甘肃省金昌市第一中学高一英语《Unit 2 English around the World》Topic reading.doc

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1、TOPICREADINGDifferentkindsofEnglish随着英语在世界上的广泛使用，它不断地吸收、交融、容纳、创新，于是，各种各样的带有国家、民族、地区特色的英语逐渐形成。Englishusageinothercountrieshastraditionallyfollowedonemodelortheother.ThroughoutmostoftheCommonwealth(英联邦),thespokenEnglishhasitsrootsintheBritishversion,thoughlocalexpressionsareverydiffe

2、rent.BritishEnglishisthedialecttaughtinmostcountrieswhereEnglishisnotanativelanguage,thoughthereareafewexceptionswhereAmericanEnglishistaught,suchasinthePhilippinesandinJapan.AlthoughAmericanandBritishEnglisharegenerallymutuallyintelligible,thereareenoughdifferencestocauseawkward(尴

3、尬的)misunderstandingsorcompletefailurestocommunicatesometimes.GeorgeBernardShawsaidthattheUnitedStatesandUnitedKingdomare“twocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage”.InadditiontoitsuseinEnglish-speakingcountries,Englishisusedasatechnicallanguagearoundtheworld,inmedicine,computerscience,ai

4、rtrafficcontrol,andmanyothersuchareasofconcentratedexpertise(专门技能).SuchspeakersmaybefluentinEnglishwithintheirdiscipline(知识领域),butnotgenerallyfluentinEnglish.TherearealsomanysurvivingdialectsandlocaldifferencesinEnglish.CertainlytheAlabamatruckdriver,theHighlandscrofter,andtheHarva

5、rdprofessorcanallspeakEnglish,buttheywouldhavetoworkatittotalkamongthemselves.AndtheFinnishairtrafficcontrollermightstillfeelleftout.Readthepassagecarefullyandmatchthewordswiththeirmeanings.1.intelligibleA.usedtoaddanotherpieceofinformationtowhatyouhavejustsaid2.divideB.thatcanbeea

6、silyunderstood3.inadditiontoC.tofeelthatyouarenotacceptedorwelcomeinasituation4.surviveD.tocontinuetoexistafteralongtime2用心爱心专心5.feelleftoutE.tokeeptwoareasseparatefromeachotherTOPICREADING:1.B2.E3.A4.D5.C2用心爱心专心