大学英语2册7单元练习答案.ppt

* BOOK 2 - Unit 7 - Listening Task - After Listening Complete the following statements according to what you have heard. 1. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as {one million words} — and one of the noblest bodies of literature. 2. English muffins werent {invented in England} or French fries in {France}. 3. In English overlook and oversee are {opposites} while quite a lot and quite a few are {similar/alike} in meaning. [one million words] [invented in England] [France] [opposites] [similar/alike] BOOK 2 - Unit 7 - Listening Task - After Listening 4. English was invented by people, not computers, and it {reflects the creativity of the human race}, which, of course, isnt a race at all. [reflects the creativity of the human race] BOOK 2 - Unit 7 - Comprehension - Content Questions One of you asks the first six questions and the other answers. Starting from Question 7, change roles. When you have finished, the teacher may want to put some of the questions to you to check your progress. 1. Why does English today have a much larger vocabulary than any other living language? How large is it? {It has borrowed and is still borrowing massively from other languages. Today it has an estimated vocabulary of over one million words.} 2. What is the attitude of the French toward borrowing from other languages? What do they do to preserve the purity of their [It has borrowed and is still borrowing massively from other languages. Today it has an estimated vocabulary of over one million words.] BOOK 2 - Unit 7 - Comprehension - Content Questions language? {They dont like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words from English.} 3. What makes up the core of the English language? {Old English or Anglo — Saxon English.} 4. Who brought it to the British Isles? And when? {The Germanic tribes brought it to the British Isles in the 5th century.} [They dont like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words from English.] [Old English