4.　　　　 He offered to pack the parcel for me.

3.　　　　 The mother asked the naughty boy if he was sorry for what he had done.

2.　　　　 The father asked his son where he was going.

1.　　　　 Mr Wang told the children that he would leave for Shanghai on business the next month.

1. Even if/ though 2. A good number of 3. come up 4. made good use of　 5. such as 6. more than 7. played the role of8. be based on 9. the same… as 10. Believe it or not

C

1. directions 2. roles 3. identities 4. including 5. present 6. natives 7. recognized 8. accent 9. rapidly 10. block

B

1. _______ 　　　　　 2. _______ 　　　　　 3. _______ 　　　　　 4. _______ 　　　　　 5. _______

Key to U2(巩固练习)

A.

6. _______ 　　　　　 7. _______ 　　　　　 8. _______ 　　　　　 9. _______ 　　　　　 10. _______

E.　　　 Task Reading. (4’×5=20’)

In school all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. 　1　 　if we go to France, we ought to be able to speak French, and in Germany people will expect us to understand German.

　 2　 　English is one of the most important because so many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world. About 200.000.000 people speak it as their own language, and another 200.000.000 use it as a second language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it. Many millions of schoolboys and schoolgirls are trying to do so.

　 3　 　If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a child does. It listens to what people say and it tries to imitate what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ask for it. 　4　 　If people had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.

　 5　 　We imitate what we hear. In school, although you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak, it is best to learn all new words through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later.

A. English children study French, which is also a very important language. An Englishman can easily find someone in almost all parts of the world who is able to talk to him in either English or French.

B. Everybody knows his own language, but another one is very useful, especially when we travel to other countries.

C. It is important to remember, also, that we learn our own language by hearing people speak it, not by seeing what they write.

D. It is using the language, talking in it, and thinking in it all the time.

E. How many languages are there in the world? These are about fifteen hundred, but many of them are not very important.

F. Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learnt our own language well when we were children.

1. _______ 　　　　　 2. _______ 　　　　　 3. _______ 　　　　　 4. _______ 　　　　　 5. _______

5.　　　 “Don’t make so much noise in class, boys and girls,” said the teacher. (tell)

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D. Fill the blanks according to “The Road to Modern English” (2’×10=20’)

So why has English changed 　1　 　time? All languages change when cultures 　2　 　with one another. The English 　3　 　between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 　4　 , it was based 　5　 　on German than present day English. Then from about 1150 to 1500 English changed even more. It became 　6　 　like German, and more like French because those 　7　 　ruled England at that time spoke French. It became closer to the language you are learning now. In the 1600s, Shakespeare made use of a wider 　8　 　than ever before. One big change in English usage happened 　9　 　Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language, 　10　 　American English its own identity. Later, when some British people went to Australia, English began to be spoken there. Now Australian English has its own identity.