牛津高中英语-M3U2-reading精编版

1、 William Shakespeare a brilliant English poet and playwright during the Renaissance Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date. 我能否将你比作夏天？我能否将你比作夏天？ 你比夏天更美丽温婉。你比夏天

2、更美丽温婉。 狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残，狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残， 夏日的勾留何其短暂？夏日的勾留何其短暂？ Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date. 我能否将你比作夏天？我能否将你比作夏天？ 你比夏天更美丽温婉。你比夏天更美丽温婉。 狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残，狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残， 夏日的

3、勾留何其短暂？夏日的勾留何其短暂？ you You are has English and its history Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article. 1. Notice the dates and years 2. Make a time chart, listing important information such as times, places and events, etc. Reading a history article Listen to the

4、 tape and underline all the dates and years. Make a time chart. The Development of English KindsTimeEvents Old English Before the middle of the 5th century Then At the end of the 9th century By the 10th century Middle English In 1066 By the latter half of the 14th century In 1399 Modern English Duri

5、ng the Renaissance in the 16th century People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic. The Vikings moved to Britain and brought their languages. Old English became the official language of England. The Normans defeated England and took control of the country. English came into widespread use a

6、mong all classes in England. Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official events. Modern English appeared. Two Germanic groups occupied Britain. Careful-reading Read the passage again and try to find out how the English language developed. Periods Features Evidence Old English M

7、iddle English Modern English How did the language develop? a mixture influenced by French changing ? ? ? mixed with similar meanings animals and meat plurals vocabulary pronunciation inventing Period Feature Evidences Old English Middle English Modern English How did the language develop? a mixture

8、influenced by French changing ? ? ? mixed with similar meanings animals and meat plurals vocabulary pronunciation inventing the 5th century the 9th century Celtic Languages of the Angles and Saxons Old English Languages of the Vikings Frenchs influence on English: 1. More words with similar meanings

9、 3. French ways of making plurals 2. Words for meat and animals Middle English reply answer the same meaning (回答）回答） Old French Old English More words with similar meanings. Examples Words for animals Words for their meat ox/cow pigpork/baconpork/bacon sheep muttonmutton beefbeef English FrenchFrenc

10、h Examples Germanic way French way house shoe man child Making plurals housenhouses shoenshoes men children Consolidation Task-based reading English and its history Old English In the middle of the 5th century, the language 1._ in Britain was Celtic. Then Britain was 2._ by the Angles and the Saxons

11、, who brought their language into Old English. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings created Old English, 3._ their languages with Anglo-Saxon. By the 10th century, Old English, had become the 4._ language of English. Middle English In 1066, England was 5._ by the Normans, but French didnt take

12、 the 6._ of English as the first language. By the latter half of the 14th century, English had been 7._used among all classes in England. 8._ _ English Vocabulary and pronunciation also went 9._ great changes during the Renaissance. It is 10._ that English will continue developing in the future. spoken mixing official defeated place widely Modern through certain occup