Unit2ENGLISHAROUNDTHEWORLDFivekindsofEnglishintheworldCanadianEnglishBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishIndianEnglishMaindifferencesBr.EAm.Espellingpronunciationvocabularycolourcolormetremetertravelledtraveledautumn,fall,post,mail,petrol,gas,film,movie,shop,store,IthinkIguessdance;can’t;neither;either;tomatoDoyouknowanydifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?TheRoadToModernEnglishReadingScan:Scanthetexttofindormakeoutakeysentenceforeachparagraph.Pleasewritedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1:Para.2:Para.3-4:Para.5:The_________oftheEnglishlanguageintheworld.Nativespeakercan__________eachotherbuttheymaynotbeableto__________________________.Alllanguagechangewhen______________________withoneanother.Englishisspokenasa_______languageor________languagein_______and______.spreadunderstandunderstandeverythingculturescommunicateforeignsecondAfricaAsiathedevelopmentofEnglishtimeLanguagedevelopmentDuringthe5thcenturyADAD800-1150162018thcentury19thbasedmoreonGermaninfluencedbyDanishandthenbyFrench;vocabularyenrichedBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica;EnglishspokenthereBritishtakentoAustralia;Englishspokentherelanguagesettled;spellingdifferencehappenedTimeWho(howmanypeople)spokeEnglishTheendofthe16thcenturyLaterinthenextcenturyTodayspokeninmanyothercountriesmorepeoplespeakEnglishthanbeforeEnglishismoreandmorepopular.about5-7millionpeople,mostlylivinginFngland1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakersA.now.B.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworld.C.inthetimeofShakespeare.D.inthe12thcentury.Readingfordetailedinformation2.Whichofthefollowingstatement(陈述)istrue?A.LanguagealwaysstaythesameB.LanguagechangedonlyafterwarsC.LanguagenolongerchangeD.LanguagechangewhencultureschangeREADING3.FromAD450to1150,EnglishsoundedmorelikeA.French.B.Chinese.C.German.D.Russian.4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaroundA.1400’s.B.1150’s.C.450’s.D.1600’S.READING5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakerintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainREADING