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1、人教课标人教课标高一高一 必修必修 1 Unit 2Reading:TheRoadtoModernEnglishUnit2EnglishAroundtheWorldelevator/ lift Warming uprubber/eraserpetrol/gasLets enjoy a short video and find out how many kinds of English appeared in the video.A. How to learn English wellB. The brief history of Modern EnglishC. The way to Engl
2、and D. The difference between Modern English and Old EnglishChoose the main idea of the text.Match the main idea of each paragraph.Task 3Para 1Para 2Para 3-4Para 5English is spoken as a foreign or English is spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asiasecond language in South AsiaThe develop
3、ment of English in the The development of English in the world.world.All languages change when cultures All languages change when cultures communicate with each municate with each other.Native speakers can understand each Native speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the other ev
4、en if they dont speak the same kind of English.same kind of English.1. English has/had the most speakers _. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12th centuryRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.2.Which of the following stateme
5、nt is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like _? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian4. Shakespeares English was spoken around _? A. 1400s
6、B. 1150s C. 450s D. 1600s5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. BritainWorldWarNetherlandsAnneherdiaryKittyovertwoyearsThursday15,June,1944TimeChangesthathappenedAD45011501.TheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.ItwasmoreonthantheEng
7、lishwespeakatpresentAD80011502.ThepeoplewhoEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,EnglishbecamelikeGermanBythe1600s3.ShakespearewasabletoawiderthaneverbeforeIn16204.SomeBritishsettlersmovedtoInthe18thcentury5.SomeBritishpeopleweretakento based Germanruledless make use ofvocabularyAmericaAustraliaThe
8、history of the English languageBythe19thcentury6.SamuelJohnsonwrotehis.NoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryofEnglishLanguageandgaveaseparatetoAmericanEnglishspelling176519477.EnglishwasspokeninaswellasinAfricaandAsia.ItbecamethelanguageforandeducationinIndiaNow8.Englishisalsospokenin,_,_,_andsoondi
9、ctionaryidentity India government Singapore Malaysia South Africa ChinaSome 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?Discussion1.Remember the new words and expressions in the texts.2.Read the text again and again. Try to retell it.24 以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，谢谢大家！谢谢大家！
