英语知识讲座英语成为国际共同语之路精品.pptVIP

English Section a Engish Present and Future Q. 1. Which language is Pre-reading the most popular in the Questions world today? Why do you think so? Q. 2. What do you know about the history of English? Q. 3. Which do you think is more likely for the future of English, continue to be the world language or fall Text analysis I Introduction (Paras. 1-4 ·I. Growth and Decay (Paras.5-6) II. The Importance of English (Paras.7-8) IV. The future of the English Language (Paras. 9-12) Review of the key notes: The English language of today reflects many centuries of development The political and social events that have in the course of English history so profoundly affected the English people in their national life have generally had a recognizable effect on their language 今天的英语是过去许多个世纪发展的真实写照。 从普遍意义上来说,那些在英国历史进程中对英 国人的生活影响深远的政治和社会大事件明显都 对其语言产生了影响。 The Roman Christianizing of Britain in 597 brought England into contact with Latin civilization and made significant additions to our vocabulary. The Scandinavian invasions resulted in a considerable mixture of the two peoples and their languages. The Norman Conquest made English or two centuries the language mainly of the lower classes while the nobles and those associated with them used French on almost all occasions 597年罗马天主教在英国的传播使英格兰接触到 了拉丁文明,从而大大丰富了英语的词汇。斯 堪的纳维亚人的几次入侵导致了两个民族及其 语言的大融合。诺曼征服使英语在历时两个多 世纪的时间里成了下等阶层的语言,而统治阶 级和上流社会则几乎在所有的场合都使用法语。 And when English once more regained supremacy as the language of all elements of the population, it was an English greatly changed in both form and vocabulary from what it had been in 1066 Change of meaning can be illustrated from any page of Shakespeare. Nice in Shakespeare s day meant foolish 当英语再一次独领风骚成为全社会共同使用的 语言时,它与1066年时所使用的英语无论从结 构还是词汇上,都大相径庭了。词义的变化在 莎士比亚的作品中随处可见。比如“nice”这 个词在莎翁时代意为愚蠢。 It will be part of our task to trace the influences that are constantly at work, tending to alter a anguage from age to age as spoken and written and that have brought about such an extensive alt