Basic knowledge of English

Little knowledge of English (1): The origin of English can be traced back to Old English in the 5th century, and it is its earliest embryonic form.

Punctuation didn't appear until15th century. The word "town" that we still use is the oldest old English word that continues to this day.

Little knowledge of English (2): The same word has different meanings. You may understand that the word "twerking" refers to a very popular swing dance. However, in the16th century, "twirk" (the middle letter is spelled as I instead of E) means "quick twisting action".

Speaking of "twerking", there are some modern words and slang related to it, which you should know. Little knowledge of English (3): New words in the dictionary will be included in the dictionary every two hours.

These include "nerdjacking" (guiding the dialogue with very detailed explanations), "Undo" (reversing the policy situation) and "Mx" (replacing Mr. or Ms.).

The neutral title of "). Little knowledge of English (4): The origin of okay is probably the most popular English word in the world except yes and no.

But where did it come from? Traditionally, linguists hold their own opinions. Some people say that okay was invented by Indians.

There is such an Indian tribe named Chocktaw, who lives in the rich Mississippi River valley and lives by planting and fishing. Whenever there is a problem, the leader of Chocktaw will sit down with the tribal leader to discuss it. If someone agrees with others, they will nod and say "Okeh", which means "That's it".

When Europeans first arrived in America, they heard many Indian languages and developed them into English vocabulary. At present, the names of many cities, rivers and mountains in the United States are derived from Indian language.

There is also a credible saying: the word Okay was invented by a political group in the19th century. A man named Martin Van Buren will run for president. His supporters set up a club to promote him. The name of the club is "Okay Club". It is said that the letters O and K are taken from Van Buren's hometown and his birthplace, Old Kinderhook, new york.

For such a popular vocabulary, naturally everyone may have his own story, but I believe the whole world will agree that OK is a pure American vocabulary and an excellent example of words crossing different languages. There is only one thing to be reminded: OK is commonly used in spoken English. In written language, we can use words such as consent, assertion, approval and conformity to make it more formal.

2. Ask for some basic English knowledge

I saw him coming.

He was seen to make the grass grow. I know it can be done. I know I can handle it. 2. The make and have infinitives after these verbs should be omitted as object complements.

I saw him tell the boy to go to bed early. But please pay attention to the following points. I told Jenny that I was ill.

They told the boy to go to bed early. They told the boy to go to bed early. Seeing "two ears" means listening, listening to "one feeling" means feeling, and "little servant" means letting. I want you to know that I am ill.

Let him do it. See him coming. Let the boy go to bed early. The infinitive after help can be used as the object complement, with or without to.

(2) When the above-mentioned sensory verbs and causative verbs are converted into passive structures, the infinitive behind them must generally take to. I heard him sing. I heard him sing.

Note that (1) is in the verb find. Let him do it. We felt the house shaking. Generally speaking, the object complement after the causative verb should use the prototype, because the form of omitting to is actually an infinitive. In addition, modal infinitives should be used as object complements after auxiliary verbs to omit the technique of to. The infinitive is used as an object complement after the following words, which is omitted as "three eyes", "two ears" and "a feeling" plus three "emissaries" and "three eyes" to mean seeing.

Who knows a little English?

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of 1 1 month, and this year (2004) is 1 1 month 25th. Thanksgiving Day is the most authentic American holiday among the national holidays in the United States, and it is most closely related to the earliest history of the United States. In A.D. 1620, the Puritans sailed to the United States by may flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of belief. After sailing in the storm for two months, they landed in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts in the cold November. During their first winter, more than half of the settlers died of hunger or epidemics. Those who survived began to sow in the first spring. All summer, they are anxiously waiting for the harvest, because they know that their lives and the future survival of this group depend on the harvest. In the end, the field got a bumper harvest that exceeded expectations. Therefore, people decided to set a day to thank God. Many years later, the President of the United States declared the fourth Thursday of 1 1 month as Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving celebrations continue to this day. The pattern of Thanksgiving celebrations has never changed for many years. This grand family dinner was planned months in advance. On the dining table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, meat pie, other kinds of food, cranberry juice and pumpkin. Among them, roast turkey and pumpkin pie are the best and most attractive. For many years, they have been the most traditional and popular food for Thanksgiving. The last Thursday in October is Thanksgiving Day, and this year's Thanksgiving Day (2004) is1October 25th.

Thanksgiving Day is the most authentic American holiday among the national holidays in the United States, which is most closely related to the early history of the United States. 1620, a group of Puritans sailed across the ocean in may flower, looking for a place of religious freedom.

After two months of tossing and turning at sea, they landed in the cold of 165438+ 10, and landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In the first winter there, more than half of the immigrants died of hunger and infectious diseases.

Those who survived began to sow in the first spring. They have been eagerly looking forward to the harvest all summer, and they know that their survival and whether the ant colony can take root in the future depends on the upcoming harvest.

Finally, the crops got an unexpected bumper harvest. So people decided to choose a day to thank God for his gift.

A few years later, the President of the United States declared the fourth Thursday in June as Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving celebration is scheduled on this day, and this custom continues to this day.

The form of Thanksgiving celebration has not changed for many years. Preparations for a big family dinner began months ago.

People can eat apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes at the table. In addition, there are raisin pudding, meat pies, various other foods, cranberry juice and fresh juice.

Among them, the most delicious and attractive dishes are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. For several years, these dishes have been the most traditional and popular food for Thanksgiving.

Everyone agrees that dinner must revolve around roast turkey filled with bread sauce to absorb the delicious juice of roast turkey. However, it is not easy to reach an agreement on the precise stuffing of royal birds because cooking varies from family to family and living area. Today's Thanksgiving Day, in all senses, is a national annual holiday. On this day, Americans of all faiths and backgrounds express their gratitude for their generosity in the past year, and sincerely ask people to agree that Thanksgiving dinner must be based on roast turkey, and turkeys should be baked with bread as stuffing to absorb delicious juice when baking. However, due to the different cooking methods of different families and different regions, it is difficult to reach an agreement on what to use as turkey stuffing.

Today's Thanksgiving Day is an out-and-out national holiday. On this day, Americans of all faiths and backgrounds will thank God for his grace this year and sincerely pray for God's continued blessing. Thanksgiving dinner Among all the symbols of Thanksgiving, turkey is the most famous. Turkey is characterized by brown, with light yellow feathers on the tip of wings and tail. Male turkeys are called male turkeys. Like most birds, they are bigger and have brighter and more colorful feathers. Females are called hens and are usually light and monotonous. Turkey was first domesticated in Mexico and brought to Europe in the early 6th century. Since then, turkeys have been widely raised because their meat and eggs are of good quality. Some Mongolian turkeys in the United States have bronze color, Narragansai characteristic, white Dutch color and bourbon red. There are so many foods to choose from today that Thanksgiving dinner can include almost any main course. Yes, traditional turkey is still the meat of choice, but geese, ducks, ham and even some seafood can also be used. Sweet potatoes, peas, rice, vegetables and even more exotic vegetables are their staple foods.

4. Little knowledge of English.

I do not know what you mean; Say something casually. The general structure of English names is: Christian name+self name+surname.

Like William Jafferson Clinton. But on many occasions, middle names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames rather than formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton.

The above Christian names and middle names are also called human names. Personal names, nicknames and surnames of English speakers are as follows: 1. Personal names are generally given by priests, parents and relatives when babies are baptized, and are called Christian names.

In the future, I can take a second name after my Christian name. The sources of English names are as follows: 1. Take the names in the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities or literary masterpieces as Christian names.

2. Take the names of ancestral places, mountains and rivers, birds and animals, fish and insects, flowers and trees as Christian names. 3. Different variants of Christian names.

Step 4 use nicknames. 5. Use word formation to create new Christian names, such as reverse order and merger.

6. Take the mother's maiden name Haifa as the middle name. The common names of men in English-speaking countries are: James, John, David, Daniel and Michael, while the common names of women are: Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah and Catherine. Two. Nicknames include nicknames, abbreviations and nicknames. Relatives and friends in English-speaking countries often express kindness and come from Christian names.

There are usually the following situations: 1. Keep the first syllable. Such as Donald = >; Don, Timothy => If the real name of Timothy starts with a vowel, nicknames starting with' n' can be derived, such as Edward = & gtNed.2. +ie or -y, such as: Don => Downey, Tim = & gtTimmy.3. Use the last syllable, such as Anthony => Tony. Bourbon = & gtBen.4 Two nicknames are derived from a Christian name, such as Andrew => Andy & drew. 5. Irregular derivation, such as: William's nickname is Bill III. Last name The British have only a first name and no last name for a long time.

It was not until the16th century that the use of surnames became widely popular. The etymology of English surnames mainly includes: 1. Borrow Christian names directly, such as Clinton 2. Christian names with affixes indicate kinship, such as suffixes -s, -son,-ing; Prefixes M'-, Mc-, Mac-, Fitz-, etc. Both mean the son or descendant of so-and-so

3. Attach an identity affix before the Christian name, such as St.-, De-, Du=, La-, Le-.4. Display names, topography or environmental features, such as streams, hills, etc. 5. Show identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith. 6. Show personal characteristics, such as Blake and Longfellow. 7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as bird and rice. 8. Merge two surnames, such as Edward Burne-Jones. Although English surnames appear later than Christian names, they are much more numerous.

Commonly used are: Smith, Miller, Johnson, Brown, Jones and Williams. Four. A few notes 1. Early Christian names originated from the Bible, and were not usually borrowed as surnames in Greek and Roman mythology. 2. British people are used to abbreviating all Christian names and middle names, such as M.H. Thatcher; Americans are used to abbreviating only middle names, such as Ronald W. Reagan.

3. Sometimes there are interpersonal titles before the name, such as job grade. Doctor, professor, dean. Can be used before last name or first name; And Sir is only used before the Christian name or name.

5. How to learn English?

Since you started from scratch, you are really brave. However, if you stick to your idea, the result will be the same as you think.

Learn English.

First of all, you need a week to master the phonetic symbols completely, which will be of great help to your future reading and writing, and it is especially easy to remember words when you learn the phonetic symbols well. This helps you to accumulate words.

Then, you should learn grammar well. Grammar is the foundation of English, because it is it that turns sentences into chapters. In fact, it is not difficult for you to buy a grammar book to read.

Next, listening is very important. Listen to English texts more often. You can download new concept English, which is a form of dialogue, from difficult to easy, listen more and read more. You can also watch some movies. English speech videos can cultivate your sense of language.

More importantly, you must talk. You can talk to your friends. You can also talk to yourself, then record it and listen to your pronunciation. In this way, you will find some problems.

Finally, it is your persistence, not afraid of difficulties, and keep learning.

6. The simplest and most effective way to learn English

Stick to speaking, listening, reading and writing, and your English will be great.

First, talk more. Create more opportunities for yourself to speak English with English teachers. When you meet classmates, especially with good friends, try to greet and talk about your feelings in English ... then you need to carry a small English-Chinese translation dictionary with you. When you meet new words, you don't have to remember them deliberately. If you use it a lot, the word will be remembered naturally.

Never take learning English as a burden, and always take it as an interesting thing to do. Maybe if you have a chance to meet a foreigner, you should boldly go up and say hello to him and talk about the weather, scenery and school ... just don't ask him personal questions such as his age and marriage history.

Try to talk to him with some words and sentences you have learned. Soon you will find it much easier to talk with foreigners than to speak English with China people.

Because he uses many simple words when he talks to you, and he doesn't pay much attention to expression. As long as the pronunciation is accurate, we will be able to communicate smoothly. You just have to be confident and dare to express your ideas.

It doesn't matter if you don't have the right partner. You can take a book or something as the object of imagination and talk about what you have seen and heard in a day, your happiness, your sadness and so on. If you insist on doing this, your spoken English will certainly be greatly improved. Second, "listen" to find all the opportunities to listen to English.

When others talk in English, you should boldly participate and listen to the pronunciation of all kinds of people, regardless of gender, age, fast-paced and slow-paced. If such opportunities are rare, you can choose articles you don't know, which will be of great help to yourself. Listening to the tapes of the learned texts will be of great help to your language intonation learning. Third, read more books.

"Reading" can be divided into two types. One is "silent reading".

Practicing for a certain time every day will be of great benefit to you to improve your reading speed. What you read can be your textbook, but it's better to have some interesting little books, because the English college entrance examination now pays more and more attention to reading quantity and reading speed. The score of each question has a great relationship with your comprehension ability, so after three years of reading training in high school, you will definitely win the college entrance examination.

The other is "reading aloud", which is an indispensable way to learn a language. Fourth, "write" more. Some students always complain that time is tight and there is no time to write compositions.

In fact, there are many forms of "writing", and it is not necessary to improve writing ability just by writing. For example, write down some important things that happened in your day, or learn a phrase that day. You can create a context and use the word appropriately.

This will help you remember the usage of this word and exercise your writing ability. You don't need to spend a lot of time learning English. Walking 10 minutes can practice oral English. You can read English novels for a while after dinner and listen to English for a few minutes before going to bed, so you can have a better rest ... As long as you spend some time practicing English every day, your English score will definitely improve quickly. Method 2: People often ask: What is the secret of learning English? To tell the truth, if you want to master a language, there is really no shortcut without the necessary language environment.

To sum up, there are only four words: hard work. I'm definitely not just saying nice things.

According to my experience in learning English in recent years, only after a long time can we achieve a qualitative leap through quantitative change. I remember there was a time when I felt that my English progress was too slow after my efforts, so I deliberately relaxed for a few days.

Who knows that when I started studying again, I obviously felt that I had regressed a lot. From then on, I made a motto for myself: "Never leave your fist, never leave your mouth" and persevere.

Interest is very important for learning English well. As Einstein said, "Interest is the best teacher".

My interest in learning English greatly stimulated my thirst for knowledge. Some people say that a high level of English is the capital for finding an ideal job or even going abroad in the future.

This is of course good, but besides, I think English is a window that shows us a vast world and a novel scene. When I can communicate with foreign friends in English, learn about foreign society, history, science and culture, and get first-hand information, I really understand the benefits of mastering a language.

To learn English well, a set of scientific learning methods is essential. Due to different personal circumstances, mechanical application is not feasible.

But I believe that everyone can create a set of distinctive and effective learning methods as long as they carefully experience and gradually explore. Here, I want to share with you some of my experiences in learning English for your reference.

Although I had a good English foundation in middle school, I still deeply felt my own gap when I first entered the university. To have certain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, you must first master 5000 to 8000 words.

As a high school graduate, my vocabulary was really poor. So, I decided to expand my vocabulary quickly as the main breakthrough.

Some students like to recite manuals with large vocabulary, which I find boring and not conducive to flexible use. So I focus on reading, vocabulary and reading go hand in hand, get twice the result with half the effort.

In order to expand my vocabulary quickly, I chose some reading materials that were difficult for us at that time from the beginning. There are generally twenty or thirty new words in thousands of words.

These articles cover a wide range, including vocabulary in many fields. I usually adopt the "two-reading method", that is, the first time focuses on training reading ability, and the second time focuses on expanding vocabulary and cultivating language sense.

When I started reading training, I referred to the book Active Readers. First, improve reading speed.

Concentrate on reading an article of moderate length, write down the starting and ending time, and calculate the reading amount per unit time. It has become my habit to force myself to read quickly.

In the first reading process, I focused on training speed, mastering the general idea and basic structure of the article, and finding out problems so as to solve them in further reading. There are two key points in the second reading: first, expand vocabulary.

The specific way is: read the article again.

7. Basic knowledge of English

Words! ! At any time ... no matter how you sprint, words are the most important! The following is the basic knowledge of grammar and the test site-algebraic noun numerals 1. When using more than two personal pronouns, the order is as follows: the second person refers to the third person, the first person, and 2 every one, and it cannot follow the phrase of every one, and it can be a compound noun composed of' noun/gerund+preposition (phrase)/adjective/adverb/verb infinitive'. Its plural form is to turn a noun or gerund as the main part into plural, and the plural form of a compound noun directly derived from a phrase or ending with a countable noun is to turn the last word-formation part into plural, and the plural form of a compound noun consisting of' man or woman+ noun is to turn both components into plural, while the compound noun ending with an uncountable noun has no plural form. For example, homework 4 material nouns are generally uncountable, however, they are used to express' various' When there are modifiers before and after an abstract noun to express the abstract concept of' a certain category' or' a certain aspect', an /an 6 noun possessive case can be added in front of it. Important point: where s must be used, the possessive case of 1) is used to express time, weight and measurement. 2) After the noun of value, add' S 3' as a whole to the last word and' S 4' to the second noun. Nouns after possessive case refer to familiar architectural time such as shops, homes, churches and hospitals. This noun is often omitted. 5) add s 6) after the last word, when there is an appositive after the modified noun. If you want to use of children's shoes, you must use of 1) when nouns are followed by post-modifiers or appositives, and 2) when definite articles are used to add words or adjectives to represent a class of people, if there are cardinal words to indicate the exact number before/score/hundered/past/million, you can't use the plural form. If you use it to indicate that there are many inaccurate numbers, you must use the plural number and then add 8 to indicate two sorting methods: 1)' noun+cardinal word' without articles. For example, Chapter 4 2) "the+ordinal number+noun" For example, Chapter 4 9 "means plural 1) plural+adjective/adverb comparative +than 2) plural +as+ adjective/adverb +as 3) plural+noun 4) verb+percentage or multiple 5) verb +to+ numeral 6). Double/triple/quadruple+noun 7) Verb +by+ numeral/percentage/multiple 10 Fractional numerator is cardinal number, denominator is ordinal denominator, except that the numerator is one, it is all plural 1 1%, and then the noun is followed by the of two adjectives and adverbs. The order of the pre-modifiers can be as follows: article, demonstrative adjective, possessive adjective, indefinite adjective (a an this your his any some)- basic word (one) first)- adjective (good useful) indicates the nature, state and quality. Shape adjectives-age, novelty and temperature adjectives-color adjectives-nationality and origin adjectives. Word segmentation 2) Adjectives are prefixed with a- 3) Adjectives must be postpositioned when modifying a compound indefinite pronouns composed of some-, any-, every-, no-, -body, -one, -thing, etc. 4) When it is used as an adjective to modify a noun, it can be placed before or after it, but when it is used as an adverb to modify an adjective or adverb, it must be placed after it. 5) Some adjectives have' in themselves.

Older than.

Superior means that these adjectives are followed by the preposition to instead of than 6)more too as an adverb phrase to modify adjectives or adverbs, but not nouns. 7)more cannot be used to modify comparative degrees. 8)more a is used with nouns.

/Just like one./More.

It means more like. . 9) As many as A. 。

One less means it doesn't count10) none other = not other+01) When any/SONE/Every is used with other, if it is followed by a countable noun, it is usually the singular three-state verb 1)can used in the negative sentence cannot(help), but it means no, Only (but the infinitive without to) 2) must mean no, the negative form of "don't be sure" is must not, and the negative form of "no" is "can't 3") Need to do = need to do. This sentence pattern means passive. Need been do this means that there was no need to do something (take a regular exam). 4 Contrary to past facts, had+ past participle should (first person) should (others) +have+ past participle is contrary to present facts, and the general past tense (verb be used was) should/should/would/ It is time.

The predicate verb uses the past tense to indicate that something should have been done long ago, or should be done in the future, but it is a little late now. 3) In the clauses after the first time (the second time/the third time), the predicate verb should use adults to express the experience. 4) 4) The imaginary point of if/through is 1) The assumption of the facts at that time. Be verbs always use was 2) assumptions about past facts, clause predicates use past perfect forms 3) assumptions about future facts, and clause predicates use would+ verb prototypes.