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Hello，I’m Alberto. I’m a student of English，French，Portuguese and Italian. I would also love to learn Chinese and German in thenear future. My mother tongue is Spanish and I have a degree in PoliticalScience. I love to learn new languages，because I think it broadens my mind.Even though I still have some difficulty with verb tenses，I’m confident thatwith time and practice I’ll cope with them.
I believe learning a new language besides your mothertongue can be useful，especially in a world where distances are shortened andpeople from different countries communicate with each other more frequently.
Learning a new language can be a good experience，but onlyif you keep in mind that nothing is obtained without some effort. In myopinion，the best way to learn a language is to read a lot. It doesn’t matterwhat you read，but that you do it. Even if you don’t understand everything，your reading comprehension skill will improve remarkably. Also，if possible，watch a lot of television in that language，or listen to CDs. Maybe at firstyou won’t understand a word，but later you’d catch on to the rhythm of thelanguage.
Good dictionaries are necessary，and books regardingvocabulary can be a plus. The Internet is also a useful tool.
The language you choose to learn might seem a littledifficult at first，or even totally strange，but you’ll get accustomed to it.Remember that the learning process is long，and that it never ends. However，itis also highly enjoyable.
1) C 2) A 3) B 4) B 5) D
1. English; French; Italian; Chinese; German
2. with time and practice
3. mother tongue; are shortened; more frequently
4. read a lot; listen to CDs
5. good dictionaries; the Internet
6. difficult at first; never ends; highly enjoyable
1.
1) No，he doesn’t think so. He says that in fact English isnot easy to learn; otherwise，he would have to look for another job instead ofan English teacher，because very few qualified teachers would be needed.
2) Yes，he does.
3) Behaviorists are fond of making students repeat phrasesand do exercises where they continually have to change one word in a sentence.They think people learn language is in the same way as parrots and chimpanzeesdo.
4) Pidcroft thinks interest is of great importance to languagelearning. No one can ever learn to speak English or any other language unlesshe is interested in it.
5) Parrots and chimpanzees make noises that are meaningless，however，human beings do not like making noises unless they understand what thenoises mean and can relate them to their own lives. They use the language tocommunicate.
2.
1) Advertisements often give the false impression on peoplethat learning English is easy and it does not take much effort to master it.
2) There isn’t a universal method that suits all studentsin every situation.
3) People are in two extremes to learn a language. One isthat people used to believe the only way to learn a language was to spend a lotof time in a country where it was spoken. The other extreme is that some thinkthat they can learn a foreign language at home with dictionaries.
4) Teaching methods based on the behaviorist theory doesnot work，because human beings are not parrots or chimpanzees.
5) Interest is the key to learning a language，and languageis a tool for communication.
6) It is important that we have other people to talk to andlisten to in communication in order to master a language.
1. T T F T F F
2.
1) There are many ways of learning and teaching English，but no way is perfect in every situation. Therefore，it is useless to pretendthat someone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English.
2) Human beings do not learn to speak in the way parrots orchimpanzees do. But many behaviorist theorists wish that we were parrots or chimpanzees，so that they could use their teaching methods with ease.
3) Human beings are not like animals. They talkmeaningfully and the speech sounds they make are relevant to their lives.
1)
2) Yes. Language learning is not an easy job，no matterwhat language it is. But if the language belongs to the same language family asthe learners’mother tongue，or if the learner has some aptitude for learninglanguages，things may become easier to some extent.
3) Yes，it is. Motivation is always an important factor inlearning a foreign language.
4) Open. No，I don’t believe it. Driven by profits，theadvertisers often exaggerate，and sometimes provide false messages. It takestime and effort to learn a foreign language.
Checking Your Vocabulary
1.
l) care 2) astonish 3) adventure 4) confusion 5) glimpse 6)illustration 7) edition 8) intelligent
2.
1) had some trouble with
2) at all costs
3) to rid myself of
4) I mean every word of it.
5) cleared up
6) sure enough
7) dived into it
Checking Your Comprehension
1.
1) According to the information in Para. 5 (not a hard bookeven for most third graders)，we can conclude that the children must be in thefourth or some upper grade.
