2023学年完整版Unit2Englisharoundtheworld之Reading

EnglisharoundtheworldUnit2Period2Pre-reading,Reading&ComprehendingPre-readingWhyaretheresomanycountriesspeakingEnglishastheirfirst,secondorforeignlanguage?2.WhathashelpedtospreadEnglisharoundtheworld?

DoyouthinktheEnglishspokenallaroundtheworldareallthesame?

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TFNativeEnglishspeakerscan'tunderstandeachotherbecausetheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.TF4.NoahWebsterwrotetheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.TF5.From1765to1947EnglishwasthelanguageforgovernmentandeducationinIndia.TFTask2:scanningPleasewritedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.Alllanguagechangewhenculturecommunicatewithoneanother.EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.ThehistoryofEnglishspreadingallovertheworld.Nativelanguagespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Para1Para2Para3-4Para5AD450--1150Englishwasbasedon__________________EnglishwasmorelikeFrench.Attheendofthe16thcenturyHowmanypeoplespeakEnglish?_____________________Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.___________AmericanEnglishgaineditsownidentity.Later__________Englishhaditsidentity.German5-7million

Inthe1600’sAustralian

18281150~1500Task3:FillintheformtimeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.Conclusion:

Findoutthecharacteristicsofeachtimeaccordingtothetimeaxis.AD450-1150

1150-1500ThetimeADELwaswritten

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AmericanEnglish

AustralianEnglish…Task4:listeningandcomprehendingChoosethecorrectanswerChoosethecorrectanswer.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers_________.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcenturyWhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Languagealwaysstaythesame.B.Languagechangeonlyafterwars.C.Languagenolongerchange.D.Languagechangewhencultureschange.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike______.A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.RussianADCChoosethecorrectanswer.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround________.

A.1400’sB.1500’sC.450’sD.1600’sWhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?

A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainDB6.IfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,______.A.theywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingeachother.B.theywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachother.C.theAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.theEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanChoosethecorrectanswer.A7.WhyisIndiamentionedinthelastparagraph?A.becauseIndiaisatypicalcountrywhospeaksEnglishasasecondlanguagebecauseofitslongbeingruledbyBritainB.BecauseIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.C.BecauseIndiaisacountrywhereEnglishplaysaveryimportantroleinsociallife.BecauseIndiahasalonghistoryofcommunicationwithBritainA8.Thewriterwrotethispassagemainlyto____.

A.provethatEnglishhasthelargestnumberofspeakersaroundtheworldB.provethatthenationwhohasmoresettlementsaroundtheworldhasmorespeakersoftheirlanguageC.TellofthedifferencebetweenancientEnglishandmodernEnglishD.tellofthehistoryanddevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageDTask5:BlankfillingReadaloudandfillintheblanksAttheendofthe16thcentury,aboutsevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.Nearlyallofthemlivedin________.AspeoplefromEnglandstarted______tootherpartsoftheworld,Englishbegantobe______inmanyothercountries.NowmorepeoplespeakEnglishthanever_______.________Englishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereven___theydon’tspeak_____samekindofEnglish._______,theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Englandmoving

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Alllanguageschangewhen________communicatewitheachother.NowAmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglishhavetheirown_______.EnglishisalsospokeninmanyothercountriesinAfricaand______,such____SouthAfrica,Indian,SingaporeandMalaysia.TodaythenumberofthepeopleinChina___increasing_______.InfutureChineseEnglishwillbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes.culturesidentityAsiaasisrapidlyTask6:discussionAsweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedinmanyfields,WhileChineseisspokenbythelargestspeakers.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguageallovertheworldinthenearfuture?1.Retellthepassageaccordingtothekeywordson