课文分析 the road to modern english

名言警句•Alltimeisnotimewhenitispast.•机不可失，时不再来TheroadtomodernEnglish课文分析ThetimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglish•Duringthe5thcenturyAD:•BetweenaboutAD800and1150:•Bythe1600s:•1620:•From18thcentury:•1765---1947:•By19thcentury:Answers•Duringthe5thcenturyAD:EnglishwasbasedmoreonGerman.•BetweenaboutAD800and1150:EnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrenchinvaders.•Bythe1600s:Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.•1620:SomeBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.•From18thcentury:BritishcolonizedAustralia.•1765---1947:EnglishspokeninIndia•.By19thcentury:DictionariesstandardizedthespellingofEnglish.•Attheendofthe16thcentury,aboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespeakEnglish.•16世纪末大约有5-7百万人说英语•peoplefromEnglishmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworldandbecauseofthat,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.•journey指从一地到另一地，通常指陆地上的远距离“旅行”•ItookajourneyfromBeijingtoShanghailastyear.•voyage主要指远距离的水上旅行•TheymadeavoyageacrossthePacificbyair.•trip一般指时间短、距离近的“旅行、远足”，也可以指长途旅行。在非正式用语中可代替journey。•travel作“旅行、游历”解，一般表示从一地到另一地旅行这一总的概念。Because和becauseof•一般来说，because后面跟一个句子，是来回答why问题，或者解释原因的；而becauseof后面直接跟一个名词、代词、动名词或者短语，它和后面的词或词组构成一个原因状语。你所说的它们后面接的从句有何区别，这种说法是不对的。只有because后面才可以接从句，becauseof是不能在后面接从句的。例如，你可以说heislateforclassbecauseofthebrokenclock,却不能说heislateforclassbecauseoftheclockisbroken•Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.•NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachother•AmericanAmy:Yes.I'dliketocomeuptoyourapartment.•.ItwasbasedmoreonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.•EnglishbecamelesslikeGerman•更不像•Sobythe1600'sShakespearewasabletomakeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore•所以到17世纪，莎士比亚所用的词汇量比以前任何时候都大。•ThelattergaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglishspelling.•让美式英语有了它自己的身份AmericanAmy:Yes.I'dliketocomeuptoyourapartment.•comeabout发生，产生;•comeacross偶然遇到，碰上•comealong出现，发生；进步，进展；•comearound/round①苏醒，复原②顺便来访•comeat①攻击，冲向②达到，了解•comedownto可归结为•comeinfor受到，遭到；•comeoff①脱落，分开②结果，表现•comeout①出现，显露②出版，发表③结果是•comeupagainst突然(或意外)碰到(困难、反对等)•comeupto比得上，达到(标准等)•comeupwith提出，想出，•IndiahasaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakersbecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.•TodaythenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.•ChinamayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.•中国可能拥有世界上最多的英语学习者。•anamberof许多，很多，相当于alotofThereareanamberofantsontheground.地上有很多蚂蚁•thenumberof……的数量Thenumberoftheapplesis40苹果的数量是40。