unit2-english-around-the-world-reading

Englisharoundtheworld1.__________n.地下人行道；地铁2.__________n.电梯；升降机3.__________n.汽油4.__________n.即使5.__________adj.官方的；正式的；公务的6.__________n.航行；航海7.__________vt.征服；占领subwayelevatorpetrolevenifofficialvoyageconquer8.______________因为；由于9._______adj.&n.本国的(人)；本地的10.__________n.以……为基础11.________走进；上来；提出12.________n.公寓住宅；单元住宅13.________adv.实际上；事实上14.________公元bebasedoncomeupapartmentactuallyADbecauseofnativeQuestionsaboutEnglish:1.ListthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhatcountriesspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguage?Pre-readingEnglishAroundtheWorldtheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIrelandIndiaPhilippinesSingaporeMajorcountriesspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguageBritainAmericaCanadaAustraliaNewZealandIrelandReadingTheroadtomodernEnglishTheroadModernEnglishthedevelopmentofEnglishlanguageLookatthetitleofthepassageandguesswhatitisabout.EnglishatpresentSkimthetexttofindtopicsentenceforeachparagraph.skimmingMainideasofeachparagraph:MoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachotherbutnoteverything.Englishischangingovertime.Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ThetwobigchangeshappenedinEnglishspelling.Carefulreading(Para1)1.HowmanypeoplespokeEnglishattheendofthe16thcentury?Wheredidtheylive?2.WhydidpeopleinothercountriesbegintospeakEnglishinthe17thcentury?3.Whatistheresulttoday?Howisthefirstparagraphdeveloped?•Thetextisdevelopedinorderof__________.timeattheendofthe16th……laterinthenextcentury……Today……AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishflatapartmentpicturesmoviesundergroundsubwaypetrolgaselevatorliftPara.2TherearemanydifferentEnglishesaroundtheworld.CannativeEnglishspeakersunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish?Para.31.WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?EnglishchangesanddevelopswhenEnglishculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.2.WhywastheEnglishspokenbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferentfromtheEnglishspokentoday?timeeventsDuringthe5thcenturyADBetweenAD800and1150Bythe1600’swasbasedmoreon_______lesslike________,morelike_______and______;(why)thelanguagewasenrichedespeciallythevocabularyTheEnglishlanguagewasenrichedbyotherlanguages.2.WhywastheEnglishspokenbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferentfromtheEnglishspokentoday?GermanGermanFrenchDanish3.WhatwasShakespeareabletodobythe1600’s?Hewasabletomakeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620Inthe18thcenturyBythe19thcentury1765—1947TodayThelanguagewas________;Changesin_______happenedEnglishbegantobespokenin_____.Englishisspokenin___and______.EnglishwasspokeninAmericaSomeBritishpeoplewastakento_________.TheEnglishlanguagehasspreadtootherpartsoftheworld.Britishsettlesmovedto______.AmericaAustraliasettledspellingIndiaAsiaAfrica•Now•MorepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.•TodaythenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.•WillChineseEnglishdevelopitsownidentity?WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheWorldEnglishes?Onlytimewilltell.1.Readthepassageasfluentlyasyoucan.2.Underlinethedifficultsentencesandphrases.HOMEWORK