【正文】 Unit 1 Text A Understanding the textBecause he is tired of listening to his father and he is not interested in grammar rules. The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture are so marvelous and remarkable that they should be described at least in a brief account。 however, what the student could do was only one single utterance :“whoa!” without any any specific ment.Because the schools fail to set high standards of language proficiency. They only teach a little grammar and less advanced vocabulary. And the younger teachers themselves have little knowledge of the vital structures of language.Because teaching grammar is not an easy job and most of the students will easily get bored if it’s not properly dealt with.He familiarized his son with different parts of speech in a sentence and discussed their specific grammatical functions including how to use adverbs to describe verbs.Because the son had never heard about the various names and functions of words in an English sentence before.The author uses “road map”and “car”to describe grammar and vocabulary. Here,“road map”is considered as grammar and “car”as vocabulary.Since the subjunctive mood his son used is a fairly advanced grammar structure, the interjection“whoa!”reflects the tremendous pride the father had toward his son。 it also reflects the author’s humor in using the word because it was once used by his student, though in two different situations and with two different feelings. Words in use Word buildingal/ial: managerial/editorial/substance/survival/tradition/margincy : consistency/accuracy/efficienty : recovery/ministry/assembly Word building Banked cloze15: L C J A I 610: O N E H F Expressions in use obliged to serious about into between upon allergic to lost attracted to sense upon as Structured writingSome bookworms in my dormitory often spend hours reading their “Bible”, Practical English Grammar, and do a lot of exercises in that book , but I don’t care about it at all. My assumption is since I have never learned Chinese grammar, what’s the sense of learning English grammar? In fact, English grammar has always been a big headache to me.English grammar is very plicated because, unlike Chinese, there are many verb tenses. Even stranger than verb tenses, English grammar also contains something very confusing. For example, I don’t remember how many times my middle school teacher tried to“impose”the differences between used to and be used to on us. Sometimes he would go on with the explanation for 20 minutes or so. He even summarized the differences by listing three or four points for us to memorize. However, they could never stay in my head . I don’t remember how many times I got it wrong with the sentences containing used to or be used to on my exams . I was really confused with these two phrases,and I can never get them right.In brief, I’m allergic to learning English grammar. Curiously, I just wonder if the native speakers of English have a microputer in their brain to help them utter the two phrases promptly with just a click of their brain mouse! EC Translation人們普遍認(rèn)為英語是一種世界語言，經(jīng)常被許多不以英語為第一語言的國家使用。與其他語言一樣，英語也發(fā)生了很大的變化。英語的歷史可以分為三個主要階段：古英語，中古英語和現(xiàn)代英語。英語起源于公元5世紀(jì)，當(dāng)時三個日耳曼部落入侵英國，他們對英語語言的形成起了很大的作用。在中世紀(jì)和現(xiàn)代社會初期，英語的影響遍及不列顛群島。從17世紀(jì)初，它的影響力開始在世界各地顯現(xiàn)。歐洲幾百年的探險和殖民過程導(dǎo)致了英語的重大變化。今天，由于美國電影、電視、音樂、貿(mào)易和技術(shù)、包括互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的大受歡迎，美國英語的影響力尤其顯著。 CE TranslationChinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. In this long evolutionary process, Chinese characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligraphers’ personal feelings, knowledge, selfcultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that “seeing the calligrapher’s handwriting is like seeing the person”. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world’s treasure house of culture and art. Unit 1 Text B 2. Understanding the text D. 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. D 4. Words in usemysterious 2. desperate 3. devise 4. negotiate 5. recalled 6. specifically 7. depict 8. Ignorance 9. Expand 10 confusion 5. Expressions in useapply to 2. in a bid to 3. end up 4. speaking of 5. get hold of 6. appealed to 7. leaving ..behind 8. focus on EX. 6 Sentence structure . even though it is important of the students to have a deep understanding of the texts, it doesn’t make any sense to read texts word for word from the beginning to the endas it is a matter of little importance to us, it doesn’t make much sense to argue out which is wrong or right or which is better or worseit makes no sense to pel children to obey their parents。 instead, we should try to tell them what is right and what is wrong. EX. 7. II might as well have stayed at home.We might as well have taken the train homeSo he might as well have told me all about it . Collocation:Warmup essential framework 2. distinctive difference 3 high standards 4 valuable possessions 5 considerable frustration 6 acquire knowledge 7 overe deficiencies 8 sketch thoughts 9 devise a schemeEx. 81 essential framework 2 proper vocabulary 3 excellent control 4 language deficit5 high standards 6 language proficiency 7 acquire knowledge 8 petent munication 9 overe deficiencies 10 sketch thoughts 11 effective munication 12 advanced vocabularyUnit 2 Text AReading Comprehension1. because English or history maj