Unit 2 Reading 课件2.ppt

1、Unit 2 Reading 课件2,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 relevant information such as times, places and events, etc.,Reading a history article,Reading a normal text,different from,zxxkw,Skimming t

2、o get general ideas,zxxkw,The topic of the text is _.,Skimming,Reading Comprehension I,that old English is different from the English today B. how Middle English formed C. English and its history D. that English will keep changing,What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? Is Engl

3、ish still changing?,Old English, Middle English and Modern English.,Yes.,Skimming,Reading Comprehension II,Scanning to get detail information,Scanning,Reading Comprehension III,1. Where did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from? 2. Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English lang

4、uage?,They came from the European mainland.,Because each word or phrase came from a different language.,3. What was the German plural form replaced by? 4. Which king of England used English for all official occasions? 5. When did Modern English appear?,Scanning,Reading Comprehension III,It was repla

5、ced by the French way of making plurals.,King Henry .,During the Renaissance in the 16th century.,Scanning,Reading Comprehension IV,Fill in the blanks with the following words and dates. (P24) 10th century French European 5th century Angles Celtic 1066,Before the middle of the_, people in Britain di

6、d not speak English. The original language spoken in Britain was_. Three groups of people came to Britain from the _ mainland.,5th century,Celtic,European,4. The _, the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo- Saxons. 5. Normans spoke _. 6. The Normans entered England in _. 7. By the

7、 _, Old English was the official language of England.,10th century,1066,French,Angles,Fill in the blanks with the following words and dates. (P24)10th century French European 5th century Angles Celtic 1066,More detailed information of the text,People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.,Ol

8、d English was the official language of England.,The Vikings invaded. Anglo-Saxon+ their languages=Old English.,Germanic tribes invaded. Celtic + their languages = Anglo-Saxon,Henry became King of England and used English for all official occasions.,Modern English began.,The Normans invaded. upper cl

9、assFrench; common peopleEnglish.,English was adopted by all classes in England.,How is the English language developed?,Celtic,Languages of Germanic tribes,Anglo-Saxon,Anglo-Saxon,Languages of Vikings,Anglo-Saxon,Old English,Old English,Old English, French, Middle English,Old English,French,Middle En

10、glish,Middle English, Latin and Greek, Modern English,Middle English,Latin and Greek,Modern English,What are the words for these animals and their meat?,Why are the words for their names and their meat different?,pork/ bacon,beef,mutton,ox/cow,sheep,pig,How is the vocabulary changed?,The telephone r

11、ang and I picked it up. He lifted up both hands and cried to the policeman for help.,Anglo-Saxon,Norse,Which language are they from?,I asked John where he was going but he didnt reply. I had to answer a lot of questions.,French,Old English,He raised oxen, cows, sheep and pigs on his farm. - What wou

12、ld you like to order, sir? - Well, Id like to have some beef, mutton and pork.,Old English,French,Children grew out of their shoes quickly.,German,French,Quiz I: Find proper words from the text according to the definitions.,1. _ n. all the words that someone knows, learns or uses 2. _ adv. now, comp

13、ared with what happened in the past 3. _ n. someone who is paid to do services such as cleaning, cooking, etc. 4. _ adj. in a higher position 5. _ adj. time belonging to the present time or most recent time 6. _ n. a particular way of doing sth.,vocabulary,nowadays,servant,upper,modern,style,Quiz II

14、: 根据所给首字母写出单词 1. You should read more to enrich your v_. 2. In July, 2004 China opened its citizens tourist travel to many E_ countries, such as France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark and Norway. 3. This large international company has offices t_ the world.,vocabulary,European,through

15、out,4. Singapore has four o_ languages: English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. 5. Government promises to c_ more jobs for laid-off workers. 6. We used to listen to the radio a lot, but n_ we mostly watch television. 7. The United Kingdom c_ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.,official,create,nowadays

16、,consists,Quiz III: Cloze,You wont find it strange that English consists of _ rules if you know its history. Before the middle of the 5th century, people began to speak Celtic, which was _ by Anglo-Saxon after three Germanic tribes _ Britain. At the end of the 9th century, following the Vikings inva

17、sion, Old English _, which became the _ language in England by the 10th century.,confusing,replaced,invaded,came into being,official,Middle English is the English used from about 12th to 16th century. In 1066, the Normans conquered and _ the country. They took along with them their language French. _, it wasnt until the latter half of the 14th century that English was _ by