Unit 2 English around the worldPeriod One Warming Up & Reading (Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1．Where did most of the English speakers live at the end of the 16th century?A．America. B．England.C．South Asia. D．South Africa.2．When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?A．In the 17th century.B．At the end of the 16th century.C．Between about AD 450 and 1150.D．In the 19th century.3．According to the text，which of the following statements 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.4．From Paragraph 3，we can learn that from AD 450 to 1150，English sounded more like _______.A．German B．ChineseC．French D．Russian5．Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers?A．Because Indians like learning English very much.B．Because India has the largest number of English learners.C．Because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.D．Because India has a close relationship with Britain.Ⅱ.课文缩写As you know，English has changed over time.Why？1.________ all languages change and develop when cultures meet and 2.____________ with each other.At first ， English was 3.________ more on German than the English we speak 14.____________.Then 5.________ new settlers came and enriched the English language and especially its 6.________.So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to 7.________________ a wider vocabulary than ever before.In 1620 some British settlers moved to America.Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too.English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.At that time two big changes in English 8.________ happened ： first Sa...
