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DoyoueverwonderwhytheEnglishhaveonewordforsomeanimalsandadifferentonefortheirmeat?Whydotheyusepigandporkcowandbeefandsheepandmutton?Tofinditoutwehavetogobackto1066whentheNormanFrenchinvaded
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DoyoueverwonderwhytheEnglishhaveonewordforsomeanimalsandadifferentonefortheirmeat?Whydotheyusepigandporkcowandbeefandsheepandmutton?Tofinditoutwehavetogobackto1066whentheNormanFrenchinvadedEnglandandputaFrenchkingontheEnglishthrone(王位)whichnotonlychangedthegovernmentbutalsochangedthelanguage.Frenchbecamethelanguageoftheupperclassesofsociety.Anditremainedthatwayfor300years.Onlythesehighsocietypeoplecouldaffordtoeatmeat.AsaresultFrenchwordslikeporc(pork)andbeouf(beef)cameintotheEnglishlanguage.HoweverpoorEnglishfarmersraisedtheanimals.SotheEnglishlanguageretainedthewordspigandcowfromtheNativeAnglo-Saxon.

TheNormanFrenchaddedabout10000FrenchwordstotheEnglishlanguage.Seventy-fivepercentofthemarestillinusetoday.

InFrenchgrammarnounshaveeitheramaleorfemalegender(性别)soadjectives(形容词)takedifferentformsforeach.EnglishhasonlyoneadjectivethatdoesthisanditcamefromFrench.Theword“blond”describessomeonewithlight-coloredhair.“Blond”isusedformenand“blonde”describeswomen.Andtheyarealsonouns.

SomeFrenchwordsthatenteredtheEnglishlanguagehavetakenoncompletelydifferentmeanings.TheFrenchphrase“alamode”means“instyle”.InEnglishthephrasemeans“withtheicecream”.Someonemusthavedecidedsomethingeatenwithicecreamwasinstyle!

NowasyoulearnEnglishyou’reonyourwaytolearningFrench!

【小题1】FrenchwasoncepopularamongtheupperclassesoftheUKbecause_____.

A.toomanyFrenchmovedtoBritainB.FrenchbroughtanimalswiththemC.thekingandhisofficialsspokeFrenchD.thekingallowedFrenchtobespoken【小题2】Whichwordcanreplacetheword“retained”inParagraph1?A.ChoseB.KeptC.IntroducedD.Giveup【小题3】WhydoesanEnglishspeakerfindFrencheasytolearn?A.BecauseEnglishandFrenchsharesimilarpronunciations.B.BecauseEnglishgrammarandFrenchgrammararesimilar.C.BecausealargenumberofEnglishw

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