unit 8 learning a foreign language

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1、Unit8LearningaForeignLanguage具体内容1.Howwereweabletomakesenseofwhatweheardanddistinguishedthemistakesanderrorsfrom“good”language?makesense:haveanunderstandablemeaning;besensibleeg.Whatyousaymakesnosense.Itwouldmakesensetoleaveearly.makesenseofsth.:understandsthdifficultorapparentlymeaningless

2、eg.Canyoumakesenseofthispoem?Distinguish…from…/distinguishbetween…and…eg.Peoplewhocannotdistinguishbetweencolorsaresaidtobecolor-blind.2.Somebelievethatweareequippedwithaspecialabilitytolearnlanguageandthatourbrainadjustsitselftothelanguageweheararoundus.Adjuststh/oneselftosth:becomeormakes

3、uitedtonewconditionseg.Thebodyquicklyadjustedtochangesintemperature.3.…bothofwhichcontributetotheirincreasedabilitytolearn.Contributesthtosth:giveone’ssharetohelp;increasesth.;helptocause;writearticlesforapublication.eg.Everyoneshouldcontributewhatheorshecanafford.Herworkhascontributedtoour

4、understandingofthisdifficultsubject.Shehascontributedtoliterarymagazines.4.Manyparentsworryaboutthesafetyoftheirchildrenandmayalsobeconcernedaboutthecost.Beconcernedabout/forsth/that…:beworriedaboutBeconcernedwithsth:beaboutsth.Beconcernedinsth:havesomeconnectionwithorresponsibilityforsth.e

5、g.Hewasconcernedinthecrime.Herlatestdocumentaryisconcernedwithyouthunemployment.I’mconcernedthattheymayhavegotlost.5.状语从句（1）地点状语从句地点状语从句通常由where,wherever引导。例如：WhereIlivethereareplentyoftrees.WhereverIam,Iwillbethinkingofyou.（2）方式状语从句方式状语从句通常由as,（just）as…so…,asif,asthough引导。（a）as,（just）as…so

6、…引导的方式状语从句通常位于主句后，但在（just）as…so…结构中位于句首，这时as从句带有比喻的含义，意思是“正如…”，“就像”，多用于正式文体。例如：Alwaysdototheothersasyouwouldbedoneby.Aswateristofish,soairistoman.Justaswesweepourrooms,soweshouldsweepbackwardideasfromourminds.（b）asif,asthough两者的意义和用法相同，引出的状语从句谓语多用虚拟语气，表示与事实相反，有时也用陈述语气，表示所说情况是事实或实现的可能性较大。汉译常

7、作“仿佛……似的”，“好像……似的”。例如：Theycompletelyignorethesefactsasif（asthough）theyneverexisted.Helooksasif（asthough）hehadbeenhitbylighting.Itlooksasiftheweathermaypickupverysoon.说明：asif/asthough也可以引导一个分词短语、不定式短语或无动词短语。例如：Hestaredatmeasifseeingmeforfirsttime.　Heclear