英语语言发展历史

Period 2 Reading

英语语言发展历史

Can you name some countries in which English is a native language?

英语语言发展历史

English Around the World

F A B Ireland Australia New Zealand C the United Kingdom G Canada

the USA

E

South Africa

D

英语语言发展历史

This

unit seeks to give us a better understanding of how English developed and how it is spoken in the world.

英语语言发展历史

World EnglishCaribbeanAmerican British

EnglishCanadian Australian

Indian

英语语言发展历史

Br E & Am.E

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

英语语言发展历史

The differences between British English and American English.BrE autumn typhoon I think colour centre traveller AmE fall tornado I guess color center traveler

vocabulary spelling

pronunciation dance [da:ns] dance[dæns] not [not] not [na:t]

英语语言发展历史

Chinese 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周

AmE lift elevator petrol gas, gasoline flat apartment autumn fall undergroun subway d university college rubbish garbage dustbin trash can holiday vacation

BrE

英语语言发展历史

Am E neighborhood labor color honorable humor favorite theater kilometer

Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre

英语语言发展历史

Match the words that have the same meaning. petrol eraser gas flat apartment color elevator lift honour rubber colour honor movies pictures subway underground

英语语言发展历史

Why do people all over the world want to learn English?

英语语言发展历史

TourismTrade Internet website Entertainment (娱乐) Learn in western university

Diplomacy( 外交)

英语语言发展历史

From these we can see ….It’s more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

英语语言发展历史

The Road toModern English

英语语言发展历史

Task 1: skimming

1. What’s the main idea of the passage ? The history and development(发展) of English.

英语语言发展历史

Task 2: scanning

Find out the key sentence of each paragraph