山东省自考英语Unit1Ahow-difficult-is-english

英语（二）外语学院大学英语教研室PartOneI.词汇语法题(10题/10分)II.完型填空题(10题/10分)III.阅读理解题(3篇/15题/30分)PartTwoIV.单词拼写题(20词/10分)概念，观念n.c______V.词形填空题(10题/10分)VI.汉译英(5句/15分)VII.英译汉(一段短文/15分)Unit1TextAHowDifficultIsEnglishTextAHowDifficultIsEnglishwarming-up:1.HowlonghaveyoubeenlearningEnglish?2.DoyouthinkEnglishisdifficulttolearn?Andwhy?3.ArethereanywaystohelpyoulearnEnglishwell?TextAHowDifficultIsEnglishTextorganization:PartI(para.1)MainideaTheauthortellsvariousdifficultiesinlearningEnglish.PartII(para.2-6)PartIII(para.7）Intheauthor’sopinion,Englishisdifficulttolearn.Theauthorstillwonderswhetherit'spossibletocommandEnglishTextA-2-11LikethenationalpushforAsianliteracyinAustralia,therehasbeenforeignlanguagesfervorinChina,withEnglishontopofthelist.Englishisnotonlytaughtatschools,collegesanduniversities,butalsoateveningclasses,onradioandTV.Parentshireprivatetutorsfortheirschoolchildren;adultEnglishlearnerswouldsacrificetheweekendatanEnglishcornerinapublicparkpracticingtheirspokenEnglishwithpeopleofthesameinterestanddetermination.IsEnglishsuchadifficultlanguagethatitreallydemandspeopletoinvestalargeamountoftimeandenergybeforeitismastered?Theanswer,ifIamaskedtooffer,isundoubtedly,yes..BackNextTextAHomeTextA-2-12Frommypersonalexperience,IthinklearningEnglishmeansfarmorethanlearningitspronunciation,itsgrammaticalrules,itswords,etc.Itinvolveslearningeverythingaboutthecountries(whereitisused)andthepeople(whouseit).Withoutsuchacompleteunderstandingofthelanguage,theEnglish(aforeignerspeaks)willinevitablysoundstrangeorevenunintelligiblethoughthereisnotanythingwrongwithhispronunciation,sentencestructureandthewords(heuses).BackNextTextAHomeTextA-2-23ThesocialcustomsandhabitsoftheEnglish–speakingpeoplecontributealottothedifficulty（aforeignerhasinlearningit）.TaketheChineseEnglishlearnersforexample.“Hello”and“Goodmorning”maysoundalittlebitsimpletoChinesepeople.ItistotallybeyondtheunderstandingofaChineseEnglishlearnerthatnativeEnglishspeakerswouldbeannoyedwhenthey’readdressed“Whereareyougoing?”，whichisacommonlyusedaddressingamongtheChinese.IsthereanythingwrongwiththeEnglishsentencestructure?Ofcoursenot.BackNextTextAHomeTextA-33IttakesquitesometimeforaChineseEnglishlearnertounderstandthewesternconceptofprivacybeingviolatedinthisaddress.Bythesametoken,‘Haveyoueaten?”(WhichisanotheraddressingtermtheChinesepeopleusuallyuse)willsoundtonativeEnglishspeakersthattheChinesearesohospitablethattheyinvitepeopletomealsoff-handedly.Meanwhile,theChinesewouldbeshockedtohear,“Oh,It’sveryniceofyou.When?”,iftheaddresseehappenstohaveacravingforChinesecookingandhasnothadhisdinneryet.BackNextHomeTextATextA-44Wecansaywearegoingtohavechickenfordinner.Whycan’twesaypig,bullorsheepfordinnerinsteadofpork,beeformutton?”ChineseEnglishlearnersmayraisesuchquestions.FiguringoutthereasonsforthepeculiarEnglishvocabularyisnoeasytaskforChineseEnglishlearners.ButtheproblemisthatmemorizingEnglishwordsmechanicallywouldbedevastatingandinefficientiftheydidnotknowwhathadhappenedinBritishhistory.ThuslearningEnglish(andotherlanguagesaswell)involveslearningthehistoryofthecountries(whereitisspoken).BackNextHomeTextATextA-44AtaskofthiskindismoredifficultforChineseEnglishlearnersthanforpeoplewhospeakawesternlanguageotherthanEnglishbecauseChinesehasnothingincommonwiththealphabeticEnglishandChinahadlittlecontactwiththeWesternworldinmodernhistory.Consequently,thebackgroundknowledgeofEnglishfascinateslargenumbersofinterestedanddeterminedEnglishlearnersinChinabutatthesametimedisheartensquiteafew.BackNextHomeTextATextA-45TheWesternandOrientalvaluesarefoundtobeinconfrontationinlearningEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakersmaycomplainaboutChineseconfusionwhenusing“he”and“she”,forthetwowordssoundthesame,though,differentinwrittenformsinChinese.Asaresult,somenativeEnglishspeakersconcludethattheChineseareunabletotellthedifferencebetweenthetwosexes.ButnativeEnglishspeakersaremoregenderblindthantheChinesewhentheymentiontheircousins.BackNextHomeTextATextA-45Theconfusion(causedbytheconfrontationofWesternandChinesevalues),toacertainextent,affectstheChineseEnglishlearner’scomprehensionofwhathe/shereadsandhears.OnlybydevelopinganunderstandingandtoleranceofdifferentculturalvaluescanaChineseEnglishlearnerreachthegoalofcommunicatingwiththenativespeakers.BackNextTextATextA-46AChineseEnglishlearnercouldnothaveagoodcommandofEnglishunlessheovercomestheculturalbarriers(notall,ofcourse!)inlearningEnglish.ManyChinesetranslatewhattheythinkaboutinChineseintoEnglishwhentheytalkorwrite.ThiskindofEnglishinevitablyaffectsthefluencyandflowofspeech,theamountofinformationconveyed,and,aboveall,thequalityofcommunication.BackNextHomeTextATextA-47Theaboveis,notwholly,howdifficultEnglishis.Somenativespeakersmighthavesaid,“Youforeignersdon’tusegoodEnglish!”atthetimeaforeignerfailstounderstandwhatheissaying.“WhyshouldI?”Iwouldprotest,though.Still,Ihavetokeepaskingmyself:IsitpossibleforaforeignertocommandEnglish?BackNextHomeTextAA-Trans-1英语有多难1就如澳大利亚在全国推行学习亚洲语言一样，中国也掀起一股外语热，在这股热潮中英语高居榜首。不仅各级学校教英语，夜校、电台、电视台也都设有英语课程。父母为学龄的孩子聘请英语家教，成年英语