Номер 8, страница 160, part 2 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник часть 1 Афанасьева, Михеева

Part 2. Basic course Australia. Unit 22. Consolidation Four - номер 8, страница 160.

Условие.

8 Read the text and say: a) what ways people use to make new words; b) how many words the most complete dictionary of the English language has.

WORDS WE USE

78. As you know, one of the very good ways to get new words is to borrow them from other people. English is full of words borrowed from other languages. The possibilities for borrowing words are endless.

People can also make new words by using the names of people or places or the characters in stories. The word atlas¹ has that name because long ago on a famous collection of maps, there was a picture of the Greek god Atlas holding up the world.

People can make words by cutting big ones down into small ones. When you say a mechanical person is a robot ['rəʊbɒt], you are using a cut-down form of robotnik, which means worker in several Slavic¹ languages. Nowadays people often say doc instead of doctor; phone — instead of telephone; fridge — instead of refrigerator.

You cut down long word combinations or sentences and make them into short words by joining together the first letters of each word. UNESCO² comes from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. MP stands for a member of Parliament, USA — for the United States of America.

One of the most complete dictionaries of the English language is Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. It has more than 700 000 words. No person knows all of them, but most grown-ups are able to understand about 35 000 words. In fact, people use only about one-tenth of the words they understand.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст и скажите: а) какие способы люди используют, чтобы создавать новые слова; б) сколько слов содержит самый полный словарь английского языка.

Ответ:

a) People use several ways to make new words: borrowing words from other languages; using the names of people, places, or characters; cutting big words down into small ones; and making short words by joining together the first letters of each word from long combinations.

(Люди используют несколько способов для создания новых слов: заимствование слов из других языков; использование имен людей, названий мест или персонажей; сокращение больших слов; и создание коротких слов путем объединения первых букв каждого слова из длинных словосочетаний.)

b) The most complete dictionary of the English language has more than 700 000 words.

(Самый полный словарь английского языка содержит более 700 000 слов.)