,. Pre-reading 1. Do you know the two men in the picture? Who are they? Can they understand each other well? The man on the left is British Prime Minister, David Cameron , the other on the right is U. S. President Barack Obama . (Answers may be in Chinese. ),Yes, they can. Though they come from different countries, they have no trouble in communicating with each other. After all, they are all English speakers. (Answers may vary. ),2. How many kinds of English are there in the world? Try to speak out. American English, British English, Indian English, Australian English, Canadian English, Singapore English, African English, Malaysian English.,. Skim the whole text quickly and answer the following question. The title is“The road to modern English”. What does the word “road” mean? It refers to the development of the English language .,. Read the text and try to tell if these sentences are TRUE(T) or FALSE(F). 1. At the end of the 16th century, nearly all the English speakers lived in America. (F) 2. Even if Native English speakers dont speak the same kind of English, they can understand each other. (T) 3. The English language changes and develops when different cultures meet and communicate with each other. (T),4. The American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster gave American English spelling a separate identity. (T) 5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa. (F),. Read the text again and fill in the form below.,. Choose the best answer according to the passage. 1. From about AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like. A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian 答案：C 2. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia. B. China. C. India. D. Britain. 答案：B,3. Why do more people speak English? A. Because it is an international language. B. Because it has the largest number of speakers. C. Because it is easy to learn. D. Because it always stays the same. 答案：A,4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The future of English. B. The origin（起源）of English. C. English is spoken in many countries. D. The development of English in the world. 答案：D,. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 1. Do you know that there isone kind of English in the world? A. less than B. only C. hardly D. more than 【解析】選D。 more than one kind of. . . “不止有一種”。句意為：你知道世界上不止有一種英語嗎？less than 少于； only 僅僅； hardly幾乎不。,2. that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. A. Because B. Because of C. As D. Since 【解析】選B。because of是復合介詞， 后面接名詞、代詞和動名詞。其他三項后面接句子。,3. Id like toto your apartment. A. come up B. come on C. come out D. come along 【解析】選A。come up 走近，上來； come on 加油，快點； come out 出版 ；come along一起，跟著。句意為：我愿意到你住的公寓里去。,4. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in AfricaSouth Africa. A. that is B. for example C. such as D. now that 【解析】選C。such as用來“羅列”同類人或物中的幾個例子，可置于被列舉的事物與前面的名詞之間，但其后邊不能用逗號；for example強調(diào)“舉例”說明，而且一般只舉同類人或物中的一個作為插入語，且用逗號隔開，可置于句首、句中或句末；that is即，就是說，換言之；now that既然，由于。句意為：英語還在新加坡和馬來西亞以及像南非這樣的非洲國家使用。,. Translate the following sentences. 1. In some important ways they are very different from one another. 在一些重要的方面它們彼此不同。 2. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 比起現(xiàn)在我們所說的英語，它更大程度上是基于德語的。,3. So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 所以到十七世紀時，莎士比亞所用的詞匯量比以往任何時期都大。 4. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. 后者賦予了美國英語拼寫的自我特色。,. Find out the sentences similar in meaning to the ones below in the passage. 1. Later in the century that followed, English people travelled abroad by sea and ruled other parts of the world by force. As a result of that, people in many other countries began to speak English. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.,2. Although people who speak English as their mother language speak the different kinds of English, they have no trouble in communicating with each other. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.,3. In the beginning, the English people living from AD 450 to 1150 spoke different English from the English we speak now. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.,4. Take India for example. India was once controlled by Britain for almost two centuries. So the number of people who speak English fluently is very large. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.,. Fill in the blanks with the proper words or phrases in the text. English has changed and 1 . developed when cultures meet and 2 . communicate with each other. From AD 450 to 1150, new settlers to England enriched the English language and enlarged its 3 . vocabulary . In 1620, British people began to move to other countries, and 4 . gradually , English was spoken in many other countries. By the 19th century,American English spelling got a separate 5 . identity when Noah Webster wrote his dictionary. 6 . At present , more people speak English as their first, 7 . second or a foreign language than ever before. People in South Asia 8 . such as India, Singapore speak 9 . fluent English. China may have the 10 . largest number of English learners.,Thank you!,同學們,來學校和回家的路上要注意安全,同學們,來學校和回家的路上要注意安全,