Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldItemsStudyingaimsanddemandsWords名词：elevator,petrol,gas,voyage,apartment,AD,vocabulary,spelling,identity,Singapore,Malaysia,usage,expression,lorry,accent,lightning,block,cab动词：recognize形容词：official,gradual,latter,fluent,frequent,midwestern,African,eastern,southeastern,northwestern副词：actually,gradually,fluently,frequently兼类词：native(adj./n.),base(vt./n.),Danish(n./adj.),command(n./vt.),request(n./vt.),Spanish(adj./n.),straight(adv./adj.)Expressionsbecauseof,comeup,atpresent,makeuseof,suchas,playapart(in)Sentences1.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?2．NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.3．Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.GrammarDirectSpeechandIndirectSpeech():requestsandcommandsⅡ(直接引语和间接引语()Ⅱ：祈使句的直接引语和间接引语)Topics1.Englishlanguageanditsdevelopment(英语语言及其发展)2．DifferentkindsofEnglish(不同种类的英语)Writing如何写好并列句SectionⅠWarmingUp&ReadingOldEnglish(450－1150AD)Theinvading(侵入)Germanictribes(日耳曼民族)spokesimilarlanguages,whichinBritaindevelopedintowhatwenowcallOldEnglish.OldEnglishdidnotsoundorlooklikeEnglishtoday.NativeEnglishspeakersnowwouldhavegreatdifficultyunderstandingOldEnglish.Nevertheless,abouthalfofthemostcommonlyusedwordsinModernEnglishhaveOldEnglishroots.Thewords,strongandwater,forexample,derivefromOldEnglish.MiddleEnglish(1150－1500)In1066WilliamtheConqueror(征服者),invadedandconqueredEngland.Thenewconquerors(calledtheNormans)broughtwiththemakindofFrench,whichbecamethelanguageoftheRoyalCourt.Foraperiodtherewasakindoflinguisticclassdivision(语言阶级划分),wherethelowerclassesspokeEnglishandtheupperclassesspokeFrench.Inthe14thcenturyEnglishbecamedominantinBritainagain,butwithmanyFrenchwordsadded.ThislanguageiscalledMiddleEnglish.ModernEnglishEarlyModernEnglish(1500－1800)TowardstheendofMiddleEnglish,asuddenanddistinctchangeinpronunciationstarted,withvowels(元音)beingpronouncedshorterandshorter.Fromthe16thcenturytheBritishhadcontactedwithmanypeoplesfromaroundtheworld.This,andtheRenaissanceofClassicalLearning,meantthatmanynewwordsandphrasesenteredthelanguage.PrintingalsobroughtstandardizationtoEnglish.Spellingandgrammarbecamefixed,andthedialectofLondon,wheremostpublishinghouses(出版社)were,becamethestandard.In1604thefirstEnglishdictionarywaspublished.LateModernEnglish(1800－Present)ThemaindifferencebetweenEarlyModernEnglishandLateModernEnglishisvocabulary.LateModernEnglishhasmanymorewords.OneofthereasonisthattheIndustrialRevolutionandtechnologycreatedaneedfornewwords.小组讨论1．Howmanylanguagescanyouspeak?Doyoulikethem?2．Doyouthinklearningaforeignlanguageisdifficult?3．Islearningforeignlanguagesnecessaryandimportant?Whyorwhynot?一、在空格处填上适当的词概括课文Thefirstpassageshowsaverybrief(1)________oftheEnglishlanguage.Englishhas(2)________anddevelopedwith(3)________cultureovertime.Nowadays,itisalsospoken(4)________aforeignorsecondlanguageinmany(5)________countries.historychangeditsasother二、根据课文内容，选择最佳答案1．Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries________.AA．inthe17thcenturyB．attheendofthe16thcenturyC．inthe18thcenturyD．inthe19thcenturyD2．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A．Languagesalwaysstaythesame.B．Languageschangeonlyafterwars.C．Languagesnolongerchange.D．Languageschangewhe...
