Unit+2+Starting+out Understanding+Ideas 高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingout+UnderstandingideasBrainstormingHowmanylanguagescanyouspeak?Whichlanguagedoyouthinkhasthemostspeakers?ChineseSichuandialectEnglishJapaneseLookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.AccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?Chinesehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?Englishhasthelargestnumberoflearners.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?ThenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasing.WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?BrainstormingWhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?EconomicglobalizationJobhuntingLearnmoreculturesTravelingSelf-improvement……Watchavideoandanswerthequestions.WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?TheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealandandAustralia.MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Forexample,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.More

detailsandknowledgeFrenchfruittablecrocodileinvasion(侵略)Anglo-SaxonhouseshipcowchildVikingknifeeggcakedimsumChinesetofuWordbankinvasiontribesVikingsScandinaviaDukeNormandyestimatedn.侵略，入侵n.部落，宗族n.维京人/北欧海盗n.斯堪的纳维亚（半岛）n.公爵/君主n.诺曼底adj.估计的；估算的AnglesJutesSaxonsTheHistoryofEnglishEnglishisnowthemostcommonlanguageintheworld.ItisthefirstlanguageintheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealandandAustralia.Itisalsothemostpopularsecondlanguage,___________meansEnglishisprobablyspokenbyoveronebillionpeoplearoundtheworld.Buthowdidwe______________theEnglishwespeaktoday?ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagebeginsinthefifthcentury______theinvasionofBritainbythreetribesfromGermany–theAngles,JutesandSaxons.TheoriginallanguageofBritainwasanolderEuropeanlanguagecalledCeltic.Overtime,mostoftheCelticspeakerswereforcedintothenorthandwestoftheBritishIsles.whicharriveatwithTheHistoryofEnglishIntheeighthandninth_________,therewereotherinvasionsbytheVikingsfromScandinavia.ThelastinvasionofBritainwasin1066_________aFrenchdukeWilliamofNormandylandedatHastingsinthesouthofEngland.Aftertheinvasionof1066,alargenumberofFrenchwordsbecamepartoftheEnglishlanguage.Forexample,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.Infact,morethan____thirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrenchandithasbeenestimatedthatEnglish-speakingpeople______haveneverlearntFrenchalreadyknow15,000Frenchwords.centurieswhenawho

Today,EnglishisalsoamixtureofwordsthatcomefromGermany,Scandinaviaandmanyotherplaces,too.OutsideoftheUnitedKingdom,theuseofEnglishisgrowing.ItistheofficiallanguageoftheEuropean