Question

  English is an important international language,but that doesn't mean it's easy to learn.①Many ex?perts have tried to make English easier to learn一but they weren't always successful.

In 1930,Professor   C. K. Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages,but they couldn't understand the answers in ' real⁷ English!It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn't in the Basic English word list.

R. E. Zachrisson, a university professor inSweden, decided that 2.對于英語學(xué)習(xí)者最大的問題是發(fā)音,so he invented a language withthe name Anglic. Anglic was similar③      English,but with much simpler spelling. ' Father,became faad-her” new,became nue ' and ' years ' became 'yeerz'. Unluckily,Anglic never became popular.

In the age of international communication through the Internet? who knows what will happen? ...a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world's emails are in English and in?clude (包括) examples of 'NetLingo' like OIC (Oh,I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later) . In another fif?ty years,English might not be used. We might all speak fluent Internetish！

1. 將①處畫線句子翻譯成漢語。

2. 判斷正誤 (T/F) 。

Ogden said most people could learn Basic English in just thirteen hours.(   )

3. 將②處畫線句子翻譯成英語。

4. 在③處填入適當(dāng)?shù)慕樵~。

Anglic was similar③        English,but with much simpler spelling.‘ Father' became ' faad-her ， new became， nue .

5. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

What might happen to English in another fifty years?

Answer 1

1.許多專家努力讓英語學(xué)起來更容易些，但他們并非總是成功。

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3. the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling.

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5. English might not be used.