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1、2023年必修一第二单元课文翻译 At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.Nearly all of them lived in England.Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countrie

2、s.Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before. 在16世纪末，大约有五至七百万人讲英语。几乎所有这些讲英语的人都住在英格兰。在其后的一个世纪中，英格兰人为征服世界航海到了世界其他一些地方，结果世界的其他地方的人们也开始说英语了。今天，把英语作为自己的第一语言、第二语言或外语来使用的人比以往任何时候都多。 Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak t

3、he same kind of English.Look at this example: British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes, Id like to come up to your apartment. 以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲不是同一种英语，他们也能彼此听懂。请看看这个例子： 英国人贝蒂：来看看我的公寓吗？ 美国人艾米：好的，我来看看你的公寓吧。 So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and d

4、evelop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English becam

5、e le like German because those who ruled England spoken first Danish and later French.These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.In 1620 some British settlers moved to America.

6、Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too.English began to be spoken in both countries. 那么，随着时间的推移英语为什么发生了变化呢？实际上，当不同文化相互交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所发展和变化。开始，英格兰人在大约公元450年到1150年之间所说的英语与我们今天所说的英语很不一样。当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的，不像我们现在说的英语。后来，大约在公元800年至1150年之间，英语慢慢变得不那么像德语，因为统治英格兰的那些人开始是说丹麦语，后

7、来说法语。这些新来的定居者丰富了英语语言，尤其是丰富了英语词汇。所以到17世纪初的时候，莎士比亚能够得以使用比以往任何时候都丰富的词汇。1620年一些英国定居者来到了美洲，后来到了18世纪的时候，一些英国人还被带到了澳大利亚。英语也就开始在这两个国家使用。 Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah We

8、bster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. 最后到19世纪的时候，英语这种语言就变得稳定了。当时，英语的拼写发生了两个很大 1 的变化：先是塞缪尔?约翰逊编写了他的英语词典，后是诺亚?韦伯斯特出版了美国英语词典。后者使得美式英语的拼写有了其独特的个性。 English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South A

9、sia.For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.During that time English became the language for government and education.English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.Today the nu

10、mber of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners.Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell. 现在英语在南亚地区也被作为外语或第二语言使用。比如，印度就有很多人说英语说得很流利，因为在1765年到1947年之间英国统治着印度。在此期间，英语成了印度政府和教育所用的语言。在新加坡和马来西亚以及像非洲的南非，人们现在也说英语。当今，在中国学英语的人数正在快速增加，事实上，中国可能是学英语人数最多的国家。中国式英语是否也能发展成一种具有自己独特个性的语言？这还有待时间去证明。 必修一第二单元课文翻译 第二单元课文翻译 英语第二单元课文翻译 高中英语必修五第二单元课文及翻译 高一必修一第二单元 翻译第一第二单元 历史必修一单元练习第二单元 历史必修一单元练习第二单元 新标准大学英语第二册第二单元课文翻译 人教版英语必修二第二单元词汇练习(造句翻译)