1、,Learning is the eye of the mind. 学识是心灵的慧眼。,单元核心素养：语言能力,The history of the English language really started when other peoples arrived in England during the 5th century. Old English The invading(侵略) Germans spoke similar languages，which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English.Old Engli
2、sh didnt sound or look like todays English.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 bro
3、ught with them a kind of French，which became the language of the ruling and business classes.For a period，the lower classes spoke English and the upper(较高的) classes spoke French.In the 14th century，English became dominant in Britain again，with many French words added.This language is called Middle E
4、nglish.,Late Modern English The main difference 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 covered one
5、 quarter of the earths surface，and the English 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.,What is the main idea
6、 of the text? _,查看答案,.根据短文内容回答下列问题,1.Nowadays，people have no difficulty in understanding Old English.( ) 2.Vocabulary is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English.( ),.根据短文内容判断正(T)、误(F),The history of the English language.,F,T,PART 1,读前清障,PART 2,课文理解,Period One Warming
7、 Up & ReadingPre-reading,PART1,读前清障,匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思 第一组,查看答案,1.petrol A.航行；航海 2.official B.征服；占领 3.voyage C.本国的；本地的；本地人；本国人 4.conquer D.汽油 5.native E.官方的；正式的；公务的,6.apartment A.使富裕；充实；改善 7.actually B. 公寓住宅；单元住宅 8.base C.实际上；事实上 9.gradual D.以为根据；基部；基地；基础 10.enrich E.逐渐的；逐步的,第二组,查看答案,查看答案,11.vocabulary
8、 A.本身；本体；身份 12.spelling B.流利地；流畅地 13.latter C.词汇；词汇量；词表 14.identity D.拼写；拼法 15.fluently E.较后的；后半的；(两者中)后者的,第三组,PART2,课文理解,1.Whats the main idea of the text? A.How to learn English well. B.The history of the English language. C.The differences between old English and modern English. D.English is wide
9、ly used all over the world.,查看答案,Step 1 Fast-reading,2.Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 A.All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.So does English. Para.2 B.How English spread in the past. Para.3 C.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they
10、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.,查看答案,Choose the best answer 1.Where did most of the English speakers live at the end of the 16th century? A.America. B.England. C.South Asia.
11、D.South Africa.,Step 2 Careful-reading,查看答案,2.If people speak different kinds of English，they . A.cant communicate with each other B.can only be understood by those who speak the same kind of English C.cant be understood by foreigners D.can understand each other,查看答案,3.According to the text，which of
12、 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.,查看答案,4.From Paragraph 3，we can learn that from AD 450 to 1150，English sounded more like . A.German B.Chinese C.French D.Russ
13、ian,查看答案,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 close relationship with Britain.,查看答案,A
14、fter reading the text，please fill in the following blanks. At the end of the 16th century，English was 1. (most) spoken by people from England.They were native speakers.Today，the largest number of people 2. (speak) English may be in China.A lot of Chinese people speak English 3. their foreign languag
15、e.The English language 4._ (change) quite a lot over the last four centuries.Old English sounded more 5._ less like German for it 6. (base) on German，but modern English sounds 7. (much) like French than German 8. England was once ruled by the French.Two persons had great effects on the English chang
16、es.,查看答案,Step 3 Post-reading,mostly,speaking,as,has changed,or,was based,more,because,9. was Shakespeare，who enlarged the English vocabulary；the other was Noah Webster，who wrote a dictionary 10. gave American English its own identity.,查看答案,One,that/which,1.Later in the next century，people from Engla
17、nd made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that，English began to be spoken in many other countries. 句式分析 本句为and连接的并列句。第一个分句的主干是people made voyages，为主谓宾结构；Later in the next century为时间状语，from England为定语修饰people，动词不定式短语to conquer other parts of the world为目的状语；第二个分句的主干是English be
18、gan to be spoken，because of that为原因状语，in many other countries为地点状语。 自主翻译 _ _,查看答案,后来，在下个世纪，英国人出海远航以征服世界其他地区。于是，许多别的国家开始说英语。,Step 4 Sentence-learning,2.At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 句式分析 本句为简单句，主干为the English was
19、 very different from the English，为主系表结构，At first为时间状语，过去分词短语spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150和spoken today为后置定语，分别修饰第一个the English和第二个the English。 自主翻译 _ _,查看答案,起初，大约在公元450年到公元1150年之间，英国人所说的英语与人们现在所说的英语有很大的不同。,3.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 本句为复合句，主句为English became less like German；Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150是时间状语；because引导原因状语从句，其中who ruled England是定语从句，修饰those。 自主翻译 _ _,查看答案,然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年期间，英语变得不那么像德语了，因为那时英国的统治者起初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。,