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期数： 0510 YYG3 030
学科：英语 年级：高三 编稿老师：徐 卓
审稿老师：孔 军
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Unit 8 Learning a Foreign Language

I. Language points in the reading selection
1. effective adj. having an effect 有效得奏效的
e.g. He took effective measures to promote the new book.
His efforts to improve the school has been effective.
effectively adv.
e.g. How can I learn English most effectively?

2. instruct
a. vt. teach 教；教授
e.g. He instructs a class in history.
b. vt. give directions or orders 指导；命令
e.g. instruct sb how to do the work
instruct sb to start early
instruction
a. n. (uncountable) instructing or being instructed 教授；被教授
e.g. give/receive instruction 教授、受教
b. n. (pl) directions; orders 指令；命令
e.g. give sb instructions to start early
give instructions to a computer

3. acquire
a. vt. gain sth by one’s own efforts or behavior (通过个人的努力和行为) 获得
e.g. acquire a good knowledge of English
acquire a good reputation
b. vt. develop or get sth. as a result of the environmental forces 自然获得……
e.g. acquire a language an acquired disease
acquisition n. 获得；获得物；习得

4. make sense of understand; find a meaning in理解；了解其意
e.g. Can you make sense of what he says?
The letter was so badly written that I couldn’t make any sense of it.
Can you make much sense of the message?

5. specific adj. relating to one particular thing, etc, not general 涉及特定的…；特殊的
e.g. The money is to be used for a specific purpose.
a teacher-specific restroom

6. regardless of paying no attention to…; ignoring 不管…如何
e.g. He went regardless of the risk.
Everyman has the right to live where he wants to, regardless of the color of his skin.
He bought her what she wanted, regardless of the expenses.

7. virtually adv. in fact; almost 实际上；几乎
e.g. With the boss out sick, the bookkeeper is virtually in charge.
My book’s virtually finished: I’ve only a few changes to make in the writing.
He was virtually penniless.

8. basics the most important part of something from which other things or ideas, etc can
develop 最基本的东西；基本要求
e.g. Reading is one of the basics of education.
If you really want to learn this, we’ll have to go back to basics.
the basics of first aids

1. awful
a. adj. used in order to emphasize how much of something is, or how good, bad, etc something is
极好的；极坏的；非常的；极……的
e.g. He took an awful chance. 他利用了这一绝佳机会。
I have an awful lot (=a very large amount) of work to do.
The room was an awful mess.
b. adj. very bad or terrible; unpleasant 讨厌的；不好的
e.g. an awful movie
This soap tastes awful.
c. adj. look/feel awful to look or feel sick
d. adv. very 非常
e.g. She is awful cute.
awfully adv. very 非常
e.g. He looks awfully sick.
I’m awfully sorry to wake you up.
You look awfully well this morning.

2. efficient adj. working well, quickly, and without wasting time, energy or effort 效率高的；有能力的
e.g. a very efficient secretary/organization
efficiency n. (uncountable) efficiently adv.

11. quite used together with a few, a bit, a little or a while, etc to show that an amount or number is large
e.g. She went away and was gone quite a little while.
We are not finished; quite a bit is left to do.
Quite a few people are waiting outside your office.

12. data n. (uncountable) information or fact 数据；资料
e.g. He is collecting data for his report.
The data is ready for processing.

13. academic
a. adj. relating to teaching or studying subjects such as science , English, etc, especially in a college university or institute 学院的；学术的
e.g. the academic year 学年 academic freedom 学术自由
b. n. teacher or student in a college or university; researcher in an institute 大学生；学者

14. comprehend vt. understand 理解
e.g. It’s difficult to comprehend what he meant.
comprehensible adj. able to understand 可被理解的
e.g. A book like that is not comprehensible to average students.
comprehension n. (uncountable) the ability to understand 理解力
e.g. You have no real comprehension of what it is like to be poor.

15. The less anxious and more relaxed the learner, the better their language acquisition. 学习者越不紧张， 越能放松自己， 学习习得的效果就越好。

The +(比较级)……, the +(比较级) 越……, 就越……。前者为比较状语从句， 后者为主句。
e.g. The more you think about it, the angrier you will grow.
The more, the better.
The small the computer (is), the faster it can work.

16. translator n. someone who change words or speech into a different language 译者
interpreter n. someone who changes the spoken words of a language into another 口译者

17. everyday adj. (attribute) used or happening daily
every day (adverbial for time)

18. patience n. (uncountable) ability to accept delay, annoyance or suffering without complaining 忍耐；耐心
e.g. I’m becoming to lose (my) patience with you.
After three hours of waiting for the train, our patience was finally exhausted.
patient adj. patiently

19. adopt
a. vt. formally approve and accept sth 采纳
e.g. a no-smoking policy has recently been adopted at work.
b. vt. begin to have or use 采用;接受并使用
e,g. They’ve been forced to adopt stricter rules.
c. legally have someone else’s child become a part of your family 领养
e.g. Susan was adopted when she was only two.
an adopted daughter

Exercises:
Choose the best answer.
1. The sign reads “In case of ________ fire, break the glass and push ________ read button.”
A. /, a B. /, the C. the, the D. a, a
2. My English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared. Who ________ have taken it?
A. should B. must C. could D. would
3. ________ made the school proud was ________ more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.
A. What, because B. What, that C. That, what D. That, because
4. ________ be sent to work there?
A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should
C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should
5. ---The boys aren’t doing a good job at all, are they?
---________.
A. I guess not so B. I don’t guess
C. I don’t guess so D. I guess not
6. How I wish every family ________ a large house with a beautiful garden!
A. has B. had C. will have D. had had
7. Americans eat ________ vegetables per person today was they did in 1910.
A. more than twice B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many
8. Let Harry play with your toys as well, Clare---you must learn to ________.
A. support B. care
C. spare D. share
9. Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard---________, you failed.
A. in the end B. after all C. in other words D. at the same time
10. You didn’t let me drive. If we ________ in turn, you ________ so tired.
A. drove, didn’t get B. drove, wouldn’t get
C. were driving, wouldn’t get D. had driven, wouldn’t have get

Keys:
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D