1、Module 4,Listening,Listen to a lecture on loan words in English.,English, like many other languages, _ a lot of words that originally came from _ languages. We call them “loan words”. One of the ways _ words enter languages is through _ by other countries or groups. Britain was invaded a number of t
2、imes,Listen again and fill in the blanks.,contains,invasions,other,new,for example by the _, who spoke Latin, and the Normans, who spoke a _ of French. Consequently, a great many words from these languages became _ words. Some of these loan words dont _ at all whereas other words change _ in the new
3、 language.,Romans,dialect,English,change,completely,For example, the French loan words such as hotel and garage have exactly _ _ _ in English as they have in French and they sound very _. With other words, for example, forest and garden, the _ has changed from the original: the French word for fores
4、t is foret and the French words for garden is jardin.,the same,spelling,similar,form,More recently, words have been _ from other languages, for example, Chinese, Arabic and _. Many of the Chinese loan words in the English language are _ in the Cantonese, Hakka or Min dialect because the early contac
5、t between the _ _ happened along the southern Chinese coast or through the mostly Cantonese,taken,Spanish,two cultures,pronounced,immigrants. Examples are ketchup, lychee, typhoon, tea, and silk. _ _, many of the Japanese words, such as shinto, that were _ _ the English language, have a Chinese orig
6、in. _ words, such as algebra and zero, which entered the English language were mostly connected with _ and _ early Arab scholarship in,In addition,adopted into,chemistry,mathematics,Arabic,these fields was quite _. There are about _ Spanish loan words in English. Sometimes, the _ meaning of the word
7、 changes. The word alligator, _ _, comes from the Spanish word lagarto, which means lizard. A lizard is a much _ _ than an alligator. The word tornado comes from the Spanish word tornar, which means to,advanced,10,000,original,smaller animal,for example,turn. Some words, such as _, and tomato, came
8、into English from Spanish. But _ _, they came into Spanish from Native American languages. There are about _ loan words in common use in English. However, little words like be, have, it, of, the, etc. are _ to the English language. As these words _ _ about a quarter of the,chocolate,before that,20,000,native,make up,words we use _, it is fair to say that the _ of words commonly used in English are native to the language.,regularly,majority,Thank you.,
