the-road-to-modern-english-阅读

Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldPre-reading1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?official官方的voyage航行,航海native本国的,本地的present现在的、出席的gradually逐渐地vocabulary词汇Newwordsactually事实上latter后者的identity身份fluent流利的Singapore新加坡Malaysia马来西亚frequently频繁地PredictionReadthetitle“TheroadtomodernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?Task1:skimming1.What’sthetextmainlyabout?the_________________ofEnglish2.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby_____?A.placeB.timeC.peoplehistory/developmentTask2:scanningMatchthenumberoftheparagraphwiththemeaningofeachpart.Para.1ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Para.2NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Para.3-4Languageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Para.5Task3:FillintheformPleasereadthepassagecarefullyandfillintheform(accordingtothetime).TimeDevelopmentBetweenaboutAD450and1150Englishwasbasedmoreon1._______.BetweenaboutAD800-1150Englishwasinfluencedby2._______and3._______.4.___________Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.GermanDanishFrenchInthe1600’sTimeDevelopment5.________BritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento6._________.Bythe19thcenturyEnglishwassettledbytwo7.__________.TillnowEnglishhasbeenspokenin8._____,9._________,10._______,11.__________andChina.In1620AustraliadictionariesIndiaSingaporeMalaysiaSouthAfricatimeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.Conclusion:Task4:listeningandcomprehendingChoosethecorrectanswer1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.A.NowadaysB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingstatementisTRUE?A.LanguagesalwaysstaythesameB.LanguageschangeonlyafterwarsC.LanguagesnolongerchangeD.Languageschangewhencultureschange3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____?A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround______?A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainTask5:discussionAsweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedinmanyfields,WhileChineseisspokenbythelargestspeakers.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguageallovertheworldinthenearfuture?1.Recitethenewwordsofthefirstpart.2.Readthepassagecarefullyandpreviewthelanguagepointsinthispassage.HOMEWORK