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1、UnitOneTheEnglishLanguageTextOneEnglishIsaQueerLanguagePre-readingquestions:Doyouthinklanguageissomethingqueer?Howabout我好高兴and我好不高兴?DoyouthinkEnglishisaqueerlanguage?Let’slookatthefollowingexamples:Eatwhatyoucanandcanwhatyoucannot.Whenisthetraintoleave?Twototwo.Th

2、eseareexamplesofhomonyms,withthesamepronunciationanddifferentmeaning.AlsothereareEnglishwordswiththesamespellingbutdifferentpronunciationanddifferentmeaning.Canyougivemesomeexamples?leadvs.lead,tearvs.tear,windvs.wind,etc.Ithinkwe'vechosentherightpersontoleadtheex

3、pedition.Myjokeaboutthealcoholicwentdownlikealeadballoon.DidyounoticethetearsinhiseyeswhenhetalkedaboutDiane?Youhavetobeverycarefulwithbooksthisoldbecausethepapertendstotearveryeasily.Theweatherforecastwarnedofwindsofupto60-miles-an-hourtoday.Thatnoiseyoucanhearis

4、thetapewindingback.Englishisnotonlyqueer;itmayevendriveuscrazy.Let’slookatthetwopoemsontensetimeswithwordsandthespellbound.Aren’ttheseexamplesinteresting?Thetextwe’regoingtodealwithtodaytouchesanotherinterestingaspectoftheEnglishlanguage–phrasalverbs.“EnglishisaQu

5、eerLanguage”waswrittenbyAliceHamiltonin1959,onAtlanticMonthly,pp.51-52.ItisoneofthetwopiecesthisAmericanphysicianwroteontheEnglishlanguage,whichreflectedontheincongruitiesofthelanguage,principallyasobservedbythePetrzelkafamily.AbouttheEnglishLanguageEnglishisnowbe

6、ingusedasaworldlanguage,forinternationalcommunication.AlmosteveryeducatedpersoncanspeaksomeEnglishanditseemsifyoucanspeakalittleEnglish,youcantravelaroundtheworldwithoutmuchtrouble.ButtheEnglishlanguageisfirstanationallanguage--it’sthelanguageoftheBritishpeople.No

7、wletmeintroducetoyouthebriefhistoryoftheEnglishlanguage:EnglishisamemberoftheIndo-Europeanfamily,adescendantoftheGermanicbranch.ItbelongstothesmallerfamilyofwesternGermaniclanguages.ThefirstEnglish-speakingpeopleweresomeGermanictribesfromtheNorthernEuropeancontine

8、nt,mainlytheAngles,Saxons,andJutesintoday’ssouthernDenmark.ThesetribesfinishedtheirconquestoftheBritishIslesin449.Sothemid5cccanbeseenasaformalstartofth