北京聚智堂培训学校2014高中英语 Unit2 English around the world阅读理解讲义

本资料来自于资源最齐全的２１世纪教育网www.21cnjy.com English around the world 教学目的 必修1 (unit 2) 阅读理解训练。学习高中阅读理解部分技巧与方法。3. 学会分析长难句。 教学内容 Do you know that there is more than one kind of English Do you know the diff erences between American English and British English Vocabulary difference:ChineseBrEAmE 酒吧 pub 糖果足球 sweetsfootball比赛 match 电梯 lift Spelling difference Br E Am E favourite favoritetyre tire colour _____ theatre _____check _____programme _____traveller _____Pronunciation difference Br E Am EDance [da:ns] [d ns]Class [kla:s] [kl s] 1. 必修1 (unit 2) 阅读理解训练。2. 学习高中阅读理解部分技巧与方法。3.长难句的分析。 Do you know the histo ry of English Now there is a passage “ The Road To Modern English”. According to the title, can you guess what the passage is mainly about ● reading The Road to Modern EnglishAt the end of the 16t h century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.Native Englis h speakers can understand each other even if they don't speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:British Betty: Would you like to see my flat American Amy: Yes. I'd like to come up to your apartment.So why has English changed over time Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19 th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.English now is al so spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.During that time English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in Chi ... ...