Reading(6)：Englishanditshistory.ppt

1、Unit 2 Language,Reading English and its history,1. Are you good at English? What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or something else?,Warming up,2.What do you know about the history or development of the English language? 3.Do you think E

2、nglish has always stayed the same? 4.If English changed, how did these changes happen?,Read the article about English and its history on Page 22, and answer the questions in Part A.,Fast reading,1. What is the article about? English and its history.,2. What are the three kinds of English discussed i

3、n the article? Old English, Middle English and Modern English. 3. In what way is English still changing? English is still changing in many ways, such as in vocabulary and pronunciation.,Fill in the blanks with the following dates from the passage.,1. Before the middle of the _, people in Britain did

4、 not speak English.,5th century,5th century 9th century 10th century 1066 14th century 16th century,2. Modern English began to develop in the _. 3. Almost everyone in England began to speak Middle English in the _.,16th century,14th century,4. At the end of the _, Norwegian words began to be used in

5、 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,Read again and answer the questions.,1. Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people? Because it is made up of

6、the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to Britain.,2. Where did the word English come from? It came from the world Engle, as it was spelt in Old English. 3. Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? These words with

7、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? The French-speaking Normans, who took control of England in 1066.,5. Why are many of the words for animals different from those fo

8、r meat in English? The words for the animals came from Old English, while the words for the meat came from Old French.,Read the article again. Fill in each blank with no more than one word according to the text.,Work in pairs,English and its history,Made,confusing,history,occupied,official,effect /,

9、influence,caused,come into,Modern,pronunciation,Read the text carefully and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).,1. In Old English, the word “Angle” was once spelt “Engle”. ( ) 2. Many Celtic words were included in Old English, especially place names. ( ),T,F,3. Middle English wa

10、s used from around the 1100s to the 1400s. ( ) 4. The words we use for most animals raised for food come from Old French. ( ) 5. After the Norman Conquest, the Germanic way of making words plural wasnt popular. ( ),T,T,F,Read the text carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. The eff

11、ect of the Angles and Saxons on English is about _ years earlier than that of the Normans. A. 600 B. 450 C. 300D. 250,2. From the text, we can learn that _. A. the plural forms of man and child were borrowed from French B. the Angles and Saxons made the greatest contribution in the history of Englis

12、h C. Old English was made up of Celtic and the languages of the Angles and the Saxons D. English has many words and phrases with similar meanings which came from different languages,Match these new words and phrases from the article with their meanings.,occupy consist of aside from,except enter a pl

13、ace by force and begin to rule over it be made up of,take control of entire raise,whole take care of get power over,Read the article explains why American English is different from British English on Page 25. Complete it by filling in the blanks with words from the box.,contributions vocabulary ther

14、efore process defeated replaced tongue,Answers: 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _,vocabulary,replaced,contributions,tongue,defeated,Therefore,process,What should you note when you are reading a history article? Why?,Reading strategy,We should note the dates and years in the article. Recognizing the

15、se details can help us understand the order of events and how pieces of information relate to the rest of the text.,What can you do when you read a history article?,Make a time chart, listing important information, such as times, places and events in the article.,Languages borrow words from each other. How many Chinese words can you think of that come from English? And how many English words from Chinese? e.g. 沙发sofa； 维他命vitamin Kunfu功夫；Toufu 豆腐,Brainstor