1、 Unit 2 ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD Is there any difference between American English and British English?How far is your flat?Do you want to come to my apartment?Hey,shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?Sounds great.Bar is a nice place.Lets go and see a soccer game.It is very exciting.Real
2、ly?I like football match very much.lts time to go home.Lets go to the elevator at present.But the lift must be full of people now.The Road To Modern EnglishReadingReading Read paragraph 35 on page 10,and then fill in the blank.The road to modern EnglishAD 450-1150 English was based more on _.AD 800-
3、1150 English became _ like German Because those who _ England spoke first Danish and later French.In the 1600s _ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.GermanThe history of the English languagelessruledShakespeareThe road to modern EnglishIn 1620 Some British settlers moved to _.Later in th
4、e 18th centurySome British people were taken to _.1765-1947English became the language for_.AmericaAustraliagovernment and educationThe road to modern EnglishBy the 19th century The English language was settled.Two big changes in _ happened:Samuel Johnson wrote his _ and Noah Webster wrote _Now Engl
5、ish is also spoken as a foreign or second language _ _ and so on.English spellingdictionaryThe American Dictionary of the English Language.in South AsiaChinaSouth Africa1.Which of the following statement is true?A.Languages always stay the sameB.Languages change only after warsC.Languages no longer
6、changeD.Languages change when cultures changeComprehending2.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more like_?A.French B.Chinese C.German D.Russian3.Shakespeares English was spoken around _?A.1400s B.1150s C.450s D.1600s4.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?A.A
7、ustralia B.China C.India D.Britain1.So why has English changed over time?那么,英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？over 贯穿,经过(一段时间)e.g.Over the years,he has become less patient.经过这些年,他变得不再有耐心。周末她会来杭州。She will come to Hangzhou over the weekend.新年时你在家吗？Will you stay at home over the New Year?over 超过=more than over 2 minute
8、s more than 2 minutes2.It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的,而现代英语不是。1)base v.意为“以为根据,把基础设在”,常构成短语base sth on/upon sthsth be based on sth3.morethan 是(前者)而不是（后者）;与其说（后者）不如说（前者）;He is more a friend than a teacher.You are more lazy than stupid.more than 不仅仅;多
9、于;十分 He is more than a teacher in our school.He made more than ten friends in this club.She is more than beautiful.rather than 而不是;less than少于；4.present adj.当前的,现在的(作前置定语)Did you see the present national leader?Can you tell us something about the present situation?出席的,在场的(作表语或后置定语)Our teacher was pr
10、esent at the meeting.All the people present agree to my plan.vt.赠与,赠给予,给,提出present sb.with sth.或present sth.to sb.把交给,颁发,授予 如:Mother presented a gift to me just now.On his birthday,his friends presented him with a series of readers./presented a series of readers to him.(送给他一套读本)5.Shakespeare made us
11、e of a wider vocabulary than ever before.莎士比亚使用了比以往任何时候更为广泛的词汇量。make use of 利用,使用make good/full use of 充分使用make no use of sth.没有利用We could make good use of our time.我们应该充分利用好我们的时间。Every minute should be made gooduse of.每一分钟都应该很好地利用。6.the number of/a number ofthe number of“.的数目”,接可数名词复数,其后谓语动词用单数。The number of undergraduates has increased over the years.a number of 许多,大量(后接复数名词),其后谓语动词用复数。There are a number of trees in our school.Homework1.Review all the new words and phrases.2.Read the passage again and again and recite paragraph 3.3.Finish the exercises on your workbook.
