Unit Two: Reading

The Road To Modern English

??How many dialects 方言 are there in China ?

dialects family in China dialects family in China

北方方言北方方言 吴语吴语

闽南语闽南语

客家话客家话

湘语湘语 赣语赣语

粤语粤语

ChineseChinese

Warming up – II ( 2m )

Do you think there are some dialects in English?

English dialects in different countries

English dialects in different countries

BritainBritain

The U.S.AThe U.S.A

CanadaCanada

AustraliaAustralia

IndiaIndia

New ZealandNew Zealand

……..

Br E & Am.E

When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.

BrE AmE

The differences between British English and American English.

vocabularyvocabulary

spellingspelling

pronunciationpronunciation

autumn fallautumn falltyphoon tornadotyphoon tornadoI think I guessI think I guesscolour colorcolour colorcentre centercentre centertraveller travelertraveller traveler

dance [da:ns] dance[ddance [da:ns] dance[dæns]æns]not [not] not [na:t]not [not] not [na:t]

Chinese BrE AmElift elevator

petrol gas, gasolineflat apartmentautumn fall

underground subwayuniversity college

rubbish garbage

dustbin trash can

holiday vacation

fortnight two weeks

垃圾箱假期

垃圾

秋天

大学

公寓

地铁

汽油

电梯

两周

petrolflat colorliftrubberhonorpicturesunderground

eraser gasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubway

Match the words that have the sa

me meaning.

1.English has/had the most speakers___.

A. now

B. when the British ruled many

parts of the world

C. in the time of Shakespeare

D. in the 12th century

Skimming

2.Which of the following statement is true?

A. Languages always stay the same

B. Languages change only after wars

C. Languages no longer change

D. Languages change when cultures change

3. From AD 450 to 1150, English

sounded more like_____?

A. French B. Chinese

C. German D. Russian

4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken

around ______?

A. 1400’s B. 1150’s

C. 450’s D. 1600’s

5. Which country has the fastest

growing number of English speakers in

the world?

A. Australia

B. China

C. India

D. Britain

Para 1 Brief introduction of the change in English. 简介英语变化

Time Who (how many people)spoke English

The end of the 16th century

Later in the next century

Today

About 5-7 million people, mostly Living in Fngland

Conquer other parts, spoken in many other countries

More people speak English than before

If an American is talking to an Englishman,_______.A. They will have almost no difficulty in understandingB. They will have a lot of misunderstandings between each otherC. The American finds it difficult to understand the EnglishmanD. The English man finds it difficult to follow the American

A

Para 2

Why does English change over time?

Because of cultural communication.

Read Para 3 and answer the question:

The road to modern English

AD 450-1150

English was based more on _______.

AD 800-1150

English became _____ like German Because those who _____ England spoke first Danish and later French.

In the 1600s

_____________ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

German

The history of the English language

lessruled

Shakespeare

The road to modern EnglishIn 1620 Some British settlers moved to

_________.Later in the 18th century

Some British people were taken to __________.

By the 19th century

The English language was settled. Two big changes in _______________ happened: Samuel Johnson wrote his __________ and Noah Webster wrote _____________________________

____________________

America

Australia

English spelling

dictionaryThe American Dictionary of

the English Language.

Samuel Johnson

Born: September 18, 1709

Write a dictionary

One of the English

language’s most

profound influences.

( 最深的影响 )

Two important persons in Para 4

Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Died: May 28, 1843When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.

Why is India mentioned in the last paragraph?A. Because India is a typical ( 独特的 )country who speaks English as a second language because of its long being ruled by Britain.B. Because India has a very large number of English speakers.C. Because India is a country where English plays a very important role in social life.D. Because India has a long history of communication with Britain.

Para 5

A

At first, only people in ________ spoke English.

Later, people from England _______ to other

parts, so English began to be spoken in

______ _____ _________. Today, _______ people

speak English as their _____, second or foreign

language. _______ English speakers _____

understand each other but ____ ___________.

Retell the text.

England

moved

many other countries more

first

Native can

not everything

All languages change when ________

communicate with one another.

So there are British English, American

English, Australian English and so on.

They all have their own ________.

English is also spoken as a foreign or

second language in _____ ____ _______.

Maybe one day Chinese English will

become one of the world English.

cultures

identity

many other countries

Discussion You can choose one of the questions to talk about in Groups (Page 10):

1, Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?

2, Why do you think more people in the world want to learn Chinese?

Why do so many people want to learn English ?

To use for business To use in school

To talk to nativespeakers

To read Englishbooks

To write to pen friends

To listen to English music and movies

　　 “曾经有一份真诚的爱情摆在我的面前，但是我没有珍惜，等到了失去的时候才后悔莫及，尘世间最痛苦的事莫过于此。如果上天可以给我一个机会再来一次的话，我会跟那个女孩子说‘我爱你’。如果非要把这份爱加上一个期限，我希望是一万年！”

Say this passage in your dialect.

　　曾经有一份贼纯的爱情摆在俺跟前，可俺没稀搭理，等到没了那前 , 俺才贼拉地后悔，如果老天爷再给俺个机会，俺会跟那个姑娘说：“俺稀罕你”。

Northeastern Dialect