unit2 Reading

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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldHowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?Itistheofficiallanguageofmanycountries,suchasUSA,England,Canada,Ireland….Ithasalonghistory.TherearetwokindsofEnglish:AmEandBrE.ManyChinesearelearningEnglish.Lookatthetitleofthefollowingpassageandguesswhatitisabout.Th

2、eRoadToModernEnglishScanningScanthetextandfindthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Today,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondorforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Alllanguageschangeanddevelopwh

3、enculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.EnglishisnowspokenwideinSouthAsia.5ThisunitwillgiveusabetterunderstandingofhowEnglishdevelopedandhowitisspokenintheworld.Lookatthetitleofthefollowingpassageandguesswhatitisabout.Devel

4、opmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodaypeopleEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesIfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmeri

5、canfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanHowdidEnglishchangeovertime?(HowmanyimportantperiodsdidEnglishexperience?)TheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150Englishwasbasedmoreon_______.AD800-1150Englishbecame____likeGermanBec

6、ausethosewho_____EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.Attheendof16thcenturyAboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespeakEnglish.AndmostofthemlivedinEngland.GermanThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagelessruledTheroadtomodernEnglishIn1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto________.Laterinthe18thcen

7、turySomeBritishpeopleweretakento_________.1765-1947Englishbecamethelanguagefor________________________.AmericaAustraliagovernmentandeducationTheroadtomodernEnglishBythe19thcenturyTheEnglishlanguagewassettled.NowEnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguage_____________,_

8、___________,______andsoon.inSouthAsiaChinaSouthAfricaEveryimportantperiodcontributesalottothedevelopmen