The road to modern English Unit Two: English around the world (Reading) The road to modern English

Warming up 1. Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world? 2. Do you think Chinese can be a world language? Why? 3. Do you know the meaning of “Englishes”?

World English American British English Canadian Australian Indian

Br E & Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.

The differences between British English and American English. BrE AmE autumn fall typhoon tornado I think I guess vocabulary colour color centre center traveller traveler spelling pronunciation dance [da:ns] dance[dæns] not [not] not [na:t]

Chinese BrE AmE lift elevator petrol gas, gasoline flat apartment autumn fall underground subway university college rubbish garbage dustbin trash can holiday vacation fortnight two weeks 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周

Am E neighborhood labor color honorable(可敬的） humor favorite theater kilometer Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre

Match the words that have the same meaning. petrol flat color lift rubber honor pictures underground eraser gas apartment elevator honour colour movies subway

Pre-reading questions: 1.Do you think it important for you to learn English? Why? 2.Why do so many people speak English? 3.Which country do you think has the most English learners?

English-speaking countries: mother tongue/ native language UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland official language India, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, etc.

Find out the main idea for each paragraph Para 1: describes the extension of English in the world. Para 2: tells us native speakers can understand each other but not everything. Para 3: tells us why English has changed over time. Para 4: tells us English was settled by two dictionaries. Para 5: tells us English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.

How is English developed? Time How is English developed? Between about ______ and _____ Spoken in ________ and based more on _____. Between about _____and ____ _______and ______ enriched the English _______ and especially its ________ At the end of _____ century About __________________ people spoke English In the ____ century Used by more people as the result of the _______ to conquer other parts of the world Later in the ___ century Began to be spoken in ______ and ______ By the ___ century Settled by two _________ England AD450 1150 German Danish French AD800 1150 language vocabulary five to seven million 16th 17th voyages 18th America Australia 19th dictionaries

How is English developed? Time How is English developed? now Spoken in countries such as China,______, _________, ________ and __________ as a foreign or second language In a word, English is ________ and _________ over time and is spoken ___________ the world. India Singapore Malaysia South Africa changing developing all over

1.Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change

2. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian

3. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around ______? A. 1400’s B. 1150’s C. 450’s D. 1600’s

4. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain

Two important persons Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the English language’s most profound influences.

Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 Died: May 28, 1843 When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.

Explanation 1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world? 你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？ more than one +名词单数, 后面的谓 语动词用单数。 More than one to go swimming. student wants

高考链接 We advertised for pupils last autumn, and got ___ 60. (98.上海) A. more than B. more of C. as much as D. so many as

2. In some important ways they are very different from one another. 在某些重要方面, 它们彼此有些差异。 be different from be the same as 3. go to the pictures/ movies/ cinema 4. by underground/ subway

5. official adj. 官方的，正式的 official language official news n. 政府官员 An important official will visit our school. officer n. 军官 He is an officer in the army.

6. because of后边加名词或动名词短语 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late.

adj. native land 祖国，故乡 n.土著居民 native language 本族语言，母语 7. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. adj. native land 祖国，故乡 n.土著居民 native language 本族语言，母语 be native to 原产于，源自 The giant panda is native to Sichuan. study the habits of the natives even if= (even though) 尽管；即使 Even if the road is full of difficulty, I will never lose heart.

8. come up 上来, 走近; 被提出; （植物）发芽; （太阳）升起 come up to sp 上某地来 come up with 提出 想出 He came up with a good idea in the meeting. 问题在会议中被提出来了。 The problem came up in the meeting.

太阳升起来了。 The sun came up. 不曾出现过这个问题。 The question never came up. 他靠近并和我们打招呼。 He came up and said hello to us. 春天草会再度发芽。 The grass will come up again in the spring.

come across 偶然遇到，发现，被理解 come about 发生 come true 实现 come back 回来， 恢复记忆 come on 催促, 快速运动;得了吧 come out 出现，出版,开花 come in 进来 come over 从一地到另一地

1. His car ____ the terrible traffic jam, so he had to call off his appointment with his doctor. A. came about B. came across C. came up D. come on 2. ---How did it ___ that you made such a silly mistake? ---I myself haven’t figured it out yet. A. bring about B. come about C. come across D. come on

9. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 事实上，实际上 10. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. [翻译] 起初在大约公元450年到1150年间英国人所讲的英语与人们现在所讲的英语很不一样。

11. be based on/upon… 以…为基础 base sth on sth 以…为基础 He based his hope on the good news we had yesterday. The movie is based on a novel. 12. at present =at the moment present (adj.) 　 现在的，目前的，可作前置定语 出席的，在场的，可作后置定语 the present situation/the people present be present at the meeting present (n.) 礼物=gift

make (good/full/no…) use of 使用 13. …Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。 make (good/full/no…) use of 　使用 We could make good use of our resources. Every minute should be made good use of. Good use should be made of every minute. make the most of make the best of take advantage of

14. India has a very large number of 　fluent English speakers… a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数） A number of people have come. the number of …的数目（其后谓语动词用单数） The number of homeless people has increased. 只要是number后面的名词都是可数复数

只能修饰可数名词的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few 只能修饰不可数名词的： a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of，much 既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的： plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of

15. speak fluent English adj. speak English fluently adv. 16. such as 列举部分 for example 列举一个 (逗号，位置） Some of the European languages come from Latin, such as French, Italian and Spanish. Noise, for example, is a kind of pollution. His spelling is terrible! Look at this, for example.

17. Only time will tell. 时间会证明一切。 tell 知道, 判断 It’s hard to tell whether he is right. tell A from B: 区分，分别 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

18. Request加句子虚拟(should) do The teacher requested that we should hand in our homework on time. It is requested that he hand in his homework on time.

1.不止一个… 2.在一些重要方面 3.与…不同 4.彼此 5.去看电影 6.坐地铁 7.在16世纪末 8.七百万人 9.航海航行 10因为 11比以往任何时候 12.即使，尽管 13.你愿意… 14.到你的公寓去 15.随时间变化 16.彼此间交流 17.以…为基础 18.现在 19.丰富英语语言 20.利用 21.赋予一种不同身份 22.很多

23.比如 24….的数量 25.发展自己特点 26.让时间来证明吧 27.说英语国家 28.口语 29.而不是，取代 30.不假思索 31.一…就…

短语训练营 请选用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下列句子。 such as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of 1. He realized that she was crying ___________ what he had said. 2. ______________, John has passed the driving test. because of Believe it or not

such as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of 3. This book is ________ a true story. 4. A beggar _______ to us and asked for money. 5. They had an English exam _________ last month. 6. Girls _______ Ann and Lucy are very friendly. based on came up at the end of such as

用适当的介词填空。 1. You’d better make full use _____ your time. 2. You will find the hospital _____ the end of the road. 3. The church is close _____ the school. 4. We have friends all _____ the world. 5. As everybody knows, China has the largest number _____ people. 6. _____ the 1980s, he went to America. of at to over of In