《教程》的第二章是由  北京林业大学外语学院院长、教授 史宝辉 先生编写的。

 1.either... or...可以用来指两者以上的选择吗？ 两者择一。

    请看27页声带图下面的一段文字：

    For most phonetic purposes, however, it is sufficient to say that the vocal folds are either (a)apart, (b)close together, or (c)totally closed.

在这句话中，either...or...用来指三者之间的选择，可以吗？

2. 紧接着下面第三句带小黑点的那句话：

   When they are totally closed, no air can pass between them.  The result of this gesture is the glottal stop[?]

    在这句话中用了“gesture”这个词。可是根据牛津高阶词典第四版的解释，gesture指(1)expressive movement of a part of the body, esp. the hand or head, (2)action showing one's (usu. friendly) intentions or attitude,(3)make expressive movements,(4)convey something by making gesture

很显然，根据

《教程》的第一章是由  南京国际关系学院英语系主任、教授 李战子 先生编写的。

1.第六页第二段第六行原文如下：

    The lowest level consists of dozens of bits of meaningless sounds which occur in chumps that we call syllables.  A syllable is the smallest unit that is normally spoken by itself.  Scores of syllables become the carriers of hundreds of meaningful segments of words that are called morphemes,...

  音节并不一定总是以成串儿的音出现的，例如 [ai] (“眼睛”eye 和“我”I)是由一个元音构成的音节.

2.第六页

   1.3.3 creativity 原文

   By creativity we mean language is resourceful because of its duality and its recursiveness.

有考研题让论述：语言的创造性是因为语言具有双重性和任意性。

   语言的循环性和任意性搭边儿吗？如果不是，那应该说是语言的创造性来源于