高中英语必修一unit2复习

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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldTheroadtomodernEnglishAttheendofthe16thcentury,aboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.NearlyallofthemlivedinEngland.Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworldandbecauseofthat,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries・Tod

2、ay,morepeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore（比以往任何时候更）.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Lookatthisexample:BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketoseemyflat?AmericanAmy:Yes,Fdliketocomeuptoyourapartment.SowhyhasEnglish

3、changedovertime?（overtime=astimegoesby随时间推移）Actuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.AtfirsttheEnglishspokeninEnglandbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasdifferentfromtheEnglishspokentoday.ItwasbasedmoreonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent:.Thengraduallybe

4、tweenaboutAD800and1150,EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbecausethosewhoruledEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.ThesenewsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguageandespeciallyitsvocabulary.Sobythe1600'sShakespearewasabletomakeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore・In1620someBritishsettlersmovedtoAmeri

5、ca.Laterinthe18thcenturysomeBritishpeopleweretakentoAustralia,too.Englishbegantobespokeninbothcountries.Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.AtthattimetwobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened:firstSamuelJohnsonwrotehisdictionaryandlaterNoahWebsterwroteTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEng

6、lishLanguage.ThelattergaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglishspelling・EnglishnowisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Forexample,IndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakersbecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947・DuringthattimeEnglishbecamethelanguageforgovernmentandeducation.Eng

7、lishisalsospokeninSingaporeandMalaysiaandcountriesinAfricasuchasSouthAfrica.TodaythenumberofpeoplelearningEnglishinChinaisincreasingrapidly.Infact,ChinamayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.WillChineseEnglishdevelopitsownidentity?Onlytimewilltell.STANDARDENGLISHANDDIALECTSWh