陕西省西安市长安区第五中学人教版高一英语必修1课件： Unit3 Reading .pptcenter apartment color elevator candy bar fall petrol eraser sweets gas centre flat autumn lift rubber pub colour Match the words that have the same meaning. AE BE Pre-reading Do you know the countries where people speak English? What are the two main groups of English? Do you know the differences between British English and American English? Do you know the history of English? The Road to Modern English Predict: Read the title “the road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about? Scan: Scan the text to find or make out a key sentence for each paragraph. Please write down the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: Para. 2: Para. 3-4: Para. 5: The _________ of the English language in the world. Native speaker can __________ each other but they may not be able to ______________ ____________. All language change when __________ ____________ with one another. English is spoken as a _______ language or ________ language in _______ and ______. spread understand understand everything cultures communicate foreign second Africa Asia Development of English the end of the 16th century the next century today people England Many other countries More people speak in more countries Although they speak English, yet sometimes they can not understand each other well, why? Why does English change over time? Because of cultural communication. Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time axis. AD450-1150 800-1150 The time ADEL was written In the 1600’s later German less like German; more like French Shakespeare’s English American English Australian English …
