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1、2019-2020年高中英语第一册上Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.TeachingGoals:1.LearnaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.2.Learnaboutmunicationskills.3.Reportrequestsanddemandsusing“He/Sheasked…to…”and“He/Shetold…to…”.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅢ.Bac
2、kgroundInformationⅠ.EnglishLanguageThelanguagewecallEnglishderivesprimarilyfromlanguagesspokeninEnglandforonlyaround1500years.ThelandnowknownasEnglandwasinvadedbyseveraltribesknownastheAngles,JutesandSaxons.ThenameEnglandisderivedfromAngles’land,andtheEn
3、glishlanguageesprincipallyfromabinationofthedialectsspokenbythesethreetribes.ThepeopleofEnglanddiffusedtheirlanguagearoundtheworldthroughtheestablishmentofcolonies.ThefirstEnglishcolonieswerefoundedinNorthAmerica,beginningwithJamestown,in1620.TheEnglisha
4、lsoestablishedcoloniesinAfrica,AsiaandmanyoftheislandsintheAtlantic,IndianandPacificoceans.Asrecentlyasthe1950s,one-fourthoftheworld’speoplelivedinacountrywhereEnglishwastheofficiallanguage,thatis,thelanguageadoptedforusebythegovernment,evenincolonieswhe
5、reonlyasmallpercen-tageofpeopleactuallyspokeEnglish.Afterindependence,leadersofmostformerBritishcoloniesselectedanindigenouslanguageastheofficialonebutcontinuedtouseEnglishforinternationalmunication.NowtheEnglishlanguageisusedbyabout600000000peopleinalmo
6、steverypartoftheworld.Chineseistheonlylanguageusedbymorepeople.About350000000peoplespeakEnglishastheirnativetongue.MostofthemliveinAustralia,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,About60000000people,chieflyinIndiaandPakistan,speakEnglishalmostaswellastheirownlangu
7、age.Probably150000000otherpeoplecanuseEnglishtosomeextent.Today,aboutoneofeverysixusesEnglish.CharacteristicsofEnglishlikealllanguages.Englishhassomecharacteristicsthatmaymakeiteasytolearn.Ithasothercharacteristicsthatmakeithardtolearn.Peoplewhoknowalang
8、uagerelatedtoEnglishfindmanyEnglishwordseasytolearn.Inaddition,therelativelyfewinflectionsinEnglishmakethatpartofthelanguageeasytolearn.CharacteristicsthatmakeEnglishhardtolearnincludesitsspellingandidioms.Inflections.Anin
