1 . September usually marks the start of a new season—but what you call that season depends on where you are and whom you ask.
In the UK, people will tell you it’s “autumn”. However, cross the Atlantic and you'll find that people use both “fall” and “autumn” interchangeably (可互换地) when talking about this time of year. In the English language, the season has two widely accepted names. However, many people don’t understand why there are two words. Why does it have to be bewildering?
According to Dictionary. com, “fall” isn’t a modern nickname that followed the more traditional “autumn”. The two terms were actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each other.
Before either word appeared in the word list of English, the seasons separating the cold and warm months didn’t have common names. The main thing people did during the pre-winter period was collect crops, so it was called “harvest” in Old English.
Then, in the 1600s, more and more people left their farmland and moved into cities. Without farming, the term “harvest” became less useful to city dwellers (居民). Some English speakers needed another name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during that season, so people called the season “the fall of the leaf”, or “fall” for short. But at the end of the 1600s, “autumn”, from the French word “autompne” and the Latin “autumnus”, was introduced into England and overtook “fall” as the standard term for the harvesting season.
At the same time, British settlers were making their first long journey to North America. They brought the words “fall” and “autumn” with them. Today, using both words to describe the season is a uniquely American behavior.
1. What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Confusing. | B．Interesting. | C．Shocking. | D．Inspiring. |
| A．To better describe crops. |
| B．To replace the term “harvest”. |
| C．To mark the move into cities. |
| D．To celebrate the harvesting season. |
| A．It is a French word. | B．It is preferred by farmers. |
| C．It means harvesting crops. | D．It appears later than “fall”. |
| A．Harvest and Weather | B．Fall and Autumn |
| C．The Season of September | D．The Origin of Autumn |
(1) 写信目的；(2) 提出建议并说明理由；(3) 表达美好希望。
注意：adapt to 适应 (1) 词数 80 左右； (2) 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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