Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorld1subway2elevator3petrol4official5voyage6conquer7native8comeup9becauseof10apartment11actually12atpresent13gradual14enrich15vocabulary16makeuseof17spelling18latter19identity20fluent21frequent22usage23command24request25dialect26expression27midwestern28African29Spanish30playarole(in)31recognize32accent33lightning34stright35block36cabWarmingup1HowmanycountriesuseEnglishastheirnativelanguage?DotheyspeakthesameEnglish?2HaveyouheardaboutBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?Pre-readingWhydosomanypeoplespeakEnglish?FirstReadingChoosethebestanswerandseewhetheryou’vereallyunderstoodthetext.1)Thepassagemainlytellsus_____.A.whyEnglishismoreandwidelyusedintheworldtodayB.averybriefhistoryoftheEnglishlanguageC.thedifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishD.thedifferentkindsoftheEnglishlanguageintheworld2)“Englishbecameclosertothelanguageyouarelearningnow.”heretheword“close”means__A.veryalikeB.shortC.nearD.careful3)FromthispassagewecaninferthattheEnglishlanguagewasonceinfluencedby____.A.TheChineselanguageB.ShouthAfricaC.SouthAsiaD.bothGermanandFrench4)Fromthispassagewecanseethat_____A.TheauthorisquitesurethatChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishesB.theauthorhasnoideawhetherornotChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishesC.theauthorthinksthatgovernmentandeducationplayanimportantroleinEnglishlearningD.theauthorfeelseverysatisfiedtoseemoreandmoreChinesepeoplearelearningEnglishSecondreadingMakeatimetableofthedevelopmentofEnglish.Duringthe5thcenturyAD:BetweenaboutAD800and1150:Bythe1600s:1620:Fromthe18thcentury:1765-1947By19thcentury:EnglishwasbasedmoreonGermanEnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrenchinvades.Shakespeareusedawidervoacbularythaneverbefore.BritishsettersmovedtoAmericainthe“Mayflower.”BritishcolonizedAustriliaEnglishspokeninIndiaDictionariesstandardizedthespellingofEnglish;重庆时时平台dvh62eyc过一眼,不是特别确定。她看了看封嫂。封嫂安然斟了一杯茶,庄重奉在老太太手边。这个意思就是说:是!是这块玉坠。封嫂的眼力如何?年轻时她看一眼树枝间的鸟儿,三天之后再经过另一棵树,会忽然道:“哎,这不是大前天那只鸟吗。”老太太信得过她。嘉颜一直安静的侍立在身边,一点儿也没有开口询问老太太的打算。主子叫她知道的事,她就听着、记住。主子不告诉她的事,她也不会穷究因果。她是个很知道规矩的丫头。老太太主动拉她:“嘉颜,你过来。”嘉颜略加推辞,便乖巧在老太太脚边坐下。“这事,我连我几个媳妇、孙女都瞒着。”老太太感慨的抚着玉坠道,“这干系着苏家的家运哪!”嘉颜立即表态:“老太太,快别让嘉颜听了。嘉颜没这个资格!”“你没这个资格,谁有?”老太太把她的谦逊不屑一顾,“听我讲,孩子,你晓得咱们家二姑娘,在宫里封了贵人?”“是!”“贵人,在咱们看来,就是娘娘了。在宫里,她也只是个奴婢,上头主子多着呢。最大的主子,”老太太压低嗓门,“就是圣上。”“圣上”两字一出,这屋里三个,包括老太太,都跪到地上,行了个大礼。嘉颜饶包天的胆子,也两股战战,真不敢听下去了。天威不可触。单想一想,也够叫人毛骨悚然的。老太太幸好也没说得太透、没太折了她的福,只道:“这玉坠,原是天家秘密,贵人娘娘转托我们家保管,因一件怪事,失落了,却不知怎么又回来。此事来龙去脉,连我都不能想清楚,还要与宫中慢慢商议着。你也别管那么多,只把府中诸人都给我好好盯着。第一盯好二太太屋里,第二,所有府里来的新人,也都看紧了!”这都是题中应有之义,嘉颜没有多想,只管应着。老太太又道:“与天子比,我们全是奴婢,你查验时,也别顾着什么身份、放过谁。该查多高,查多高!”嘉颜又是一声“是”字,觉得肩上沉甸甸的。前几日苏小横回山修他的道,说什么大形势他已掌握住了,不必担心,具体到宝音是否内奸、由谁主使,全凭老太太作主,他信得过老太太。老太太肩上又何尝不是沉甸甸的?打发了嘉颜出去忙活,老太太叫了大老爷来商量主意——二老爷在外头采踏乡田地界,一时不得回来——老太太就只与大老爷商量妥当了,内外都戒备着,那张纸头的字迹,歪扭得不像话,恐怕是左手写的,凭字迹不好认人,总是先给老太爷过目为上。大老爷亲自修书,以官府密信火漆封皮,送予二老爷,叫他提防着他媳妇儿,一边又将玉坠和纸头装在一道,也火漆封皮,防人耳目,只道是儿子孝敬父亲的秋礼,和着一篮子瓜果,派心腹送往孟吉山上去。那是大少爷放榜前一天晚上的事。苏小横隐居的孟吉山昭明观,离苏宅至少有半天的脚程,一来一往,就是一天,大少爷放榜那天晚上,老太太