(共14张PPT)
Unit 2
center
apartment
color
elevator
candy
bar
fall
petrol
eraser
sweets
gas
centre
flat
autumn
lift
rubber
pub
colour
Match the words that have the same meaning.
AE
BE
The road to modern English
The road
Modern English
the development
Are there any other
kinds of English
besides it
Guess according to the title.
What’s the clue(线索) of the passage
Time
Para 1
Time What
About 5-7 million people,
mostly living in England
Began to be spoken in
many other countries
More people speak
English than before
The end of the
16th century
Later in the
next century
Today
The main idea of Para1:
The number of English speakers is___________
increasing
Para 2
___________of different kinds of English.
An example
Para 3
The changes of English.
Para 4
Two big changes in English spelling.
English spoken in other countries.
Para 5
Part 3
Intensive reading
Read Para. 3 and Para.4 find
out why and how English changed over time.
Time Changes
AD450-1150
AD800-1150
1600‘s
German
ruled by German
Less like German
spoke first Danish and later French
made use of a wider vocabulary
Shakespeare
In 1620
British people were moved to American
Began to be spoken in both countries
By the 19th
century
In the 18th century
Two big changes
two dictionaries
desperate identity
British people were taken to Australia
Why does English change
over time
Because of
cultural communication.
Part 3: Para3-4
What are other countries in which English was
spoken as a foreign language or second language
Why does India takes English as 2nd language:
India, Singapore, Malaysia South Africa.
Britain ruled India form 1765 to 1947.
What was English used for during that period of
time
It became the language for government and
education.
Part 4( Para. 5)
The Road To Modern English
English is not all the same
English changes over time
The end of 16th C
The next century
Today
AD450
-1150
AD800
-1150
Shake-spear's time
English speakers
is increasing
English is spoken in other places
AmE
two big
changes
India
Other coun-tries
China
Conclusion
Australian English
Read again and try to
fill in the blank
English ______over time. Actually all languages change
when _______meet and ___________with each other. At
first , English ______between about AD450 and 1150 was
________more on German than English we speak at ________.
Then _________between AD800 And 1150 English became
_________like German because people later spoke French.
These new settlers ________the English language especially its vocabulary. By the 1600s Shakespeare was able to
________of a wider ____________than ever before. In 1620 , some British _______moved to America. Later in the 18th
century some British people were taken to __________too.
Finally by the 19th _______ the language was _________.
At that time , two big changes in English ________happened.
Two _____________came out. The _________gave a separate ______________to American English spelling.
changes
communicate
spoken
based
present
gradually
less
enriched
make use
vocabulary
settlers
Australia
century
settled
spelling
dictionaries
latter
identity
cultures
