综合教程第一单词汇练习.docVIP

Book I Unit 1 Difficult Sentences 1. There is often a reference to William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him even more. Who are “William Shakespeare” and “Charles Dickens”? (= Shakespeare is the world’s most popular playwright while Dickens is the greatest English novelist of the 19th century.) Why are they mentioned in the advertisements? (= The people who run the advertisements just want to use quotations to support their points.) 2. If it were as easy to learn English as they say, I would have to look for another job, because very few qualified teachers would be needed. What is the author’s profession? (= He must be an English teacher whose job is to train qualified English teachers.) 3. …, and it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English in every possible situation. What are the meaning and the usage of the phrase “it is no use …”? 1) The phrase means “it has no effect …”. 2) Whenever we use this phrase we should always use the V-ing form after it. More examples: * It’s no use complaining. * It’s no use crying over spilt milk, — he’s spent all the money, and there’s nothing you can do about it.) Translate this part into Chinese. (= 而且也无需装模作样地声称有什么人已经找到了一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法。) 4. No doubt this is true to a certain extent, but it is not very helpful to students. What can we learn from the expression “This is true to a certain extent, but …”? (= We can see the author doesn’t totally agree with the previous statement. Then, what, in the author’s opinion, is helpful to students? (= Students should have some good methods in learning English.) 5. Some students go to the opposite extreme and think they can teach themselves at home with dictionaries. What can we infer from the phrase “go to the opposite extreme”? (= From this phrase, we can see that the author doesn’t think learning English by using dictionaries only is a good method, either.) 6. But it is wrong to assume that each word in English has a pr