1. March 3 高中进阶版 P4-5

2. Pre-reading P2P2 How do Chinese and English influence each other? Can you come up with some English words of Chinese origin? kungfu mah-jong taichi tofu typhoon

3. While-reading P3P3 2. Chinese and English infiltrate each other because _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________. 1. Now, there are about ______ English words originating from Chinese in the Oxford English Dictionary. Complete each statement according to the article. 3. At present, most English words of Chinese origin are words _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________. 1,000 more native English speakers come to learn Chinese and more native Chinese speakers come to learn English that cannot find proper words in English to express the original meanings in Chinese

4. While-reading P4P4 3. The influence of English on Chinese is smaller than the influence of Chinese on English. 1. The fact that more English words originate from Chinese is very important in driving the globalization of Chinese. 2. Both chengguan and dama are English words which originate from Chinese. True or false 4. If two languages can infiltrate each other, more and more people will choose to use both languages.

5. Culture bites P5P5 Where did English and Chinese originate from? Indo-European language family ( 印欧语系 ) Germanic languages ( 日耳曼语支 ) English Sino-Tibetan language family ( 汉藏语系 ) Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese …

6. Language study P6P6 1. The Brits settled in New England, dispossessing ( 赶 走 ) many of its __________ inhabitants. 2. Darwin generalized from many facts to reach his idea about the __________ of man. 3. Asia is one of the places where mankind _________. 4. __________, we had intended to go to Italy, but then we changed our mind and went to Greece. Complete each sentence with the proper form of the given words. o r i g i n original origin originated Originally

7. Language study P7P7 1. Chaplin was not just a genius, he was among the most ____________ figures in film history. 2. He ________________ by a high-school biology teacher to take up the study of medicine. Complete each sentence with the proper form of the given words. i n f l u e n c e influential was influenced

8. Language study P8P8 2. Is the human heart very weak in ____________ with the other organs? Complete each sentence with the proper form of the given words. c o m p a r e 1. His progress at school is unspectacular ____________ to his brother’s. compared comparison

9. After-reading P9P9 What other impacts will Chinese bring on English? Do you think Chinese will be in common use as English is in the future? Why? Questions for further Hints: on vocabulary …/on grammar …/on the mode of thinking …