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Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!Intensivereading:Finddetailedinformation

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.seasick

→sickatsea5.___________→sickintheair6.___________→sickinacarBUT7.__________→sickathome“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“hardly“and“softly”arenota(n)8.___________pair.airsickcarsickhomesickopposingThesameruledoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!Intensivereading:Finddetailedinformation

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.Shamefulandshameless9.__________arethesame.burnup→burndownfillinaform→10._______aformbehaviorsfillout

Differentwordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!Intensivereading:Finddetailedinformation

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.Starsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyare11.__________.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→It12.________.ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit13.________thecreativityofthehumanrace.

invisibleendsreflectsLearningtolearnOnlineEnglish-learningforumscanbeaveryusefulleamingresource.Notonlycanyoupostspecificquestions,butyoucanalsobroadenyourknowledgebyreadingpostsfromotherEnglishlearnersaroundtheworldgivesb.thumbsupremarkhaveincommonsubscribeFast-readingReadandfinishthetasksasquicklyaspossible.What’sthemainideaofthepassageA．TroubleinlearningEnglish.B．Abadexperience.C．MisunderstandingsofEnglishwords.D．ThebenefitoflearningEnglish.Careful-readingFinddetailedinformationReadandfindthewordsandexpressionsthatcausedthemisunderstandings.Thenmatchtheoriginalmeanings.YancySophieJulienZhengXuhaveafroginone’sthroatonthefirstfloorwickedNotbadunabletospeakclearlyforashorttimebecauseyourthroatisdryorblocked(UK)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatground

level(US)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelmorallywrongandintendingtohurtpeople;(informal)verygood,fantasticprettygood,betterthanyouexpectedPost-readingsummaryandretell1.Doyouagreewiththeauthor'sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguageGiveyourreasons.UsefulExpressionsIagree/disagreewiththeauthor'sopinionforthefollowingreasons.Thefirstreasonisthat....Besides,weshouldn'tignorethefactthat...Lastbutnotleast,..Thimk&Share2.WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglishHowdoyoudealwiththisUsefulExpressionsIfinditchallengingto../My...isnotgoodenough./Forme,...i