湖南师大 高一英语 M3-U2 reading-1课件 牛津译林版

1、高 一 英 语,Module 3 Unit 2,English and its history,The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.,1. What is the article about? English and its history. 2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? Old English, Middle English and Modern English. 3. Is English still changi

2、ng? Yes.,Fast reading,Careful reading(1),1. Where did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from? They came from the European mainland. 2. Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language? Because each word or phrase came from a different language.,P24 C1,3. What was the German pl

3、ural form replaced by? It was replaced by the French way of making plurals. 4. Which King of England used English for all official occasions? King Henry .,5. When did Modern English appear? During the Renaissance in the 16th century.,Careful reading(2),Read the article carefully and draw a time char

4、t, listing relevant information such as times, events and languages, etc.,People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.,The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages.,Old English was the official language of England.,The Normans conquered England and took control of the country.,En

5、glish was adopted by all classes in England.,Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions.,Modern English began.,Before the middle of 5th century,5th-9th century,At the end of 9th century,Celtic,Three Germanic tribes invaded Britain.,Anglo-Saxon (base of old English),V

6、ikings began to invade Britain.,Old English,Old English,Detailed reading,By the 10th century,Old English ( official language),Anglo-Saxon (base),language of Denmark,language of Norway,Old English,Middle English,In 1066,_ _. However, throughout the 250 years, _ By the later half of the 14th century _

7、 _ In 1399, _,the Normans conquered England and took control of the country.,French didnt replace English as the first language.,English was adopted by all classes in England .,English was used for all official occasions.,Middle English,Frenchs impact on English:,1. More words with similar meanings,

8、3. French ways of making plurals,2. Words for meat: mutton/ beef/ pork,Tick the German way of making plurals.,ox- oxen childchildren man- men shoe-shoes foot feet tooth-teeth shoe- shoen house- housen househouses,ox-oxen man- men foot feet tooth teeth child children,German way,French way,Plural endi

9、ngs,shoeshoes househouses glass glasses,Modern English,1. When did modern English begin?,2. What changes had happened during this period of time?,Modern English began during the Renaissance in the 16th century.,Many Latin and Greek words were added to English and pronunciation also underwent huge ch

10、anges .,3. Is Modern English the end of all these changes?,No , English is a living language and is forever changing.,Reading comprehension,1. English is language with so many confusing rules, because _. England has a long history. B. England is separated from the European mainland. C. the English p

11、opulation is large. D. the English nation consists of people from different cultures.,D,2. In the passage of Middle English, it gives us a lot of examples, what does it really hint? There are too many English words for us to use. B. English is difficult to learn. C. Foreign cultures affect the Engli

12、sh language a lot. D. Foreign languages have no effect on the English language.,C,3. Which of the following statements is true ?_ The reason why we find it hard to decide which words or phrases to use is that many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English. B. French replaced Englis

13、h after the Norman Conquest. C. Henry used English for all official occasions as English was his second language. D. Whether English will continue changing or not is hard to say.,A,4. Which of the following statements is the most accurate?_ A. English is easy to understand though it keeps changing.

14、B. English stays almost the same after many foreign invasions. C. English nowadays is hard to understand, according to the article, because people make it similar to Old English. D. English is changing all the time but it is still English.,D,Fill in the blanks with the following words and dates from

15、 the passage.,1. Before the middle of the _, people in Britain did not speak English. 2. The original language spoken in Britain was _. 3. Three groups of people came to Britain from the _ mainland.,5th century,Celtic,European,European 5th century Celtic,Consolidation,P24 C2,4. The _, the Saxons and

16、 the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon. 5. Normans spoke _. 6. The Normans entered England in _. 7. By the _, Old English was the official language of England.,Angles,10th century,1066,French,10th century French 1066 Angles,1. Before the mid-5th century, people spoke a language _ Celtic

17、. 2. After the mid-5th century, Anglo-Saxon _ from _ German with Celtic. 3. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings _ Britain, and then Old English was _. 4. By the tenth century, Old English was the _ Language in Britain.,Fill in the blanks according to the text:,called,developed,mixing,invaded,created,official,5. After the Norman _, upper class people spoke French _ common people spoke English. 6. By the latter half of t