Unit+2+Understanding+each+other+Extended+reading 高中英語譯林版(2020)選擇性必修第四冊

Unit2Understandingeachother

ExtendedreadingBrainstorming1

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Areyoufamiliarwiththesewords?Wheredidtheyoriginatedfrom?dimsumkungfutaichitoufumahjongBrainstorming1

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Doyouknowanyotherborrowedwords?yinyangkowtowcoolietycoonchopchoptyphoonchowketchupcasinodollar(Dutch)zero(Arabic)giraffe(Arabic)penguin(Welsh)massage(French)alarm(Italian)zebra(Africantriballanguages)banana(Africantriballanguages)WordsfromChinaWordsfromothercountriesBrainstorming1

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Whatdoyouwanttoknowaboutborrowedwords?HowWhyWhatWhen？Skimming2

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Findoutthestructureaboutthearticle.Part1Part2Part3Para.1Paras.2-5Para.6IntroductionBodyConclusionSkimming2

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(1)__________________________Introduction(2)__________________________DifferentattitudestowardsborrowedwordsConclusion(4)__________________________(5)_______________________ThephenomenonofwordsborrowingTheprocessofborrowingwordsfromotherlanguagesAvoidingborrowedwordsWelcomingborrowedwordsScanning3

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Readparagraph1andanswerthefollowingquestion.WherehasEnglishborrowedwordsfrom?Englishhasborrowedwordsfrommorethan300differentlanguages,includingLatin,Greek,FrenchandChinese.Scanning3

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Readparagraph2andanswerthefollowingquestion.Whydoeswordsborrowinghappen?Wordsborrowinghappensbecauseoftheinteractionbetweendifferentlanguages,andthereisnosuitablewordforanobjectorideainnativetongue.Scanning3

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Readparagraph3andanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatistheprocessofborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages?Atfirst,theborrowedwordsisonlyusedbybilingualspeakers.Itthenspreadtopeoplewhodonotknowtheoriginallanguage,andtheywillchangetehpronuciationtofitthewaytheyspeak,almostunknowingly.Scanning3

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Readparagraph4andanswerthefollowingquestions.Whydosomelanguagecommunitiesopposeadoptingwordsfromothercultures?Whatdoyouthinkofrejectingoutsideinfluencesinordertoprotectthenativelanguage?Becausetheywanttomaketheirnativelanguagepureinordertodefendtheiridentity.AdvantageVSDisadvantageofficialorganizationcreatingnewwordsmakenativelanguagepure,defendtheidentityholdbacktheirdevelopmentwastingresources?oruseful?Scanning3

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Readparagraph4andanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatdoes“this”refertoin“underthiscircumstance”?ThenativeAmericanNavajolanguageareusedonlybythemembersofthetribe.Scanning3

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Readparagraph5andanswerthefollowingquestion.Whydoesn'ttheEnglish-speakingcommunityhestitateaboutabsorbingforeignwordsintoitsdailyvocabulary?Becauseborrowingwordsallowsthelanguagetocontinuetodevelop,enablingthecommunitytohaveamoreefficientlanguagewhichmakespossibleforthemtosharetheirexperienceswithnew-foundease.Itisalsothroughthesewordsthatnovelideasarespreadanddifferentbeliefsareexchangedmoreconvenientlyandquickly.Postreading4

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Thinkaboutthefollowingquestions.Whatisyourattitudetowardsborrowedwords?Listyourreasons.?Criticalthinking5

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Thinkalonefirstandthensharetheiropinionswiththeirpartnersaboutthefollowingquestion.1.Doyouthinkitisimportanttolearnandcontinueusinglocaldialectsintoday’sincreasinglyconnectedsociety?Whyorwhynot?2.Ifyouwer