1、madeofcanruohanxingUnit2EnglisharoundtheworldThisunitseekstogiveusabetterunderstandingofhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.itiswidelyusedintheworld.(aworldwidelanguage)Ithasalonghistory.TherearetwomainkindsofEnglish:AmEandBrEManyChinesearelearningEnglish.itisusefulinourdailylife.Howmuchdo
2、youknowaboutEnglish?QuizLetsdoasmallquiztodistinguishthenationalflagsofdifferentcountries,andfindoutthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?TheU.S.A.GreatBritainAustraliaIrelandCanadaSingaporeIndiaSouthAfricaNewZealanduHerestheSituation:AnAmericanisvisitingEngland.Nowhehasjus
3、tcheckedinahotel.Andhisroomnumberis705.Hereisthedialoguebetweenhimandaservantinthehotel.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?Excuseme,couldItaketheelevatortothe7thfloor?Pardon?Whynotthe6thfloor?Yourroomnumberis705.Andyoudtakewhat?Imean,IdliketotakethelifttoRoom705onthe6thfloor.Wesaythe7thfloorinsteadof6thfl
4、oorintheUS.Oh,sorry.Comethisway,Illshowyouthelift.BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallunderground subwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrashcanholidayvacationfortnighttwoweeks电电梯梯汽汽油油公公寓寓秋秋天天地地铁铁大大学学垃垃圾圾
5、垃垃圾圾箱箱假假期期两两周周petrolflatcolorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderasergasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.1.DoesanativeEnglishspeakerhardlyunderstandanAmericanwhentheycommunicatewitheachother?Predict:Readthetitle“theroadtomodernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthe
6、passageismainlyabout?Readingskills:Forthefirsttimeyoumustreadthetextquicklyinthreeminutes.Besurenottoreadthetextsentencebysentence.Readthekeywordsandkeysentencestogainabriefideaaboutthetopicofthetext.Usingthereadingskills,getthemainideaofeachparagraph.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondo
7、rforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydontspeakthesamekindofEnglish.However,theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Para1Para2Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.Englishspositionasworldlanguageisyettobeclearlyunderstoodordefined.Para3P
8、ara4Fillintheblankswithproperwordsaccordingtothetext.TheEnglishbetweenAD450and1150wasbasedmoreon_.FromAD800to1150,thosewhoruledEnglandspokefirst_andlater_.Attheendofthe16thcentury,about_peoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.GermanDanishFrenchfivetosevenmillionEnglishisalsospokenasaforeign
9、or_languageinmanyothercountriesinAfricaand_.Today,thenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasing_.Asamatteroffact,Chinamayhavethe_numberofEnglishlearners.In1620someBritishsettlersmovedto_.Inthe18thcentury,someBritishpeopleweretakento_.Englishbegantobespokeninbothcountries.largestAmericaAustrali
10、asecondSouthAsiarapidlyDevelopmentofEnglishaccordingtothetimeaxis(时时间间轴轴)AD450-1150800-1150ThetimeADELwaswrittenInthe1600slaterGermanlesslikeGerman;morelikeFrenchShakespearesEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglish1.DoyouthinkitmatterswhatkindofEnglishyoulearn?Why?2.Whydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworld
11、wanttolearnEnglish?3.WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheworldEnglish?Accordingtothepassage,languageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.SothewriterintendedtopredictapossibleroadtomodernEnglish,thatis,whenChineseculturecommunicateswithEnglishculture,Englishmaychange,too.Soastimegoesby,ChineseEnglishmaybecomeoneoftheworldEnglish.Thatiswhatthewriterintendedtotellusaboutthispassage.Sothewritergaveitthetitle-TheRoadtoModernEnglish.
