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1.AreyougoodatEnglish?2.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish,pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?ReadthearticleaboutEnglishanditshistoryonPage22,andanswerthequestionsinPartA.•1.Whatisthearticleabout?•2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?•3.InwhatwayisEnglishstillchanging?Readandanswerthequestions.(PartA)Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Englishisstillchanginginmanyways,suchasinvocabularyandpronunciation.ReadingStrategy•Howtoreadahistoryarticle:a.notice______and_______b.makeatimechart&listimportantinformationdatesyearsListening•Payattentiontothewordsaboutthetime(dates,years).Ifyoucatchsome,pleaseunderlinethemandfindoutwhathadhappened.Fillintheblankswiththefollowingdatesfromthepassage.(PartC1)1.5thcentury2.16thcentury3.14thcentury4.9thcentury5.10666.10thcenturyReadagainandanswerthequestions(partC2).1.WhydoestheEnglishlanguagehavesomanyrulesthatconfusedpeople?BecauseitismadeupofthegrammarandvocabularythatpeoplefromdifferentcountriesandculturesbroughtwiththemtoBritain.2.WheredidthewordEnglishcomefrom?ItcamefromthewordEngle,asitwasspeltinOldEnglish.3.WhycanwordswithsimilarmeaningsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?Thesewordswithsimilarmeaningsdevelopedbecauseeachwordcamefromadifferentlanguage.4.WhomadethegreatestcontributiontothedevelopmentfromOldEnglishtoMiddleEnglish?TheFrench-speakingNormans,whotookcontrolofEnglandin1066.5.WhyaremanyofthewordsforanimalsdifferentfromthoseformeatinEnglish?ThewordsfortheanimalscamefromOldEnglish,whilethewordsforthemeatcamefromOldFrench.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.1.TheeffectoftheAnglesandSaxonsonEnglishisabout______yearsearlierthanthatoftheNormans.A.600B.450C.300D.2502.Fromthetext,wecanlearnthat______.A.thepluralformsofmanandchildwereborrowedfromFrenchB.theAnglesandSaxonsmadethegreatestcontributioninthehistoryofEnglishC.OldEnglishwasmadeupofCelticandthelanguagesoftheAnglesandtheSaxonsD.Englishhasmanywordsandphraseswithsimilarmeaningswhichcamefromdifferentlanguages1.ReviewthearticleandfinishPartEonP252.Prepareforthelanguageitems.