1、READING TASKSTHE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISHTask I. Please name some countries that use English as their first language. Task IIPair work. Please read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart below according to Paragraph 5-7. Task III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are tru
2、e (T) or false (F). 1. In the 17th century, people from England began to conquer other parts of the world.2. Speakers from Britain and America sometimes misunderstand each other because they use different words. 3. Languages change with cultures.4. The English language had become fixed by the 19th c
3、entury. 5. Samuel Johnson was the first person to separate American English from British English in spelling.6. English is spoken in some Asian and African countries as a second language.Task IV. Read the text and put the events in the correct order.A. American English had a separate identity in its
4、 spelling.B. English was influenced by German.C. Some British people settled in America and Australia.D. Danish and French rulers enlarged the English vocabulary.E. Britain ruled India for about 200 years.Task V. Discussion. Discuss with your parents what Chinese English is. Give some examples.Task
5、VI. Discussion. Do you think Chinese will become as popular as English in the world in the future? Give your reasons. Task VII. Below is the summary of the text with some words missing. Choose the words from the box and make the summary complete.German spelling England America China India different
6、dictionary In the 16th century only 5 to 7 million people spoke English and most of them lived in 1. _. Now it is spoken as a first or second language by people all over the world. English used to be very 2. _ from what it is today. At one time English was more like 3. _ than English; then it was ch
7、anged by Englands Danish and French settlers and rulers languages. In the 17th and 18th centuries, British settlers sailed to 4. _ and Australia and English began to be spoken there. In the 19th century, Noah Webster wrote a(n) 5. _ in which English in America was given a different 6. _. As the Brit
8、ish at one time ruled 7. _, Malaysia and Singapore, English is also spoken in Asia. The number of English speakers in 8. _ is increasing and the country may have the most English language learners in the world. (By Ray Cama) 参考答案Task I. 略Task II1. German 2. vocabulary 3. by the 1600s 4. America 5. Australia 6. dictionaries 7. IndiaTask III1.T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. TTask IV1-5 BDCAETask V. 略Task VI. 略 Task VII. 1. England 2. different 3. German 4. America 5. dictionary 6. spelling 7. India 8. China