湖南省师范大学附属中学高中英语 Unit 2 Reading课件.pptVIP

Unit 2 Reading Step 1 ask – and – answer 1.How many kinds of English are there in the world? What are they? 3.How do you divide the history of English? What are they? Step 2 . Listen to the tape and judge True or False All people speak English as their first language . ( ) Native English speakers can understand everything. ( ) It was Shakespeare who wrote the “American dictionary of the English language”. ( ) English is spoken as a foreign or second language in south Asia.( ) Step 3 Read the text again and finish the exercises in “Comprehending” 1.A 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.B Step 4 Guide students to read the text and answer the following questions: 1.When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? 4.Which of the following statements is Not true? ( ) Step 5 Main idea of each paragraph Para.1 Brief introduction of the change in English Fill in the blanks 1.____ all of them lived in England. 2.Would you please ____ ____ to my flat for a visit? 2.So why has English changed ____ time? All languages change when cultures communicate ____ one another. 3.Actually, it was ____ more ____ German than present day English. 4.In the 1600’s Shakespeare ____ ____ ____ a wider vocabulary than ever before. * 2.What are the differences between AE and BE? British English , American English , Australian English , Canadian English, Indian English ….. ,and so on. Spelling ,pronunciation, words and grammar. Old English before 1150 Middle English 1150—1500 Modern English 1500--now F F F T 2.In which country English has been used since about 1842? In the 17th century. China. 3.Why has English changed over time? All language change when cultures communicate with one another. A. English has changed as time went on. B. Many people in South Africa speak English. C. There are few people in South Africa speaking English. D. New the French understand modern English more easily than the German. C Para.2 An example of different k