The story of English 演讲稿.doc

The story of English Good morning (or afternoon) my dear classmates, this is Su Huiting, and I am honored to stand here to share my story with you all today. As we all know a language is product of history and civilization, so what I am gonna tell is the story of English, hoping you will like it. United Kingdom history is very much on history of alien conquerors; similarly, English is the language of foreign conquerors to a large extent. The first owner of the island of Britain, was from the Celtic on continental Europe, and they spoke Celtic languages. And in the 2nd century AD, Roman came in Britain, they spoke Latin. And at that time, English did not exist yet Until the 5th century, Roman withdrew the British Island while Anglo-Saxon Germanic people landed in, and told them the Anglo-Saxon languages, which is the origin of the modern English. This means that English appeared, though known as old English, closer to Germanic languages. However, Anglo-Saxon man was the barbarians, and their language was relatively simple, not delicate. It was in 597 when Pope decided to send priests to go to Britain to establish the Church , which made United Kingdom civilization greatly enhanced. On influence of the exquisite Latin, the two quickly fused together. This was a major event in English history Well then, Christianity came to Britain in the late 6th century AD, which was another great event in English history, marked that English began to be influenced by Latin. And this was the first cultural invasion; From 793 AD, the Viking started invading Britain. On the Arrival of the Vikings, English was strongly influenced by Nordic language until the medium term of the 9th century. Then, there came the third invasion in 1066, when the Normandy Duke of France invaded Britain, and eventually managed to control a United Kingdom, becoming William the 1st. He cleaned the United Kingdoms Imperial Court and the Church, with all the important positions held by the French, and they al