Unit2Unit2EnglishEnglisharoundaroundtheworldtheworldWhat’sthedifferencebetweentheEnglishestheyspeak?AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishDoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?DifferencesDifferences1.Pronunciation:pass/chance2.Spelling:AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishcolorcolourlaborlabourcentercentre……3.Meaning:1.flat=2.lift=3.rubber=4.petrol=5.candy=6.lorry=7.autumn=8.pictures=9.subway=A.gasB.undergroundC.apartmentE.elevatorF.eraserG.movieH.trunkI.sweetsJ.fallMatchthewordsinthesamemeaning:CEFAIHJGBPara4:EnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Para1:Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst/secondorforeignlanguagethanbefore.Para2:Theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Para3:Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.KeySentenceKeySentence1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcenturyExerciseExercise2.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?A.LanguagesalwaysstaythesameB.LanguageschangeonlyafterwarsC.LanguagesnolongerchangeD.Languageschangewhencultureschange3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____?A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround______?A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.Britain(1)Whatistheclueofthepassage?(2)WhydoesIndiahaveaverynumberofEnglishspeakers?(3)WhendidpeoplefromEnglandbegintomovetootherpartsoftheworld?timebecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.inthe17thcenturyTheroadtomodernEnglishTheextensionofEnglish16thcentury17thcenturyTodayUnderstandingexamplesThechangeofEnglishwhyAD450---11501150-15001600changeEnglishtodayThinking:WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes?“Onlytimewilltell”.The16thcenturyThe17thcenturyToday5~7millionstatedmovinginEnglandbecamelargethelargestThecauseBetweenAD450and11501150to1500culturalcommunicationlesslikeGerman;morelikeFrenchbasedonGermanInthe1600’sLaterShakespearebroadenedthevocabulary.AbigchangedinEnglishBritishpeoplebroughtEnglishtoAustralia
