高中人教版英语必修一课件：Unit 2 Section A Warming up and Reading 1 .pptVIP

Unit 2 English around the world Warming up How many languages do you speak? Which is your native language? If we speak more than one language, in which situations do we use the language? 1. Putonghua Mandarin Chinese 2. taizhou dialect 3. English 4. Japanese 5. … Unit 2 English around the world Reading Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1. What is the clue of the passage? 2. When did people from England begin to move to other parts of the world? 3. Why does India have a large number of English speakers? Reading THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH 1. Most English speakers in the 16th century lived in England. 2. More and more people use English as their first or 2nd language. 3. English began to be spoken in other counties in 17th century. T T T True or False Task 1 F 4. Native English speakers can’t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. 5. As English is widely used, it will be more and more important to have a good knowledge of English. T T T F 6. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. 7. From 1765 to 1947 English became the language for government and education in India. 8. America has the largest number of English learners. 1. English has the most speakers ___. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12th century Choose the correct answer Task 2 A 2. Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same. B. Languages change only after wars. C. Languages no longer change. D. Languages change when cultures change. D 3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like ___. A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian C 4. When was English spoken in Australia? A. At the end of the 16th century. B. Between about AD