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Unit 1Language in mission
Text AAn impressive English lesson Ex.1 Understanding the text
1、Because he is tired of listening to his father and he is not interested in grammar rules.
2、 The civilization of
Greece and the glory of Roman architecture are so marvelousand
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 comment.
3、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.
4、Because teaching grammar is not an easy job and most of the students will easily get bored if it'
s not properly dealt with.
5、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.
6、Because the son had never heard about the various names and functions of words in an English sentence before.
7、The author uses “ road map ” and “ car”to describe grammar and vocabulary. Here, “road
map” is considered as grammar and “ car” as vocabulary.
8、 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 sonit also reflects。
the author 's humor in us