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第5章 词源（The fifth chapter is etymology） Chapter 5th Etymology In the analysis of etymology, we should consider the background of English development. For historical reasons, the English vocabulary consists of two parts: one is when the oral English spoken Chinese, due to German and French history of the occupation of Isles, its language on the local oral English influence is also very big; second, foreign words: English from the ancient Latin and ancient Greek to absorb a large number of scientific and technological vocabulary, the formation of a written language written 中文版. So English is a hybrid language. The study of spoken English vocabulary should focus on the rules of its pronunciation, and the study of written English should focus on its word-formation. But both have the process of producing and developing. There are words after a long period of evolution and development, and its etymology has changed in form, in the study, it is necessary to think carefully, and peoples social life and practice closely combined to find out its intrinsic relationship and connotation change. Example 1: News Watch, the changes constitute the following: News=north (north) +east (east) +west (Western) +south (south), that is, news comes from the worlds north and west. Example 2: Ray Ra → is the sun god of Egypt, so most of the words related to the sun begin with RA. The ray→ is the rays of the sun. radiochemistry→ Radiation Chemistry The sun shines on the Earth, and many of the activities that man engages in the sun are related to RA, so RA is dry and many words are constructed. In addition, the radiation-shaped thing is also described by RA. For example: radius→ radius radium→ ray, Radioactive. radic→ roots, roots grow, reaching four weeks in a radiant shape Example 3: Orient Oriental Ori (Oriental) +ent (suffix) The Nordic winter was long, and when winter came, a cheer was heard from the Sun: the Ori (Ourai) The Ori represented the east, and the east was the place where the sun