Lead-in:1.Sinceyouhavelearntenglishforseveralyears,whatdoyouknowaboutthedevelopmentorhistoryofEnglishlanguage?2.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish--pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?3.DoyouthinkEnglishhasalwaysstayedthesame?Givesomeexamplestodomenstrateyourpoint.4.Howdidthesechangeshappen?•1.Whatisthearticleabout?•2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?•3.IsEnglishstillchanging?skimmingEnglishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.YesReadingstrategy:readingahistoryarticledates,years…helpyouunderstandasequenceofeventsandhowpiecesofinformationrelatetothetextWhatshouldyoupayattentionto?Why?Whatisagoodideaforyoutodowhenyoureadahistoryarticle?Makeatimechart,listingrelevantinformationsuchastimes,placesandevents…TimeEventlanguageBeforethemiddleof5thcentury5th---9thcenturyAttheendof9thCelticThreeGermanictribesinvadedBritainAnglo-Saxon(baseofoldEnglish)VikingsbegantoinvadedBritainOldEnglishBythe10thcenturyOldEnglish(officiallanguage)Anglo-Saxon(base)languageofDenmarklanguageofNorwayMiddleEnglishIn1066,______________________________________________________However,throughoutthe250years,___________________________________________________________Bythelatterhalfofthe14thcentury___________________________________________In1399,__________________________________________theNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.Frenchdidn’treplaceEnglishasthefirstlanguage.EnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.Englishwasusedforallofficialoccasions.French’simpactonEnglish:1.Morewordswithsimilarmeanings3.Frenchwaysofmakingplurals2.Wordsformeat:mutton/beef/porkliftuppickupthesamemeaning(拿起)NorseAnglo-SaxonManypairsofwordswithsimilarmeaningsreplyanswerthesamemeaning(回答)FrenchOldEnglishMorewordswithsimilarmeanings.man-menshoe—shoesFoot–feethouse—housestooth—teethglass—glassesChild—childrenGermanwayFrenchwaybeefmuttonpork/baconox/cowpigsheepThewordfortheanimal:Thewordforthemeat:ModernEnglish1.WhendidmodernEnglishbegin?2.Whatchangeshadhappenedduringthisperiodoftime?ModernEnglishbeganduringtheRenaissanceinthe16thcentury.ManyLatinandGreekwordswereaddedtoEnglishandpronunciationalsounderwenthugechanges.3.IsModernEnglishtheendofallthesechanges?No,Englishisalivinglanguageandisforeverchanging.TimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBythe10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyTheVikingsinvadedBritainOldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.NormanconquestEnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions.ModernEnglishbegan.PeopleinBritainallspokeCelticTheGermanictribes(Anglo/Saxon/Jutes)(oldGerman)The5thcenturyVikings(Norse)The9thcenturyNormans(1066)(French)backRetellingBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyOldEnglishCeltic5th----9thcenturyGermanictribesinvadedBritainAnglo-Saxon(thebaseofoldEnglish)Attheendof9thcenturyOldEnglishVikingsbegantoinvadeBritainBythe10thcenturyOldEnglish(officiallanguage)MiddleEnglish1066Normanconquest1316FrenchhadanimpactontheEnglishlanguageBythelatterhalfof14thcentury(250years)In1399English----adoptedEnglish--------officialoccasions.ModernEnglishEnglishchange(LatinGreek)RenaissancepronunciationchangingdialectEnglishhasmanyc_________rulesbecauseitis________oftherulesandvocabularyeachgroupofpeopleb_______toBritainwiththem.Attheverybeginning,BritishpeoplespokeC_____.Then,threeGermanictribes:__________________andV_____fromScandinaviancountriesinvadedBritainandbroughtwiththemtheirlanguages.Thelanguagetheycreatedisthe_____English.OldEnglishc___________ofanAnglo-Saxonbasep_____wordsfromthelanguagesofDenmarkandNorway.onfusingmadeuproughtelticAnglesSaxonsJutesikingsOldonsistedConsolidationlusOldEnglishwasthe______languageofEnglanduntilthe12thcenturywhenNormansi________Englandand___________oftheCountry.TheNormansspokeF_____whichhadani______onEnglishalthoughitdidnotr____Englishasthefirstlanguage.In1399,H_________becameKingofEnglandandheusedEnglishforallo________occasions.ModernEnglishbeganduringtheR__________inthe16thcentury.Pronunciationu_________hugechangesduringthisperiod.However,thisisnot_________ofthechanges.It’scertainthatthisp________willcontinue.officialnvadedtookcontrolrenchmpacteplaceenryIVfficialenaissancenderwenttheendrocessLanguageborrowswordsfromeachother,canyoulistsomeofthem?ChinesewordsfromEnglish:EnglishwordsfromChinese:Coffee(咖啡),sofa(沙发),model(模特儿),modern(摩登),Sandwich(三明治),hamburger(汉堡),cartoon(卡通)Pingpong,kongfu,tofu,loseface,1.FinishD1onP242.FinishEMatchthenewwords.confusingcreatedconsistedraisedreplacetookcontrolofa.wasmadeupofb.kept(ananimal)c.tooktheplaceofd.hadpowerovere.difficulttounderstandf.causedsomethingtoexistCompletethepassageonP25.AnswerstoPartE:1.dialects2.consistedof3.mixed4.official5.vocabulary6.meat7.servants8.mothertongue