课件41张PPT。Unit 2LanguageReading A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
O my luve is like a red, red rose,That’s newly sprung in June:O my luve is like the melodieThat’s sweetly played in tune!
As fair thou art , my bonie lass,So deep in luve am I:And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a’ the seas gang dry:
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear ,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;And I will luve thee still , my dear,While the sands o’life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve, And fare thee weel awhile;And I will come again, my luve,tho’it were ten thousand mile!
Enjoy a poemloveyouarelovelovegowithyouwellloveLearning objectives1.Read an article about the history of English.
2. Learn about how to read a history article.EnglishReadingand its history1. What is the article about?
2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?
3. In what way is English still changing?Fast-reading English and its history.Old English, Middle English and Modern English.English is still changing in many ways, such as in vacabulary and pronunciation. Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article.
1. Notice ______ and _______
2. Make a _________, listing______________datesyearsReading strategy (P23)time chartimportant informationa ______ articlehistory3: Help you understand the ________of
events and how pieces of information
____________ the rest of the text. orderrelate to Time chartThe Development of EnglishPeople in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.The Vikings moved to Britain and brought their languages.Old English was the official language of England.The Normans defeated England and took control of the country.English was used by all classes in England.Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official events.Modern English appeared.Two Germanic groups occupied Britain.Time chart10thend of 9ththenbefore 5theventslanguageoccupied by the two Germanic groupsthe Vikings began to move tobecame official languageSpoke CelticOld EnglishHave a tryeventslanguageTime chartHave a try1399latter half of 14th1066Middle English16thModern
English1399latter half of 14th1066eventslanguageMiddle EnglishNormans defeated and took control Henry Ⅳ became King and usedhad come into widespread useTime chartappeared during the Renaissancekeep on changing16thModern
EnglishCompareMiddle
EnglishNormans defeated and took control Henry Ⅳ became King and usedhad come into widespread useFrench didn’t replaceoccupied by the two Germanic groupsthe Vikings moved tobecame official languagespoke CelticOld
Englishappeared during the Renaissancekeep on changingModern
EnglishHistory of English Careful reading:
How did the language develop?a mixtureinfluenced by Frenchchanging???mixed with …similar meanings
animals and meat
pluralsvocabulary
pronunciation
inventingthe 5th century Occupied at the end of the 9th century Vikings Moved to and brought…CelticLanguages of Angles and SaxonsLanguages of
Vikings How was Old English formed?
French’s influence on English:1. More words with
similar meanings3. French ways of
making plurals2. Words for meat and animalsMiddle Englishreply answer the same meaning (回答)Old French Old EnglishMore words with similar meanings.ox/cowpigpork/baconsheepmuttonbeefEnglish French Why ?Making pluralshousenhousesshoenshoesmenchildrenModern English(L51-L58)Task :
Read together and answer the following questions
1.When did Modern English appear?
2.Why does Modern English include many
Latin and Greek words?
3.What also changed a lot in Modern English?
4. What will people keep doing? During the Renaissance in the 16th century.
People will keep inventing new words and new ways of saying things.Pronunciation.Because of the Renaissance.Middle EnglishLatin and GreekModern English How was Modern English formed?
1. English is a language with so many confusing rules, because .
A. English has a long history
B. England is separated from the European mainland.
C. the English population is large
D. the English nation consists of people from different cultures.
2. The oldest language in Britain is __________
A. Celtic B. Old English C. Norwegian D. Old French
3. Which of the following statements is the most accurate(准确)?______
A. English is easy to understand though it keeps changing.
B. English stays almost the same after many foreign invasions(侵略).
C. English nowadays is hard to understand , according to the article, because people make it similar to Old English.
D. English is changing all the time and will keep on changing.
DADConsolidation Choose the best answer True or false:Old English consisted of an Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of French and Norway.
In 1066, the Normans took control of the country and English was replaced with French.
The words for most animals come from old English just because the animals were raised and cooked by English servants.TFFDenmarkwasn’t4. English was used for all official
occasions after the Norman Conquest.
5. People from different places sometimes misunderstand each other though they both speak English.FTthe king of England.Henry Ⅳ became Task-based readingspokenmixingofficialdefeatedplacewidelyModernthroughcertainoccupiedDiscussionwars
cultures
3. the differences of dialects(方言)
4. modern science and technology
5. the migration of people
6. Business
…1.What contributes to the development of a language?2.Languages borrow words from each other,can you list some of them:
Chinese words from English:
English words from Chinese:?
Discussion
feng shui
tai chi
Confucious
kowtow
running dogs
tofu
paper tiger
Mahjong
…
阿司匹林
卡路里
摩登
罗曼蒂克
派对?
拷贝?
基因
咖啡
酷
…Compare1399latter half of 14th13161066Middle
EnglishNormans defeated and took control Henry Ⅳ became King and usedhad come into widespread useFrench didn’t replace10th9ththen5thoccupied by the two Germanic groupsthe Vikings moved tobecame official languagespoke CelticOld
Englishappeared during the Renaissancekeep on changing16thModern
EnglishHistory of English languageHomework1.Make a time chart of the history of Chinese.
2.Underline the difficult sentences in it.Group activitySuppose one of your group is a linguistic expert(语言学家)and the other three are journalists, we will hold a press conference(记者招待会 )…Tips for expertsMake a brief introduction English language, and please focus on times and events.
Useful sentence patterns. e.g. it’s my great honor to …;
What I am going to talk about today is…;
thank you for …;
Tips for journalistsAsk the expert some questions focused on features of the different period.
Useful sentence patterns. e.g. thank you for…;
I’d like to ask you…;
As you just mentioned…, what do you think of…? Time for discussionTime for presentationThank you!1. In our everyday life, we need to communicate with each other to make ourselves understood. Do you know how people can transmit information to each other? By language. It can be spoken or seen.Lead-in 2. Which language is the most widely used language in the world?Chinese characters are always changing!1. Since we have learnt English for several years, what do you know about the development or history of the English language?
2. Do you think English has always stayed the same?
3. How did these changes happen?What about English?