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WhenyouarelearningEnglish,youfinditnotclevertoputanEnglishsentence,wordforword,intoyourownlanguage.Takethesentence“Howdoyoudo?”asanexample.Ifyoulookupeachwordinthedictionary,onceatatime,whatisyourtranslation?Itmustbeawrongsentenceinyourownlanguage.
Languagedonotjusthavedifferentsounds,theyaredifferentinmanyways.It’simportanttomaster(掌握)therules(规则)forwordorderinthestudyofEnglish,too.Ifthesentencesputwordsinawrongorder,thelistenerscan’tunderstandthespeakers’sentenceseasily.Sometimeswhentheorderischanged,themeaningofthesentencedoesn’tchange.Let’sseethedifferencebetweenthetwopairsofsentences.
“Sheonlylikesapples.”“Onlyshelikesapples.”
“I’veseenthefilmalready.”“Ihavealreadyseenthefilm.”
WhenyouarelearningEnglish,youmustdoyourbesttogetthespirit(精神实质)ofthelanguageanduseitastheEnglishspeakersdo.
【1】 Fromthepassageweknowthat______whenwearelearningEnglish.
A.weshouldn’tputeverywordintoourownlanguage
B.weshouldn’tlookupeverywordinthedictionary
C.weneedtoputeverywordintoourownlanguage
【2】Thewriterthinksitis_____inlearningEnglish.
A.difficulttounderstanddifferentsounds
B.possibletorememberthewordorder
C.importanttolearntherulesindifferentways
【3】 Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat____.
A.themeaningofanEnglishsentencealwayschangeswiththeorderof
thewords
B.the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence
C.sometimesdifferentorderofwordshasadifferentmeaning
【4】 “Sheonlylikesapples,”
A. isthesameas“Onlyshelikesapple”.
B. isdifferentfrom“Onlyshelikesapple”.
C. means“Shelikesfruitexceptapples”.
【5】Whichisthebesttitleforthispassage?
A.DifferentOrders,DifferentMeanings
B.HowtospeakEnglish?
C.HowtoLearnEnglish?