牛津版模块三unit2-reading课件

1.Oneofthegreatestpleasureinlifeiscommunication.2.Itisfuntolearnaforeignlanguage.1.Whatisthearticleabout?2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3.IsEnglishstillchanging?Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglish,andModernEnglish.Yes,Englishisstillchangingandthisprocesswillcontinue.ScanningTask1:Trueorfalsequestion.1.TheAngles,theSaxonsandtheJutescomefromtheNorthAmericanmainland.()2.ItiscertainthatwewouldnotbeabletounderstandOldEng-lishifweheardittoday.()3.NormanConquesthadthesameresultastheGermanicinvas-ionhadhadabout600yearsearlier.()4.FrenchhadanimpactonEnglishanditcausedevenmorepairsofsimilarwords.()5.Whereapersoncomesfromwillaffecttheirstyleofspeech.()6.IfapersonfromthesouthofEnglandgoestothenorth,hecanunderstandwhatpeoplearesayingeasily.()FTFTTF1.Englishisalanguagewithsomanyconfusingrules,because_____.A.Englishhasalonghistory.B.EnglandisseparatedfromtheEuropeanmainland.C.theEnglishpopulationislargeD.theEnglishnationconsistsofpeoplefromdifferentcountriesandcultures2.TheoldestlanguageinBritainis____A.CelticB.Anglo-SaxonC.OldEnglishD.Scandinavian3.TheEnglishword“pork”comesfrom____A.EnglishB.GermanC.FrenchD.DanishDACTask2:4.Comparedwiththeotherthree,____hasmanyLatinwords.A.OldEnglishB.MiddleEnglishC.ModernEnglishD.Celtic5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?____A.Englishiseasytounderstandthoughitkeepschanging.B.Englishstaysalmostthesameaftermanyforeigninvasions.C.Englishnowadaysishardtounderstand,accordingtothearticle,becausepeoplemakeitsimilartoOldEnglish.D.EnglishischangingallthetimebutitisstillEnglish.CDReadingstrategyHowtoreadahistoryarticleNoticedatesandyearsinthetextMakeatimechart(times,places,events)PartsTimesEventsOldEnglishBeforethemiddleofthe____centuryPeopleinBritainallspoke_______insteadofEnglish.Attheendofthe9thCThe_______invadedBritain.Bythe10thcentury.OldEnglishwasthe______________inEngland.MiddleEnglishIn_______.TheNormansconqueredEngland.Bythelatterhalfofthe14thcenturyEnglishwas_______byallclassesinEnglandIn1399__________becameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishModernEnglishDuringthe_________inthe16thcenturyModernEnglishbegan.5thCelticVikingsofficiallanguage1066adoptedHenryIVRenaissanceDiscussion:DoyouthinkitisimportanttolearnEnglish?Why?Keywords:1.mostwidelyusedlanguage2.necessaryforbusiness,education,information3.oneoftheworkinglanguagesintheUN4.internationaltrade5.radiobroadcast.6.Internationalsportsmeeting.homework1.FinishexercisesC1,C2andD,Eonpage24-252.Retellthestoryinyourownwords.