Unit 2 English Around the World英语课件介绍.ppt

Today,more people speak English as their first ,second or a foreign language than ever before . 如今说英语的人比以往任何时候更多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。 在比较级结构中，副词 ever 与比较级和最高级连用，用来加强语气，意为“比以往任何时候更……”。You’ll speak English much better than (you ) ever (speak English) before. 微话题写作 1.众所周知，英语在我们的日常生活中扮演着重要的角色。 2.目前，英语在许多过家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用。 3.因为这个事实，我们应该充分利用每一次机会来练习英语。 4.这样我们就能逐渐丰富词汇量，能讲流利的英语并最终精通英语。 5.事实上，作为一门国际性语言，英语的用法也在快速地发生变化。原因是当不同的文化相互交流时，所有的语言都会有所发展。 6.信不信由你，英语仍然被公认为第一外语，所以我们有必要学好英语。 Homework 1.Remember all the key expressions in your mind ,we’ll have a dictation next period. 2.Write down the article and add no less than 3 sentences into your article with the important sentence structures. * * * The Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th?century, about five to seven million people speak English. ________________________?(几乎所有这些人)lived in England. In the next century, _____________________________________________(英国人开始向世界各地迁移)?so English ___________________________ (开始被说)in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language_________________________(相比以住任何时候).?China?may have the largest ________ （数量）of English speakers. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. _________, they may not be able to understand everything. For example, a British person may say to her friends, “Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?” One of her American friends may then ask her, “Come up where?” Her Canadian friend might explain, “She _________ we should come up to her apartment.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________?（那么英语在一段落时间在里为什么会起变化呢？当不同文化沟通的时，所有语言都会发生变化）. The English spoken between about 450 and 1150 _________ __________________（不同）the English __________ (speak) today. Actually, _________________________(?当时的英语更多的是以德语为为基础)?than ___________?(现今的，现代的)?English. Then from about 1150 to 1500