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1、Unit1TextAHowDifficultIsEnglish?英語(yǔ)有多難(1)LikethenationalpushforAsianliteracy(n.有文化,有教養(yǎng),有讀寫能力)inAustralia,就如澳大利亞在全國(guó)推行學(xué)亞洲語(yǔ)言一樣,therehasbeenforeignlanguagesfervorinChina,中國(guó)也掀起一股外語(yǔ)熱,withEnglishontopofthelist.在這股熱潮中,英語(yǔ)高居榜首。Englishisnotonlytaughtatschools,collegesanduniversities,butalsoateveningcla
2、sses,onradioandTV.不僅各級(jí)學(xué)校教英語(yǔ),夜校、電臺(tái)、電視臺(tái)也都設(shè)有英語(yǔ)課程。Parentshireprivatetutorsfortheirschoolchildren;父母為學(xué)齡的孩子聘請(qǐng)英語(yǔ)家教,adultEnglishlearnerswouldsacrificetheweekendatanEnglishcornerinapublicparkpracticingtheirspokenEnglishwithpeop1eofthesameinterestanddetermination.成年英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者會(huì)犧牲周末休息日,到公園參加英語(yǔ)角,與志趣相投的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者練
3、習(xí)口語(yǔ)。IsEnglishsuchadifficultlanguagethatitreallydemandspeopletoinvestalargeamountoftimeandenergybeforeitismastered?英語(yǔ)真的有這么難,需要人們投入大量的時(shí)間和精力才能掌握嗎?Theanswer,ifIamaskedtooffer,isundoubtedly,yes.如果我被問(wèn)及這個(gè)問(wèn)題,那么毫無(wú)疑問(wèn),我的答案是:是的。(2)Frommypersonalexperience,從我個(gè)人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)看,IthinklearningEnglishmeansfarmorethan
4、learningitspronunciation,itsgrammaticalrules,itswords,etc.英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)不僅僅是學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)發(fā)音、語(yǔ)法規(guī)則、詞匯等,Itinvolveslearningeverythingaboutthecountrieswhereitisusedandthepeoplewhouseit.它包括學(xué)習(xí)與使用該語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家和民族有關(guān)的所有內(nèi)容。Withoutsuchacompleteunderstandingofthelanguage,對(duì)英語(yǔ)沒(méi)有這樣全面的理解,theEnglishaforeignerspeakswillinevitablysound
5、strangeorevenunintelligiblethoughthereisnotanythingwrongwithhispronunciation,sentencestructureandthewordsheuses.即使發(fā)音、句子結(jié)構(gòu)、措辭毫無(wú)錯(cuò)誤,一個(gè)外國(guó)人所講的英語(yǔ)也難免聽(tīng)起來(lái)稀奇古怪甚至難以理解。(3)ThesocialcustomsandhabitsoftheEnglish-speakingpeoplecontributealottothedifficultyaforeignerhasinlearningit.講英語(yǔ)民族者的社會(huì)風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣增加了外國(guó)人學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的難
6、度。TaketheChineseEnglishlearnersforexample.以學(xué)英語(yǔ)的中國(guó)人為例,"Hello"and"Goodmorning"maysoundalittlebitsimpletoChinesepeople."你好"和"早上好"是非常簡(jiǎn)單的。ItistotallybeyondtheunderstandingofaChineseEnglishlearnerthatnativeEnglishspeakerswouldbeannoyedwhenthey'readdressed"Whereareyougoing?",whichisacommonlyusedad
7、dressingamongtheChinese."你去哪兒?"是中國(guó)人常用的問(wèn)候語(yǔ),若英語(yǔ)母語(yǔ)者被問(wèn)及"你去哪兒?",他們會(huì)因此感到不悅,這一點(diǎn)讓中國(guó)的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者大為不解。IsthereanythingwrongwiththeEnglishsentencestructure?這個(gè)英語(yǔ)句子結(jié)構(gòu)不對(duì)嗎?Ofcoursenot.當(dāng)然不是。IttakesquitesometimeforaChineseEnglishlearnertounderstandthewesternconceptofprivacybein