1、Unit 2English around the world,The history of the English language really started when other peoples arrived in England during the 5th century. Old English The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages，which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English.Old English didnt sound or loo
2、k like English today.Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English.However，about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots.,话题导入,Middle English In 1066，the Norman invaded and conquered England.They also brought with them a kind
3、of French，which became the language of the ruling and business classes.For a period，the lower classes spoke English and the upper classes spoke French.In the 14th century，English in Britain again，with many French words added.This language is called Middle English.,Late Modern English The main differ
4、ence between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary.Late Modern English has many more words，resulting from two main factors：firstly，technology development created a need for new words；secondly，the British Empire at its height converted one quarter of the earths surface，and the En
5、glish language used foreign words from many countries. Now there are many other varieties of English in the world，such as Australian English，New Zealand English，Canadian English，South African English，Indian English and Caribbean English.,阅读短文，回答下列问题1.The main idea of the text is .2.Fill in the blank
6、 in Paragraph 3 with proper words._3.Whats the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?_,答案,became a main languageVocabulary.,the history of the English language,Period OneWarming Up，Pre-reading & Reading,基础自测 自主学习 落实基础知识,课文预读 回归教材 萃取文本主旨,要点探究 探究重点 互动撞击思维,基础自测 自主学习 落实基础知
7、识,1. adj.官方的；正式的；公务的2. n.航行；航海3. adj.本国的；本地的 n.本国人；本地人4. adv.事实上；实际上5. vt.以为根据； n.基部；基础；基地6. adj.逐渐的；逐步的 adv.逐渐地；逐步地,答案,重点单词,official voyage native actually base gradualgradually,答案,7. adj.较后的；(两者中)后者的；后半的8. n.本身；本体；身份9. adj.流利的；流畅的 adv.流利地；流畅地10. adj.频繁的；常见的 adv.常常；频繁地,latter identity fluentfluentl
8、y frequentfrequently,答案,1. 因为；由于2. 走近；提出；上来3. 现在；目前4. 利用；使用5. 例如；像这种的,重点短语,because ofcome upat presentmake use ofsuch as,1.Why not go by Underground?为什么不乘地铁去？2.Today，more people speak English as their first，second or a foreign language than ever before.如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多了，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。3.
9、Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所说的话不尽相同，也可以相互理解。,好句积累,返回,课文预读 回归教材 萃取文本主旨,Para.1 () A.All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.So does English.Para.2 () B.How English spread(传播) in the past.Para.
10、3 () C.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Para.4 () D.By the 19th century，two big changes in English spelling happened.Para.5 () E.English is spoken in many countries.,阅读课文，匹配段落大意,答案,BCADE,1,2,4,3,5,答案,1.Where did most of the English sp
11、eakers live at the end of the 16th century?A.America. B.England.C.South Asia. D.South Africa.答案B,课文阅读理解,答案,2.When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?A.In the 17th century.B.At the end of the 16th century.C.Between about AD 450 and 1150.D.In the 19th century.答案A,1,2,4,3,5,答案,3.Acc
12、ording to the text，which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Languages always stay the same.B.Languages change only after wars.C.Languages no longer change.D.Languages change when cultures change.答案D,1,2,4,3,5,答案,4.From Paragraph 3，we can learn that from AD 450 to 1150，English sounded more like .A
13、.German B.ChineseC.French D.Russian,1,2,4,3,5,A,答案,5.Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers?A.Because Indians like learning English very much.B.Because India has the largest number of English learners.C.Because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.D.Because India has a c
14、lose relationship with Britain.答案C,1,2,4,3,5,At the end of the 16th century，English was only spoken by people from England.They were native speakers.Today，the largest number of people 1._(speak) English may be in China.A lot of Chinese people speak English 2. their foreign language.The English langu
15、age 3. (change) quite a lot over the last four centuries.Old English sounded more 4. less like German for it 5. (base) on German，but modern English sounds 6. like French than German 7. England was once ruled by the French.Two people had great effects 8. the English changes.One was Shakespeare，who 9.
