Unit2ExploringEnglish你想知道美式英语的发展史吗？让我们通过下面的文章来了解一下吧！ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageinAmericacanbedividedintothreeperiods.Thefirstperiodisfrom1607totheendofcolonial(殖民地的)times.InthisperiodthepopulationinAmericawasaboutfourmillion，90percentofwhomcamefromBritain.Thesecondperiodcoverstheexpansion(扩张)oftheoriginalthirteencolonies.ThismaybesaidtoclosewiththeCivilWar,about1860.Thisperiodwasmarkedbythearrivalofthenewimmigrants(移民)fromIrelandandGermany.Thethirdperiod,sincetheCivilWar,ismarkedbyanimportantchangeinthesourcefromwhichtheEuropeanimmigrantscame.TheycamefromnorthernandsouthernEuropeinlargenumbers.AmericanEnglishbeganinthe17thcentury.Atthebeginningofthe17thcenturytheEnglishlanguagewasbroughttoNorthAmericabycolonistsfromEngland.TheyusedthelanguagespokeninEngland,thatis,ElizabethanEnglish.AtfirstthelanguagestayedthesameasthelanguageusedinBritain，butslowlythelanguagebegantochange.Sometimes，theEnglishspokeninAmericachangedbutsometimesthelanguagespokenintheplacestayedthesame，whilethelanguageinEnglandchanged.SectionⅠStartingout&Understandingideas重点单词基础词汇1.sculpturen.雕像，雕刻品，雕塑作品2.opposingadj.(观点、意见等)相反的，相对立的3.harmlessadj.无害的，不致伤的4.uniqueadj.独一无二的，独特的5.alarmn.警报器；闹钟拓展词汇6.behaviorn．行为，举止→behavev．表现，举止7.confusingadj.令人困惑的→confusev．使困惑→confusedadj.感到困惑的→confusionn．困惑，疑惑8.reflectv．显示，反映→reflectionn．反映，思考，反射9.creativityn．创造性，创造力→creativeadj.有创造性的，有创造力的→creationn．创造力，创造10.visibleadj.看得见的，可见的→invisibleadj.看不见的重点短语1.the__number__of……的数量2.around__the__world全世界3.for__example例如4.speak__of说起；说到5.burn__up烧毁，烧尽6.fill__in/out填充；填写7.wind__up摇动(把手等)；使(活动、会议等)结束重点句型1.havetroubledoingsth.做某事费力：Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhave__trouble__learning__English(在学习英语方面有困难)？2.neither引导倒装句：Thismademerealizethatthere’snoeggineggplanteither.Neither__is__there__pine__nor__apple__in__pineapple(菠萝里面也没有松树和苹果).3.That/Thisiswhy...这/那是……的原因(why引导表语从句)：That__is__why(这就是……的原因)whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Readthetextandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.Part1(Para.1)A．Givesomeexamplestodiscussthetopic.Part2(Paras.2－6)B．Concludethetopicofthepassage.Part3(Paras.7－8)C．Leadtothetopicofthepassage.答案：Part1：C；Part2：A；Part3：BReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．Thewordsphotoandhomesickwerementioned________.A．toshowhowcrazyitistolearnEnglishB．totellusthedifferencesbetweentheirusagesC．toanalyzetheformationofthewordsD．tosharehowtolearnacrazylanguage2．Howdoestheauthordevelopthepassage?A．Byprovidingexamples.B．Bymakingcomparisons.C．Byfollowingthewayofspelling.D．Byfollowingtheorderofimportance.3．Whydoestheauthorsay“Englishwasinventedbypeople”？A．BecausetheEnglishwordsshoweverythingaroundus.B．Becausethelanguagehelpsuscommunicatewithothers.C．Becausethelanguageproveshowcreativehumanbeingis.D．BecausetheEnglishwordsareuniqueintheworld.4．Theauthor’spurposetowritethepassageis________．A．tosharethedifficultyinlearningdifferentEnglishwordswellB．toshowhowinterestingandcreativethelanguageofEnglishisC．toinstructhowtospelldifficultEnglish...
