人教版高中英语必修1 unit2English around the world READING.ppt

English around the world Countries speak English as their native language Britain America Canada Australia New Zealand Ireland The Road to Modern English ? Reading development Reading Task-skimming Find the main idea of each paragraph Reading skills 1、略读或跳读（找重点词、关键句理解 文章大致内容。） 2、如何找主题句或关键句 （1）顺承式段落多在第一句 （2）转折式段落常是第二句带有 however/but的句子。 All language change when culture communicate with one another. English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia. The spread of the English language in the world. Native language speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 5 Main idea Para 4 English was settled in the 19th century and two big changes happened. Read fast and choose the right answer 1.English has/had the most speakers_. now when the British ruled many parts if the world in the time of Shakespeare in the 12th century 2. Which of the following statements is true? Languages always stay the same. Languages change only after wars. Languages no longer change. Languages change when cultures change. 3.From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_. A.French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian 4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around_. A. 1400’s B. 1150’s C. 450’s D. 1600’s 5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain READING TASK –careful reading 3 Major Development of English the end of the 16th century the next century today England Many other countries More people speak in more countries The road to modern English AD 450-1150 The English was spoken in England. It was based more on __________than the English we speak at present. AD 800-1150 Because the people who _________ England spoke first Danish and later French, English became _________ like German. In the 1600s Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary th