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1、Unit1TextAHowDifficultIsEnglish?英语有多难LikethenationalpushforAsianliteracy(n.有文化,有教养,有读写能力)inAustralia,therehasbeenforeignlanguagesfervorinChina,withEnglishontopofthelist.就如澳大利亚在全国推行学亚洲语言一样,中国也掀起一股外语热,在这股热潮中,英语高居榜首。Englishisnotonlytaughtatschools,collegesanduniversities,butalsoat
2、eveningclasses,onradioandTV.不仅各级学校教英语,夜校、电台、电视台也都设有英语课程。Parentshireprivatetutorsfortheirschoolchildren;adultEnglishlearnerswouldsacrificetheweekendatanEnglishcornerinapublicparkpracticingtheirspokenEnglishwithpeop1eofthesameinterestanddetermination.父母为学龄的孩子聘请英语家教,成年英语学习者会牺牲周末休息
3、日,到公园参加英语角,与志趣相投的英语学习者练习口语。IsEnglishsuchadifficultlanguagethatitreallydemandspeopletoinvestalargeamountoftimeandenergybeforeitismastered?英语真的有这么难,需要人们投入大量的时间和精力才能掌握吗?Theanswer,ifIamaskedtooffer,isundoubtedly,yes.如果我被问及这个问题,那么毫无疑问,我的答案是:是的。Frommypersonalexperience,Ithinklearning
4、Englishmeansfarmorethanlearningitspronunciation,itsgrammaticalrules,itswords,etc.从我个人的经验来看,英语学习不仅仅是学习英语发音、语法规则、词汇等,Itinvolveslearningeverythingaboutthecountrieswhereitisusedandthepeoplewhouseit.它包括学习与使用该语言的国家和民族有关的所有内容。Withoutsuchacompleteunderstandingofthelanguage,theEnglishaf
5、oreignerspeakswillinevitablysoundstrangeorevenunintelligiblethoughthereisnotanythingwrongwithhispronunciation,sentencestructureandthewordsheuses.对英语没有这样全面的理解,即使发音、句子结构、措辞毫无错误,一个外国人所讲的英语也难免听起来稀奇古怪甚至难以理解。ThesocialcustomsandhabitsoftheEnglish-speakingpeoplecontributealottothediffi
6、cultyaforeignerhasinlearningit.讲英语民族者的社会风俗习惯增加了外国人学习英语的难度。TaketheChineseEnglishlearnersforexample.以学英语的中国人为例,"Hello"and"Goodmorning"maysoundalittlebitsimpletoChinesepeople."你好"和"早上好"是非常简单的。ItistotallybeyondtheunderstandingofaChineseEnglishlearnerthatnativeEnglishspeakerswouldbe
7、annoyedwhenthey'readdressed"Whereareyougoing?",whichisacommonlyusedaddressingamongtheChinese."你去哪儿?"是中国人常用的问候语,若英语母语者被问及"你去哪儿?",他们会因此感到不悦,这一点让中国的英语学习者大为不解。IsthereanythingwrongwiththeEnglishsentencestructure?Ofcoursenot.这个英语句子结构不对吗?当然不是。IttakesquitesometimeforaChineseEnglishlear
8、nertounderstandthewesternconceptofprivacybeingviolated
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