shy away from 回避，躲避

authoritarian 专制的

obligation 义务，职责

progressive tenses 进行时态

suffix 后缀，词尾

advertising 广告业

stative verb 静态动词

pronoun 代词

noun 名词

adjective 形容词

测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. Why are teenagers helping to change language?

2.  Why might an English-speaking person think a non-native speaker of English sounds old-fashioned?  

3.  Why is the word 'might' often used to replace the word 'must'?  

4.  What has been interfering with the way grammar is used?

5.  Which word is likely to change faster: 'likable' or 'they'? 

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。

1. 'I'm living in Beijing.' This is an example of _________.

a stative verb       a progressive tense        an adjective      old-fashioned English       

2. 'Ourselves' is a _________.

adjective                       noun                   new word                        pronoun

3. These cars are mass produced. They are supposed to be _________.

similar                          identical                  equal                       same

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