Unit19LanguagePeriodOneWarmshyupLesson1课件（北师大版选修7，广东专用）.ppt

According to encyclopedia，human languages are usually referred to as natural languages，and the science of studying those falls under the linguistics (语言学)．A common progress for natural languages is that they are considered to be first spoken，then written，and then an understanding and explanation of their grammar is attempted.;Languages live，die，move from place to place，and change with time.Any language that ceases to change or develop is categorized as a dead language.In an opposite way，any language that is in a continuous state of change is known as a living language or modern language. Making a principled distinction between one language and another is usually impossible.For instance，there are a few dialects of German similar__to some dialects of Dutch.The transition between languages within the same language family is sometimes gradual.Some like to make;parallels with biology，where it is not possible to make a well-defined distinction between one species and the next.In either case，the difficulty may come from the interactions between languages and populations. As a matter of fact，there are some concepts used to make better distinctions about the degrees of difference between languages and dialects. ;1．佳句仿写一二三 ①我把她当作我最好的朋友。 __________________________________________________ ②他被认为是班里最聪明的学生。 __________________________________________________ ③这本书和那本书内容相似。 __________________________________________________ 2．翻译佳句，放眼高考 __________________________________________________ ;答案　1.①I refer to her as my best friend. ②He is considered to be/as the cleverest student in the class. ③This book is similar to that one in content. 2．事实上，一些概念用来更好地区别语言和方言之间不同的程度。 ? ;Ⅰ.单词识记 1．________ n．being able to speak smoothly and readily 2．________ n．exactness；correctness 3．________ adj.belonging to the family of a king or queen 4．________ adj.throughout a nation 5．________ adj.grateful 6．________ n．freedom ;7．________ v．cause an excited feeli