英语听力入门第二册第二单元.pdfVIP

Unit 2 Part 1 A Key words Language Dialogues Dialects ： A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: 地方话, 语音、语法或词汇均有区别的 地区性语言变体，特别是存在于标准文 学语言或文化口语模式的口语变体： Cockney is a dialect of English. 伦敦方言是英语中的地区性语言 A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard: 方言所有这些变体会在一起组成一种单 一的语言，而其中任一变体均不是标准 的： the dialects of Ancient Greek. 古希腊方言 The language peculiar to an occupational group or a particular social class; jargon: 某一职业（或集团）人员的用语一个专 业集团或特定的社会阶级特有的语言；行 话： the dialect of science. 科学术语 The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts. 语调用语言或艺术表达自己的方式或风格 A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch: 语支作为较大语系一部分的语言或者是一 种语言分支： Spanish and French are Romance dialects. 西班牙语和法语是拉丁语中的一支 Official language Vocabulary disc: disk Somalia 索马里 A country of extreme eastern Africa on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Arab and Persian traders first established outposts in the region between the seventh and tenth centuries. The present state was formed in 1960 from colonies previously held by Italy and Great Britain. Mogadishu is the capital and the largest city. Population, 3,645,000. 索马里非洲最东部的一个国家，临亚丁 湾和印度洋。 从7 世纪至 10 世纪之间，阿拉伯及波斯商贸者首先在这个地区建立了基地。 今天的索马里成立于1960 年，在此之前它是由意大利和大不列颠占领的殖民地。首都摩加迪沙，是全国最大的城市。 人口3,645,000 TAPESCRIPT 1. 2, 700 languages / 7, 000 dialects / regional/ pronunciation 2.official language 3.One billion / 20 percent 4.Four hundred