牛津高中英语模块3Unit2 Reading

1、牛津高中英语,(模块三 高一下学期),Advance with English,Language,板块：教学设计课件,Unit,2,Welcome to the unit and Reading 1,Brainstorming (1),Whats your mother tongue? Can you speak any other language?,Greetings in different languages,Glckliches Neues Jahr! ! Bonne Anne! Happy New Year! 新年快乐!,Do you think that language is

2、the only way people communicate? If not, what other methods of communication can you think of?,Brainstorming (2),Different ways of greeting people,A kiss,A bow,A firm handshake,A loving hug,Other means of communication,Emotion + icon=emoticon,Communication with peoples eyes,A movement of the hands,

3、arms or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling,Feelings are reflected on the faces,We often see this while chatting on line or in our text messages, what does it stand for?,Could you give some other examples of emoticons?,Guess the meaning of the each following emoticons.,:- ),= ,:-(,= sadness,:-O

4、,= surprise,:-D,= great joy,:-P,= making a face,:-(,= crying,8-),= A man who is wearing glasses is smiling.,Sign language,Thumbs up!,Thumbs down!,Ok! instead they use many different sounds and actions to express themselves. For example, bees make a buzzing noise, lions and bears growls, cats miaow,

5、and dogs bark. If you see a cat standing with its back arched, head lowered or legs bent, it could be scared. If a dog growls at you, it probably is angry and you should be careful. Animal language is simpler than human language, but it shows how intelligent animals are.,嗡嗡叫,咆哮，嗥叫,拱形的,1 in a broad s

6、ense 从广义上讲 2 the various forms of language不同形式的语言 3 make a special Internet language 成为一门特殊的网络语言 4 stand for a big smile 代表眉开眼笑 5 sign language 手势语 6 all over the world 全世界,Useful expressions,7 fly in circles 以绕圈的方式飞行 8 inform sb about/of sth 通知某人某事 9 including animals and insects 包括动物和昆虫 10 exchang

7、e information 交换信息 11 good methods for studying English 学习英语的好方法 12 share sth with sb 和某人分享某物,Homework,Like Chinese, English also has a long history. After class, please do some research to find out how the English language has been developing.,Since we have learnt English for several years, what do

8、 you know about the development or history of the English language?,What about English?,Reading,English and its history,Unit,2,Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article.,1. Notice dates and years. 2. Make a time chart, listing important information, such as tim

9、es, places and events.,Reading a history article,Reading a normal text,is different from,Reading strategy,Comprehension,How many parts can we divide the text into?,Introduction,Old English,Middle English,Modern English,Introduction,Why does English have so many difficult rules?,languages,Old English

10、,before mid-5th,then,end 9th,2G tribes (A, S),Celtic,Vikings,Denmark,Norway,10th,languages,official language,Old English,Why puzzled?,Middle English,What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?,French,similar words,words for animals & food,What are the words for their

11、meat?,pork/ bacon,beef,mutton,Middle English,What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?,Henry IV,French,similar words,words for animals & food,official occasions,plurals,Modern English,When did Modern English appear?,What new factors are included in Modern English?,D

12、uring the Renaissance in the 16th century.,Latin and Greek words, pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented.,Skimming and listening,Skim over the text in 2 minutes and answer the 3 questions on page 22.,Listen to the text and answer the detailed questions on page 24.,The topic of the

13、text is _.,Part A,that old English is different from the English today B. how Middle English formed C. English and its history D. that English will keep changing,Skimming,What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?,Old English, Middle English and Modern English.,Skimming,Part C1,Fi

14、ll in the blanks with the following dates from the article. 5th century 9th century 10th century 1066 14th century 16th century,Scanning,1. Before the middle of the _, people in Britain did not speak English. 2. Modern English began to develop in the _. 3. Almost everyone in England began to speak M

15、iddle English in the _.,5th century,16th century,14th century,4. At the end of the _, Norwegian words began to be used in the English language. 5. The Normans occupied England in _. 6. By the _, people in England used Old English as the official language.,10th century,1066,9th century,1. Why does th

16、e English language have so many rules that confuse people?,Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to Britain.,Part C2,It came from the word Engle, as it was spelt in Old English.,2. Where did the word English come from?

17、,3. Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language?,These words with similar meanings developed because each word came from a different language.,4. Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English? 5. Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English?,The F