初三英语阅读与表达

Surfing the Internet can help open students' eyes and get more knowledge. As a teacher, I encourage my students to use the Internet. In class those students who surf the Internet understand lessons better than the others. Besides, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many students communicate with their friends online. You can also make friends by chatting on QQ. It is cheaper than calling somebody far away and it's also much quicker. Nearly one third of young people surf the Internet for fun. They like to listen to music, watch films, and go to their favorite stars' websites. But can the Internet cause problems? Some of my students who used to study well at school are now failing exams. Because they spend a lot of time playing computer games.

1. Surfing the Internet can help open students' eyes, can't it? (no more than seven words)

2. What's the writer? (no more than seven words)

3. How can you make friends on the Internet? (no more than seven words)

4. How many young people surf the Internet for fun? (no more than seven words)

5. What do you think of surfing the Internet?

How do we know what's right or wrong in English? Languages such as French and Spanish each has an official(官方的)organization that tells you what's correct. But there is nothing like that in English. So what can we do?

There is, of course, Standard English. This is the kind of English you read in newspapers or in formal letters. It is also the English you learn at school or in textbooks.

However, Standard English is not official English. And unbelievably, linguists(语言学

家)think Standard English is on the same level as all other types of English such as Cockney English，Yorkshire English, South African English, Australian English, Singaporean English... And according to linguists, there is no such thing as Standard Spoken English.

English is changing all the time. Every year, new words appear and others disappear. Words change too. For example, for many years, the Latin word "agendum" was the accepted singular form and "agenda" was the plural form. However, these days, very few people use the

Latin-sounding "agendum"，with "agenda" being the accepted singular form, and "agendas" the plural.

Newspapers each has their own style when they write certain things. For example, The Guardian puts dates like "21 July 2011" (with the day first，followed by the month and no commas).However, the news agency Reuters writes them like this "July 21，2011" (with the month first，and a comma(逗号)between the day and the year). Other newspapers have different ways of doing it too. So，as you can see, there's no one "correct" way-there's a variety of ways and each one is acceptable.

Next time someone tells you that something is wrong, tell them that it isn't wrong, it is just English.

1. According to passage two, how many ways can you read or learn Standard English

2. What is the plural form of the Latin word "agendum" in the past?

3. How does the news agency Reuters write "2016年1月20日"?

4. According to passage one, what languages have official organizations that tell you what is correct?

5. What should you do when you face the changes of English?