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BritainAmericaAustraliaNewZealandCanadaIndiaIrelandSouthAfricaSingaporeAsweallknow,agreatnumberofcountriesspeakEnglishastheirofficiallanguage.GroupdiscussionWhyisEnglishimportant?Because…Becauseof…widelyusetheOlympicGames/UNtrade_______________(因为)thewideuseoftheInternetandcomputers,Englishisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.BecauseofBecauseEnglishisoneofthe__________(官方的)languagesoftheOlympicGamesandtheUnitedNations(UN).officialBecauseEnglishalso_______________________(起重要作用)tourismandtrade.playsanimportantpartinBecauseEnglishplaysanimportantroleintheinternationalfilms,TVandradioprograms.Doyouwanttocomeuptomyflat?Howfarisyourapartment?Isitbeautiful?Obama,PresidentofUSBrown,theformerPrimeMinisterofUKGreat.Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Ohno,theliftmustbefullofpeoplethistime.ChineseB.EA.E公寓电梯比赛足球flatapartmentliftelevatormatchgamefootballsoccerOtherdifferencesBr.EAm.Espellingpronunciationcolourcolormetremetertravelledtraveleddance[da:ns][dæns]neither[ˈni:ðə][ˈnaɪðə]either[ˈaiðə][ˈiðɚ]DoyouthinkthedifferencesofEnglishwereinthepastgreaterorsmaller?TheRoadtoModernEnglish?Part1:Part2:Part3:Part4:Part5:ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworld.Nativespeakercan__________eachother.Alllanguagechangewhen______________________withoneanother.Englishisspokenasa_______languageor________languageinAfricaandAsia.understandculturescommunicateforeignsecondSkimmingEnglishwas_______bythe19thcentury.settled1.HowmanypeoplespokeEnglishattheendofthe16thcentury?2.WhenandwhydidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?3.DidEnglishhavethemostspeakersinthe17thcentury?aboutfivetosevenmillionInthe17thcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworld.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishthaneverbefore.NativeEnglishspeakerscannotunderstandeachotherbecausetheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?TorFNativeEnglishspeakerscan…evenif…Actuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.FTimechangesthathappenedFindoutthetimeofthechangeoftheEnglishlanguage.FindoutthetimeofthechangeoftheEnglishlanguage.TimechangesthathappenedtoEnglishAD450-1150AD800-1150Inthe1600sIn1620Inthe18thcentury1765-1947Bythe19thcenturyNowTimechangesthathappenedTheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.Itwas________moreon___________thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.Thepeoplewho________EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,Englishbecame_________likeGerman.Shakespearewasableto______________awidervocabularythaneverbefore.SomeBritishsettlersmovedto___________.SomeBritishpeopleweretakento_________.AD450-1150GermanAD800-1150ruledlessTimetableBythe1600sIn1620makeuseofAmericaInthe18thcenturyAustraliabasedTimechangesthathappenedSamuelJohnsonwrotehis__________.NoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryofEnglishLanguageandgaveaseparate___________toAmericanEnglishspelling.Englishwasspokenin______aswellasinAfricaandAsia.Itbecamethelanguagefor_______________andeducationinIndia.Englishisalsospokenin______________,____________,________________,________andsoon.Timetable1765-1947Bythe19thcenturyNowgovernmentdictionaryidentityIndiaSingaporeMalaysiaSouthAfricaChinaAlllanguageschangewhencultures_____________withoneanother.TheEnglishspokenbetweenaboutAD450and1150was______________Today.Actually,it__________more___GermanthantheEnglishwespeak_________.From1150to1500,itbecamemorelikeFrenchbecausethosewho______EnglandspokeFrench.Bythe1600’s,Shakespeare_____________awider___________than__________.AfterNoahWebster’sdictionary,Americanhasitsown________.Today_____________peoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasing_________.communicatewasbasedonatpresentruledmadeuseofvocabularyidentitydifferentfromeverbeforethenumberofrapidlyQ:Whatcauses（引起）thephenomenon(现象)?Whatdoyouthinkofthephenomenon?Atpresent,thenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.ChinahasalargenumberofEnglishlearnersnow.DiscussionOnlytimewilltellwhetherChineseEnglishdevelopsitsownidentity.Inordertofindthemainideas,whatshouldyouread?*Readthetitle.*Readthefirstparagraph.*Readthelastparagraph.*Readthefirstandlastsentenceofeveryparagraph.*Readanyheadingsandsub-headings.Readingskills:Scan:toreadsomethingquicklytofindspecificinformation.Usuallyinscanningyouhaveaquestioninyourmindandyoureadapassageonlytofindtheanswer,ignoringunrelatedinformation.*Useheadingsandanyotheraidsthathelpyouidentifywhichsectionsmightcontaintheinformationyouarelookingfor.Readingskills: