新人教高中英语必修一 Unit 2 Reading

2.Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change
British. E & American.E
trousers trous films ers crisps fizzy drink lift pavement pants movies chips soda elevator sidewalk
English has some differences in different countries. vocabulary（词汇）, pronunciation（发音） spelling
English changes over time
AmE
India Other countries China
Based on German
More Shakelike speare’s French time
Australian English
Let’s play a game.
you have the chance to smash (砸)the golden eggs and get a prize.
Important words
official voyage native present gradually vocabulary
官方的 航行,航海 本国的, 本地的 现在的、出席的 逐渐地 词汇、词汇量 身份
identity
Translate the sentences
1.莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。
2.Actually, it was based more on German than present day English.
实际上，那时的英语更像是德语而不像现今的英语。
Choose the best answer 1. What’s the text mainly about? history/ development the _________________ of English
different in different English is
countries and different time.
The Road to Modern English
?
The development __________of Modern English
How modern English came into being.
Para1. Today, more people speak English as
their first , second or foreign language than ever before.
the English speakers Later in the By 16th century next century only in conquer（征服） in other England ________ countries Today more than ever before
English around the world
Unit2
变 形 金 刚
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English Around the World
the United Kingdom
Canada the USA
Ireland Australia New Zealand
South Africa
Two main groups of English
(Skimming): Find out topic sentences (主题句) of each paragraph. Para. 1: The developmentof the English _________
language in the world.
understand Para. 2: Native speakers can __________ each cultures Para. 3-4: All languages change when _______ foreign Para. 5: English is spoken as a _______ communicate meet and ____________ with one another.
Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
Eg. 我们应该很好地利用每一分钟。
______________________________________ We should make good use of every minute.
Para 4
English was settled.
Two important persons
Samuel Johnson
British English
Noah Webster
American English
Two important persons
Samuel Johnson
Born: September 18, 1709
1. Read the passage carefully and make marks where you have any questions. 2. Finish the exercise on Page 11.
China
Summary English is a language spoken all over the world. ______ but at first the English spoken in England between about AD450 and 1150 was different very________from the English spoken today. it based was _____more on German than ____the English we speak now, later English became less like ___ German because new settlers enriched ________the English language and its vocabulary. So by the make use of 1600s Shakespeare was able to ___________a wider vocabulary than ever before. finally by the 19th century the language was ______ because settled dictionaries were written.
Para2.
Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
eg: flat in Britain apartment in America
All languages change when cultures Para 3 communicate with one another.
AD450-1150
800-1150
In the 1600’s
1620
later…
less like Shakespeare’s German German; American Australian English English English more like French
Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time clue.
Today the number of people learning English/Chinese is increasing rapidly for various reasons. First, it is because …. Secondly, …Thirdly …
“ Only time will
Para 5. English is spoken as a foreign or second language in south Asia/ Africa and Asia.
as a second language: India(1765-1947), Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa as a foreign language:
1
2
3
4
5
True or False
1. Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was less like German, and more like French. F 2. It is The American Dictionary of the English Language that gives American T English spelling its own identity. 3. English is spoken as the first language in Singapore and Malaysia. F
other even if they don’t speak same the_____ kind of English.
second language or ________ language in Africa Asia _______ and ______.
How did English develop into modern English ? Why has English changed over time? What will English be like in the future?
dictionary He wrote a _________ which
has great influence on English language.
Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American The American dictionary_________________ Dictionary of the English __________________________ Language ___________. It gave a separate identity to American _______ spelling English _________.
2. The text is developed mainly by _____? A. place B.百度文库time C. people
Discussion
1.Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? 2.Why do you think people in the world now want to learn Chinese?
flow chart
The Road To Modern English English speakers English is not English spreads increasing all the same in Asia and Africa
The end of 16th C The Today next century