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Lesson 82
HOW MARX
LEARNED
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
Karl Marx
German
Germany
Engels
Karl Marx
共产党宣言
The
Communist
Manifesto
Which foreign
languages did
Marx study?
Marx studied English
_____ French
_____
and ______
Russian in his life.
A Germany Russian Chinese
B Germany English French
C Russian French Germany
D English French Russian
E English Chinese Russian
TRUE OR FALSE
1.Marx’s native language is German.
2.As a young man Marx was forced to
leave his homeland.
3.When Marx got to England ,he
found his English was good enough.
4.Marx was not sure about two things
-- the spelling and some of the idioms.
5.The civil War in France was written in
French.
6.In the 1870s,when Marx was over 50,
he began to learn Russian.
7.In 6 months Marx learned enough to
read articles and reports in Russian.
8.When we are learning a foreign
language, we should translate everything
into our language.
1.In what country was Karl Marx
born?And his native language?
2.What did Engels do when he found
Marx had made rapid progress in
English?
3.What did Marx say about Engels’
praise?
4.What was Marx not sure about in
learning English?
5.What did he do with his English later
on?
6.Why did Marx start learning Russian?
Questions:
1.In what country was Karl Marx
born?And his native language?
German Germany
2.What did Engels do when he found
Marx had made rapid progress in
English? He praised him .
3.What did Marx say about Engels’
praise?
He said Engel’s praise had greatly
encouraged him.
4.What was Marx not sure about in
learning English?
The grammar and some of the idioms
5.What did he do with his English later
on? He kept on studying and using
English
6.Why did Marx start learning Russian?
Because he found it important
to study the situation in Russia.
1.Marx was forced to leave Germany
C
_____.
A when he was in his fifties
B in the year 1849
C when he was young
B
2.When Marx came to England, he ____.
A knew little English
B knew some English
C didn't know any English, but he knew
French.
3.Engels wrote to Marx and praises him
for his good English after he __.
C
A read Marx’s letters to him
B received Marx’s letter to him
C read Marx’s articles in an American
newspaper
D before he went to
4.Marx stayed in ____
France?
A England
B Germany
C Russia
D Belgium
5.Marx began to learn Russian
______.
C
A in his fifties
B in his sixties
C in the 1880s
D in the 1860’s
6.It took him ____
C to learn Russian
well enough to read articles.
A four months
B five months
C six months
D seven months
7. Marx gave some advice on how to
learn a foreign language.Which one is
C
not right?______
A Don’t translate everything into their
own.
B When using the language, try to
forget all about their own
C Don’t speak English if you are
afraid of making mistakes.
Language points
1.force sb. to do sth.
2.before long
3.made London the base
4.such ... that; so ... that
5.go on to do sth.
go on doing sth.= keep on doing sth.
6.be sure about /of sth./to do sth.
7.make ( great/ rapid) progress
8.translate … into…
9.give (some/a piece of) advice on sth.
Exercises
sucha hot day that
1.It is____
____we do not want to go
out.
2.It is ___
____we do not want to go out.
so hot that
such rapid progress ____
3.He made ____
that the
teacher praise him.
4.It is such
____ fine weather that
____ all people want to
go out.
went(
kept) ___
on ______
reading the text
5.He ____
______
although I told him to stop.
6.He ____
went___
on ___
to _____the
read text after he
listened to the tape.
(kept)__on
7.Although it was raining, they went
_________
________in
working the fields.
8.I am sure of/about
________ his success.
9.He lives in this buliding , but I am not sure
_________
of/about the room number.
10.He is sure__
to ______
come .(come)
11.They gave us some advice ____
on our work.
on our
12.Let’s ask for teacher’s advice ____
English study.
13.The English teacher often forces us ___
to ___
do
( do ) a lot of homework.
14.You should not translate everything ______
into
your own language.
Retell the story:
Marx born Germany young forced
political reasons French and English
rapid progress in 1853 a book
over 50 Russian give us some advice