1、The History of EnglishFrom Activity 1,we know that the number of English speakers around the world is becoming larger and larger,that is to say,English is becoming increasingly popular in the world.Do you want to know its history?Lets look at a video.1.invasion/nven/n.入侵，侵略2.tribe /trab/n.部落3.origin
2、al /rdnl/adj.最初的 4.duke /djuk/n.公爵 1.In which countries is English used as the first language?2.Whats the original language of Britain?3.How many English words come from French?4.Which language has the largest speakers on the Internet?Watch the video for the first time and answer the following quest
3、ions.Discussing1.Discuss your answers with your group members.2.Mark the ones your group members cant sovle.Showing Show your doubts-the ones they cant solve in their group.1.In which countries is English used as the first language?UK,Ireland,the USA,Canada,New Zealand,and Australia.2.Whats the orig
4、inal language of Britain?An older European language called Celtic.3.How many English words come from French?More than a third of English words.4.Which language has the largest speakers on the Internet?English.ExplainingTake notes with the teacher explaining.Watch the video for the second time and fi
5、ll in the blanks.Part 1:the brief introduction to EnglishPart 2:the history of English1.the invasion of Britain by 3 tribes from _ in the_ century.2.the invasions of Britain by Vikings from_ in the _and _ century.3.the invasion of Britain by a _ Duke in 1066.Part 3:the situation of English today 1.t
6、he most _ language in the world.2.the _ language in 6 countries.3.the most popular _language.1.English is a _ of words coming from many places.2.English is the _ language of the EU.3.English is used more than any other language on the _.commonfirstsecondGermany5thScandinavia8th9thFrenchmixtureoffici
7、alInternetDiscussing1.Discuss your answers with your group members.2.Mark the ones your group members cant sovle.Showing Show your doubts-the ones they cant solve in their group.ExplainingTake notes with the teacher explaining.Students check themselves by watching the video for the third time to see
8、 whether they have fully understood it.The History of EnglishEnglish is now the most common language in the world.It is the first language in the UK,Ireland,the USA,Canada,New Zealand and Australia.It is also the most popular second language,which means English is probably spoken by over one billion
9、 people around the world.But how did we arrive at the English we speak today?The history of the English language begins in the fifth century with the invasion of Britain by three tribes from Germany-the Angles,Jutes and Saxons.The original language of Britain was an older European language called Ce
10、ltic.Over time,most of the Celtic speakers were forced into the north and west of the British Isles.The invaders spoke a language called Anglo-Saxon and many of the most common words in English come from this.The Anglo-Saxon wordhus becamehouse，scipbecameship，cubecamecowand“cild became“child”.In the
11、 eighth and ninth centuries,there were other invasions by the Vikings维京人（8-11世纪的北欧海盗）from Scandinavia.These brought words like“knifr，or“knife，“agg，or“eggand“kaka，or “cake into the English language.The last invasion of Britain was in 1066 when a French duke William of Normandy landed at Hastings in t
12、he south of England.After the invasion of 1066,a large number of French words became part of the English language.For example,fruit,table,crocodile”and“invasion.In fact,more than a third of English words come from French and it has been estimated that English-speaking people who have never learnt Fr
13、ench already know 15,000 French words.Today,English is also a mixture of words that come from Germany,Scandinavia and many other places,too.Outside of the United Kingdom,the use of English is growing,It is the official language of the European Union,and is used all over the world for air traffic con
14、trol空中交通管制.Also,English is used more than any other language on the Internet,ahead of Chinese.In fact,more than a third of English words come from French and it has been estimated that English-speaking people（who have never learnt French）already know 15,000 French words.1.It is estimated that the meeting will last four days.这次会议预计要开4天。2.It is estimated that over a billion people worldwide will go hungry 据估计，全球有十亿人将处于饥饿之中。长难句分析Thank you
