HOW MARX LEARNED

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Lesson 82
HOW MARX LEARNED FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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1. f______(to make somebody do something) 2.
h_________ (ones native county) 3. p_______
(a person who works on the land) 4.
t________ (to change one language into
anther) 5. u_____ (to join together
into one) 6. e________ (to give
courage(??)or help to somebody) 7. r_____
(quick or fast)
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Karl Marx
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Which foreign languages did Marx study?
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Marx studied ______ _______ and _____ in his
life.
French
English
Russian
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TRUE OR FALSE
1.Marxs native language is Germany.
F
T
2.As a young man he was forced to leave his
homeland.
F
F
3.When he got to England ,he found his English
was good enough.
4.Mars was not sure about two things -- the
spelling and some of the idioms.
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TRUE OR FALSE
F
5.The civil War in France was written in French.
T
F
6.When Marx was over 50,he began to learn
Russian.
F
F
7.In 6 months Marx learned enough to read
articles and reports in Russian.
T
T
8.When we are learning a foreign language,we
should translate everything into our language.
F
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Questions
1.In what country was Karl Marx born?
2.What was Marxs native language?
3.Where did he stay before he went to France?Why
did he leave Germany?
4.Where did he stay before he went to London?Why
did he go to London?
5.Did he find his English good enough when he
got to England?
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Questions
6.What did Engels do when he found Marx had made
rapid progress in English?
7.What was Marxs answer in his letter to Engels?
8.What did he do with his English later on?
9.When did Marx start learning Russian? Why?
10.What advice did Marx give on how to learn a
foreign language?
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Retell the story
Marx born Germany young forced political
reasons French and English rapid progress in
1853 a book over 50 Russian give us some
advice
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Germany
Karl Marx was born in _______. When he was young,
he________ to leave his homeland for _______
reasons.He had to ____ from one country to
another. At last he came to England and____
London, the base for his revolutionary work.
Was forced
political
move
made
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Marx _____ _____ some English before he came to
London, but he ____ his English was limited.
He _____ working hard to improve it. He made ____
rapid progress ___ before long he could write
articles in English. Engels wrote him a letter
had
learnt
found
started
such
that
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to ____ him for it. Engels letter had greatly
__________ him, and from then on,Marx ______even
harder at his English. He mastered English
____ well _____ he could write one of his great
works,The civil war in France in English. When
Marx was in his
praise
Encouraged
worked
so
that
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began
Fifties, he _____ to learn Russian, because he
thought it was important to study the situation
in Russia. At the ____ of six months, he
had learned _____ to read articles and reports in
Russian.Marx set us a good example in learning
foreign languages.
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enough
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Homework
1.Do Ex.3 on page 80.
2.Retell the story about Karl Marx.