WorkbookLISTENINGIliveinSouthAsia.Mycountryisthousandsofyearsoldandnowhasmorethanabillionpeople.Unlikemanyothercountries.Ourpeoplespeakalotoflanguages.SoweuseEnglish,whichwegotfromBritishrulershundredsofyearsago.Ofcourse,wehaveourownwayofusingEnglish.Well,IliveonahugegreenislandinwesternEurope.Hundredsofyearsago,mypeoplespokeaverydifferentlanguagefromEnglish.ThentheBritishrulerscame.Nowtheoldlanguageisspokeninonlyafewvillagesinthewesternpartofmycountry.Mycountryhasmorethan7000islands.Someofthemareverylargebutmostofthemarequitesmall.Hundredsofyearsago,theSpanishrulerschangedthewaylive.Muchlater,theAmericanrulerstaughttheirownkindofEnglishinourschools.Nowadays,wespeakakindofEnglishthatborrowswordsfromAmericanEnglishbutismostlyourown.Mycountryisverysmall.Infactit’sreallyacity.ItisinsoutheastAsiaandisveryrich.PeoplecomefromalloverAsiatodobusinesshere.Today,youcanhearourkindofEnglishspokeneverywhereinthecityandonmanyshipsthatcomehere.USINGWORDSANDEXPRESSIONS6.thenortherncentralareaoftheUSA7.someone’snameorastrongfeelingofbeingpartofagroup,race,etc8.apowerfulflashoflightinthesky9.thewayinwhichawordisspelled10.truck11.__________________Playthegame“Findtheoddoneout”.Pickouttheonethatdoesnotfiteachgroup.fluentlyJulygraduallyfrequentlyactuallyunhappyunfriendlyuntidyunlessunnecessaryafraidaloneawakealoudalivenaturalcapitalnationalofficialtraditionalTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsandexpressionsinbrackets记者问作家他作品种的人物是以谁为原型的。(base)她说：“我会穿一件红色的长大衣，这样你肯定能认出我来。”(recognize)沿着这条路走三个街区，然后右转，医院就在你的左边。(block)我们有很多工作要做，所以要利用好时间。(makeuseof)他直接去了纽约，没在香港停留。(straight)这座城市在初夏季节常下雨.(frequent)ReadthepassageonPage51,thenanswerthequestionsandfillinthefollowingform:1).Whyweredictionariesinvented?2).WhoplayedanimportantpartinmakingEnglishdictionaries?3).TheOxfordEnglishdictionaryisthelargestdictionary.Whoistheeditor?Howmanyyearsdidittaketocompletethedictionary?CountryMostimpor-tanttaskWhoworkedonitLISTENINGTASKListenagainandanswerthefollowingquestion