Unit 2 The road to modern English

TheRoadToModernEnglishReading1.Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?Whichisyournativelanguage?Icanspeak________,Ispeakitwhen___________.Ialsocanspeak________,Iuseitwhen__________.2.Ifyouspeakmorethanonelanguage,inwhatsituationsdoyouusethelanguage?IfIgoabroad,Iwillhaveto______________Because________________________________speakEnglishonlyEnglishisaninternationallanguage.PresentationFastReadingtaskGothroughthetextquickly(in2min)tofindout:1.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_______.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian2.Between1150to1500,Englishsoundedmorelike_______.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian3.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround________.A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’sReadingandComprehendingTask1•Getthemainideaofeveryparagraphsbyfindingthekeysentenceorsummarizing(总结，归纳)byyourself.(Discussingispermitted.)1.ThenumberofEnglishspeakersisincreasing.2.Englishisnotthesamearoundtheworld.3.Englishchangeswhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.4.EnglishisalsospokeninmanycountriesinAsiaandAfrica.Inmyopinion:ReadingandComprehendingTask2•Fillsomekeywordsintheflowchart(流程图)accordingtothemainideasoftheparagraphsandthestructure(结构)ofthetext.flowchartTheRoadToModernEnglishEnglishisnotallthesameEnglishchangesovertimeTheendof16thCThenextcenturyTodayBasedonGermanMorelikeFrenchShake-speare’stimeEnglishspeakersincreasingEnglishspreadinAsiaandAfricaAmEAustralianEnglishIndiaOthercoun-triesChinaDiscussingTask•WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes?Why?DiscussionLivinginChinayoucanuseEnglisheverydayindifferentsituations.Giveussomeexamples!WhenI__________,I________________.WhenI____________________,I___________________.WhenI__________,I________________.Intheyear2008,___________________.Production英语是全世界运用最广泛的语言，它是通向外界的桥梁，是必不可少的工具。英语已经成为国际性语言，像流行歌曲和英特网一样，它是全球文化语言。所以，我们应该努力学习英语，掌握好这门语言。OnePossibleVersionEnglishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageallovertheworld.It’sanecessarytoolaswellasabridgetotheoutsideworld.Englishhasbecomeaninternationallanguage.Itisalsothelanguageofglobalcultural:suchaspopularmusicandInternet.Soweshouldworkhardatitandtrytohaveagoodknowledgeofit.1.Writedownthearticle.2.Readthepassageandlearnthenewwordsandexpressionsbyheart.3.练习册,Unit2,阅读理解。