高中英语必修一unit2课文翻译和讲解.pptVIP

The Road To Modern English Reading At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. 　在16世纪末，大约有五至七百万人讲英语。 Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. 几乎所有这些讲英语的人都住在英格兰。在其后的一 个世纪中，英格兰人为征服世界航海到了世界其他 一些地方，结果世界的其他地方的人们也开始说英语了。 Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before. 今天，把英语作为自己的第一语言、第二语言 或外语来使用的人比以往任何时候都多。 Native English speakers can understand