Unit2WarmingupandreadingEnglisharoundtheworldDoyouknowAmericanEnglish?DoyouknowBritishEnglish?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenA.EandB.E?KobeBryantisanAmericanbasketballplayer.DavidBeckhamisaformerEnglishfootballer.Let’sreadadialoguebetweenthem.Doyouwanttocometomyflat?Whereisyourapartment?Shallwegotothepubtocelebrateyourbirthday?Wow,thebarisaniceplace.Wow,IwantatinofCokoandsomesweets.Whataboutyou?Well,Iwantacanofmilkteaandsomecandy.Great.Ilikefootballmatch,too.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Ohno,theliftmustbefullofpeopleatthistime.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.It’simportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.FromthesewecanseetherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.1.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen?”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”2.Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundther’sinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SomespeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundther’sinthesewords.3.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingpronunciationwordscolour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metremeteraskdancewheelnotboxpostmailfilmmovieshopstoreIthinkIguessThoughtherearedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spelling,andvocabulary,forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.Fast-readingAnswerthequestions.1.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?2.WhichcountryhasthelargestnumberofEnglishlearnersintheworld?Inthe17thcentury.China.Detailed-readingFillintheformaccordingtothetext.Task1:AD450--1150Englishwasbasedon__________________EnglishwasmorelikeFrench.Attheendofthe16thcenturyHowmanypeoplespeakEnglish?_____________________Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.___________AmericanEnglishgaineditsownidentity.Later__________Englishhaditsidentity.German5-7millionInthe1600’sAustralian18281150~15001.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcenturyAChoosethecorrectanswer.Task2:2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Languagesalwaysstaythesame.B.Languageschangeonlyafterwars.C.Languagesnolongerchange.D.Languageschangewhencultureschange.D3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.RussianC4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaroundthe____.A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’sD5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainBAttheendofthe16thcentury,EnglishwasonlyspokenbypeoplefromEngland.Theywerenativespeakers.Today,thelargestnumberofpeople1._________(speak)EnglishmaybeinChina.AlotofChinesepeoplespeakEnglish2._______theirforeignlanguage.speakingSummary.asTask3:3.______Englishlanguagehaschangedquitealotoverthelastfourcenturies.OldEnglishsoundsmore4.______lesslikeGermanforitwas5.________(base)onGerman,butmodernEnglishsoundsmorelikeFrenchthanGerman6.________EnglandwasonceruledbytheFrench.TheorbasedbecauseTwopeoplehadgreateffectsontheEnglishchanges.OnewasShakespeare,who7._________(large)the8.____________;theotherwasNoahWebster,9.______wroteadictionary10.____________gaveAmericanEnglishitsidentity.enlargedvocabularywhothat/whichAsweallknow,EnglishiswidelyusedinmanyfieldswhileChineseisspokenbythelargestnumberofspeakers.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguageallovertheworldinthenearfuture?Giveyourreasons.1.Retellthepassageaccordingtothekeywords.2.Readthepassagecarefullyandmakemarkswhereyouhaveanyquestions.
