unit2WarmingupReading.pptVIP

11.丰富英语语言 12利用 13.赋予一种不同身份 14.很多 15….的数量 16.官方语言 17.让时间来证明吧 18.说英语国家 19.不假思索 20.走近，上来 Translate these difficult sentences. 1. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不相 同，也可以互相交流。 2. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. 事实上，当不同文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语 言都会有所发展，有所变化。 3. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 首先，在公元450年到1150年间，人们所说的英 语跟今天所说的英语就很不一样。 4. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. 然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年期间 英语不那么像德语了，因为那时的英国的统治者起 初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。 5. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. 当今在中国学习英语的人数正在迅速增长。 Task Ⅲ Answer the following questions. 1. When and why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? Because people from England started moving to other parts of the world in the 17th century. 2. What does “ a flat” mean? Apartment . 3.Why did English become less like German and more like French between about AD 800 and 1150? Because the French people ruled England. 4.Why do many people speak English? England was strong and made voyages to conquer other parts of world. Britain ruled some countries and taught them English. Retell the story by filling the following passage At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in________. As people from England started ______ to other parts of the world ,English began to be ______ in many other countries. Now more people speak English than ever_______. ________English speakers can unde