Unit2

LanguageBrainstorming:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?1.What’stheEnglishfor“生病的“？2.What’retheplural（復數(shù)的）formsofthesewords?bookbuschild3.DoyousometimesfindtheEnglishrulesconfusing?4.HasEnglishborrowedwordsfromotherlanguages，suchasChinese?busesbookschildren1.Notice______and_______2.Makea_________,listing______________datesyearsReadingstrategy(P23)timechartimportantinformationa______articlehistory3:Helpyouunderstandthe________ofeventsandhowpiecesofinformation____________therestofthetext.orderrelateto

Previsionchecking1Whatisthearticleabout?2WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3InwhatwaysisEnglishstillchanging?Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Englishisstillchanginginmanyways,suchasinvocabularyandpronunciation.Matchthetimeswiththeevents.1.Beforethemiddleofthe5thcentury,2.OldEnglishhadbecometheofficiallanguageofEngland3.ModernEnglishappeared4.In1399,5.TheNormanstookcontrolofthecountryinthe16thcenturyin1066HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandpeopleinBritainspokeCeltic.bythe10thcenturyPairworkModernEnglish(L51-L58)Task1:

Readtogetherandanswerthefollowingquestions1.WhydoestheEnglishlanguagehavesomanyrulesthatconfusepeople?

2.WheredidthewordEnglishcomefrom?

BecauseitismadeupofthegrammarandvocabularythatpeoplefromdifferentcountriesandculturesbroughtwiththemtoBritain.ItcamefromthewordEngle,asitwasspeltinOldEnglish.OldEnglish(L5-L22)Task1:Findandsaysomethingaboutthewords.Celtic:theAnglesandtheSaxons:theVikings:CarefulreadingL14:peoplefromNorthernEuropeancountriesL8:alanguagespokenbypeopleinBritainbeforethemiddleofthe5thcenturyL9:twoGermanicgroupsfromtheEuropeanmainland3.WhycanwordswithsimilarmeaningsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?

4.WhomadethegreatestcontributiontothedevelopmentfromOldEnglishtoMiddleEnglish?Thesewordswithsimilarmeaningsdevelopedbecauseeachwordcamefromadifferentlanguage.TheFrench-speakingNormans,whotookcontrolofEnglandin1066.5.WhyaremanyofthewordsforanimalsdifferentfromthoseformeatinEnglish?ThewordsfortheanimalscamefromOldEnglish,whilethewordsforthemeatcamefromOldFrench.

Occupiedattheendofthe9thcentury

VikingsMovedtoandbrought…Atimechartbythe10thattheendof9ththenbeforethemiddleofthe5theventstimestheAnglesandtheSaxons/amixtureoftheirlanguagestheVikings/mixedwiththeofficiallanguageCelticOldEnglish1.Celtic2.LanguagesoftheAnglesandtheSaxonsOldEnglishwasformedlikethis3.LanguagesoftheVikings

OldEnglishAmixture

MiddleEnglish(L23-L51)Task1:Trueorfalsestatements1.ManythingsplayedapartinthedevelopmentofMiddleEnglish.2.TheNormanConquestaffectedEnglishasmuchastheAnglesandtheSaxons’Victory.3.TheEnglishlanguagedidn’tborrowwordsfromFrench.4.Addingan-stohouseandshoeistheGermanicwayofmakingplurals.5.AftertheNormanConquest,high-classpeoplespokeEnglishwhilecommonpeoplespeakFrench.TFFFFdidn’taffectdidFrenchFrenchEnglishExamplesWordsforanimalsWordsfortheirmeatcowpigpork/baconsheepmuttonbeefOldEnglishOldFrench

Why?Task2:Task3:WaysofmakingpluralsGermanicway(OldEnglish)Frenchway(OldFrench)house

shoeman

childhousenshoenmenchildrenhousesshoesxxMiddleEnglishLatinandGreekModernEnglishHowwasModernEnglishformed?EnglishanditshistoryOldEnglishBeforethemiddleofthe5thcentury,thelanguage1_____inBritainwasCeltic.ThenBritainwas2____________bytheAnglesandtheSaxons,whobroughttheirlanguageintoOldEnglish.Attheendofthe9thcentury,theVikingsmovedtoBritain,3_______theirlanguageswithOldEnglish.Bythe10thcentury,OldEnglish,hadbecomethe4________languageofEnglish.MiddleEnglishIn1066,Englandwas5__________bytheNormans,butFrenchdidn’t6________Englishasthefirstlanguage.Bythelatterhalfofthe14thcentury,Englishhadbeen7________usedamongallclassesinEngland.ModernEnglishVocabularyandpronunciationalsowent8_________greatchangesduringtheRenaissance.Itis9________thatEnglishwillcontinue10_____________inthefuture.spokenmixingofficialdefeatedreplacewidelychangingthroughcertainoccupiedConsolidation:FillintheblankswithoneproperwordABCAgameWatchashortvideoandfindwhatkindofEnglishistalkedabout.1.Englishisalanguagewithsomanyconfusingrules,because

.A.EnglishhasalonghistoryB.EnglandisseparatedfromtheEuropeanmainland.C.theEnglishpopulationislargeD.theEnglishnationconsistsofpeoplefromdifferentcultures.2.TheoldestlanguageinBritainis__________A.CelticB.OldEnglishC.NorwegianD.OldFrench3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisthemostaccurate(準確)?______A.Englishiseasytounderstandthoughitkeepschanging.B.Englishstaysalmostthesameaftermanyforeigninvasions(侵略).C.Englishnowadaysishardtounderstand,accordingtothearticle,becausepeoplemakeitsimilartoOldEnglish.D.Englishischangingallthetimeandwillkeeponchanging.DADChoosethebestanswerARed,RedRosebyRobertBurnsOmyluve(love)islikeared,redrose,

That’snewlysprunginJune:

Omyluveislikethemelodie

That’ssweetlyplayedintune!Asfairthou(you)art(are),mybonielass,

SodeepinluveamI:

AndIwillluvetheestill,mydear,

Tilla’theseasgang