新人教版高一英語unit2reading

Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldHowlonghaveyoulearntEnglish?

ThisunitseekstogiveusabetterunderstandingofhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.

Whichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld?

DoyouthinkChinesecanbea worldlanguage?Why?

Doyouknowthemeaningof“Englishes”?Let’sdoasmallquiztodistinguishthenationalflagsofdifferentcountries,andfindoutthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries.CountriesspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguageBritainAmericaCanadaAustraliaNewZealand

IrelandEnglishAroundtheWorldthe

USACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIreland

HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?Itistheofficiallanguageofmanycountries,suchasUSA,England,Canada,Ireland….Ithasalonghistory.TherearetwokindsofEnglish:AmEandBrE.ManyChinesearelearningEnglish.DoalltheEnglish

speakersonlyspeak

onekindofEnglish?worldEnglishes

AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishAustralianEnglishCanadianEnglishSingaporeEnglishAfrican

EnglishMalaysianEnglishIndianEnglishWarmingupEnglish-speakingcountries:TheUK,theUSA,Australia,Canada,NewZealand,SouthAfrica,Ireland

mothertongue/nativelanguageofficiallanguageIndia,HongKong,Singapore,thePhilippines,etc.BrE&Am.E

WhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumnfallIthinkIguesscolourcolorcentrecentertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[d?ns]not[not]not[na:t]ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrashcanholidayvacationfortnighttwoweeks垃圾箱假期垃圾秋天大學公寓地鐵汽油電梯兩周petrolflatcolorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderasergasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.

THEROADTOMODERNENGLISHReadingofficial官方的voyage航行,航海native本國的,本地的present現(xiàn)在的、出席的gradually逐漸地vocabulary詞匯Newwordsactually事實上latter后者的identity身份fluent流利的Singapore新加坡Malaysia馬來西亞

frequently頻繁地

1.attheendof…2.nearlyallofthem3.makevoyagesto…4.becauseof...5.thaneverbefore6.nativelanguagefirstlanguagemothertongue7.evenif/eventhough8.thesamekindof…9.comeup10.communicatewith在…的盡頭，在…末尾幾乎他們?nèi)慷肌胶Ｒ驗椤纫酝魏螘r候都…母語即使相同種類的…走近，上來，提出和…交流11.atfirst12.bedifferentfrom…13.bebasedon…14.morethan15.atpresent16.beableto…17.makeuseof…18.anumberof…19.thenumberof…20.infact首先，起初和…不同以…為基礎(chǔ)多于，超過目前，現(xiàn)在能…利用…許多，大量…的數(shù)量actually事實上，實際上thaneverbeforenativeEnglishspeakersevenifcomeuptomyapartmentcommunicatewithbebasedonatpresentruleEngland1.比以往任何時更……2.以英語作為母語的人3.即使4.到我的公寓看看5.和…交流6.以…為基礎(chǔ)7.目前8.統(tǒng)治英國enrichthevocabularymakeuseofbythe19thcenturygiveaseparateidentitytoalargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakerssuchasthenumberofdevelopitsownidentity9.豐富了詞匯10.利用11.到了20世紀12.體現(xiàn)…的不同特色13.很多，眾多14.講英語很流利的人15.比如16.…的數(shù)目17.發(fā)展出自己的特色Task1:skimming1.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby_____?A.placeB.timeC.peopleA.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofModernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenModernEnglishandOldEnglish2.What’sthemainideaofthetext?Task2:scanningPleasemarchthemainideawitheachparagraph.TopicsentencesParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4paragraph5Bythe19thcenturyEnglishwassettled.EnglishiswidelyspokeninSouthAsia.ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.whyEnglishhaschangedovertime?Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofkindofEnglish.Task3:CarefulreadingPleasereadeachparagraphcarefullyPara1BriefintroductionofthechangeinEnglish.簡介英語變化

TimeWho(howmanypeople)spokeEnglishTheendofthe16thcenturyLaterinthenextcenturyTodayAbout5-7millionpeople,mostlyLivinginFnglandConquerotherparts,spokeninmanyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakEnglishthanbefore

IfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanWhy

does

English

change

overtime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.ReadPara3andanswerthequestion:

TheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150

TheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.Itwasbasedmoreon_________thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.

AD800-1150Becausethepeoplewho________EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,Englishbecame_________likeGerman.Inthe1600s____________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto___________.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento_________.1765-1947EnglishwasspokeninIndiaaswellasinAfricaandAsia.Itbecamethelanguagefor_______________andeducationinIndia.Bythe19thcentury

TheEnglishlanguagewassettled.TwobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened:SamuelJohnsonwrotehis__________.NoahWebsterwrote______________________________andgaveaseparateidentityto____________Englishspelling.NowEnglishisspokenasasecondorforeignlanguagein_________,__________,__________,________________________andsoon.GermanruledlessAmericanAustraliaAmericanTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagedictionarygovernmentSingaporeChinaMalaysiaIndiaShakespeareSouthAfricaReadthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.WhywasEnglishspokeninmanyothercountriesinthe17thcentury?(ph1)BecausepeoplefromEnglandstartedmovingtootherpartsoftheworld.2.WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?(ph3)Becauseculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.Task4:comprehendingChoosethecorrectanswer1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.NowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?A.LanguagesalwaysstaythesameB.LanguageschangeonlyafterwarsC.LanguagesnolongerchangeD.Languageschangewhencultureschange3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____?A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround______?A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainTrueorFalseEnglishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.Languagefrequentlychange.TFF(now)______________________________(gradually)Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguagesofthecountry.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.FTT_______(India,Malaysia,Singapore)

SamuelJohnsonBorn:September18,1709WriteadictionaryOneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostprofoundinfluences.(最深的影響)TwoimportantpersonsinPara4

NoahWebster

Born:October16,1758Died:May28,1843

WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.

Task5:BlankfillingReadaloudandfillintheblanksStep4:summary

Attheendofthe16thcentury,aboutsevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.Nearlyallofthemlivedin________

AspeoplefromEnglandstarted_______tootherpartsoftheworld,Englishbegantobe______inmanyothercountries.NowmorepeoplespeakEnglishthanever_______.______Englishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereven_____theydon’tspeak_____samekindofEnglish._______,

theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Alllanguageschangewhen_______communicatewitheachother.NowAmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglishhavetheirown_______.EnglishisalsospokeninmanyothercountriesinAfricaand______,such____SouthAfrica,Indian,SingaporeandMalaysia.TodaythenumberofthepeopleinChina____increasing______.InfutureChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes.EnglandmovingspokenbeforeNative

iftheHoweverculturesidentityAsia

as

israpidlyDiscussion

YoucanchooseoneofthequestionstotalkaboutinGroups(Page10):1,WhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?2,Whydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldwan