学高一英语必修一unit2 Reading The Road to Modern English 课件.ppt

Review ? AmE ? apartment ? elevator ? gas/ gasoline ? subway ? cab ? BrE ? flat ? lift ? petrol ? underground ? taxi The Road to Modern English The Road to Modern English 高一英语备课组 A. How to learn English well B. The brief history of modern English C. The way to England D. The difference between modern English and old English Pre-reading Read the title “ The Road to Modern English ” and predict ( 预测) what the passage is mainly about? a. More and more people speak English. c. Native English speakers can u nderstand each other but not everything. Para 1 Para 2 b. English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries. d. English is changing over time . ( cultures & places) Para 3-4 Para 5 _____________ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In the 1600s English became less like German, because the people who ruled England spoke first ________and later French. AD 800- 1150 The English spoken during that time was ________. It was based more on ________than the English we speak at present. AD 450- 1150 different The history of the English language German Danish Shakespeare English became the language for government and___________. 1765- 1947 Some British people were taken to __________. Later in the 18th century Some British settlers moved to _________. In 1620 America Australia education The nu