Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldFindtheEnglish-speakingcountriesCountriesspeakEnglishastheirmothertongueBritain(UK)America(USA)CanadaAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricaDoyouknowthedifferencebetweenB.EandA.E?What?Doyoumeanthisautumn?Doyouhaveanyplanthisfall?MatchthewordswiththesamemeaningcenterflatcolorliftgrayhonorgreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolourAM.EBR.EThemeaningofthetitleTheroadofmodernEnglishTheroadModernEnglishThedevelopmentofEnglishTheRoadtoModernEnglish=>ThehistoryofEnglish’sDevelopmentScanthetextandgetthemainideaofthetext.Para1Para2Para3para4BriefintroductionofthechangeinEnglishAnexampleofdifferentkindsofEnglishThedevelopmentofEnglishEnglishspokeninsomeothercountriesReadthetextcarefullyanddecidewhetherthefollowingsentencestrueorfalse.1)Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.()2)EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.()3)Languagesfrequentlychange.()4)Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.()5)EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.()6)ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.()FTFFTTFinishthefollowingtimetableAD450—1150AD800—1150Inthe1600sIn1620TheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.Itwasbasedmoreon________thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.Becausethepeoplewho_____EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,Englishbecame_____likeGerman.________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.SomeBritishsettlersmovedto________GermanruledlessShakespeareAmericaInthe18thecentury1765—1947Bythe19thecenturyNowSomeBritishpeopleweretakento_______.EnglishwasspokeninIndiaaswellasinAfricaandAsia.Itbecamethelanguagefor_________andeducationinIndia.TheEnglishlanguagewassettled.Twobigchanges:SamuelJohnsonwrotehis__________NoahWebsterwrote__________________andgaveaseparateidentityto_________Englishspelling.Englishisspokenin_____,______,______,______,_______andsoon.AustraliagovernmentdictionaryTheAmericandictionaryofEnglishlanguageAmericanIndiaSingaporeMalaysiaSouthAfricaChinaFindtherightanswertoeachquestions1.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.PeoplefromEnglandstartedtomovetootherpartsoftheworldbeforethe16thcenturyB.EnglishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountriesafterpeoplefromEnglandmovedtothosecountriesC.EnglishmayhavethelargestnumberofspeakersD.PeopleallovertheworldspeakthesamekindofEnglish2.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachother_________.A.becausetheyallspeakstandardEnglishB.eventhoughtheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglishC.becausetheycomefromthesameplaceD.becausetheydon’tspeaktheirdialects3.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainDiscussionDiscussthequestionsingroupoffour:WhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?Homework1.RereadthepassageandlistthereasonswhyEnglishisspokeninmanycountries.2.Findthedifficultwordsandexpressionsinthetext.
