1、 Lead-in:Are you good at English?What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English:pronunciation,grammar,vocabulary or something else?v1.What is the article about?v2.What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?v3.Is English still changing?Read and answer the questions
2、.English and its history.Old English,Middle English and Modern English.Yes.Match the new words.confusingcreatedconsistedraisedreplacetook control ofa.was made up ofb.kept(an animal)c.took the place ofd.had power overe.difficult to understandf.caused something to existRead and answer the questions.v1
3、.Where did the Angles,the Saxons and the Jutes come from?v2.Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language?v3.What was the German plural form replaced by?v4.Which King of England used English for all official occasions?v5.When did Modern English appear?2.Because each word or phrase
4、came from a different language.v1.They came from the European mainland.3.It was replaced by the French way of making plurals.4.King Henry.5.During the Renaissance in the 16th century.Listen to the tapeFill in the blanks with the following words and dates from the passageEuropean 5th century Celtic1.
5、Before the middle of the _,people in Britain did not speak English.2.The original language spoken in Britain was_.3.Three groups of people came to Britain from the _.5th centuryCelticEuropean10th century French 1066 Angles4.The _,the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon.5.No
6、rmans spoke _.6.The Normans entered England in _.7.By the _,Old English was the official language of English.Angles10th century1066FrenchReading strategy:reading a history articledates,years,e.g.the 5th centuryhelp you understand a sequence of events and how pieces of information relate to the textW
7、hat should you notice?Why?What can you do when you read a history article?Make a time chart,listing some information such as times,places and eventsTimeEventsBefore the middle of 5th centuryAt the end of 9th centuryBy 10th centuryIn 1066By the latter half of 14th century In 1399During the Renaissanc
8、e in 16th centuryPeople in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages.Old English was the official language of England.The Normans conquered England and took control of the country.English was adopted by all classes in England.Henry IV became K
9、ing of England and used English for all official occasions.Modern English began.True or false:1.Old English consisted of an Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of French and Norway.2.In 1066,the Normans took control of the country and English was replaced with French.3.The words for most
10、animals come from old English just because the animals were raised and cooked by English servants.TFFDenmarkwasnt4.English was used for all official occasions after the Norman Conquest.5.People from different places sometimes misunderstand each other though they both speak English.FTthe king of Engl
11、and.Henry became Please sing a song for us.beefmuttonpork/baconox/cowpigsheepThe word for the animal:The word for the meat:ox-oxen childchildrenman-men shoe-shoesfoot feet tooth-teethshoe-shoen house-housenhousehouses Tick the German way of making plurals.lucky dog!Language points:consist1.组成,构成(+of
12、):A university consists of teachers and students.大学由教师和学生组成。Our book consists of 3 units.我们的书有3单元。be made up of2.一致,符合(+with)The information consisted with what he said.消息与他所说的相符合。2.在于,存在于(+in)The beauty of the picture consists in its colors.这幅画的美在于其色彩。invade1.vt./vi.侵入,侵略The Normans invaded England
13、 in 1066.诺曼人于一六六年入侵英国。2.拥入,大批进入In summer tourists invade the mountain village.夏天游客成群结队地到这个山村来。3.(疾病等)侵袭Bird flu invaded the country.禽流感侵袭全国。control1.V.控制;支配;管理;克制;抑制She is skillful enough to control the machine.她已有了足够的技术可以操纵这台机器了。The British government at that time controlled the island.当时英国政府控制该岛。Y
14、ou must learn to control your temper.你必须学会克制着不发脾气。2.n.支配;控制;调节;抑制(+of/over)They have no control over him.他们控制不了他。There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children.应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。contribute to1.to help to lead to the result;Drink contributed to his death.酒促成了他的死亡。2.捐(款);捐献,捐助(donat
15、e to)他将积蓄的一半捐献给红十字会。He contributed half of his savings to the Red Cross.3.投(稿)(+to)他给杂志投稿他的诗。He contributed his poems to the magazine.have an impact on影响;作用(influence)Those TV programmes had an impact on his English studies.这些电视节目对他的英语学习很有影响。The book had a great impact on its readers.这本书对读者有很大的影响。re
16、sult inV.1.结果;导致(lead to)Carelessness resulted in lots of accidents.粗心造成大量交通事故。2.result from(because of,due to)His failure resulted largely from his laziness.他的失败主要是懒惰所致。n.1.结果;成果;效果They worked without result.他们徒劳无功。The result of the match was 2-1 to Chicago.比赛结果是以2比1赢芝加哥队。as a result(of)It rains to
17、day,as a result,we haveto put off our picnic.=As a result of rain,we have to putoff our picnic.His success _ working hard.Too much cigarettes _ hisdeaths.He had to take a taxi to work _the bad weather.A.result in B.as a result ofC.results fromD.as a resultACBpick up1.The boy picked up the hat for th
18、e old man.男孩替老人拾起了帽子。2.Where did you pick up your technical skill?你的技术是在哪儿学的？3.The car stopped to pick me up.汽车停下来接我。pick out1.Let me pick out some good ones for you.让我来替你挑几个好的。1.He _some French while he was on a business trip in Paris.2.Well send the ambulance to _ the patient.A.made out B.pick up
19、C.pick out D.picked upDBYou did a good job!Discussion:Do you think it possible for Chinese to be the most widely used language some day?Why or why not?Homework:1.Do Part E on P25.2.Read the article in Part B on P97,WB.3.Learn more about English and its history on this website.http:/www.nhyz.org/student/2003/030490/eh.htm
