人教版高一英语必修一unit2 Reading

Period2ReadingCanyounamesomecountriesinwhichEnglishisanativelanguage?EnglishAroundtheWorldtheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIreland•ThisunitseekstogiveusabetterunderstandingofhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.QuestionsWhichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld?DoyouthinkChinesecanbeaworldlanguage?Why?Doyouknowthemeaningof“Englishes”?CanadianAustralianEnglishBritishWorldEnglishAmericanIndianCaribbeanBrE&Am.EWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumnfalltyphoontornadoIthinkIguesscolourcolorcentrecentertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[dæns]not[not]not[na:t]ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrashcanholidayvacationfortnighttwoweeks电梯汽油公寓秋天地铁大学垃圾垃圾箱假期两周AmEneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorablehumorfavoritetheaterkilometerBrEneighbourhoodlabourcolourhonourablehumourfavouritetheatrekilometrepetrolflatcolorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderasergasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.WhydopeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?TradeTourismInternetwebsiteLearninwesternuniversityEntertainment(娱乐)Diplomacy(外交)It’smoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.Fromthesewecansee….TheRoadtoModernEnglishTask1:skimming1.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?Thehistoryanddevelopment(发展)ofEnglish.Task2:scanningFindoutthekeysentenceofeachparagraphMainideasofeachparagraph:MoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachotherbutnoteverything.Englishischangingovertime.Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ThetwobigchangeshappenedinEnglishspelling.1.Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.TF2.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.TF3.Languagesfrequentlychange.TFScanning√√√frequently4.Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.TF5.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.TF6.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.TF√√√AD450--1150Englishwasbasedon_______AD800--1150andsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguage.Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.___________SomeBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.LaterEnglishbegantobespokeninThelanguagewassettled.GermanBythe1600’sAustralian1620inthe18thcenturyBythe19thcenturyDanishFrenchFillintheblanks.(Para3-4)Answerfollowingquestions.(Para.5)IndiawasruledbyBritainfrom1765to1947.AndduringthattimeEnglishbecamethelanguageforgovernmentandeducation.WhydoesEnglishbecomeasecondlanguageinIndia?1.Asweallknow,moreandmorepeopleallovertheworldnowwanttolearnChinese.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguageallovertheworldinthenearfuture?Andwhy?Pleaselistthereasons.Task6:discussion1.Readthepassageasfluentlyasyoucan.HOMEWORK