Unit 2 Extended reading 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第四册

Unit 2 Understanding each other Extended reading 1 1 Reading (5) (4) Reading Read the magazine article and complete the chart with information. Introduction (1) (2) (3) Conclusion The phenomenon of word borrowing The process of borrowing words from other languages Avoiding borrowed words Welcoming borrowed words Different attitudes towards borrowed words 原因状语从句, given that 因为；鉴于，考虑到 Borrowed words Para.1 “The restaurant’s fried tofu is delicious.” Is there anything special about this sentence? Well, all the words except “the” and “is” are borrowed from other languages! This comes as no surprise, given that English has borrowed words from more than 300 different languages, including Latin, Greek, French and Chinese. However, English is not alone in borrowing words from other languages—borrowed words can be found in almost all languages. For example, English words that are borrowed into the Chinese language include “bacon”, “tank” and “golf”. Borrowed words Para.2 Word borrowing comes about when two cultures with different languages interact. This tends to happen when there is no suitable word for an object or idea in the native tongue. This phenomenon has been occurring for thousands of years. In the current age of globalization, when communications technology brings different cultures closer together, words are even more likely to be borrowed straight from the source language at a faster pace than ever before, especially those related to technological developments, such as “email” and “Internet”. Borrowed words Para.3 Though borrowing words has become faster, the process is still complex, and it takes time before new words are integrated into everyday speech. At first, the borrowed word is only used by bilingual speakers. It then spreads to people who do not know the original language, and they will change the pronunciation to fit the way they speak, almost unknowingly. An example of this is the word “kung fu”, which refers to Chinese martial art