【公开课】必修一Unit2 Reading

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldReadingAmEBrELookatthepictures.CanyouspeaktheminAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?soccerfootballAmEBrEeraserrubberAmEBrEliftelevatorBrEAmEpetrolgasBrEAmEflatapartment

infact实际上,事实上now现在的、出席的govern统治words词汇、词汇量bydegrees逐渐地Newwordsactuallyatpresentrulevocabularygradually

官方的航行，航海本国的，本地的事实上后者的身份流利的频繁的official

voyagenativeactuallylatter

identityfluentfrequently

以……为基础文化、文明身份政府迅速地新加坡马来西亚bebasedoncultureidentitygovernmentrapidlySingaporeMalaysia

Pre-readingReadthetitle“TheRoadtoModernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?TheroadtomodernEnglishTheroadthedevelopmentofEnglishlanguageMoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachotherbutnoteverything.Para1:Para2:SkimmingMainideasofparagraphsAttheendof…

Laterinthenextcentury…

Today…Englishischangingallthetime.

(cultures&places)Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para3-4:Para5:A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofmodernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenmodernEnglishandoldEnglishChoosethemainideaofthetext.B

1.Attheendof16thcentury,___________spokeEnglish.2.EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbutmorelikeDanishandFrenchbetweenabout________.3.Bythe____thCentury,Englishwassettled.4.TheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaswrittenby____________.5.IndiawasruledbyBritainfrom______to____.6.____mayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.Scanning:selectivelyreading5to7millionpoepleAD800to115019NoahWebster17651964ChinaCarefulreading:

Para1--DevelopmentofEnglishIfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanPara2A

WhydoesEnglishchangeovertime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.ReadPara3and

answerthequestion:

HowhasEnglishchangedovertime?AD450-1150In1620was

based

more

on

Germanmore

like

French

ShakespearemadeuseofawidervocabularyAmerican

English

Australian

EnglishPara3-4Inthe18thCentury

AD800-1150Inthe1600’sBythe19thCenturyEnglishwassettledNowSpokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinsouthAsia.SamuelJohnson&NoahWebster

SamuelJohnsonBorn:

September18,1709

HewroteadictionarywhichinfluencedtheEnglishlanguageprofoundly.TwoimportantpersonsinPara4

NoahWebster

Born:October16,1758Died:

May28,1843

WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.

WhyisIndiamentionedinthelastparagraph?A.BecauseIndiaisatypicalcountrywhospeaksEnglishasasecondlanguagebecauseofitslongbeingruledbyBritain.B.BecauseIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.C.BecauseIndiaisacountrywhereEnglishplaysaveryimportantroleinsociallife.D.BecauseIndiahasalonghistoryofcommunicationwithBritain.Para5A

Thewritingstyleofthearticle______.A.Narration（记叙文）B.Exposition（说明文）C.Argumentation（议论文）2.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby____.

A.placeB.timeC.people1.

Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers____.nowwhentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeare

D.inthe12thcentury2.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?Languagesalwaysstaythesame.Languageschangeonlyafterwars.Languagesnolongerchange.Languageschangewhencultureschange.A

D

Choosethecorrectanswer.3.

FromAD450to1150,English

soundedmorelike_____.

A.

FrenchB.Chinese

C.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspoken

around

_____.A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.Whichcountryhasthefastestgrowing

numberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainC

D

B

LanguagePoints1.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.nearlyadv.几乎，差不多翻译：尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。Althoughheisnearly80,heisstillveryactive.翻译：海滩几乎是空荡荡的。Thebeachwasnearlyempty.nearly和almost的区别：(1)只用almost的场合

