北师大版选修七《Unit 19 Language Bulletin Board 》优秀教案设计

北师大版选修七《Unit 19 Language Bulletin Board 》优秀教案设计

(2) What is the best title for the passage? ( )

The effective ways to learn languages.

My father’s influence on me to learn languages.

My experience of learning different languages.

What contributed to a successful language learner.

What key words / phrases / sentences helped you get the best title?

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Complete the cloze test and underline the clues for each answer.

I’ve been obsessed（困扰） with languages for as long as I can remember. My dad could talk to everyone with ease, confidently 36 between languages. His abilities made a big impression on me, but he didn’t 37 me to follow his lead.

I wasn’t a(n) 38 language learner. I made slow progress with French at school and almost gave it up. But things felt different when I 39 German at university – loving many German writers in translation, I wanted to read them in their 40 tongue, and that’s been my main 41 for learning new ones since. Once I got German, I was 42 ; French, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit quickly followed. The idea of having a 43 overview of the world has always fascinated me, and 44 languages seemed a good way of achieving that. By my 20s, I’d set my heart on 45 the rest of my life to learning as many as I could.

I’m often asked what the 46 is, and whether some people have a gift for absorbing words and phrases. The truth is that it’s down to endless hours of 47 – reading, studying and practicing grammar. 48 , all these wonderful languages start to swim into focus, and ever increasing numbers of great works become 49 .

It’s hard, but the 50 can be thrilling. When I started studying Spanish, there was a moment when the living language suddenly 51 itself to me. Something 52 happened when I heard Swedish spoken around me. It seemed to 53 elements of languages I was familiar with. The more of them I know, the more I see how inter-related they are. All it took was three weeks and I was able to 54 effectively in complex conversations.

Now, I can read about three dozen languages and speak most of them fluently. I think I’m much richer for that – it makes me more 55 .

36. A. distinguishing B. switching C. comparing D. dividing

37. A. threaten B. encourage C. promise D. trust

38. A. sensitive B. average C. individual D. natural

39. A. took on B. put down C. made up D. went over

40. A. simple B. sharp C. native D. polite

41. A. advantage B. appreciation C. foundation D. motivation

42. A. shocked B. relieved C. depressed D. hooked

43. A. comprehensive B. historical C. scientific D. skeptical

44. A. speaking B. selecting C. imitating D. acquiring

45. A. adjusting B. devoting C. reducing D. attaching

46. A. secret B. purpose C. benefit D. puzzle

47. A. expectation B. admiration C. concentration D. evaluation