牛津高中学习英语模块3unit2课文.docxVIP

精品文档 精品文档 膀 芆PAGE PAGE2 精品文档 PAGE Englishanditshistory All trough history, people frommanydifferent countries andcultures have lived togetherinBritain. TheEnglish languageis madeupof grammarandvocabulary these peoplebroughttoBritain.ThatiswhyEnglishhassomanydifficultrulesthat confusepeople. OldEnglish Old English is very different from the English wespeaknowadays.In fact, wewould notbeable to understand it if weheard it today. Before the middleof the th century, 5 people in Britain all spoke alanguage called Celtic .Then two Germanic groups from theEuropeanmainland—theAnglesandtheSaxons —occup