HOW MARX LEARNED FOREIGN LANGUAGES Lesson 82 2001.4.

HOW MARX LEARNED FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Lesson 82

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1. f______(to make somebody do something)2. h_________ (one’s native county)3. p_______ (a person who works on the land)4. t________ (to change one language into anther)5. u_____ (to join together into one)6. e________ (to give courage(鼓励 )or help to somebody)7. r_____ (quick or fast)

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Karl Marx

Which foreign languages did Marx study?

Marx studied ______

_______ and _____in his life.

French

English Russian

TRUETRUE OROR FALSEFALSE

1.Marx’s native language is Germany. F2.As a young man he was forced to leave his homeland.

T

3.When he got to England ,he found his English was good enough.

F

4.Mars was not sure about two things-- the spelling and some of the idioms.

F

TRUETRUE OROR FALSEFALSE

5.The civil War in France was written in French.

6.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.

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Questions:

1.In what country was Karl Marx born?2.What was Marx”s native language?3.Where did he stay before he went to France?Why did he leave Germany?4.Where did he stay before he went to London?Why did he go to London?5.Did he find his English good enough when he got to England?

Questions:

6.What did Engels do when he found Marx had made rapid progress in English?7.What was Marx’s answer in his letter to Engels?8.What did he do with his English later on?9.When did Marx start learning Russian? Why?10.What advice did Marx give on how to learn a foreign language?

Retell the story:

Marx born Germany young forcedpolitical reasons French and Englishrapid progress in 1853 a bookover 50 Russian give us some advice

Karl Marx was born in _______.When he was young, he________ to leave his homeland for _______ reasons.He had to ____ from onecountry to another. At last he came to England and____ London,the base for his revolutionary work.

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Marx _____ _____ some English before he came to London, but he____ his English was limited. He_____ working hard to improve it.He made ____ rapid progress ___before long he could write articles in English. Engels wrote him a letter

had learnt

foundstarted

such that

to ____ him for it. Engels’ letter had greatly __________ him, and from then on,Marx ______even harder at his English. He mastered English ____well _____ he could write one of his great works,The civil war in France in English. When Marx was in his

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workedso

that

Fifties, he _____ to learn Russian,because he thought it was importantto study the situation in Russia.At the ____ of six months, he hadlearned _____ to read articles andreports in Russian.Marx set us agood example in learning foreignlanguages.

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Homework:1.Do Ex.3 on page 80.

2.Retell the story about Karl Marx.