1、Unit2 ENGLISHAROUND THE WORLDFive kinds of English in the worldCanadian EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAustralian English Indian EnglishMain differencesBr.EAm.Espellingpronunciationvocabularycolourcolormetremetertravelledtraveledautumn,fall,post,mail,petrol,gas,film,movie,shop,store,I thinkI
2、guessdance;cant;neither;either;tomatoDo you know any difference between British English and American English?The Road To Modern EnglishReadingScan:Scan the text to find or make out a key sentence for each paragraph.Please write down the main idea of each paragraph.Para.1:Para.2:Para.3-4:Para.5:The _
3、 of the English language in the world.Native speaker can _ each other but they may not be able to _ _.All language change when _ _ with one another.English is spoken as a _ language or _ language in _ and _.spreadunderstandunderstandeverythingcultures meet and communicateforeignsecondAfrica Asia the
4、 development of EnglishtimeLanguage developmentDuring the 5thcentury ADAD800-1150162018th century19thbased more on Germaninfluenced by Danish and then by French;vocabulary enrichedBritish settlers moved to America;English spoken thereBritish taken to Australia;English spoken therelanguage settled;sp
5、elling difference happenedTimeWho(how many people)spoke EnglishThe end of the 16th centuryLater in the next centuryTodayspoken in many other countriesmore people speak English than beforeEnglish is more and more popular.about 5-7 million people,mostly living in Fngland1.English has/had the most spea
6、kersA.now.B.when the British ruled many parts of the world.C.in the time of Shakespeare.D.in the 12th century.Reading for detailed information2.Which of the following statement（陈述）is true？A.Language always stay the same B.Language changed only after warsC.Language no longer change D.Language change
7、when cultures changeREADING3.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more likeA.French.B.Chinese.C.German.D.Russian.4.Shakespeares English was spoken aroundA.1400s.B.1150s.C.450s.D.1600S.READING5.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speaker in the world?A.Australia B.ChinaC.India D.Britain READING
