9 Language（九单元）

1.b:1 They used the word ‘expensive’ instead of ‘dear’. 2 English and Welsh

c:1 Students’ own answer. 2 You can choose the wrong translation. 3 By translating a sentence from your own language into another language, then translating it back into your own language. 4 They didn’t speak Welsh and thought the reply was a translation of the English sign.

2.a:1 bring about 2looked up3went for 4 get away with 5find out6taken off 7 come up with 8came across

b:1 bring about B 2looked up B 3went for A 4 get away with C 5find out B 6 taken off A7come up with C 8 came across A

c:2 He always gets away with not studying. 3 She came up with a great plan. 4

They have brought about many changes. 5 Her career as a translator is taking off /

Her career is taking off as a translator.

3.1 started going well (inseparable) 2 imitating (someone) to make fun of them

(separable) 3 leaving the ground (inseparable)

5.a:1 Brummie: Birmingham 2 Scouse: Liverpool 3 Geordie: Newcastle 4 Mancunian: Manchester 5 Estuary English: London 6 Glaswegian: Glasgow

b:

c:1 Marie: Dundee (Scotland) 2Patrick: Dublin 3 Tina: London 4John: Liverpool

d:1 Patrick 2John3Tina 4Tina 5 Presenter 6Marie7John 8Marie

6.b:1 drift 2pick 3catch 4word 5lost

c:1 understood 2 can’t make out 3 understood/got a lot of what 4 get / catch / pick out a few words 5 understood/got/caught the gist 6 lost me / was totally incomprehensible

7.a:1 Australia 2India 3Canada 4Jamaica

b:1 The weather/climate is very good in Sydney.2 In India there are lots of languages. English is spoken by most people, but not as a first language.3 Vancouver is very cosmopolitan. Chinese (not French) is the second language.4 In Jamaica they love playing and watching cricket.

8.a:1 The first Esperanto journal was published. 2 Solresol was invented. 3Solresol was used in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 4 Klingon was invented.

b:1 It can be a source of miscommunication. 2 Esperanto and Klingon 3 Estimates vary between 1 million and 15 million. 4 Eastern Europe 5 Sosomi 6 Because it was difficult to learn 7 A small number of people 8 Its vocabulary is centred on Klingon

concepts and it doesn’t have some simple everyday words.

9.a:keks (= shorts),

Black Vanilla (= cola and ice cream)

b:1 suddenly 2immediately / unfortunately 3 desperately / in a panic 4Unfortunately 5 In a panic / Desperately 6easily / immediately 7Fortunately 8exactly