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1、Unit2LanguageReadingEnglishanditshistory1.AreyougoodatEnglish?2.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish,pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?Lead-inReadthearticleaboutEnglishanditshistoryonPage22,andanswerthequestionsinPartA.Fastreading1

2、.Whatisthearticleabout?2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3.InwhatwayisEnglishstillchanging?Readandanswerthequestions.(PartA)Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Englishisstillchanginginmanyways,suchasinvocabularyandpro

3、nunciation.ReadingStrategyHowtoreadahistoryarticle:a.notice______and_______b.makeatimechart&listimportantinformationdatesyearsListeningPayattentiontothewordsaboutthetime(dates,years).Ifyoucatchsome,pleaseunderlinethemandfindoutwhathadhappened.Fillintheblankswith

4、thefollowingdatesfromthepassage.(PartC1)1.5thcentury2.16thcentury3.14thcentury4.9thcentury5.10666.10thcenturyReadagainandanswerthequestions(partC2).1.WhydoestheEnglishlanguagehavesomanyrulesthatconfusedpeople?Becauseitismadeupofthegrammarandvocabularythatpeoplef

5、romdifferentcountriesandculturesbroughtwiththemtoBritain.2.WheredidthewordEnglishcomefrom?ItcamefromthewordEngle,asitwasspeltinOldEnglish.3.WhycanwordswithsimilarmeaningsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?Thesewordswithsimilarmeaningsdevelopedbecauseeachwordcamefromadi

6、fferentlanguage.4.WhomadethegreatestcontributiontothedevelopmentfromOldEnglishtoMiddleEnglish?TheFrench-speakingNormans,whotookcontrolofEnglandin1066.5.WhyaremanyofthewordsforanimalsdifferentfromthoseformeatinEnglish?ThewordsfortheanimalscamefromOldEnglish,while

7、thewordsforthemeatcamefromOldFrench.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.1.TheeffectoftheAnglesandSaxonsonEnglishisabout______yearsearlierthanthatoftheNormans.A.600B.450C.300D.2502.Fromthetext,wecanlearnthat______.A.thepluralformsofmanandchil

8、dwereborrowedfromFrenchB.theAnglesandSaxonsmadethegreatestcontributioninthehistoryofEnglishC.OldEnglishwasmadeupofCelticandthelanguagesoftheAnglesandtheSaxonsD.Englis