Unit2 English around the world.doc

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagereallystartedwiththearrivalofthreeGermanictribes(部落)whoinvaded(侵略)Britainduringthe5thcentury.OldEnglishTheinvadingGermanictribesspokesimilarlanguageswhichinBritaindevelopedintowhatwenowcallOldEnglish.OldEnglishdidn'tsoundorlooklikeEnglishtoday.NativeEnglishspeakersnowwouldhavegreatdifficultyunderstandingOldEnglishspeakers.HoweverabouthalfofthemostcommonlyusedwordsinModernEnglishhaveOldEnglishroots.MiddleEnglishIn1066theNormaninvadedandconqueredEngland.TheyalsobroughtwiththemakindofFrenchwhichbecamethelanguageoftherulingandbusinessclasses.ForaperiodthelowerclassesspokeEnglishandtheupperclassesspokeFrench.Inthe14thcenturyEnglishbecameamainlanguageinBritainagainwithmanyFrenchwordsadded.ThislanguageiscalledMiddleEnglish.LateModernEnglishThemaindifferencebetweenEarlyModernEnglishandLateModernEnglishisvocabulary.LateModernEnglishhasmanymorewordsresultingfromtwomainfactors：firstlytechnologydevelopmentcreatedaneedfornewwords；secondlytheBritishEmpireatitsheightconvertedonequarteroftheearth'ssurfaceandtheEnglishlanguageusedforeignwordsfrommanycountries.NowtherearemanyothervarietiesofEnglishintheworldsuchasAustralianEnglishNewZealandEnglishCanadianEnglishSouthAfricanEnglishIndianEnglishandCaribbeanEnglish.【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：thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage2．WhenisEnglishcalledMiddleEnglish?_______________________________________________________答案：Inthe14thcentury3．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.