和any,no,nothing,none,never等否定词连用时。翻译：那里几乎没有人了。e.g.Thereisalmostnoneleft.(2)只用nearly的场合a.被very,not,pretty等修饰时。“notnearly”表示“远非，完全不”b.和具体数字连用时(nearly常用)。如:Nearly100studentsattendedthemeeting.用nearly或almost填空1.Hesaid______nothinginteresting.2.______1,000peoplewerehere.3.Therearenot_____enoughbooksforthewholeclass.4.Ihave_____nothingtodotoday.almostNearlynearlyalmost2.voyage

n.意为“旅行,航行”。v.航行，航海make/take/goonavoyage

进行航行eg:翻译：我希望进行一次海上旅行。Ihopetomake/take/goonaseavoyage.voyage表示“到某地航行”时，加介词to。eg:航行到英国要花一周时间。_____________________willtakeusaweek.ThevoyagetoEngland返航：thereturnvoyage试航：thetrialvoyage辨析：voyage,journey,tour,trip,travelvoyage指海上或者空中“旅行”，航行n,vjourney指远距离陆路“旅行”ntour指“观光旅游，巡演，巡视”ntrip指“短途旅游，往返某地”ntravel指“长距离旅行”,n,veg:Theshipsetoutonalong______.eg:Theywentonalongtrain

______acrossIndia.eg:Thesingersareonatwo-month___ofEurope.eg:OnThursdaywewentoutonaday___.eg:Hehadto____thecountryinsearchofwork.voyagejourneytourtriptravel3.becauseof

+名词/动名词短语；

because

+句子。翻译：因为你的关心,我发现生活充满了希望。Because

ofyourconcern,Ifindthatlifeisfullofhope.Becauseyouareconcernedaboutme,Ifindthatlifeisfullofhope.4.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.evenif=eventhough“即使”,引导让步状语从句,但是evenif/though引导的从句不用将来时。翻译：即使明天下雨，我们也要去北京。eg:Evenifitrainstomorrow,wewillleaveforBeijing.

evenif从句所说的不那么肯定。

eventhough从句是事实。e.g.Evenifheispoor,sheloveshim.

(=Hemaybepoor,yetsheloveshim.)(Even)thoughheispoor,sheloveshim.

(=Heispoor,yetsheloveshim.)Whentalkingtoafriendoverthetelephone,youfeelthatyouareclose_______theactualdistanceisnotshortened.A.asifB.evenifC.soD.becauseB小试牛刀①Achildcameuptomeandshowedmethewaytothestation.②Thesuncomesupintheeast.

Newshootsofbamboowillcome

up

fromaroundtherootsoftheoldones.Yourquestioncame

e

up上来,走近;发芽;被提出;升起走近,上来

升起被提出（2012浙江高考）---Alvin,areyoucomingwithus?----I'dloveto,butsomethingunexpected___A.hascomeupB.wascomeupC.wouldcomeupD.hadcomeupA6.ItwasbasedmoreonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的,而现代英语不是。1)basev.

意为“以……为根据,把基础设在……”,常构成短语basesth.on/uponsth。如：Thisnovelisbasedonfact.这部小说是以事实为根据的。翻译：这部影片是以戴赫劳伦斯的一部小说为依据。ThisfilmisbasedonanovelwrittenbyD.H.Lawrence.[拓展]base还可用作名词,意为“底部,基地,基础”等。如:eg:ManylanguageshaveLatinastheirbase.翻译：这座塔底部有一个门。eg:Thereisadooratthebaseofthetower.2)presentadj.

当前的,现在的(作前置定语)Didyouseethepresentnationalleaders?Canyoutellussomethingaboutthepresentsituation?出席的,在场的(作表语或后置定语)Ourteacherwaspresentatthemeeting.Allthepeoplepresentagreetomyplan.

present

n.

目前,现在;礼物Whatpresentdidyoureceivefromyourparents?at

present:

now;atthistime/momenteg:She’sbusyat

presentandcan’tspeaktoyou.翻译：目前他是剑桥大学的数学教授。At

presentheisaprofessorofmathematicsatCambridge.present

vt.

赠与，给，提出presentsb.withsth.或presentsth.tosb.把……交给,颁发,授予如:Motherpresentedagifttomejustnow.Onhisbirthday,hisfriendspresented

himwithaseriesofReaders.(送给他一套《读者》)

presenteda