《英语二》第一课.docVIP

第一课 Text A How Difficult Is English Like the national push for Asian literacy in Australia, there have been foreign languages Fervor in china, with English on top of the list. English is not only taught at schools .colleges and universities, but also at evening classes, on radio and TV .Parents hire private tutors for their school children; adult English learners would sacrifice the weekend at an English corner in a public park practicing their spoken English with people of the same interest and determination. Is English such a difficult language that it really demands people to invest a large amount of time and energy before it is mastered? The answer, if I am asked to offer, is undoubtedly, yes. Tutors 1 national [n???n?l] adj. 国家的；国民的；民族的；国立的 n. 国民 2 asian n. 亚洲人；adj. 亚洲的；亚洲人的 3 literacy [lit?r?si] n. 读写能力；精通文学 4 fervor [f?:v?] n. 热情；热烈；炽热；热心 5 list [list] n. 列表；目录；清单 vi. 列于表上 vt. 列出；记入名单内 6 colleges n. 专科学院（college复数形式） 7 university [,ju:niv?:s?ti] n.大学；综合性大学；大学校舍 8 hire [hai?] n. 租金，工钱；雇用，租用 vt. 雇用；出租 vi. 雇用，租用；受雇 9 private [praivit] adj. 私人的；私有的；私下的 n. 列兵；二等兵 10 tutors n. 导师；助教；家庭教师（tutor的复数形式） v. 当…的教师；辅导（tutor的单三形式） 11 sacrifice [s?krifais] n. 牺牲；供奉；祭 品 vt. 牺牲；献祭；亏本出售 vi. 献祭；奉献 12 interest [intrist, int?r-] n. 兴趣，爱好；利息；趣味；同行 vt. 使……感兴趣；引起……的关心；使……参与 13 determination [di,t?:minei??n] n. 决心；果断 14 invest [invest] vt. 投资；耗费；授予；覆盖；包围 vi. 投资，入股；花钱买 15 demands vt. 要求；需要；查询 vi. 请求；查问；需要n. 需要；要求；需求invest [invest] vt. 投资；耗费；授予；覆盖；包围 vi. 投资，入股；花钱买 17 energy [en?d?i] n. 精力；能量；活力；精神 18 offer [?f?, ?:-] vt. 提供；试图；出价 n. 提议；出价；意图 vi. 提议；出现；献祭；求婚 19 undoubtedly adv. 确实地，无庸置疑地 From my personal experience, I think learning English means far more than learning its pronunciation, its grammatical rules, its words, etc. It involves learning everything about the countries where it is used and the people who use it without such a complete understanding of the language, the English a foreigner speaks will inevitably sound st