Unit2Unit2Inaninternationaltalk/meetinginschoolsOntheair(onTV,ontheradio…)U.K.U.S.A.CanadaAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricaEnglish-speakingcountriesAnofficiallanguageAnofficiallanguageDoyouwanttocometomyapartment?Ok,Iwillcometoyourflatthisafternoon!BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyvocabularyspellingspellingpronunciationpronunciationautumnfallautumnfallflatapartmentflatapartmentcolourcolorcolourcolorcentrecentercentrecentertravellertravelertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[ddance[da:ns]dance[dæns]æns]not[not]not[na:t]not[not]not[na:t]petrolflatcolorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderasergasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.TheRoadToModernEnglishQ:Whatisthewritingstyle(文体)ofthepassage?A.narration(记叙文)B.exposition(说明文)C.argumentation(议论文)Tip:Inanexposition,wecanusuallygetthemainideaofpassagefromparagraph1.attheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodayEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesMainidea:Thepassageisaboutthe______________oftheEnglishlanguage.Themainideaofeachparagraph:para2:NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.para3:Englishhaschangedgraduallyovertime.para4:TwobigchangeshappenedinEnglishspelling.para5:EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinAsiaandAfrica.Tip:Wecanfindthekeysentenceatthebeginningofeachparagraph(sometimesattheend),andthekeysentenceisthemainideaofeachparagraph.TheRoadToModernEnglishMainidea:Thepassageisaboutthe______________oftheEnglishlanguage.developmentNativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.para2:Englishhaschangedgraduallyovertime.para3:TwobigchangeshappenedinEnglishspelling.para4:EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinAsiaandAfrica.para5:WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?①②③④⑤timeFactsaboutAD450-1150aboutAD800-1150bythe1600’sin1620inthe18thcenturywasbasedmoreonGermanlesslikeGermanenricheditsvocabularymakeuseofawiderVocabularyAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishHowisPara4developed?Intheorderof______timeculturalcommunicationTwobigchangesinEnglishSpellingSamuelJohnsonwroteadictionaryNoahwebstergaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglishspellingWordscouldbespeltindifferentwaysEnglishspellingwassettledInwhichcountriesareEnglishusedasaforeignlanguage?India,SouthAfrica,Singapore,MalaysiaandChina.Thinking:WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes?“Onlytimewilltell”.para2:NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.para3:Englishhaschangedgraduallyovertime.para4:TwobigchangeshappenedinEnglishspelling.para5:EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinAsiaandAfrica.Mainidea:Thepassageisaboutthe______________oftheEnglishlanguage.developmentTheRoadToModernEnglishTheDevelopmentOfTheEnglishLanguage____________the16thcentury,EnglishwasonlyspokenbypeoplefromEngland.Later,________theBritishconquest(征服)startingfromthe17thcentury,morepeoplespeakEnglish_____________.Englishhaschangedg_______overthelastfourcenturies.But______Englishspeakerscanunderstandeachother_______theydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.OldEnglishwasmore_______German,whileEnglishspokenatp______soundsmorelikeFrenchbecauseEnglandwasonceruledbytheFrench.ThenewsettlersenrichedtheEnglish__________.Therefore,peoplecan__________awidervocabulary.Twopeoplemadegreatcontributions(贡献)toEnglish_______.OnewasSamuelJohnsonandtheotheronewasNoahWebsterwhogaveaseparate_______toAmericanEnglishspelling.Today,Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries._______Singapore,MalaysiaandSouthAfrica.InChina,______________peoplecanspeakEnglishf______.And____________people______EnglishinChinaisincreasing______.AttheendofBecauseofthaneverbeforeraduallyNativeevenifbasedonresentvocabularymakeuseofspellingidentitysuchasAlargenumberofluentlyThenumberoflearningrapidlysuchasmakeuseofbecauseofcomeupatpresent“Willyou_________tomyflat?”askedthespidertothefly.“___________it’ssopleasanttolookdownfromsohigh.___________theclearskyit’spossibletoseeBuildings_________theatresandhotelsbythesea.Sowon’tyouplease_____________thischancetolook?”Theflyagreedimmediatelywithoutasecondthought.Butassoonasshewentupwithastepsolightthatday,Thespidercaughtandateherandshewasneverseenagain.comeupAtpresentBecauseofsuchasmakeuseofItisnoteasyforaChinesepersontospeakEnglishas_______asa______Englishspeaker.OnereasonisthatEnglishhasalarge__________.ItalsohasdifferentusageindifferentEnglishspeakingcountries.Ifyouuse“flat”insteadof“__________”,peopleinAmericawillknowyouhavelearnedBritishEnglish.Ifyouusetheword“________”insteadof“lift”inBritain,peoplewillknowyouhavestudiedAmericanEnglish.fluentlynativevocabularyapartmentelevator
