湖北省宜昌市高中英语 Unit 2 English around the world Periods 34 Reading学案（无答案）新人教版必修1.doc

unit 2 english around the world periods 3-4 reading一、【学习目标】1）通过阅读文章能够从篇章结构的角度出发描述英语语言发展的历史过程。2）能够在阅读的过程中对主要的阅读信息进行记录，并能根据这些信息对原文进行复述。3）能够列出影响一个国家语言发展的所有因素并对此能够进行解释。4）掌握文中重要词汇、短语以及句型。二、【自主预习】i. read the text and fill in the blanks.(这是细节题，人人可以做到，不信试试看啊，试着在5分钟之内完成，你就很棒了！) time factsbetween ad 450 and 1150english was _ _ _ english spoken today. it was based more on _than the english we speak at present. between about ad 800 and 1150.because the people who _ england spoke first danish and later french, english became less like _ _.in the 1600sshakespeare made use of _ than before.in the 18th century _ _ people brought english to _ .from 1765 to 1947english became the language for _ _ in india.by the 19th century the english language was _. todaymore people speak english than ever before. the number of people _ in china _ rapidly. . read the text again and answer the following questions.1. when did english begin to be spoken in many other countries?a. in the 16th century. b. in the 17th century. c. in the 18th century. d. in the 19th century.2. who gave american english its own identity? a. shakespeare. b. george washington. c. noah webster d. an english 3. why do more people speak english than ever before? a. because it is an international language. b. because it has the largest number of speakers.c. because it is easy to learn. d. because it always stays the same.4. which country may have the largest number of english learners? a. britain. b. america. c. china. d. australia.5. which of the following statements is not true? a. english has changed as time went on. b. many people in south africa speak english.c. there are few people in south africa speaking english.d. now the french understand modern english more.summary at the end of the 16th century, english was only spoken by people from 1_. they were 2_ englishspeakers. however, 3_ english language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries. old english sounded more 4_ less like german for it was 5_ on german, but modern english sounds more like french than german 6_ 1ater on england was once 7_ by the french.two men had great 8_ on the english changes. one was samuel johnson, who wrote his9_ and the other was noah webster, 10_ wrotethe american dictionary of the english language. the 11_ gave american english spelling its own 12_.today, the largest number of people 13_ (speak) english may be in china. a lot of chinese people speak english 14_ a foreign language.iv. 写写记记：仔细读读课文，你会发现他们的哟！1. 在尽头；在结束时 2. 航海；航行 3. 比以往任何时候更 4. 即使；尽管 5. 与交流；与沟通 6. 起初；首先 7. 与不同 8. 相当多的；大量的 9. 的数量 10. 不管信不信 11.全世界 12. 从一个地方到另一个地方 三、【合作探究】i难句剖析：请先补写完整下列重点句子，再观察思考其结构后进行仿写练习。1. 教材原句native english speakers can understand each other .(即使他们所讲的语言不相同).要点 even if或even though 意为“即使，尽管”，引导让步状语从句。仿写1 (即使明天下雨), we will leave for beijing.仿写2 i wont take part in his party (即使他邀请我).仿写3 he likes to help us (尽管他很忙).2. 教材原句it was based more on german than the english we speak at present. 当时的英语更多是以德语为基础，而我们今天所说的英语不是。要点 morethan与其说倒不如说例句 i was more angry than worried when they didnt come home. 他们没有回家，与其说我担心倒不如说我生气。仿写1造成她不愉快的原因，与其说是他所说的话，倒不如说是他的说话方式。 仿写2 she was when her son lied (与其说她生气倒不如说她伤心).仿写3与其说他聪明，倒不如说他幸运。 3. 教材原句this is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent english. 这是因为无线电发展初期，那些播报新闻的人希望英语讲得很好。要点 because引导的从句作句子的表语, 即because引导_从句例句 this is because britain ruled india from 1765 to 1947.注意：because引导表语从句和why引导表语从句的区别，二者意义不同，because引出 ，why引出相应的 。练一练 he was caught in the rain. (这就是他感冒的原因).he caught a cold. (那是因为他被雨淋了). 4. 教材原句however, on tv and the radio you will hear difference in the way people speak(人们讲话的方式).要点 句中in the way是“以方式”的意思，后面省略了定语从句的引导词。在定语从句中，当先行词是the way时，其后面的定语从句关系词常用that来代替in which，或省略引导词。例句 i