Unit Two: English around the world
(Reading) The road to modern English
AD450 1150 AD800 1150
16th 17th
England German
Danish
French
language
vocabulary
five to seven million
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Explanation
1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world?
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
Complete the Following summary.
English is a _la_n_g_u_a_g_e_ _sp_o_k_e_n_all around the world. For more than 375million people in countries such as _A_u_s_tr_a_li_a and _C_a_n_a_d_a_, English is their m__o_th_e_r_ t_o_n_g_u_e_. Another 375 million people _L_e_a_r_n _E_n_g_li_sh_ as a second language. However, most people learn English at school as a _f_or_e_ig_n_ _la_n_g_u_a_ge_. The English language _is_also _u_s_ed_ by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in international _t_ra_d_e_ and _t_o_ur_i_sm__. Most foreigners visiting China are either_b_u_s_in_e_s_sm__en_ or _to_u_r_is_t_s . If they cannot _s_p_e_a_k_ Chinese, they use _E_n_g_li_sh_ to communicate with Chinese people. In global culture, for example the Internet or popular music, English is widely used. In the future we will be speaking Chinese with our_p_e_o_p_le__, but we will be _u_s_in_g___ English with people around the world for our work.
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.
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.
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• 2.充分利用
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voyages
18th 19th
Australia
America
dictionaries
India Singapore Malaysia South Africa
changing all over
developing
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
• 5.走近，上来
c_o__m__e__u_p______
• 6.例如，像这种的
s_u__c_h__a_s_______
• 7.以……为基础 • 8.与……不同 • 9.即使；尽管 • 10.大量的，许多
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