牛津高中-英语模块三第二单元reading-课件.ppt

Middle English Modern English The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Chinese characters are always changing! 1. Do you think English has always stayed the same? 2. How did these changes happen? Sonnet No. 18?? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Hwæt we garde na ingear dagum þeod cyninga þrym ge frunon huða æþelingas ellen fre medon. Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article. 1. Notice dates and years. 2. Make a time chart, listing important information, such as times, places and events. Reading a history article Reading a normal text Fill in the blanks with the following dates from the article. 5th century 9th century 10th century 106614th century 16th century Check the answers on page24: 1. Before the middle of the ____________, people in Britain did not speak English. 2. Modern English began to develop in the ____________. 3. Almost everyone in England began to speak Middle English in the _____________. 5th century 16th century 14th century 4. At the end of the _____________, Norwegian words began to be used in the English language. 5. The Normans occupied England in _____. 6. By the _____________, people in England used Old English as the official language. 10th century 1066 9th century Skimming to get general ideas The topic of the text is _____________. Skimming Reading Comprehension I that old English is different from the English today B. how Middle English formed C. English and its history D. that English will keep changing What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? 2. In what way is English still changing? Old English, Middle English and Modern English. English is still changing in ma