必修1 unit2 Reading

人教课标高一必修1Unit2,Unit2Englisharoundtheworld,ThisunitseekstogiveusabetterunderstandingofhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.,Whichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld?DoyouthinkChinesecanbeaworldlanguage?Why?Doyouknowthemeaningof“Englishes”?,Letsdoasmallquiztodistinguishthenationalflagsofdifferentcountries,andfindoutthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries.,TheU.S.A.,GreatBritain,Australia,Ireland,Canada,Singapore,India,SouthAfrica,NewZealand,Englishisspokeninthesecountries.,HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?,Itistheofficiallanguageofmanycountries,suchasUSA,England,Canada,Ireland.Ithasalonghistory.TherearetwokindsofEnglish:AmEandBrE.ManyChinesearelearningEnglish.,Whatcanyoulearnfromit?Situation:AnAmericanisvisitingEngland.Nowhehasjustcheckedinahotel.Andhisroomnumberis705.Hereisthedialoguebetweenhimandaservantinthehotel.,Excuseme,couldItaketheelevatortothe7thfloor?,Pardon?Whynotthe6thfloor?Yourroomnumberis705.Andyoudtakewhat?,Imean,IdliketotakethelifttoRoom705onthe6thfloor.Wesaythe7thfloorinsteadof6thfloorintheUS.,Oh,sorry.Comethisway,Illshowyouthelift.,ThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.,vocabulary,spelling,pronunciation,autumnfalltyphoontornadoIthinkIguess,colourcolorcentrecentertravellertraveler,danceda:nsdancednsnotnotnotna:t,电梯汽油公寓秋天地铁大学垃圾垃圾箱假期两周,1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?3.Lookatthetitleofthefollowingpassageandguesswhatitisabout.Thenreaditquicklyandseeifyouareright.,TheroadtomodernEnglish,Skimming,A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofModernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenModernEnglishandOldEnglish,Choosethemainideaofthetext.,Fillinthetable.,TheroadtomodernEnglish,culturescommunicatewithoneanother,thingsthathappened,lesslikeGerman;morelikeFrench,basedonGerman,Shakespearebroadenedthevocabulary.AbigchangedinEnglish,BritishpeoplebroughtEnglishtoAustralia,Scanning,Scanthetextandgetthemainideaofeachparagraph.,Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondorforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.,NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydontspeakthesamekindofEnglish.However,theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.,Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.,Englishspositionasworldlanguageisyettobeclearlyunderstoodordefined.,DevelopmentofEnglish,theendofthe16thcentury,thenextcentury,today,people,IfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmerican,WhydoesEnglishchangeovertime?,Becauseofculturalcommunication.,ReadPara3andanswerthequestion.,communication,German,ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage,less,ruled,Shakespeare,America,Australia,governmentandeducation,Englishspelling,dictionary,TheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.,inSouthAsia,China,SouthAfrica,ReadPara4andfindoutwhyIndiatakesEnglishassecondlanguage.,India,wasruledbyBritain,SouthAfricanEnglish,SingaporeEnglish,MalaysianEnglish,HongKongEnglish,DoyouknowanyotherkindsofEnglishformedforthisreason?,SamuelJohnson,Twoimportantpersons,OneoftheEnglishlanguagesmostprofoundinfluences.,WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.,NoahWebster,Fillintheblankswithproperwordsaccordingtothetext.,TheEnglishbetweenAD450and1150wasbasedmoreon_.,FromAD800to1150,thosewhoruledEnglandspokefirst_andlater_.,Attheendofthe16thcentury,about_peoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.,German,Danish,French,fivetosevenmillion,Englishisalsospokenasaforeignor_languageinmanyothercountriesinAfricaand_.,Today,thenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasing_.Asamatteroffact,Chinamayhavethe_numberofEnglishlearners.,In1620someBritishsettlersmovedto_.Inthe18thcentury,someBritishpeopleweretakento_.Englishbegantobespokeninbothcountries.,largest,America,Australia,second,SouthAsia,rapidly,2.Decidewhetherthestatementaretrue(T)orfalse(F)accordingtothepassage.1.Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.2.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.,3.Languagesfrequentlychange.4.Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.5.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.6.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.,Retellthetext.,Atfirst,onlypeoplein_spokeEnglish.Later,peoplefromEngland_tootherparts,soEnglishbegantobespokenin_.Today,_peoplespeakEnglishastheir_,secondorforeignlanguage._Englishspeakers_understandeachotherbut_.,England,moved,manyothercountries,more,first,Native,can,noteverything,Alllanguageschangewhen_communicatewithoneanother.SothereareBritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglishandsoon.Theyallhavetheirown_.Englishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguagein_.MaybeonedayChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglish.,cultures,identity,manyothercountries,Whydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwantto