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Where do new words come from?
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Where do new words come from?
1. _______ a word from another language.
2. _______ existing words that each convery part of the new concept
combine two whole words into a compound word
e.g. airport / starfish
clipping and blending parts of words together
e.g. spork = spoon + fork ; brunch
absorb
combine
Phenomena of words
obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meaning
villain: peasant farmer ---- a bad person
geek: carnival performer -- any stranger person --- a specific type of awkward genius
meme : immitation -- a certain kind of image
(out of date; no longer used)
Extended Reading
Borrowed words
Unit 2 Understanding each other
Chinese words
扑克
基因
克隆
模特
休克
poker
gene
clone
model
shock
Borrowed words
Fast reading
Find out the writing style and use key words or topic sentences of each paragraph to complete the chart.
Para1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4 +
Para 5
Para 6
Phenomenon
Process
Opposing
Welcoming
Exposition
Para.1 Introduction
The restaurant’s fried tofu is delicious.
restaurant:在以前,还没有专门的饭店。1765年,有一个叫做 Boulanger 的法国人开了一家店,专门出售叫做restaurant的肉汤,是 restaurer ( to restore )的名词形式,字面意思就是“能 restore (恢复)人体力(的东西)”。由于 Boulanger 的店最初是以 restaurant (肉汤)出名的,所以人们就管这种提供饮食服务的店称为 restaurant 。
fry:来自拉丁语 frigere, 烤,煎。
delicious:来源于拉丁语中由前缀 de- (离开 , 分离)和动词 lacere (引诱 , 欺骗)组成的复合动词 delicere (引诱开)派生的 delicia (使高兴) , 经后期拉丁语 deliciosus 和古法语 delicious 派生为英语 delicious 。
What is special about this sentence?
Careful reading
Para. 1
Why does the author say “this comes as no surprise” in Line 3?
Because English has borrowed words from more than 300 different languages, including Latin, Greek, French and Chinese. (Lines 3-4)
Why does the author take the example of “tofu”?
To present / introduce his topic in a vivid way and draw / arouse listeners’ attention.
To prove the common phenomenon of word borrowing.
Careful reading
Para. 2
When does word borrowing usually occur?
It occurs/comes about when two cultures wit