2) Three. How the Grinch Stole Christmas → National Velvet→ Moby Dick
3)
2. stunned/surprised; doubtful/questioning; relieved/pleased
3. After hearing what John Holt said，the girl decided to believehim and follow his advice. She started with some easier books like How theGrinch Stole Christmas and remained on this lower level for a while. About sixweeks later，as John Holt advised National Velvet，she tried to read it. Then，surprisingly，John Holt found she was reading Moby Dick，which is a moredifficult book. Although some parts difficult，she enjoyed the book very much.Actually，she got the nature of reading should be—taking the good parts，skipping the bad parts and reading for pleasure.
Optional Classroom Activities
1.
a. being nice but strict，and treat every student equally
b. having a good command of his subject
c. being enthusiastic teaching
d. available to the students when they need assistance…
2.
a. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice（《傲慢与偏见》），Sense and Sensibility（《理智与感情》）
b. Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre（《简·爱》）
c. Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights（《呼啸山庄》）
d. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles（《苔丝》）
e. D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers（《子与情人》）
f. Jonathan Swift: Gullfier’s Travels（《格列佛游记》）
Words In Action
Working with Words and Expressions
2.
1) obtain 2) confident 3) communicate 4) advantage 5) relevant 6) helpful 7) extreme 8) enjoyable 9) means 10) process 11) particularly 12) characters 13) astonished 14) apparently
3.
1) fond of
2) is…related to
3) according to
4) To a certain extent
5) vice versa
6) no doubt
7) rid…of
8) cleared up
9) or else
10) at all costs
11) sure enough
12) let alone
13) based on
14) It’s no use
15) in my view
16) was worth
Increasing Your WordPower
1. c d b b b d
2.
1) highly/very
2) quite/very
3) quite/very/increasingly
4) quite/simply/very
3.
1) logician 2) magician 3) mathematician 4) journalist 5) industrialist 6)environmentalist 7) laborer 8) murderer 9) conqueror 10)survivor
Grammar In Context
1) would/should 2) should/would 3) might 4) would 5) must 6) can’t 7) should; would 8) must
1) Theexpedition might have reached the top of the mountain by now.
2) If thereshould be any change in the schedule，please let me know in time.
Or: Should therebe any change in the schedule，please let me know in time.
3) Passengersmust check in（nolater than) 45 minutes prior to flight departure.
4) Hurry up! Itwould be a pity to miss the concert.
5) The manstanding in the distance can’t be Mr. Li，for he left for New York yesterday afternoon.
Cloze
1) doubt 2) efficient 3) where 4) advantage 5) afford 6) claim 7) fluently 8) qualified 9) extent 10) ridiculous 11) perfect 12) as 13) because 14) individual
Translation
1.
1) The baby can’t crawl yet，let alone walk.
2) Will claimed that he was having dinner with a group offriends when the murder happened，but in my opinion he lied.
3) To a certain extent，reading speed are closely related toreading skills; with the latter you can cope with extracurricular readingbetter.
4) According to the rule，both of them can participate inthe game.
5) Some people assume that every word in Japanese has itsequivalent in Chinese.
6) We have informed the police of all the relevantinformation.
7) It is no use asking me any more questions about thatmatter，because I will not answer.
8) It was a mistake on Jim’s part that he signed thecontract without reading it carefully in advance.
9) They refused to provide us with all the information weneeded.
10) This accident is very similar to the one that happenedthree years ago.
11) This film is based on one of Shakespeare’s dramas.
12) If you have a good command of English and computerskills，you will definitely have an advantage over others in job hunting.
Theme-related Writing
Sample of Task 1
Since primary school，I started to learn English. Till now，I have learned English for many years and I enjoyed it very much. The reasonswhy I like to learn English are as follows.
First，English has become an international language. If Ihave a good command of English，I can communicate with foreigners and travelround the world without being misunderstood. Second，many valuable books，newspapers and magazines are written in English. Thus it is convenient for usto get information if we master English. Third，English is not only a tool ofcommunication but also a way to make a living. Those who are good at Englishcertainly have advantages over others in job hunting. For all these reasons，Iam passionate about learning English.
Sample of Task 2
I have learned English for about seven years. I should say the moreI learn English，the more I hate it. First of all，learning English is boring.I have to memorize many new words or rely on a dictionary to frequently checkunknown words. Doing so wastes a lot of my precious time. Secondly，I don’tunderstand why we have to learn a foreign language. I don’t want to go abroadand I can always find a job that doesn’t need English in China. Finally，I canalways read translated versions of the books I want to read. So，if I don’t haveto learn English，I would rather use the time I spend on English to do things Ilike.