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Exercise:Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words.Try !. haply vale methinks eke sooth morn troth ere 参考答案 haply= perhaps ; vale=valley methinks=it seems to me; eke=also; sooth= truth ; morn= morning; troth=pledge; ere= before; Please match with the slangs! a. tart fellow b. bloke pistol c. gat great d. swell fight e. chicken coward f. blue loose woman a. tart = loose woman b. bloke = fellow c. gat = pistol d. swell = great e . chicken = coward f. blue = fight 参考答案 Words can be classified as a.. Basic vocabulary and_________vocabulary; b.. ______ words and functional words; c.. Native words and ________ words. d.. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are more _____. non-basic Content borrowed stable * * * * * 英语词汇学课程课件 1. Classification of words Criterion : by use frequency Basic word stock Non-basic vocabulary Criterion: by notion Content words Functional words Criterion : by origin Native words Borrowed words 1.1 Basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary 基本词汇和非基本词汇 .  What are basic words ? Basic words are those reflecting natural phenomena , human body, names of plants and animals, or state and action, which are common things around us. Such as：water,foot,head, take,snow,daughter,ten，you， but… ： The features of the basic word stock All National Character Words of this group denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us , which cannot be avoided by any people who speak it, irrespective of class origin, education, profession,