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Teaching materials for learning Chinese are provided here．There are sites where you may find interesting instructions suitable for you．Here are some sites to begin your surfing． You may start with these pages from this website — just to get a little taste of it without working too hard． ● A Is For Love Flash cards for learning a few Chinese words ● Listening to the sound of Chinese Play a few words of Chinese on your computer． ● A few Chinese words Each word is enlarged for easy study． If you are studying Chinese, these tools can help． ● Zhongwen site More than a dictionary! ● Clavis Sinica Excellent program by Professor David Porter．It displays a whole document in Chinese , and gives individual word’s definition, pronunciation as well as much more information when you click on that word．If you are studying Chinese, this is a very useful tool． ● Chinese Character Visual Dictionary If you like to know more, go to the following sites on the Internet． ● The Chinese Outpost Pronunciation, Character and Grammar By Mark Andrew Baker．The best．A must-visit site． ● Learn Cantonese / Mandarin Online ● Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning ● Rainland Kids discover Chinese — Site is in Germany If you want to have a better understanding of China, go to this one． ● Wanfang Data As an affiliate （分支） of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, Wanfang Data has been the leading information provider in China since the 1950s．With a wide range of database resources and value-added services, Wanfang Data has become a gateway to understanding Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc． 1.This passage is most probably from ______． A. a TV programme B. a teacher’s lecture C. a newspaper D. the Internet 2.If you want to know each Chinese character’s definition, pronunciation and much more information, you’d better surf ______． A. Zhongwen site B. A Is For Love C. Clavis Sinica D. A few Chinese words 3.If you want to know China about its culture, medicine, business, science, you’d better surf ______． A. Learn Mandarin online B. Wanfang Data C. Rainland kids discover Chinese D. The Chinese Outpost
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Foreign visitors to the UK might be disappointed when they learn that not everyone there speaks like Harry Potter and his friends. Usually, there’s an assumption by many non-Brits that everyone in Britain speaks with what’s known as a Received Pronunciation (RP, 标准发音) accent, also called “the Queen’s English”. However, while many people do talk this way, most Britons speak in their own regional accents. Scouse, Glaswegian and Black Country – from Liverpool, Glasgow and the West Midlands – are just three of the countless non-RP accents that British people speak with. There are even differences in accents between towns or cities just 30 kilometers apart. What is even more disappointing is that not speaking in a RP accent may mean a British person is judged and even treated differently in their everyday life. In a 2015 study by The University of South Wales, videos of people reading a passage in three different UK accents were shown to a second group of people. The group then rated how intelligent they thought the readers sounded. The lowest-rated accent was Brummie, native to people from Birmingham, a city whose accent is considered working class. However, there is no need to be disappointed though you are not speaking in an RP accent. In fact, doing the opposite may even give you strength. Kong Seong-jae, 25, is an internet celebrity from Seoul. After studying in the UK, he picked up several regional accents. He’s now famous for his online videos, where he shows off the various accents he’s learned. “British people usually get really excited when I use some of their local dialect words, and they become much friendlier. I think it makes a bit of bond between local people and foreigners to speak in their local accent,” he said. So if you’re working on perfecting your British accent, try to speak like someone from Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham. You may not sound like Harry Potter, but you are likely to make more friends. 1.What can we infer from paragraph 1? A.Non-Brits usually hold that all Britons speak in a RP accent. B.Only “the queen’s English” is accepted in the UK. C.Foreign visitors are disappointed at their own spoken English. D.Any Received Pronunciation around the world is also called “the Queen’s English”. 2.What do people think of the Brummie accent? A.Favored by foreign visitors to the UK. B.Closest to the RP accent. C.Smart and easy to understand. D.Spoken by people of lower class. 3.What does the underlined phrase “doing the opposite” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.Speaking in a RP accent. B.Speaking in regional accents. C.Speaking the Brummie accent. D.Speaking like Harry Potter. 4.What is the passage mainly about? A.A study about the most intelligent accent in Britain. B.A comparison between different British accents. C.How much British people value the RP accent. D.The impact of regional accents on people’s lives.
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If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language? According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference. “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and math skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.” The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists. 1.The main subject talked about in this passage is ________. A.science on learning a second language B.man’s ability of learning a second language C.that language can help brain power D.language learning and math study 2.The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______. A.a researcher on language learning B.a person who can speak two languages C.a second language learner D.an active language learner 3.We may know from the scientific findings that ________. A.the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is. B.there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language. C.the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain. D.the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time.
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Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them. Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over. At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages. Often spoken by many people while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 Languages: the Americas about 1,000, Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6.000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150). Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival. 1.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times? A.They developed very fast. B.They were large in number. C.They had similar patters. D.They were closely connected 2.Which of the following best explains "dominant" underlined in paragraph 2？ A.Complex. B.Advanced. C.Powerful. D.Modern. 3.How many languages are spoken by less than 6, 000 people at present? A.About 6,800 . B.About 3,400 C.About 2,400 D.About 1,200. 4.What is the main idea of the text? A.New languages will be created. B.Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages. C.Human development results in fewer languages. D.Geography determines language evolution.
