Reading-Unit2.The Road To Modern English

AJoke•TwomicesatintheirholewatchingCatlurk(潜伏)outside.IknowhowtomakeCatgoaway,saidthefirstmouse.How?thesecondmouseaskedinsurprise.“Watch!Bow,wow!!!(汪汪汪）”barkedthefirstmouse.Peering(仔细瞧)throughtheirholeinthewall,theysawCatrunningawayinfear.“Ah,seethebenefit(益处)ofknowinganotherlanguage!CanadaTheUSASouthAfricaTheUKIndiaPhlipinesSingaporeAustraliaNewZealandVarietiesofEnglish•Therearemanyvarieties(分类）ofEnglisharoundtheworldsuchas•AmericanEnglish•BritishEnglish•AustralianEnglish•CanadianEnglish•IndianEnglish•Caribbean(加勒比）EnglishDoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrashcanholidayvacationfortnighttwoweeks电梯汽油公寓秋天地铁大学垃圾垃圾箱假期两周AmericanEnglishneighborlaborcolorhonorablehumorfavoritetheaterKilometeBritishEnglishneighbourlabourcolourhonourablehumourfavouritetheatrekilometreBrE﹠Am.E•WhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Am.E﹠1.Let’sgotothepictures!BrE2.Ok.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?3.WhynotgobyUderground?4.Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.1.Wouldyouliketoseemyflat?2.Yes.I’dliketocomeuptoyourapartment.lift/Elevatorinateam/onateamrubber/eraserpetrol/gasScan:阅读训练Step1:Scanthetexttofindoutthetopicsentencesforeachparagraph.找主题句分段阅读Whatistheclue(线索）ofthepassage?timePara1:Para2:Para3:Para4:Para5:Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondorforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.ActuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesMeetandcommunicatewitheachother.TwobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened.EnglishnowisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.HistoryofdevelopmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodayEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesStep2:时间和国家Englishspeakerscan_____________eachother_________________theydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.understandevenifCanEnglishspeakersunderstandeachother?WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.TheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150TheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.Itwasbasedmoreon______thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.AD800-1150Becausethepeoplewho________EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,Englishbecame_________likeGerman.GermanruledlessTheroadtomodernEnglishInthe1600s____________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto___________.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento_________.ShakespeareAmeircaAustraliaTheroadtomodernEnglishBythe19thcenturyTwobigchanges:•SamuelJohnsonwrotehis______.•NoahWebsterwrote___________andgaveaseparateidentityto____________spelling.dictionaryAmericanEnglishTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguageBesidesthecountrieswhereEnglishisusedasanativelanguage,whereelseisEnglishusedasaforeignlanguage?NowEnglishisspokenin_________,__________,__________,__________________andsoon.IndiaSingaporeMalaysiaSouthAfricaChina1765-1947EnglishwasspokeninIndiaaswellasinAfricaandAsia.Itbecamethelanguagefor_______________andeducationinIndia.governmentSamuelJohnsonBorn:September18,1709OneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostprofound深远的influences.TwoimportantpersonsNoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Died:May28,1843WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.Fillintheblankswithproperwordsaccordingtothetext1.TheEnglishbetweenAD450and1150wasbasedmoreon_______.2.FromAD800to1150,thosewhoruledEnglandspokefirst_______andlater________.3.Attheendofthe16thcentury,about_________________peoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.GermanDanishFrenchfivetosevenmillion5.Englishisalsospokenasaforeignor______languageinmanyothercountriesinAfricaand____________.6.Today,thenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasing_______.Asamatteroffact,Chinamayhavethe_________numberofEnglishlearners.4.In1620someBritishsettlersmovedto________.Inthe18thcentury,someBritishpeopleweretakento__________.Englishbegantobespokeninbothcountries.largestAmericaAustraliasecondSouthAsiarapidlyChoosethecorrectanswer.1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers_________.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Languagealwaysstaythesame.B.Languagechangeonlyafterwars.C.Languagenolongerchange.D.Languagechangewhencultureschange.3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.RussianADC4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround________.A.1400’sB.1500’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainDBAnswerthefollowingquestions(1)WhydoesIndiahavealargenumberofEnglishspeakers?(2)WhendidpeoplefromEnglandbegintomovetootherpartsoftheworld?becauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.inthe17thcenturyReadthepassageagainanddecidethefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.AmericahasthelargestnumberofEnglishspeakers2.FrenchruledEnglandfrom1150to1500.3.NativeEnglishspeakerscant’tunderstandeach