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Section Ⅴ Reading for Writing
UNIT 5 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD
课 时 精 练
续 写 微 技 能 破 解
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文章第二段倒数第三句中使用“catch”一词要比使用“understand”更地道,形象地表达出了Liu Wen的英语听力水平。使用了when引导的时间状语从句(When I listen to ...)来举例说明作者在英语学习中存在的问题。
第三段使用了动词-ing形式短语作主语(Listening to English radio programmes ...)和宾语从句(what I hear ...)来表达作者的建议。同时在呈现作者英语学习存在的问题时也使用了宾语从句(who I'm talking to ...)。
文章第四段第三句中“bridge”一词是名词用作动词,表示“减小、消除两者间的隔阂、鸿沟或分歧”。
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Learning English
Wang Le
Hey,everybody,what are your biggest problems with learning English?
Liu Wen
Hi! I've been studying English since primary school.I used to get high marks in English,but now I'm having a lot of trouble with my listening.When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video,I can catch only a few words.I can never quite get the main idea.Any advice?
Jia Xin
Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast native speakers talk.I also repeat what I hear to help myself to experience the feeling of the language.Sometimes I even record my voice so I can listen to myself and compare my pronunciation with the radio host's!My biggest headache is how to be polite in English.It's so much easier to just say “Open the window!”,but in English that can sound really terrible.I have to think about who I'm talking to and then decide whether to say,“Open the window,please!” or “Could you open the window,please?” or even longer “Would you mind opening the window,please?”
Li Rui
Yeah,that's really hard! I think it all depends on who you're talking to.If I'm talking to a close friend,I can use short requests,like “Open the window”—our relationship is close and we're equals,so I only need a few words to bridge the gap between us.But if I'm talking to someone who isn't very close to me,I must make my request longer—and I must make it a question,not a demand,e.g.,“Could you open the window,please?” If I'm talking to someone senior to me,then I should say,“Would you mind opening the window,please?” For me,vocabulary