16、_(large) the English vocabulary；the other was Noah Webster，who wrote a dictionary 10. gave American English its own identity.,课文语法填空,返回,答案,that/which,speaking,as,has changed,or,was based,more,because,on,enlarged,要点探究 探究重点 互动撞击思维,Later in the next century，people from England made voyages to conquer o
17、ther parts of the world.后来在17世纪，英国人航海去征服世界其他地区,1.,归纳拓展voyage n.航行；航海go on/make/take a voyage航海旅行,重点单词,语境助记(1)The voyage from America to France used to take two months.从美国到法国的航行过去要花两个月时间。(2)The young people have decided to make a voyage in their holiday.这些年轻人决定在假期进行一次航海。,易混辨析voyage，journey，travel，tou
18、r，trip(1)voyage指乘船做水上和海上旅行，也可指空中旅行。(2)journey通常指长距离的陆路旅行，有时也可表示经常走的或长或短的路程，往往不含有回到原地之意。(3)travel泛指旅行各地，表示旅行的路途远、时间长。指具体的旅行时常用复数，单数一般指旅行的抽象概念，其前不加冠词。(4)tour指以游览、观光、购物等为目的的旅行，往往在旅行过程中参观多处景点，最后回到出发点。也可指巡视、巡回比赛或演出。(5)trip指短途短期旅行，通常为往返旅行。,答案,题组训练选词填空voyage，journey，travel，tour，trip(1)Its a long from here
19、to Hong Kong.(2)Its only three hours from here.(3)He wrote a book about his in South Africa.(4)When I give up work，I shall make a long at sea.(5)The band is on in France.,tour,journey,trip,travels,voyage,It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.当时的英语与我们今天所说的英语相比更多的是以德语为基础。,2.
20、,归纳拓展base vt.以为根据；n.基部；基地；基础base.on/upon.把以为基础/根据be based on/upon.以为基础at the base of.在的底部；在的基点,题组训练单句语法填空(1)You should base your theory careful research.(2) I found some white flowers the base of the monument.(3) (base) on a real person，the film is very popular with many people.,答案,语境助记(1)What are y
21、ou basing this theory on?你这种理论的根据是什么？(2)The film You are My Sunshine is based on a novel by Gu Man.电影何以笙箫默是以顾漫的小说为基础改编的。,Based,on/upon,at,重点短语,Do you know that there is more than one kind of English？你知道有不止一种英语吗？,1.,归纳拓展(1)more than one单数名词，意为“不止一个”，在语意上虽为复数，但作主语时，谓语动词用单数。,(3)more.than.比更，与其说倒不如说,语境助
22、记(1)More than one student was late for class this morning.今天早晨不止一个学生迟到了。(2)He is more than a friend to me.He is also my teacher.他不仅是我的朋友，他还是我的老师。(3)I am more than happy to pick you up at the station.我很高兴去车站接你。(4)He is more lucky than clever.与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。,答案,题组训练(1) at the meeting yesterday.昨天会议上不止提
23、出了一个问题。(2)To be honest，The job is .说实话，这个工作超出了我的能力范围。(3)He said that he was .他说他很乐意帮你学习英语。,more than happy to help you with your English,More than one question was raised,more than I could do myself,Yes.Id like to come up to your apartment.好的，我乐意去你的公寓。,2.,归纳拓展come up走近(to sb.)；上来；发芽；发生；被提及，被提出，被讨论；出
24、现come about发生come across偶然遇到或发现come out出版，发行；开花；罢工come to合计，共计；(总数)达到come up with提出；想出,注意：come up“被提出”，其主语是被提出的内容，主动形式表示被动含义；come up with“提出”，其主语是提出动作的发出者，后面的宾语才是被提出的内容。,语境助记(1)A foreigner came up to me and asked me the way to the railway station.一个外国人走到我面前问我去火车站的路。(2)Some unexpected questions came
25、up at the meeting yesterday.昨天会议上一些意想不到的问题被提出了。(3)I dont know how the accident came about that night.我不知道那晚事故是怎么发生的。,答案,题组训练用适当的介、副词填空(1)He has just finished writing his book and it will come next month.(2)Its a friendly placepeople come to you in the streets and talk to you.(3)How did it come that
