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UnitTwo:
Englisharoundtheworld
(PeriodTwo)AustraliaU.S.ANewZealandU.KENGLISHAROUNDTHEWORLDTrytofinishyourreadingin8minutes.Then,dothefollowingexercises.
1.Readthepassageandchoosethecorrectanswer.1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakersA.now.B.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworld.C.inthetimeofShakespeare.D.inthe12thcentury.
READING2.Whichofthefollowingstatement(陳述)istrue?
A.LanguagealwaysstaythesameB.Languagechangedonlyafterwars
C.LanguagenolongerchangeD.Languagechangewhencultureschange
READING3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike
A.French.B.Chinese.
C.German.D.Russian.4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaroundA.1400’s.B.1150’s.C.450’s.D.1600’S.READING5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakerintheworld?
A.AustraliaB.China
C.IndiaD.Britain
READINGTimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglishtimeLanguagedevelopmentDuringthe5thcenturyADbasedmoreonGermanAD800-1150influencedbyDanishandthenbyFrench;vocabularyenriched1620BritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica;Englishspokenthere18thcenturyBritishtakentoAustralia;Englishspokenthere19thlanguagesettled;spellingdifferencehappenedNoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,Connecticut
Died:May28,1843
Place:NewHaven,Connecticut
NoahWebster
andAmerica'sFirstDictionary
BorninWestHartford,Connecticutin1758,NoahWebstercameofageduringtheAmericanRevolutionandwasastrongadvocate(主張)oftheConstitutional(美國憲法)Convention(會議).Hebelievedfervently(熱誠、熱情)inthedevelopingculturalindependenceoftheUnitedStates,achiefpartofwhichwastobeadistinctiveAmericanlanguagewithitsownidiom,pronunciation,andstyle.
In1806WebsterpublishedACompendiousDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,thefirsttrulyAmericandictionary.Immediatelythereafterhewenttoworkonhismagnumopus(巨著、杰作),anAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,forwhichhelearned26languages,includingAnglo-SaxonandSanskrit,inordertoresearchtheoriginsofhisowncountry'stongue.Thisbook,publishedin1828,embodieda…Skimmingreading:
discussthefollowingquestions1.WhydoesChinahavethelargestnumberofEnglishspeakers?2.IsEnglishstillchangingnow?Why?3.WhyisthenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaincreasingrapidly?MainideasforparagraphsPara.One:Para.Two:Para.Three:Para.Four:MoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.ThefirstsentenceinparagraphTwo.ThesecondsentenceinparagraphThree.ThenumberoftheEnglishspeakingpeopleisincreasing.WhyIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers?ParagraphFourEnglishischangingbecauseoftheplaceandthetime.timeplaceSummaryofthemainidea:Atthesametime,culturecommunicativewitheachother1.whydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?2.WhydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldnowwanttolearnChinese?3.WillChinesebecomeoneoftheworldlanguagesinthefuture?Giveyourreasons.Discussion1.whydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?2.WhydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldnowwanttolearnChinese?3.WillChinesebecomeoneoftheworldlanguagesinthefuture?Giveyourreasons.voyage
n.
[C]
alongjourney,especiallybyship:
航行;航海Hewasayoungsailoronhisfirstseavoyage.WordsandExpressionsbecauseof:
asaresultof
因為,由于Manybeautifulfisharefastdisappearingbecauseoftheseverepollution.
因為污染嚴重,許多美麗的魚類正在面臨絕種。Thepoliceareadvisingmotoriststoreducespeedbecauseofthefog.
由于有霧,警察告誡駕車者減慢速度。Wewinthegamebecauseofhisparticipation.由于他的參與,我們贏了比賽。WordsandExpressionsnativespeaker
n.
[C]
someonewhohasspokenaparticularlanguagesincetheywereababy,ratherthanhavinglearntitasachildoradult:講母語的人
NoneofourteachersarenativespeakersofEnglish.
anative-speakerdictionaryWordsandExpressionscomeup:
phrasalv.1.tomovetowardssb.走近Ayounggirlcameuptomeandaskedformoney.2.tobementionedortalkedaboutinconversation:提出
Whatpointscameupatthemeeting?Theteachercameupwithagoodplanforthesummervocation.
WordsandExpressions3.tohappen,usuallyunexpectedly:發(fā)生
I’vegottogo-somethinghasjustcomeupathomeandI’mneededthere.
4.becominguptobehappeningsoon:臨近
Myexamsarecomingupsoon.WordsandExpressionsatpresentFORMALnow:目前"Areyoubusy?""Notatpresent."Atpresentshe'sworkingabroad.
Ihavenoenoughmaterialinhandatpresent.目前我手頭沒有足夠的資料。
WordsandExpressionsgradually
adv.
slowlyoveraperiodoftimeoradistance:
逐漸地Gradually,sherealizedthathewasn'ttellingherthetruth.
Thebankslopesgraduallydowntotheriver.WordsandExpressionsWordsandExpressionsvocabulary
n.
1
[C]allthewordsknownandusedbyaparticularperson:詞匯量awide/limitedvocabulary
Bytheageoftwoachildwillhaveavocabularyofabouttwohundredwords.2
[CorU]allthewordswhichexistinaparticularlanguageorsubject:詞匯EveryweekourEnglishteachergivesusalistofvocabulary(=words)tolearn.
Computing,likeanysubject,hasitsownvocabulary.makeuseofsth.
tousesth.thatisavailable:利用;使用Wemightaswellmakeuseofthehotel'sfacilities.Shemakesuseofpeopleshemeetsasrawmaterialforherfiction.她把她所遇見的人們作為她創(chuàng)作小說的素材。WordsandExpressionsthelatter(SECOND)
n.[S]
thesecondoftwopeople,thingsorgroupspreviouslymentioned:后者
SheofferedmemoremoneyoracarandIchosethelatter.
Comparetheformer(FIRST).WordsandExpressionsidentity
n.
[CorU]
whoapersonis,orthequalitiesofapersonorgroupwhichmakethemdifferentfromothers:本身;本體;身份
Theman'sidentitywasbeingkeptsecretwhilehewashelpingpolicewithenquiries.Icannotrevealtheidentityofmysource.Theinformant(線人)wasgivenanewidentity
(=adifferentnameandnewofficialdocuments)
forprotection.Ithinkmyjobgivesmeasenseofidentity.WordsandExpressionsfluent
adj.流利的;流暢的
1Whenapersonisfluent,theycanspeakalanguageeasily,wellandquickly:
She'sfluentinFrench.
2Whenalanguageisfluent,itisspokeneasilyandwithoutmanypauses:
HespeaksfluentChinese.
He'safluentRussianspeaker.fluently
adv.流利地;流暢地
I'dliketos
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