1、English around the world同步素材（人教新课标高中英语必修1Unit 2）Unit 2 English around the World 课文填空稿The Road to Modern EnglishAt the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people speak English. _ (几乎所有这些人)lived in England. In the next century, _(英国人开始向世界各地迁移) so English _ (开始被说)in many other countrie
2、s. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language_(相比以住任何时候). China may have the largest n_ of English speakers.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English. _, they may not be able to understand everything. For examp
3、le, a British person may say to her friends, “Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?” One of her American friends may then ask her, “Come up where?” Her Canadian friend might explain, “She _ we should come up to her apartment.”_ （那么英语在一段落时间在里为什么会起变化呢？当不同文化沟通的时，所有语言都会发生变化）. The English spok
4、en between about 450 and 1150 _ _（不同）the English _ (speak) today. Actually, _( 当时的英语更多的是以德语为为基础) than _ (现今的，现代的) English. Then from about 1150 to 1500, English changed even more. It became less like German, and more like French because _ _ （定语从句：那时的英国统治者）spoke French. _(它变得接近你们今天正在学的这种语言). In the 1
5、600s, Shakespeare _ (使用) a wider vocabulary than ever before, one big change in English usage happened _ (连接词) Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language, _ (give) American English its own identity. Later, when some British people went to Australia, English began to be spoken
6、 there. Now Australian English has its own _.English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. India has a very large number of English speakers. _（那是因为）Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time, English became the language for g_ and education. English is also spok
7、en in many other countries of Africa and Asia, such as South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia. In China, English has been used in Hong Kong since about 1842. _（目前在中国学习英语的人数正在迅猛增长）. Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes? Only time will tell.KeysThe Road to Modern EnglishAt the end of t
8、he 16th century, about five to seven million people speak English. Nearly all of them lived in England. In the next century, people from England started moving to other parts of the world, so English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second
9、or foreign language than ever before. China may have the largest number of English speakers.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English. However, they may not be able to understand everything. For example, a British person may say to her friends
10、, “Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?” One of her American friends may then ask her, “Come up where?” Her Canadian friend might explain, “She means we should come up to her apartment.”So why has English changed over time? All language changes when cultures communicate with one another.
11、 The English spoken between about 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. Actually, it was based more on German than present day English. Then from about 1150 to 1500 English change even more. It became less like German, and more like French because those who ruled England at
12、that time spoke French. It became closer to the language you are learning now. In the 1600s, Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before, one big change in English usage happened Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language, giving American English its own ident
13、ity. Later, when some British people went to Australia, English began to be spoken there. Now Australian English has its own identity.English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. India has a very large number of English speakers. This is because Britain ruled India from 1765
14、 to 1947. During that time, English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in many other countries of Africa and Asia, such as South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia. In China, English has been used in Hong Kong since about 1842. Today the number of people learning English is increasing rapidly. Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes? Only time will tell.