高中英语必修一-Unit2-English-around-the-world

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?TheroadtomodernEnglishTheroadthedevelopmentofEnglishlanguageMoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachotherbutnoteverything.Para1:Para2:①Attheendof…②Laterinthenextcentury…③Today…Englishischangingovertime.(cultures&places)Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para3-4:Para5:A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofModernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenModernEnglishandOldEnglishChoosethemainideaofthetext.BCarefulreading:Para1--DevelopmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodaypeopleEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesIfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanPara2AWhydoesEnglishchangeovertime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.ReadPara3andanswerthequestion:HowhasEnglishchangedovertime?AD450-1150AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewasbasedmoreonGermanmorelikeFrenchShakespearemadeuseofawidervocabularyAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishPara3-4(rule)(identity)BritishpeoplewenttoAustralia1150-1500Inthe1600’s…Findoutthecharacteristicsofeachtimeaccordingtothetimeaxis.AD450-1150800-1150ThetimeADELwaswrittenInthe1600’slaterGermanlesslikeGerman;morelikeFrenchShakespeare’sEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishTheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150Englishwasbasedmoreon_______.AD800-1150Englishbecame_____likeGermanBecausethosewho_____EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.Inthe1600s_____________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.GermanThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagelessruledShakespeareTheroadtomodernEnglishIn1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto_________.Laterinthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento__________.1765-1947Englishbecamethelanguagefor_________________________.AmericaAustraliagovernmentandeducationTheroadtomodernEnglishBythe19thcenturyTheEnglishlanguagewassettled.Twobigchangesin_______________happened:SamuelJohnsonwrotehis__________andNoahWebsterwrote_________________________________________________NowEnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguage_________________________________andsoon.EnglishspellingdictionaryTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.inSouthAsiaChinaSouthAfricaSamuelJohnsonBorn:September18,1709WriteadictionaryOneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostprofoundinfluences.TwoimportantpersonsinPara4NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Died:May28,1843WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.WhyisIndiamentionedinthelastparagraph?A.BecauseIndiaisatypicalcountrywhospeaksEnglishasasecondlanguagebecauseofitslongbeingruledbyBritain.B.BecauseIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.C.BecauseIndiaisacountrywhereEnglishplaysaveryimportantroleinsociallife.D.BecauseIndiahasalonghistoryofcommunicationwithBritain.Para5AEnglishisusedas…AfirstlanguageAsecondlanguageAforeignlanguageintheUK,USA,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,IrelandandNewZealandandsoon.inIndia,Pakistan,NigeriathePhilippines,andHKandsoon.inChina,andsoon.timeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.ConclusionFlowChartTheRoadToModernEnglishEnglishisnotallthesameEnglishchangesovertimeTheendof16thCThenextcenturyTodayMorelikeFrenchShake-speare’stimeEnglishspeakersincreasingEnglishspreadinAsiaandAfricaAmEAustralianEnglishIndiaOthercoun-triesChinaBasedonGerman1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers____.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?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.BritainCDB1.MostEnglishspeakersinthe16thcenturylivedinEngland.2.MoreandmorepeopleuseEnglishastheirfirstor2ndlanguage.3.Englishbegantobespokeninothercountiesin17thcentury.TTTTrueorFalse4.NativeEnglishspeakerscan’tunderstandeachotherbecausetheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.5.AsEnglishiswidelyused,itwillbemoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.6.NoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryofthe