M3 Unit 2Reading

Unit2,Language,Whatlanguagedoyouspeak?Canyouspeakanyotherlanguages?Doyouknowhowmanylanguagesthereareintheworld?,Doyouthinkthatlanguageistheonlywaypeoplecommunicate?Whatothermethodsofcommunicationcanyouthinkof?,Howmanydifferentlanguageformsaretalkedaboutinthissection?Whatarethey?,Writtenlanguage,Whichotherlanguagedoyouwanttolearn,English,JapaneseorFrench?Why?,2.Emoticons,Whendopeopleusuallyusethiskindoflanguage?,Guessthemeaningoftheeachfollowingemoticons,:-),=,:-(,=sadness,:-O,=surprise,:-D,=greatjoy,:-P,=makingaface,:-(,=crying,8-),=Amanwhoiswearingglassesissmiling.,3.Signlanguage,Haveyoueverusedsignlanguage?Isithelpfulforyoutocommunicatewithothers?,Gesturesbyhand,Thumbsup!,Thumbsdown!,Ok!,Victory/win,Applause,Callme!,Guessthemoodfromthefacialexpressions,confused,sad,angry,happy,tired,4.Braille,WhoinventedBraille?-AFrenchmancalledLouisBraille.,5.Animallanguage,Doyoubelieveanimalscan“talk”?,Pairwork,Workinpairs.Discusswhatmessagesthefollowingbodylanguagecommunicates.,Bodylanguage,toencourageorcongratulateeachother.,tosaythatsomethingiswelldone.,togreetorwelcomepeople.,toshowirritation,disagreementornervousness.,Englishanditshistory,Reading,SinceyouhavelearntEnglishforseveralyears,whatdoyouknowaboutthedevelopmentorhistoryoftheEnglishlanguage?,Whatisthearticleabout?WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?IsEnglishstillchanging?,Fast-reading,Englishanditshistory.,OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.,Yes.,Readthethreepartsagain,andfillinthechart.,Part1OldEnglish,Time,Events,Beforethemiddleofthe5thcentury,PeopleinBritainallspokealanguagecalledCeltic.,Attheendofthe9thcentury,TheVikingsinvadedBritainandbroughttheirlanguages.,Bythe10thcentury,OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.,Part2MiddleEnglish,Bythelatterhalfofthe14thcentury,In1399,EnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.,HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions.,Time,Events,TheNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.,Part3ModernEnglish,ModernEnglishBegan.,Time,Events,Languagepoints,TheEnglishlanguageismadeupoftherulesandvocabularyeachgroupofpeoplebroughttoBritainwiththem.bemadeupof由构成；由组成Societyismadeupofpeoplewithdifferentabilities.,句中eachgroupofpeoplebroughttoBritainwiththem是定语从句，修饰therulesandvocabulary。bringwithsb.随身携带Jackbroughtanumbrellawithhimincaseitrained.,OldEnglishisverydifferentfromtheEnglishwespeaknowadays.bedifferentfrom与不同Thismethodisdifferentfromwhatwehavelearned.,Infact,itiscertainthatwewouldnotbeabletounderstanditifweheardittoday.infact事实上，实际上Infact,Ithinkanoldcarisbetterthannone.同义短语：asamatteroffact,ThelanguageconsistedofanAnglo-SaxonbasepluswordsfromthelanguagesofDenmarkandNorway.consistof由组成Allelectroniccomputersconsistoffiveunitsalthoughtheyareofdifferentkinds.,consistof和bemadeupof的区别consistof后面跟的各部分保留个部分独立性。TheUnitedKingdomconsistsofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.bemadeupof后面跟的组成部分不强调独立性，强调整体特质。,ManyfactorscontributedtothedevelopmentofthisnewtypeofEnglish.contributeto有助于；是的原因之一Thesuccessoftheprogrammehascontributedgreatlytothecurrentinterestinpopmusic.,In1066,theNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.takecontrolof控制Itsnoeasytasktotakecontrolofaclassofyoungchildren.,AftertheearlierinvasionCeltichadbeenreplacedwithEnglish.replacewith由替换Hewaspensionedoffandreplacedwithayoungerman.,Despitethisfact,FrenchstillhadanimpactontheEnglishlanguage.haveanimpacton对有影响TheOlympicshadanimpactoneverythinginBeijing.,Thisresultedinevenmorepairsofsimilarwords,likereplyresultin导致Stressandtirednessoftenresultinalackofconcentration.,Atthispoints,manyEnglishpeopleworkedasservantswhoraisedanimalsandcookedfortheNormans.名词point在这里指某事物发生的时间或阶段。IhadreachedapointinmycareerwhenIneededtodecidewhichwaytogo.,Readthewholepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.,1.WheredidtheAngles,theSaxonsandtheJutescomefrom?2.WhycansimilarpairsofwordsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?,FromtheEuropeanmainland.,Becauseeachwordorphrasecamefromadifferentlanguage.,3.WhatwastheGermanpluralformreplacedby?4.WhichKingofEnglandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions?5.WhendidModernEnglishappear?,TheFrenchwayofmakin