speakers

1._________________                   _________________

2._________________                   _________________

3._________________                   _________________

4._________________                   _________________

5. Hindi                              _________________

6._________________                   _________________

7. Portuguese                          _________________

8._________________                   _________________

9._________________                   _________________

10.________________                   _________________

11. Urdu                              _________________

12.________________                   _________________

13.________________                   _________________

14.________________                   _________________

15.________________                   _________________

16.________________                   _________________

17.________________                   _________________

18. Persian                            _________________

19.________________                   _________________

20.________________                   _________________

 

Score: ____

Lesson 102 Part Ⅱ

Lesson 102

Part Ⅱ  Why Learn Foreign Languages ? (Ⅰ)

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ.

 

Notes

 

Q. 1:________________________________________

A. 1:________________________________________

Q.2:________________________________________

A. 2:________________________________________

Ⅱ. 1.---- Most European languages belong to the Indo-European group

of languages.

2. ---- Finnish, Basque and Hungarian are in the Indo-European language

group.

3. ---- Latin¹, Greek, English, German and many other languages are

connected with each other.

4. ---- Backward means of communication and transportation in ancient

Switzerland and England caused people to speak different dialects².

5. ---- It is an awfully³ good idea to use Esperanto and so people will

sooner or later set out to learn the new language.

Lesson 102 Part Ⅲ

Lesson 102

Part Ⅲ  Why Learn Foreign Languages ?(Ⅱ)

 

Exercises:

Q. 1:_____________________________________________

A. 1:_____________________________________________

Q. 2:_____________________________________________

A. 2:_____________________________________________

Q. 3:_____________________________________________

A. 3:_____________________________________________

Q. 4:_____________________________________________

A. 4:_____________________________________________

Ⅱ. In this conversation, we can hear three speakers. The first speaker is the one who raises some questions. The second is an English lady who thinks that learning⁴ a foreign language at school tends to be rather a… , and it's very difflcult to … among school children. She also thinks that English people traditionally thought that foreigners … , which is not true. When you are actually in another country, you feel the need to learn the language. Her own experience tells her that … . The third speaker comes from … . Her opinion is that … . It takes a very long time to learn English humour. Anyhow she finds it fascinating to be able to express … and to … with the British people.

 

1 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

2 dialects   

方言，土语( dialect的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He can speak several dialects. 他会说好几种方言。
• The region became a hodgepodge of languages and dialects, some from the east, some from the south and some from other countries entirely. 这个地区成为语言和方言的大杂烩，有些来自东部，有些来自南部，而有些完全是来自别的国家。

3 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。