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Unit2Englisharoundtheworld ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagereallystartedwiththearrivalofthreeGermanictribes(部落)whoinvaded(侵略)Britainduringthe5thcentury. OldEnglish TheinvadingGermanictribesspokesimilarlanguages，whichinBritaindevelopedintowhatwenowcallOldEnglish.OldEnglishdidn'tsoundorlooklikeEnglishtoday.NativeEnglishspeakersnowwouldhavegreatdifficultyunderstandingOldEnglishspeakers.However，abouthalfofthemostcommonlyusedwordsinModernEnglishhaveOldEnglishroots. MiddleEnglish In1066，theNormaninvadedandconqueredEngland.TheyalsobroughtwiththemakindofFrench，whichbecamethelanguageoftherulingandbusinessclasses.Foraperiod，thelowerclassesspokeEnglishandtheupperclassesspokeFrench.Inthe14thcentury，EnglishbecameamainlanguageinBritainagain，withmanyFrenchwordsadded.ThislanguageiscalledMiddleEnglish. LateModernEnglish ThemaindifferencebetweenEarlyModernEnglishandLateModernEnglishisvocabulary.LateModernEnglishhasmanymorewords，resultingfromtwomain factors：firstly，technologydevelopmentcreatedaneedfornewwords；secondly，theBritishEmpireatitsheightconvertedonequarteroftheearth'ssurface，andtheEnglishlanguageusedforeignwordsfrommanycountries. NowtherearemanyothervarietiesofEnglishintheworld，suchasAustralianEnglish，NewZealandEnglish，CanadianEnglish，SouthAfricanEnglish，IndianEnglishandCaribbeanEnglish. 【词海拾贝】 1．arrivaln．到达 2．periodn．时期，阶段 3．classn．阶层 4．resultfrom因……发生；随……产生 5．createv.生产；制造 【问题思考】 1．Themainideaofthetextis_____________________________. 答案：thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage 2．WhenisEnglishcalledMiddleEnglish? _______________________________________________________ 答案：Inthe14thcentury 3．What'sthemaindifferencebetweenEarlyModernEnglishandLateModernEnglish? _______________________________________________________ 答案：Vocabulary. Ⅰ.将单词与其正确释义配对 1．officialadj. A．本身；本体；身份 2．nativeadj.&n. B．常常；频繁地 3．actuallyadv. C．官方的；正式的；公务的 4．basevt.&n. D．逐渐地；逐步地 5．graduallyadv. E．流利的；流畅的 6．vocabularyn. F．以……为根据；基部；基地；基础 7．spellingn. G．拼写；拼法 8．identityn. H．本国的；本地的；本地人；本国人 9．fluentadj. I．实际上；事实上 10．frequently