Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldReading高一人教新课标必修一AmEBrELookatthepictures.CanyouspeaktheminAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?soccerfootballAmEBrEeraserrubberAmEBrEliftelevatorAmEBrEflatapartmentactuallyinfact实际上,事实上atpresentnow现在的、出席的rulegovern统治vocabularywordsandexpressions词汇、词汇量graduallybydegrees逐渐地Newwordsofficial官方的voyage航行,航海native本国的,本地的actually事实上latter后者的identity身份fluent流利的frequently频繁地bebasedon以……为基础culture文化、文明identity身份government政府rapidly迅速地Singapore新加坡Malaysia马来西亚Pre-readingReadthetitle“TheRoadtoModernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?TheroadtomodernEnglishTheroadthedevelopmentofEnglishlanguagePara1Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para2MoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.Para3-4NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachotherbutnoteverything.Para5Englishischangingovertime.(cultures&places)A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofmodernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenmodernEnglishandoldEnglishChoosethemainideaofthetext.BCarefulreading:Para1--DevelopmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodaypeopleEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesIfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanPara2AWhydoesEnglishchangeovertime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.ReadPara3andanswerthequestion:HowhasEnglishchangedovertime?AD450-1150AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewasbasedmoreonGermanmorelikeFrenchShakespearemadeuseofawidervocabularyAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishPara3-4(rule)(identity)BritishpeoplewenttoAustralia1150-1500Inthe1600’sSamuelJohnsonBorn:September18,1709WriteadictionaryOneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostprofoundinfluences.TwoimportantpersonsinPara4NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Died:May28,1843WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.WhyisIndiamentionedinthelastparagraph?A.BecauseIndiaisatypicalcountrywhospeaksEnglishasasecondlanguagebecauseofitslongbeingruledbyBritain.B.BecauseIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.C.BecauseIndiaisacountrywhereEnglishplaysaveryimportantroleinsociallife.D.BecauseIndiahasalonghistoryofcommunicationwithBritain.Para5AtimeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.ConclusionEnglishisusedas…AfirstlanguageAsecondlanguageAforeignlanguageintheUK,theUSA,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,Ireland,NewZealandandsoon.inIndia,Pakistan,NigeriathePhilippines,HKandsoon.inChinaandsoon.1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers____.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?A.Languagesalwaysstaythesame.B.Languageschangeonlyafterwars.C.Languagesnolongerchange.D.Languageschangewhencultureschange.ADChoosethecorrectanswer.3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround_____.A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainCDBAtfirst,onlypeoplein________spokeEnglish.Later,peoplefromEngland_______tootherparts,soEnglishbegantobespokenin____________________.Today,_______peoplespeakEnglishastheir_____,secondorforeignlanguage._______Englishspeakers_____understandeachotherbut_______________.SummaryEnglandmovedmanyothercountriesmorefirstNativecannoteverythingAlllanguageschangewhen________communicatewithoneanother.SothereareBritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglishandsoon.Theyallhavetheirown________.Englishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguagein________________.MaybeonedayChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglish.culturesidentitymanyothercountriesWhydosomanypeoplewanttolearnEnglish?TouseforbusinessTouseatschoolTotalktonativespeakersToreadEnglishbooksTowritetopenfriendsTolistentoEnglishmusicandmoviesHomework1.Retellthepassage.2.FinishexercisesinLearningaboutlanguage.
