人教版高一英语必修一unit2Englisharoundtheworld-reading

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldWarmingupIsEnglishspokenindifferentcountriesthesameordifferentfromeachother?你吃饭了吗？DoyouknowanycountriesthatspeakEnglish?BrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyspellingpronunciationcrispschipsliftelevatorfavouritefavoritewoollenwoolendance[da:ns]dance[dæns]short[

ʃɔ:t]short[ʃɔ:rt]

1.Predict(预测):Readthetitle“TheroadtomodernEnglish”andguesswhatthepassageisgoingtotalkabout?Thedevelopment/historyofmodernEnglishPre-readingTheroadtomodernEnglishChoosethemainideaofthetext.A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofmodernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenmodernEnglishandoldEnglish2.Skimming:

gothroughthetextquicklytofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraphfromthefollowingsentences.(pairwork)A.

Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.

B.

EnglishisnowwidelyspokeninSouthAsia.

C.

MoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglishtoday.

D.

Alllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.

E.

Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.(Para.2)(Para.5)(Para.1)(Para.3)(Para.4)

Attheendofthe_____century,about_____to____millionpeoplespokeEnglish.Nearlyallofthemlivedin_________.Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefrom

England

made________toconquerotherpartsoftheworldand____________that,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheir_______,________or________languagethaneverbefore.

3.Individualtask:listentothefirstparagraphandfillintheblanks.16th57Englandvoyagesbecauseoffirstsecondforeign4.Readthesecondparagraphandanswerthequestion:Donativespeakersunderstandeachotheralthoughtheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish?1.AD450---11502.AD800----11503.The1600s4.16205.The18thcentury6.The19thcenturyA.

EnglishwasInfluencedbyDanish&FrenchB.

BritishsettlersmovedtoAmericaC.

EnglishwasbasedmoreonGermanD.

ShakespeareusedawidervocabularyE.

EnglishwassettledF.EnglishbegantobespokeninAustralia5.Scanning:readParagraph3andmatch.6.Scanning:

readparagraph4andfindoutwhatarethetwobigchangesinEnglishspelling.SamuelJohnsonNoahWebsterwrotehisdictionarywhichhasgreatinfluenceonEnglishlanguageWroteTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,givingaseparateidentitytoAmericanspelling7.Scanning:readparagraph5andanswerthefollowingquestions.WhydoesIndiahavealargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakers?WhichcountryhasthelargestnumberofEnglishspeakers?WhydopeopleallovertheworldlearnEnglish?8.Discussandreport:a.Totravelaroundtheworldb.Todobusinessinothercountriesc.Tostudyinforeigncountriesd.personalinterestse.Englishisaninternationallanguagef.Towat