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Sometimes when we are learning a new language it can be really frightening to start speaking it with other people. 1. as it will help us gain confidence in ourselves. Here are some great tips that can help you overcome your fear of speaking English. ■Accept that you are going to make mistakes and learn from them. People make mistakes all the time, especially when speaking a new language. Don’t be sad or feel disappointed if you make mistakes; it’s part of the process of improving your speaking. 2. As Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving”. ■3. Once you have started speaking English, don’t be afraid to ask people questions about how to say or pronounce something. Most of the time people will be more than happy to help you if you have any questions. ■Don’t be shy! One of non-native speakers’ problems is being too shy to speak. 4. Be aware that most people speak more than one language and know how difficult it is to learn a new one. Also, most people really don't even notice if you say something wrong or if you are too shy. ■Enjoy yourself! You are learning another language for a reason, so go ahead, have fun, make mistakes and even invent new words! 5. A. Ask for help. B. Try to be curious. C. It’s all part of the process. D. This fear of speaking makes us nervous. E. This can be the biggest problem for a lot of people. F. Once you have made a mistake, correct it and carry on. G. Overcoming this fear of speaking our new language is extremely important
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Mastery of a language is one of the greatest ______ that one can ever have. Many people have a passion (激情) for learning languages. Human language evolve (进化) from hand gestures and other signs that people used to ______ with each other. Ancient people started with drawing ______ about what they wanted to say, which later on evolved into some languages, after which many other dialects (方言) have come into _____. With over 2,700 different languages and 7,000 dialects ______ all over the world, the world has many different cultures that ______ speak their native dialects. One such ______ that is even older than the holy book Quran (the finest work in classical Arabic ______) is Arabic. It is known to be one of the most ______ spoken languages, as over 300 million people speak in this tongue. In case you want to learn it, then there are many Arabic translation services that ______ people how to actually speak the language. This language alone has hundreds of different dialects that are used by people depending on what ________ they are at. It is ______ that people who speak ______ languages find it difficult to communicate with each other because of the difference in dialect; ______, just like every other language, this language also has a standard language which is used in broadcasts, newspapers, magazines and even in ______ that teach Arabic as their second language. So if you want to ______ what a person who has a different Arabic dialect is trying to say, you would need the ______ of Arabic translation services. As mentioned earlier, they teach this language; however, you need to have enough time to learn it ______ it is also known to be one of the most ______ languages that one can learn. In fact, many university students who major in this language get help from these agencies, making it ______ for them to learn it. 1.A.ways B.skills C.expressions D.means 2.A.communicate B.fight C.compete D.exchange 3.A.numbers B.circles C.maps D.pictures 4.A.sight B.effect C.fashion D.action 5.A.concerned B.useful C.present D.familiar 6.A.meanwhile B.still C.seldom D.never 7.A.book B.game C.custom D.language 8.A.literature B.style C.theory D.influence 9.A.probably B.necessarily C.widely D.loudly 10.A.advise B.teach C.explain D.remind 11.A.level B.length C.age D.location 12.A.surprising B.comforting C.disappointing D.challenging 13.A.foreign B.native C.similar D.various 14.A.therefore B.however C.besides D.or 15.A.schools B.restaurants C.hospitals D.supermarkets 16.A.repeat B.forecast C.research D.understand 17.A.list B.help C.sharing D.review 18.A.because B.though C.unless D.until 19.A.important B.formal C.difficult D.lively 20.A.safer B.cheaper C.freer D.easier
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阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Do you want to learn a foreign language? Choose one of the most 1. (use) languages suggested below to learn. In most countries all over the world, English is the most widely used second language. Whether a person is traveling to a foreign country or communicating 2. people from other 3. (country) for business purposes, English is one language which will come in handy at every step. Spanish is the language of business in about twenty countries. There are many jobs in the United States as well as in many other countries, which specially ask for people 4. know how to speak and write Spanish. The Chinese economy is booming! In the future, China 5. (become) the economic world leader, which makes 6. the perfect time to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language 7. (speak) by millions of people. French 8. (recognize) as one of the top languages to learn, 9. (simple) because it is a chief language in northern and western Africa. Anyone trying to understand European history can benefit a lot from 10. (learn) this language.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多着（从第11处起）不计分。 Ladies and gentlemen, I would tell you some good news.To provide more chances for us to practise the English, I have recently set up an English group blog naming We Love English. Variously things can be done on the blog. Firstly, we can post our journals here, sharing our thoughts and daily life. Secondly, the blog is a good place for us to exchange our good learning experiences, which will certainly lead to learn English well. Thirdly, if we should have any problems with our English study, just putting them on the blog, where we will soon find effective solutions the problems offered by other students. Everybody are welcome to join the group blog. I’m sure you will benefit greatly of it. That’s all. Thank you.
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假如你是吴童，你的笔友李明来信说他的英语口语不好，想听听你的建议， 请你给他写一封回信，提出以下建议和看法： 1、不要失去信心，不要怕讲错，不要怕别人笑话； 2、找一个喜欢讲英语的同学，共同练习，互相帮助； 3、在课堂上要积极发言，如果讲错，老师会帮你纠正错误； 4、只要坚持下去，一定能提高英语口语水平。 注意：1、必须包括所有内容要点,不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥； 2、词数110左右； Dear Li Ming, Thank you for your letter. I’m sorry that you have some trouble in spoken English. Here is some of my advice on how to improving spoken English. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。 My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family. There was one day during elementary school when my mom came over to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, “Your mom only has one eye!” I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted (面对) her that day and said, “If you’re only going to make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?” My mom did not respond. I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I took no notice of her feelings at all. I wanted to be out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied really hard, and got a chance to go abroad for further education. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren. When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I shouted at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!” And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address.” and she was soon out of sight. One day, a letter regarding a school reunion (同学聚会) came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house just out of curiosity. My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed (流出 ) a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have. 注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右; 2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语; 3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好; 4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1 My dearest son, I think of you all the time and I’m sorry that ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 You see, when you were very little, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ With all my love to you. Your mother
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