Unit7LearningaboutEnglishPartIIReadingTaskComprehensionContentQuestionPairWorkIthasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithasanestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords.Theydon'tlikeborrowingforeignwords.TheytrytobanwordsfromEnglish.OldEnglishorAnglo-SaxonEnglish.TheGermanictribesbroughtittotheBritishIslesinthe5thcentury.Theyareusuallyshortanddirect.TheyusewordsderivedfromOldEnglish.AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembledsomewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.Greek,Latin,Sanskrit,English,etc.TherewerethreelanguagescompetingforuseinEngland.WordsfromGreekandRomanclassicscameintotheEnglishlanguage.ThegreatprinciplesoffreedomandrightsofmanwereborninEngland,thentheAmericanscarriedthemforward.No.Englishisandhasalwaysbeenthetongueofthecommonpeople.Thereshouldnotbeanyfencearoundittoprotectitsso-calledpurity.TextOrganizationWorkingOnYourOwn1.PartOne:MassiveborrowingfromotherlanguagesisamajorfeatureoftheEnglishlanguage.

PartTwo:thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromtheIndo-EuropeanparentlanguagetomodernEnglish.PartThree:Tolerance,loveoffreedom,andrespectfortherightsofothers---thesequalitiesintheEnglish-speakingpeopleexplaintherichnessoftheirlanguage.2.Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxonwords---OldEnglish.Para.12:TheChristianreligionenrichedEnglishwithwordsfromGreekandLatin.Para.13:theVikingsfromScandinaviacamewithwordsfromOldNorse.Para.14:theNormanConquest---Frenchinfluence.Para.15:TheEuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwordsfromLatinandGreek.Para.16:TheAmericanrevolution---theemergenceofanewvariety---AmercanEnglish.LanguageSenseEnhancement1.judgeLanguageSenseEnhancement1.judgeresembledsystematicdescendedlosttousVocabularyI1.Strictlyspeakingdriftedresemblescomeupwithassumeestablisheddriftedbecameknownasinvadedisconqueredfascinating7)snack10)climate8)put;intopractice11)surrendered9)source12)were;aroused2.anabsolutenecessityratherthanaluxury.isavaluableadditiontothefootballteam.willgetoutofcontrol,ifthefiremendonotarrivewithintenminutes.AlternativebuttogoviaVancouvertogettoSeattle.Declaredallbeefimportswillbebannedforthenextsixmonthsasanemergencymeasuretostopthespreadofmaddisease.3.1)systematic;haveinvented;toaveryrealextent;mysteries3.Frankly2)toestablish;tobemodified/modifying3.Frankly3)tolerancetowards;strikeout;enrichII.Synonyms1.a)wishc)wanthb)wishd)want/wis2.a)skinnd)skinb)hide/skic)hide3.a)raise/reb)raisesearc)rear/raid)raise4.a)royalc)sovereignb)kingly/royald)royal/kinglyIIIUsage1.Indeed2.though4.Moreover7.nevertheless10.inotherwords4.Moreover7.nevertheless10.inotherwords4.Moreover7.nevertheless10.inotherwords4.Moreover7.nevertheless10.inotherwords5.Tomyknowledge8.Yet6.however9.insteadComprehensiveExercisesI.cloze1.2.(1)fascinating(6)corrupt(11)establishin(2)tolerance(7)outofcontrolg(3)invented(8)influenced(12)Massive(4)addition(9)elite(13)sources(5)ban(10)cameupwith(14)enrich(1)early(5)examine(9)accident(2)similar(6)features(10)sprung(3)source(7)declared(4)observation(8)strongerTranslationII.1.1)Manysmallbusinesseshavesprungupinthecitysincethenewpolicywent2)3)4)5)intoeffect.Onhearingthenews,shesmifrown.ledbriefly,andthenreturnedtoherhabitualHepausedforeffect,thensaid:Wecanreach/enterthesemarketsthroughnewchannels.”Theadditionofaconcerthalltotheschoolwillhelpitnourishyoungmusicaltalents.Wehavenowaytoprotectourpersonallibertiesuntilwehaveestablishedasovereignstate./Wecan'tprotectourpersonallibertiesunlesswe,firstofall,establishasovereignstate.2.ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsamysterytomanypeople,linguistsbelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshavedescendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.EnglishwasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.TheypassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Inoverfifteencenturiesofitsdevelopment,Englishhasenricheditselfbymassiveborrowing.AsBritishimmigrantslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnit