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1、Unit1TextAHowDifficultIsEnglish?LikethenationalpushforAsianliteracyinAustralia,therehasbeenforeignlanguagesfervorinChina,withEnglishontopofthelist.Englishisnotonlytaughtatschools,collegesanduniversities,butalsoateveningclasses,onradioandTV.Parentshireprivatetutorsfortheirsch
2、oolchildren;adultEnglishcornerinapublicparkpracticingtheirspokenEnglishwithpeopleofthesameinterestanddetermination.IsEnglishsuchadifficultlanguagethatitreallydemandspeopletoinvestalargeamountoftimeandenergybeforeitismastered?Theanswer,ifIamaskedtooffer,isundoubtedly,yes.From
3、mypersonalexperience,IthinklearningEnglishmeansfarmorethanlearningitspronunciation,itswords,etc.itinvolveslearningeverythingaboutthecountrieswhereitisusedandthepeoplewhouseit.Withoutsuchacompleteunderstandingofthelanguage,theEnglishaforeignerspeakswillinevitablysoundstrangeo
4、revenunintelligiblethoughthereisnotanythingwrongwithhispronunciation,sentencestructureandthewordsheuses.ThesocialcustomsandhabitsoftheEnglish-speakingpeoplecontributealottothedifficultaforeignerhasinlearningit.TaketheChineseEnglishlearnersforexample.“Holle”and“Goodmorning”ma
5、ysoundalittlebitsimpletoChinesepeople.ItistotallybeyondtheunderstandingofaChineseEnglishlearnerthatnativeEnglishspeakerswouldbeannoyedwhenthey’readdressed“Whereareyougoing?”,whichisacommonlyusedaddressingamongtheChinese.IsthereanythingwrongwiththeEnglishsentencestructure?Ofc
6、oursenot,ittakesquitesometimeforaChineseEnglishlearnertounderstandthewesternconceptofprivacybeingviolatedinthisaddress.Bythesametoken,“Haveyoueaten?”(whichisanotheraddressingtermtheChinesepeopleusuallyuse)willsoundtonativepeopletomealsoff-handedly.Meanwhile,theChinesewouldbe
7、shockedtohear,“Oh,it’sveryniceofyou.When?”iftheaddresseshappenstohaveacravingforChinesecookingandhasnothadhisdinneryet.“Wecansaywearegoingtohavechickenfordinner.Whycan’twesaypig,bullorsheepfordinnerinsteadofpork,beeformutton?”ChineseEnglishlearnersmayraisesuchquestions.Figur
8、ingoutthereasonsforthepeculiarEnglishvocabularyisnoeasytaskforChineseEnglis
