摘要:Match the words with the people in the picture(1a ). Step 3 Listen and practie.

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  IN ancient languages, the seven days of the week were named after the sun, the moon, and the five planets that ancient people knew about(luckily, they only knew about five planets then, or our weeks would be much longer).

  There is a good reason that in English “Sunday” has the word “sun” in it.Sunday seems to be everyone's favorite day of the week.It makes sense that it's named after everyone's favorite thing in the sky! Do any other weekday names sound like astrological(占星的)words? How about“Monday

  ”and “moon”, or “Saturday” and “Saturn”?

  If you learn French or Spanish, you will see even more planets in the names of the days of the week.The languages are rooted in Latin(拉丁文)and the Latin names match the planet names for all seven days.

  English is a strange language.It is very confusing.The days of the week are a perfect example of this confusion.A few are from Latin, and a few are from German.“Tuesday” is named after a German God:Tiw(Tiw's day).Friday is named after a German Goddess(女神):Freya.

  English words change spelling, meaning and roots that are based on wars and kings.That's why English is so hard to learn! Learning the names of the days of the week can be like a history lesson in itself!

(1)

Which day of the week was named after the moon?

[  ]

A.

Sunday

B.

Monday

C.

Saturday

D.

Tuesday

(2)

We can tell from the story that “Saturn” is ________.

[  ]

A.

a planet's name

B.

a strange language

C.

a God's name

D.

a Goddess’ name

(3)

What do the underlined words are rooted in mean?

[  ]

A.

结束于

B.

调整于

C.

制造于

D.

源自于

(4)

The story mainly tells us ________.

[  ]

A.

the seven days of the week are named after Planets

B.

where the English names of the days of the week come from and how they change.

C.

why there are seven days in a week

D.

which day of the week is people's favourite

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  Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. The three things are spelling, pronunciation(发音)and meanings.

  First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order(按字母顺序)--a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word“poor”--p, o, o, r --comes before“poverty”--p, o, v, e, r, t, y --and the word“poverty”comes before the word“power”--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

  The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most dictionaries give phonetic(语的),or sound, alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International(国际的)Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

  The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word's meanings. For example, in English the common word“get”has over 20 different meanings.

(1)In the passage, which of the following is among the three important things?

[  ]

A.How to write a word well.

B.How to use a word.

C.How to make a sentence.

D.How to read a word correctly.

(2)Of the three words“remove”,“remote”and“remount”, ________ in a dictionary.

[  ]

A.“remount”comes first and“remove”comes last

B.“remove”first and“remote”last

C.“remote”first and“remove”last

D.“remove”first and“remount”last

(3)Many words have ________.

[  ]

A.several meanings

B.few meanings

C.one meaning

D.no meaning

(4)A better dictionary can tell you ________.

[  ]

A.more of the word's pronunciation

B.more of grammar

C.more of the word's meanings

D.more of the word's spelling

(5)Phonetic alphabets are used to show ________.

[  ]

A.spelling

B.handwriting

C.meanings

D.pronunciation

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