高一下UNIT2课件.ppt

Why do so many people want to learn English ?To use for businessTo use in schoolTo talk to nativespeakersTo read EnglishbooksTo write to pen friendsTo listen to English music and movies1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language?Pre-reading Suggested answer: America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, India , South Africa 2. Which country do you think has the most English learners?Pre-reading Suggested answer:2. For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations. For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number as it has the largest population.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.Pre-readingRead the title “The Road to Modern English” and predict (预测预测) what the passage is mainly about?The road to modern EnglishThe roadthe development of English language official 官方的官方的 voyage 航行航行, 航海航海native 本国的本国的, 本地的本地的present 现在的、出席的现在的、出席的gradually 逐渐地逐渐地vocabulary 词汇、词汇量词汇、词汇量New wordsactually 事实上事实上latter 后者的后者的 identity 身份身份fluent 流利的流利的Singapore 新加坡新加坡Malaysia 马来西亚马来西亚 frequently 频繁地频繁地 More and more people speak English.Native English speakers can understand each other but not everything.Para1:Para2:At the end of Later in the next century TodayEnglish is changing over time. (cultures & places)English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.Para 3-4:Para 5:Careful reading: Para 1-Development of Englishthe end of the 16th century the next century today peopleEnglandMany other countriesMore people speak in more countriesIf an American is talking to an Englishman,_.A. They will have almost no difficulty in understandingB. They will have a lot of misunderstandings between each otherC. The American finds it difficult to understand the EnglishmanD. The English man finds it difficult to follow the AmericanPara 2A Why does English change over time?Because of cultural communication.Read Para 3 and answer Read Para 3 and answer the question: the question: The road to modern EnglishAD 450-1150 English was based more on _.AD 800-1150 English became _ like German Because those who _ England spoke first Danish and later French. In the 1600s _ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. GermanThe history of the English languagelessruledShakespeareThe road to modern EnglishIn 1620 Some British settlers moved to _.Later in the 18th centurySome British people were taken to _.1765-1947English became the language for_. AmericaAustralia government and education The road to modern EnglishBy the 19th century The English language was settled. Two big changes in _ happened: Samuel Johnson wrote his _ and Noah Webster wrote _Now English is also spoken as a foreign or second language _ _ and so on.English spellingdictionaryThe American Dictionary of the English Language.in South AsiaChina South Africa Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 Write a dictionaryOne of the English languages most profound influences. Two important persons in Para 4 Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Died: May 28, 1843When 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. Why is India mentioned in the last paragraph?A. Because India is a typical country who speaks English as a second language because of its long being ruled by Britain.B. Because India has a very large number of English speakers.C. Because India is a country where English plays a very important role in social life.D. Because India has a long history of communication with Britain.Para 5 A True or False Page 10At first, only people in _ spoke English. Later, people from England _ to other parts, so English began to be spoken in _ _ _. Today, _ people speak English as their _, second or foreign language. _ English speakers _understand each other but _ _. Retell the text.England movedmany other countriesmorefirstNativecannot everythingAll languages change when _ communicate with one another. So there are British English, American English, Australian English and so on. 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.culturesidentitymany other countriesThinking Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes? “Only time will tell”. According to the passage, languages change when cultures communicate with one another. So the writer intended to predict a possible road to modern English, that is, when Chinese culture communicates with English culture, English may change, too. So as time goes by, Chinese English may become one of the world English. That is what the writer intended to tell us about this passage. So the writer gave it the title-The Road to Modern English.