Book1 Unit2

以下为《Book1 Unit2》的无排版文字预览，完整格式请下载

下载前请仔细阅读文字预览以及下方图片预览。图片预览是什么样的，下载的文档就是什么样的。

THE ROAD TO MORDERN ENGLISH

**_*学 杜某某

Book1 Unit2

Pre-reading

1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language.

2. Which country do you think has the most English learners?

3. Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you

are right.

The road to modern English

A. How to learn English well

B. The brief history of Modern English

C. The way to England

D. The difference between Modern

English and Old English

Choose the main idea of the text.

Scanning

Complete the table.

German

ruled

less

Skimming

Shakespeare

America

Australia

government

dictionary

American

The American Dictionary of the English Language

India

Singapore

Malaysia

Africa

Careful reading

Read the passage carefully

Development of English

the end of the 16th century

the next century

today

people

If an American is talking to

an Englishman, _______.

A. They will have almost no difficulty in

understanding

B. They will have a lot of misunderstandings

between each other

C. The American finds it difficult to

understand the Englishman

D. The English man finds it difficult to

follow the American

Why does English change over time?

Because of cultural communication.

Read Para 3 and answer

the question.

Samuel Johnson

Two important persons

One of the English language’s most profound influences.

When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.

Noah Webster

Read Para 5 and find out why India takes English as second language.

India

was ruled by Britain

South African English

Singapore English

Malaysian English

Hong Kong English

Do you know any other kinds of English formed for this reason?

Retell the text.

Post reading

At first, only people in ________ spoke English. Later, people from England ______ to other parts, so English began to be spoken in _____ _____ _________.

England

moved

many other countries

Today, _____ people speak English as their _____, second or foreign language. _______ English speakers ____ understand each other but ___ _________.

All languages change when ________

communicate with one another. So there are British English, American English, Australian English and so on.

more

first

Native

can

not everything

cultures

They all have their own _______. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in _____ _____ _________. Maybe one day Chinese English will become one of the world English.

identity

many other countries

Some people say that Chinese is a

much more elegant language, so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language. Do you agree with this opinion and why? Write down your opinion.

Thank you![全文已结束，注意以上仅为全文的文字预览，不包含图片和表格以及排版]

以上为《Book1 Unit2》的无排版文字预览，完整格式请下载

下载前请仔细阅读上面文字预览以及下方图片预览。图片预览是什么样的，下载的文档就是什么样的。