26、he had lost his important papers?(4)I came this old photograph when looking for a book yesterday.,across,out,up,about,It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.当时的英语与我们今天所说的英语相比更多的是以德语为基础。,3.,归纳拓展at presentat the present time目前；现在present vt.赠送；授予；引见；adj.出席的，在场的；现在的，当前的；n.礼物；现在
27、，目前present sth. to sb.present sb. with sth.授予/赠送某人某物be present at出席注意：present位置不同，意义迥异：作前置定语，表示“现在的，当前的”；作后置定语，表示“出席的，到场的”。,语境助记(1)No one knows what he is doing at present.没有人知道他现在在干什么。(2)The children presented flowers to their teacher on Teachers Day.在教师节孩子们献花给老师。(3)We dont know how many people wil
28、l be present at the meeting tomorrow.我们不知道明天会有多少人参加会议。,答案,题组训练单句语法填空(1)There are two Chinese people (present) with the Nobel Peace Prize in China.(2)Please dont worry.Your son is very safe present.(3)Many leaders from foreign countries were present the ceremony.,at,presented,at,So by the 1600s Shake
29、speare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.所以到17世纪时，莎士比亚能够使用比以往任何时候都要丰富的词汇量。,4.,归纳拓展make use of利用；使用make good/full/little use of好好/充分/不充分利用make the best of充分利用make the most of充分利用,语境助记(1)We should make use of our spare time to study.我们应该利用我们的业余时间去学习。(2)Ten minutes has been ma
30、de full use of to study the problem.充分利用十分钟的时间来研究这个问题。,答案,题组训练(1)一句多译我们做研究工作时应当充分利用因特网。We should the Internet when we do research work. We should the Internet when we do research work.We should the Internet when we do research work.,make the best ofmake the most of,make full/good use of,答案,(2)单句改错Th
31、ats the best use that we made for money.Her vast experience will be made full use by us.,of,of,For example，India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.比如，由于英国在1765至1947年间统治着印度，印度有很大一部分人会讲一口流利的英语。,5.,归纳拓展(1)a number of “许多，大量的”，和复数名词连用。当它出现在主
32、语前时，谓语动词用复数形式。还可以在number前加上形容词great，large，small等。(2)the number of “的数目”，修饰可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。,注意：表示“多”的短语还有：a great deal of/a great amount of (后接不可数名词)a great many/a good many (后接可数名词复数形式)a lot of/lots of/a large quantity of/large quantities of/plenty of (后既可接不可数名词又可接可数名词复数形式),语境助记(1)A number of young p
33、eople are crazy about the program Running Man.许多年轻人对节目奔跑吧兄弟很痴迷。(2)The number of people present at the meeting today is 600.今天出席会议的有600人。,答案,题组训练用所给词的正确形式填空(1)A number of girls (wait) outside the hall for the star at present.(2)The number of the students (keep) rising these years.,keeps,are waiting,N
34、ative English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以相互理解。,经典句式,归纳拓展even if/though即使，尽管，引导让步状语从句。在主、从句主语相同且从句的谓语部分含有be动词时也可采用省略结构，即省略从句的主语和be动词。,答案,题组训练(1)Mr. Smith likes to help us .史密斯先生虽然很忙，但他还是愿意帮我们。(2) ，I wouldnt go to atte
35、nd the party.即使受到邀请，我也不去参加派对。,语境助记(1)I like her，even if/though she can be annoying at times.尽管她有时会很烦人，我还是喜欢她。(2)Even if/though we could afford it，we wouldnt go abroad for our vacation.即使支付得起，我们也不出国度假。,Even if (I was) invited,even if/though he is very busy,Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150，English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.句式分析此句为复合句。because引导 从句；who引导 从句，修饰 。自主翻译_,难句分析,返回,答案,然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年期间，英语不那么像德语了，因为那时的英国统治者起初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。,原因状语,定语,those,
