《综合英语 Comprehensive English》课程教学资源（Close Reading）01_The Glorious Messiness of English

Learning about English The Glorious Messiness of English

Learning about English The Glorious Messiness of English

Some idiomatic usages ship by truck send cargo by ship noses that run feet that smell a slim/fat chance a wise guy a wise man overlook oversee hot cold as hell burn up burn down fill in a form /fill out a form go off go on

Some idiomatic usages • ship by truck / send cargo by ship • noses that run / feet that smell • a slim/fat chance • a wise guy / a wise man • overlook / oversee • hot / cold as hell • burn up / burn down • fill in a form / fill out a form • go off / go on

English Main Conte Glorious wonderful. very beautiful History or impressive

Main Content Glorious English wonderful, very beautiful or impressive History

English Main Conte Glorious Messy

Main Content Messy Glorious English

Messiness of English Sweetmeats are candy meat Sweetbreads are ●People drive on a parkway ·People park on a driveway

l Sweetmeats are __________. l Sweetbreads are __________. l People drive on a ___________. l People ________ on a driveway. meat candy Messiness of English parkway park

Messiness of English When stars are out they are visible invisible When lights are out they are start ·I wind up my watch to it. ●I wind up my speech to end it

Messiness of English l When stars are out they are ________. l When lights are out they are _________. l I wind up my watch to ________ it. l I wind up my speech to ________it. visible invisible start end start end

Messiness of English For example,a group of letters that is pronounced one way in one word cannot be depended on to be pronounced the same way in other words. "-ough-" "thought,""though,""through,"and "enough

Messiness of English l For example, a group of letters that is pronounced one way in one word cannot be depended on to be pronounced the same way in other words. "-ough-" "thought, " "though, " "through, " and "enough

0 dough o cough m 0 plough ● tode. rough hiccough through thorough

dough cough plough rough hiccough through thorough

Introductory remarks As we discover from the previous exercise,an English word may have multiple meanings. Likewise,several different words may be pronounced in the same way.Considered in this perspective,English is really messy. However,according to the text,this is also a major merit of English

Introductory remarks As we discover from the previous exercise, an English word may have multiple meanings. Likewise, several different words may be pronounced in the same way. Considered in this perspective, English is really messy. However, according to the text, this is also a major merit of English

Conflicts between Messiness Pronunciation and spelling Homonym Homophone Homograph

Messiness Conflicts between Pronunciation and spelling Homonym Homophone Homograph