综合教程第一单元练习答案

Key to the exercises unit1 Unit1

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1. Answers may vary. However, we can't deny that English is becoming an international language and that there is a growing need for us to communicate in English with people from other countries.

2. Answers could vary from "6 to 10 years", depending on where you are from. Generally speaking, students growing up in cities start learning English 3-5 years earlier than those in the countryside. Those who don't enjoy learning English or are not motivated may find English very difficult to learn.

3. Possible answers may be French, German, Japanese, Spanish, etc. One may find different reasons. Some students choose to study one specific foreign language out of their love for the literature in that language; some may like to listen to music, or watch movies in that language; some want to be able to read research papers published in that language; and many others may simply want to be able to speak the target language when traveling in that country.

4. Possible useful ways may include: reading and listening as much as one can; talking to native speakers whenever possible; visiting the English Corner on campus; watching English movies; surfing the Internet, etc. Other effective ways of learning English may include: paying special attention to useful expressions and trying to use them whenever and wherever possible; learning good passages by heart; memorizing lists of words to develop vocabulary; working on a grammar book systematically to achieve accuracy and doing more writing practice.

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1. In this monologue Alberto tells us that he likes to learn new languages and why he likes to do so. He also shares with us some ways which he thinks are helpful in learning a new language.

2. Yes, he is. He is very interested in language learning because he thinks it helps broaden his mind.

3. Yes, he does. He thinks that as long as one keeps on reading, one's reading comprehension skill will improve remarkably.

1. English French Italian Chinese German

2. his mind

3. mother tongue are shortened more frequently

4. read a lot listen to CDs

5. good dictionaries the Internet

6. difficult at first never ends highly enjoyable

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1. No, Will Pidcroft doesn't think that English can be mastered within

a short period of time. He says that in fact English is not that easy to learn; otherwise, he wouldn't be working as an English teacher any more as there would be far less demand for trained English teachers.

2. Yes, he does.

3. Behaviorists believe that language learning is a kind of habit formation. So they are fond of making students repeat phrases and do exercises where they continually have to change one word in a sentence. They assume that people learn things very much like parrots and chimpanzees.

4. Pidcroft thinks that interest is a very important factor in language learning. No one can ever learn to speak English or any other language unless he or she is interested in it.

5. Parrots and chimpanzees make noises that are meaningless while the speech sounds human beings make are meaningful and they can relate them to their own lives. In other words, human beings use language to communicate.

1. T

2. T

3. F

Lots of people must believe what advertisements say; otherwise, the advertisements would no longer exist.

4. T

5. F

Living in a country where the target language is spoken has advantages over many other methods.

6. F

Language learning must be meaningful. A parrot, however, makes meaningless noises by imitating human beings.

You can approach this question from different aspects: from pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary and meaning, grammatical structures, and word order, to such global aspects as discourse structures, pragmatic appropriateness and cultural relevance.