1、教材背景链接英语真正成为英国人的语言，至今只有几百年的历史。我们所知道的英语，大约产生于公元1400年，由英国南部的盎格鲁撒克逊方言(AngloSaxon dialects)发展而来。Module 1British and American EnglishPeople from Britain and Ireland first came to live in Australia in 1788.They brought many different kinds of English with them.These different kinds of English began to mix
2、 and change.The new comers soon began to speak with their own distinctive accent and vocabulary.More and more people came to Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries.Many people came looking for gold.Some came from Britain and Ireland.Others came from nonEnglish speaking countries.Australian English
3、 continued to grow and change.Australian English has also been influenced by American English.During the Second World War there were many American soldiers staying in Australia.American television shows and music have been popular in Australia since the 1950s.The Australian and New Zealand accents a
4、re very similar.The Australian accent is also similar to accents from the Southeast of Britain.Australians use many words that other English speakers do not use.The famous Australian greeting，for example，is G day.A native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called the outback.Many wor
5、ds were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland.For example，“mate”meaning“friend”which is still used in Britain.Some of these words have changed in meaning.A few words come from Australian aboriginal(土著的)languages.These are mainly names for animals，plants and places.Two examples are“dingo”and“
6、kangaroo”Sometimes Australians do not know where a word comes from.For example，dinkum or fair dinkum means“true”，“Is that true”，“This is the truth”Some people say the word comes from Chinese while others say the word comes from England.Nobody really knows where the word is from.新课导入英语是源于英国的语言，它不只是英国本国的语言，也是各个英语系国家的语言。如今，英语已经变成一种世界性的语言。理所当然地，它成为了各个不同的国家和民族之间共同通用的语言及沟通的工具。有的人喜欢英式英语，觉得它文雅；有的人喜欢美式英语，觉得它时尚。不管怎么样，大家只要记住一点，无论我们更偏爱哪种英语，只要把它学好了，便可以和所有会说英语的人交流，这个是不会改变的。美国人只会美音，英国人只会英音，中国人，应该两个都学会，玩遍两个世界。本部分内容讲解结束按ESC键退出全屏播放
