2023学年完整公开课版Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldReading

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldReading（Ⅱ）TheroadtomodernEnglishLead-in:1.Testyourself:Doyouhaveanydifficultyinunderstandingthispoem?ARedRedRose

RobertBurnsO,myLuve'slikeared,redrose

That'snewlysprunginJune;

O,myLuve'slikethemelodie,

That'ssweetlyplay'dintune.Asfairart

thou,mybonnielass,

SodeepinluveamI;

AndIwillluve

theestill,mydear,

Tilla'theseasgangdry.Tilla'theseasgangdry,mydear,

Andtherocksmeltwi'thesun;

Iwillluve

theestill,mydear,

Whilethesandso'lifeshallrun.Andfaretheewell,myonlyLuve!

Andfaretheewell,awhile!

AndIwillcomeagain,myLuve,

Tho'itweretenthousandmile!Whataboutthisone?IAmNotYoursIamnotyours,notlostinyou,Notlost,althoughIlongtobeLostasacandlelitatnoon,Lostasasnowflakeinthesea.Youloveme,andIfindyoustillAspiritbeautifulandbright,YetIamI,wholongtobeLostasalightislostinlight.Ohplungemedeepinlove—putoutMysenses,leavemedeafandblind,Sweptbythetempestofyourlove,Ataperinarushingwind.ThedifficultyinunderstandingShakespeare’spoemmainlyliesinsomeofthewords

heused,whichpeopledonotoftenusenow.Wheredoesthedifficultycomefrom?Differentwordswereusedinthepast

andatpresent.

Englishinthepastwasdifferentfromwhatisusednow.2.AndwhenonedayQiuZhensongmetZak,ourforeignteacherfromAustralia...DidyoufindanythingdifferentintheirEnglish?Theyuseddifferentwordswhenexpressingthesamethings.PeopleindifferentcountriesmayusedifferentwordseventhoughtheyallspeakEnglish.Englishindifferentcountriesmaydifferfromeachotherinsomeways.PeoplefromdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentEnglishand

people

indifferenttimesalsousedifferentEnglish.

Thinking:

Howdiditcomeabout?Pre-reading:Guessingfromthetitle:TheroadtomodernEnglishtheroadmodernEnglishWhatismodernEnglishlike?thedevelopmentofEnglishWhatkindofEnglishbefore?1.changeofEnglish2.changeofEnglishspeakers

3.Englishspokeninsomeothercountries

4.Englishspokeninthepast5.differentkindsofEnglishPredicting:Whatwillbetalkedaboutinapassagewithsuchatitle?While-reading:Groupwork:Workingroupsoffive,eachreadsonlyoneparagraph,findsoutthetopicsentenceormainideafortheparagraph,writeitdown,andthentellstheothergroupmembersyourideatogetageneralideaofthepassageandjudgewhetheryourpredictionisrightorwrong.Readtoknow:Para1:Manypeople_________theworldspeakEnglish.Para2:Nativespeakerscanunderstand_________eveniftheydon’tspeak_______________English.Para3:WhyhasEnglishchanged__________

.Para4:Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguage__________.Para5:Englishisspokenasa_______or_______languagein_______and______.Mainideaofeachparagraph:allovereachotherthesamekindofovertimewassettledforeignsecondAfricaAsiaReadtoconstruct:Accordingtothemainideaofeachparagraph,canyouseetherelationshipofthefiveparagraphs?Orhowmanypartscanwedividethepassageinto?Mainideaofeachparagraph:Para1:ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Para2:Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Para3:WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime.Para4:Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.Para5:EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.Themainideaofthepassageliesinthefirstsentenceofthethirdparagraph:________________________________Para1Para2﹜ageneralintroductiontotheuseofEnglishPara3Para4Para5﹜thegradualchangeanddevelopmentofEnglishWhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Conclusion:Englishhaschangedovertime.Actually,alllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.Readtofind:Readthetextcarefully,esp.paragraphs3to5,andfindoutthefollowinginformationmentionedinthepassageandfillinthechart:2.relatedlanguages1.time4.relatedevents/whathappened3.placesTwomainperiodsinthedevelopmentofEnglish:fromAD450to1150:influencedbyotherlanguagesruledbyothercountriesfromthe1700son:influencingotherlanguagesrulingothercountriesYouhavetobestrongenoughtoinfluenceothers.

Conclusion:Sodoacountryandalanguage.Post-reading:Discussion:DoyouhopethatChinesewillonedaytaketheplaceofEnglishand

becomethemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld?Ifyoudothinkso,howdoyouthinkwecandoit?

Whatshouldyoudo?

Workinpairsandthenreportyourideatotheclass.Foralanguagetoinfluenceothers:astrongenoughcountryculturestomeetandcommunicate

...(Trytousethewordsandexpressionslearnedinthereadingpassage,e.g.atpresent,becauseof,actually,makeuseof,vocabulary,suchas,fluent,gradually,bebasedon,etc.)Suggestions:Asastudent,whatcanIdoformycountry?Homework:1.Furtherthinking:Whydidthewr