English-around-the-world(ppt)

EnglisharoundtheworldWhichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld？EnglishDOyouknowinwhichcountriesEnglishisspokenasthefirstlanguage?AmericaNewZealandAustraliaCanadaSingaporeIndiaSouthAfricaDoyouthinkEnglishspokeninthesecountriesisentirelythesame?Lookatthefollowingdialogue3．DoyouknowthedifferencebetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish？Trytowritedownthewords.ChineseBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishflat(1)apartmentpubbartin(2)cansweetscandy(3)liftelevatormatchgame(4)footballsoccer公寓酒吧罐头糖果电梯比赛足球TheroadtomodernEnglish①Attheendofthe16thcentury,aboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworldandbecauseofthat,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.②NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Lookatthisexample:③③BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketoseemyflat?④AmericanAmy:Yes,I’dliketocomeuptoyourapartment.⑤SowhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Actuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.AtfirsttheEnglishspokeninEnglandbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferentfromtheEnglishspokentoday.ItwasbasedmoreonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.ThengraduallybetweenaboutAD800and1150,EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbecausethosewhoruledEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.ThesenewsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguageandespeciallyitsvocabulary.Sobythe1600’sShakespearewasabletomakeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620someBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Laterinthe18thcenturysomeBritishpeopleweretakentoAustraliatoo.Englishbegantobespokeninbothcountries.⑥Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.AtthattimetwobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened:firstSamuelJohnsonwrotehisdictionaryandlaterNoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.ThelattergaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglishspelling.⑦EnglishnowisalsospokenasaforeignandsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Forexample,IndiahasaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakersbecauseBritishruledIndiafrom1765to1947.DuringthattimeEnglishbecamethelanguageforgovernmentandeducation.EnglishisalsospokeninSingaporeandMalaysiaandcountriesinAfricasuchasSouthAfrica.TodaythenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.Infact,ChinamayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.WillChineseEnglishdevelopitsownidentity?Onlytimewilltell.新课标必修一Unit2MP3\reading.mp3Beforereading,scanthetextthendothefollowingexercises.1．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?2.WasEnglishlikeGermanBetweenAD450and800?3.WheredidmostoftheEnglishspeakersliveattheendofthe16thcentury?4.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?5.Whatdoesmeanbythelastsentence“Onlytimewilltell.”?Ⅰ.Readthetextquicklyandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Paragraph1A．WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Paragraph2-4B．NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Paragraph5C．EnglishisnowspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Paragraph6D．Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.Paragraph7E．ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.ⅡChoosethebestanswer.1．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A．ThereasonsforthechangesofEnglishsinceAD450.B．AbriefhistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.C．Englishisbeingwidelyspokenintheworld.D．ThedifferencesbetweenoldandmodernEnglish.√2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A．Languagesarechanginggraduallyovertime.B．BetweenAD450and800，EnglishwaslikeGerman.C．Inthe19thcentury，EnglishwastheofficiallanguageofIndia.D．Beforethe18thcentury，EnglishwasonlyspokeninEngland.√3．WheredidmostoftheEnglishspeakersliveattheendofthe16thcentury?A．America.B．England.C．SouthAsia.D．SouthAfrica.√4．WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?A．Inthe17thcentury.B．Attheendofthe16thcentury.C．BetweenaboutAD450and1150.D．Inthe19thcentury.√5．Thelastsentence“Onlytimewilltell.”inthetextprobablymeansthat_______.A．EnglishmaydevelopitsownidentityinChinaB．ChinesepeoplemayhelpchangeEnglishagreatdealC．theremaybemoreandmoreEnglishlearnersinChinaD．theremaybeacompletelynewlanguageinChina√Readthetextcarefullyandcompletethefollowingtasks.I.SayTrue(T)orFalse(F)：1．Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.2．EnglishdevelopedwhensettlersadrulersCametoBritain.3．Languagesfrequentlychange.4.Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.5.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.FTFFFⅡ.Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.TimeThedevelopmentofEnglishBetweenaboutAD450and1150◆TheEnglishwasspokeninEnglandandwasbasedmoreon1.________thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.BetweenaboutAD800and1150◆BecausethepeoplewhoruledEnglandspokefirst2.andlater3.______，EnglishbecamelikeGerman.◆ThesenewsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguageandespeciallyits4.______GermanFrenchDanishvocabularyIn1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto5._______.Englishbegantobespokenin6.________aswellas7.________.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakentoAustralia.From1765to1947Englishwasspokenin8._____.Itbecamethelanguageforgovernmentandeducationinthecountry.America5.160