book 1-unit 2-reading -

BrE pub a tin of biscuits sweets football match
AmE
bar a can of cookies candy soccer game
Unit 2
Reading
The Road to Modern English
Look at the title of the text and guess what it is about. The Road to Modern English
Post-reading
2. Decide whether the statement are True (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. English had the most speakers in the 17th century. 2. Etlers and rulers came to Britain. 3. Languages frequently change.
Read Para 3 and answer the question. Why does English change over time?
Because of cultural communication. communication
Read Para 4&5 and find out why India takes English as second language. India was ruled by Britain Do you know any other kinds of English
Part 3 All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. Para 4 Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
Para5 English is spoken as a foreign or second language in south Asia/ Africa and Asia.
In the 1600s
The road to modern English
In 1620 Later in the 18th century
17651947
Some British settlers moved to America ________. Some British people were taken to Australia _________.
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.
After that, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.
Great. I like football match very much.
More people speak in more countries
If an American is talking to an Englishman, _______. A. They will have almost no difficulty in understanding B. They will have a lot of misunderstandings between each other C. The American finds it difficult to understand the Englishman D. The English man finds it difficult to follow the American
Brown (former Prime minister of the UK).
Obama (President of the USA).
Shall we go to the pub to celebrate our agreement?
Wow, bar is a nice place.
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama?
What language is the most widely used language in the world? English. Generally speaking, how many kinds of English are there in the world? Tow kinds: British English American English
How to find out the topic sentence :
1.The topic sentence can usually be beginning／end of a found at the ______________ paragraph.
2. If we cannot find a topic sentence, sum up the main we should try to _________ idea.
Development of English The ____________
/ History
Development of English
people
the end of the 16th century
the next century
today
England
Many other countries
Now
Skimming
Find out topic sentences (主题句) of each paragraph. Para1 Today, more people speak English as their first , second or foreign language than ever before. Para2 Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
The differences between British English and American English.
BrE vocabulary spelling
autumn typhoon I think colour centre traveller
When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country Noah Webster spelled, pronounced and used words differently.
English became the language for government and education ________________________.
The road to modern English
By the 19th century
The English language was settled. English spelling Two big changes in ______________ happened: Samuel Johnson wrote his __________ dictionary and Noah Webster wrote ______________________________ The American Dictionary of the __________________ English Language. English is also spoken as a foreign or in South Asia second language _____________, South Africa ______ ____________, China and so on.
The Road to Modern English
England spoke English. Later, At first, only people in ________ people from England ______ moved to other parts, so English began to be spoken in ___________________. many other countries Today, more and more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language. Native English speakers ___________________ can understand ______________each other but not everything. All communicate with languages__________ when cultures _____________ change British English, ________ one another, so there are _________ American English, Australian _________English and so on. They all have their own ________. identity English is also spoken as a second or foreign language in many other countries. Maybe Chinese English will develop _________ its own identity in the future.