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Reading Questions: With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. Which country do you think has the most English learners? Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right. * Suggested answer: 1. America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia,Philippines, India ，Ireland 2. For those who speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations. For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number as it has the largest population. * The road to modern English The road Modern English the _____________of English language What kind of English before Modern English? ? 3. Guess according to the title. development * Topic sentences in each paragraph： 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Many peple speak English than ever before. English speakers can understandeach oter even if They don’t speak the same kind of English. Why has English changed over time? By the 19th century the language of English was settled. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. * New words and expressions: 1. made voyages 2. because of that 3. native English speakers 4. apartment 5. actually 6. AD 7. was based on 8. at present 9. gradually 10. Danish 11. vocabulary 12. made use of 13. spelling 14. latter 15. identity 16. fluent 17. such as 18. Singapore 19. Malaysia * * 16th century, the number of English speakers in England; conquer, spoken in other countries American and British English Language change: more German__ less like German__ Shakespeare___ America ___ Australia 19th the language was settled: two main kinds of English Spoken in other countries: Sou