牛津译林版必修三Unit Language“十市联赛”一等奖

Unit2LanguageModule3ReadingEnglishanditshistoryPeriod1Lead-in:1.AreyougoodatEnglish?WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish-pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?2.DoyouthinkEnglishhasalwaysstayedthesame?Givesomeexamples.1.Whatisthearticleabout?2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3.IsEnglishstillchanging?Readandanswerthequestions.

Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Yes.Readandanswerthequestions.1.WheredidtheAngles,theSaxonsandtheJutescomefrom?2.WhycansimilarpairsofwordsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?3.WhatwastheGermanpluralformreplacedby?4.WhichKingofEnglandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions?5.WhendidModernEnglishappear?2.Becauseeachwordorphrasecamefromadifferentlanguage.1.TheycamefromtheEuropeanmainland.3.ItwasreplacedbytheFrenchwayofmakingplurals.4.KingHenryⅣ.5.DuringtheRenaissanceinthe16thcentury.FillintheblankswiththefollowingwordsanddatesfromthepassageEuropean5thcenturyCeltic1.Beforethemiddleofthe_____________,peopleinBritaindidnotspeakEnglish.2.TheoriginallanguagespokeninBritainwas___________.3.ThreegroupsofpeoplecametoBritainfromthe___________.5thcenturyCelticEuropean10thcenturyFrench1066Angles4.The_________,theSaxonsandtheJutesspokelanguagesthatmadeupAnglo-Saxon.5.Normansspoke___________.6.TheNormansenteredEnglandin__________.7.Bythe______________,OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEnglish.Angles10thcentury1066FrenchReadingstrategy:readingahistoryarticledates,years,e.g.the5thcentury…helpyouunderstandasequenceofeventsandhowpiecesofinformationrelatetothetextWhatshouldyounotice?Why?Whatcanyoudowhenyoureadahistoryarticle?Makeatimechart,listingrelevantinformationsuchastimes,placesandevents…TimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBy10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyTimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBy10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyPeopleinBritainallspokealanguagecalledCeltic.TheVikingsinvadedBritainandbroughttheirlanguages.OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.TheNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.EnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions.ModernEnglishbegan.Trueorfalse:OldEnglishconsistedofanAnglo-SaxonbasepluswordsfromthelanguagesofFrenchandNorway.In1066,theNormanstookcontrolofthecountryandEnglishwasreplacedwithFrench.ThewordsformostanimalscomefromoldEnglishjustbecausetheanimalswereraisedandcookedbyEnglishservants.TFFDenmarkwasn’t4.EnglishwasusedforallofficialoccasionsaftertheNormanConquest.5.PeoplefromdifferentplacessometimesmisunderstandeachotherthoughtheybothspeakEnglish.FTthekingofEngland.HenryⅣbecamebeefmuttonpork/baconox/cowpigsheepThewordfortheanimal:Thewordforthemeat:ox-oxenchild—childrenman-menshoe--shoesfoot–feettooth---teethshoe-shoenhouse-housenhouse—housesTicktheGermanwayof

makingplurals.Discussion:Languagesborrowwordsfromeachother.Listsome.e.g.ChinesewordsfromEnglish:EnglishwordsfromChinese:2.DoyouthinkitpossibleforChinesetobethemostwidelyusedlanguagesomeday?Whyorwhyn