Reading(5)：Englishanditshistory.ppt

Unit2ReadingEnglishanditshistory,Lead-in,IfyouwereagirllivinginChina1,000yearsago,whichlanguagewouldyouuse?,Chinese,IsoldChinesethesametomodernChinese?,Lead-in,IfyouwereamanlivinginBritain1,000yearsago,whichlanguagewouldyouuse?,English,IsoldEnglishthesametomodernEnglish?,Part1:OldEnglish,TheyspeakCeltic.,Question:Beforethemiddleofthe5thcentury,whichlanguagedidBritishpeoplespeak?,TwoGermanicgroupscalledAnglesandSaxons.,Then,whomovedfromEuropeanmainlandtoBritain?,Attheendofthe9thcentury,agroupofpeoplecame.,Whoarethey?,Wheredidtheycomefrom?,TheycamefromNorthernEuropeanCountriessuchasDenmarkandNorway.,TheyareVikings.,Bythe_century,OldEnglishhadbecometheofficiallanguageofEngland.,OldEnglish,Celtic,LanguagefromAnglos-Saxons,LanguagefromVikings,10th,Conclusion:,Part2:MiddleEnglish,Inthemiddleage,WhocametoBritain?,Normanscame.,1.WhatlanguagedidNormansspeak?,2.DidNormansinfluenceEnglishasmuchasAngles-Saxons?,3.Whichlanguageismorepopularamongcommonpeople?,TheyspokeFrench.,No,theydidnt.,Englishismorepopular.,Highclasspeoplespoke:,Lowclasspeoplespoke:,French,English,1.cow,5.sheep,3.pig,2.beef,7.mutton,4.pork,6.bacon,English:,French:,In_,HenryIVbecameKingofEngland,EnglishreplacedFrenchtobetheofficiallanguage.,English,1399,Part3:ModernEnglish,1.WhendidModernEnglishappear?,2.WhichtwowordsareincludedinModernEnglish?,ItappearedduringtheRenaissanceinthe16thcentury.,LatinandGreekwordsareincluded.,Renaissance,TheRenaissancewasaperiodofEuropeancultural,artistic,politicalandeconomic“rebirth”aftertheMiddleAges.Generallytakingplacefromthe14thcenturytothe17thcentury,Renaissancepromotedthere-discoveryofclassicalphilosophy,literatureandartofRomeandGreece.,ExamplesfromLatinandGreek,AM=Antemeridiem,PM=Postmeridiem,MathematicSymbols:,AfterBritainbecameasuperpowerfulcountry,Englishwasinfluencedbymoreotherlanguages.,CanyoulistsomeEnglishwordswhicharefromChinese?,Longtimenosee,YinandYang,Qipao,Shaolin,Kungfu,Confucius,Brain-washing,Fillintheblankswiththefollowingdatesfromthepassage.,1.Beforethemiddleofthe_,peopleinBritaindidnotspeakEnglish.,5thcentury,5thcentury9thcentury10thcentury106614thcentury16thcentury,2.ModernEnglishbegantodevelopinthe_.3.AlmosteveryoneinEnglandbegantospeakMiddleEnglishinthe_.,16thcentury,14thcentury,5thcentury9thcentury10thcentury106614thcentury16thcentury,4.Attheendofthe_,NorwegianwordsbegantobeusedintheEnglishlanguage.5.TheNormansenteredEnglandin_.6.Bythe_,OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.,10thcentury,1066,9thcentury,5thcentury9thcentury10thcentury106614thcentury16thcentury,OnebigdifferencebetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishisin_.Forexample,theBritishusethewordautumnwhiletheAmericansusethewordfall.Inthiscase,theolderwordisautumn.However,aboutfourhundredyearsago,thewordautumnwas_withfall.Later,theBritishreturnedtoautumn,whiletheAmericansstillusefall.,contributionsvocabularythereforeprocessdefeatedreplacedtongue,vocabulary,replaced,Ofcourse,peoplefrommanydifferentcountriescametoAmericaandmadetheir_toAmericanEnglish.Indeed,inAmericanEnglishtherearewordsfromeverymajor_spokenonEarth.ManyofthesewordsareabsentinBritishEnglish.,contributionsvocabularythereforeprocessdefeatedreplacedtongue,contributions,tongue,AnotherbigdistinctionbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishisspelling.AftertheAmericans_theBritishin1781andgainedindependence,theywantedtomakethespellingofEnglishwordssimpler._,Americanswritecolorinsteadofcolour.,contributionsvocabularythereforeprocessdefeatedreplacedtongue,defeated,Therefore,Finally,thepronunciationsandaccentsaredifferent.Bothcountrieshaveslowlychangedthewaytheysaythesamewords,butindifferentways.This_iscontinuingeventoday.,contributionsvocabularythereforeprocessdefeatedreplacedtongue,process,Languagesborrowwordsfromeachother.WhichkindsofChinesewordscanyouthinkofthatcomefromEnglish?e.g.沙发sofa维他命vitamin吉普Jeep巴士bus,Brainstorming,DoyouthinkthatitispossibleforChinesetobecomethemostpopularinternatio