1、1.With your partner,list the countries that use English as an official language.2.Which country do you think has the most English learners?3.Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about.Then read it quickly and see if you are right.A.How to learn English wellB.The brief hist
2、ory of Modern EnglishC.The way to England D.The difference between Modern English and Old EnglishChoose the main idea of the text.Complete the table.The road to modern EnglishAD 4501150The English was spoken in England.It was based more on 1)_ than the English we speak at present.AD 8001150Because t
3、he people who 2)_ England spoke first Danish and later French,English became 3)_ like German.Germanruled less The road to modern EnglishIn the 1600s4)_ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.In 1620Some British settlers moved to 5)_.In the 18th centurySome British people were taken to 6)_.S
4、hakespeareAmericaAustraliaThe road to modern English17651947English was spoken in India as well as in Africa and Asia.It became the language for 7)_ and education in India.governmentThe road to modern EnglishBy the 19th centuryThe English language was settled.Two big changes:Samuel Johnson wrote his
5、 8)_.Noah Webster wrote 9)_ and gave a separate identity to 10)_ English spelling.dictionaryAmericanThe American Dictionary of the English LanguageThe road to modern EnglishNowEnglish is also spoken in 11)_,12)_，13)_,14)_ and so on.IndiaSingaporeMalaysiaAfricaRead the passage carefullyDevelopment of
6、 Englishthe end of the 16th centurythe nextcenturytodaypeopleEnglandMany other countriesMore peoplespeak inmorecountriesIf an American is talking to an Englishman,_.A.They will have almost no difficulty in understandingB.They will have a lot of misunderstandings between each otherC.The American find
7、s it difficult to understand the EnglishmanD.The English man finds it difficult to follow the AmericanWhy does English change over time?Because of cultural communication.Read Para 3 and answer the munication Samuel JohnsonTwo important personsOne of the English languages most profound influences.Whe
8、n Noah was 43,he started writing the first American dictionary.He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled,pronounced and used words differently.Noah Webster Read Para 5 and find out why India takes English as second language.Indiawas ruled by BritainSouth African English
9、Singapore EnglishMalaysian EnglishHong Kong EnglishDo you know any other kinds of English formed for this reason?Retell the text.At first,only people in _ spoke English.Later,people from England _ to other parts,so English began to be spoken in _ _ _.Englandmovedmany other countriesToday,_ people sp
10、eak English as their _,second or foreign language._ English speakers _ understand each other but _ _.All languages change when _ communicate with one another.So there are British English,American English,Australian English and so on.morefirstNativecannot everythingculturesThey all have their own _.E
11、nglish is also spoken as a foreign or second language in _ _ _.Maybe one day Chinese English will become one of the world English.identitymany other countriesSome people say that Chinese is amuch more elegant language,so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language.Do you agree with this opinion and why?Write down your opinion.
