课件31张PPT。Let’s enjoy an old Scottish song :Auld Lang Syne
Should auld asquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should auld asquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne my friends
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
God be with ye! Goodbye!!!!Imagine: If one day you talked with a person from ancient times, could you understand him easily? Why can’t we understand them?English is changing all the time...English
and its
historyReadingUnit 2 Module 3
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 Prevision checking 1. What is the article about?2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?4. Is English still changing?3. Who controlled England in the 11th century?English and its history.Old English, Middle English and
Modern English.The Normans.Yes.
Hw?t! Wē Gār-Dena in geārdagum,
tēodcyninga trym gefrūnon,
hū eā ?telingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scēfing sceatena trēatum,
monegum m?gtum, meodosetla oftēah,
egsode eorlas. Syeean ?rest weare
fēasceaft funden, hē t?s frōfre gebād,
wēox under wolcnum,weoremyndum tāh,
oet?t him ?ghwylc tāra ymbsittendra
ofer hronrāde h?ran scolde,
gomban gyldan. T?t w?s gōd cyning!Beowulf
(贝奥武夫)Old EnglishOld English(L5-L22)Task 1: Find and say something about the words.
Celtic:
the Angles and the Saxons:
the Vikings:
Careful readingL14: people from Northern European countriesL8 :a language spoken by people in Britain
before the middle of the 5th centuryL9 :two Germanic groups from the
European mainland Occupied at the end of the 9th century Vikings Moved to and brought…A time chartby the10that the end of 9ththenbefore the middle of the 5theventstimesthe Angles and the Saxons/a mixture of their languagesthe Vikings/mixed with the official languageCelticOld English1.Celtic2.Languages of the Angles and the SaxonsOld English was formed like this3.Languages of the
Vikings Old EnglishA mixture Middle EnglishWhan that Aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his half cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open y?
(So priketh hem nature in hir corages)
(from Canterbury Tales )
Geoffrey Chaucer
“Father of English Literarure”Middle
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
EnglishModern
EnglishHistory of English languageFrench’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 pluralshousenhousesshoenshoesmenchildrenShall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. (from Sonnet 18)William Shakepeare
(1564-1616)Modern EnglishModern English(L51-L58)Task 1:
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.PronunciationBecause of the Renaissance.Middle
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 languageMiddle EnglishLatin and GreekModern English How was Modern English formed?
Can you list some new word or new ways of saying things?1. Brother is only a legend.哥只是个传说。2. tough girl女汉子3. newly rich and powerful peole土豪4. DINK family丁克家庭5. indoors man/ woman宅男/女The Growth of American English1. In the 17th century, what language did people in America speak? The language brought from English, that is Elizabethan English,
which belongs to the early stage of Modern English.
2. What is the first American Dictionary? What's the necessity of the dictionary at that time?An American Dictionary of the English Language, or Webster's Dictionary.
English in America has developed a character of its own. Webster considered that the country should have a language of its own.
3. Which language will be more widely used in the world? British English or American English?1. What may affect a language?1. the migration(迁移) of people
2. cultures
3. the differences of dialects(方言)
4. modern science and technology
5. wars
6. business
…DiscussionGreetings in World EnglishesHow are you?
LanKan Eng: So how?
Nigerian Eng: You’re enjoying?
Singaporean/Malaysian/Chinese Eng: Have you eaten already?
West African Eng: How? How far?
East African Eng: Are you all right?
‘Do you have milk and peace?It is an evitable trend that language keeps on changing in everyday exchanges! Homework1. Make a time chart of the history of English.
2.Underline the difficult sentences in it.