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Unit 2 English around the world
The road to modern English
At the end of the 16th century, about five to ven million people spoke English.Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and becau of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.
Today,more people speak English as their first,cond or a foreign language than ever before (比以往任何时候更.
Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.Look at this example:
英语句子摘抄British Betty: Would you like to e my flat ?
American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.
So why has English changed over time?(over time =as time goes by 随时间推移 Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was different from the English spoken today. It was bad more on German than the English we speak at prent.Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German becau tho who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.The new ttlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make u of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British ttlers moved to America.Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia, too.English began to be spoken in both countries.
Finally by the 19th century the language was ttled.At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.The latter gave a parate identity to American English spelling.
English now is also spoken as a foreign or cond language in South Asia.For example, India has a very large number of English speakers becau Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education.English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners.Will Chine English develop its own identity?Only time will tell.
STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS
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What is standard English?Is it spoken in Britain,the US,Canada,Australia,India and New Zealang?Believe it or not,there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.This is becau in the early days of radio,tho who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.However,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.
When people u words and expressions different fro m the “standard language”,it is call
ed a dialect.American English has many dialects,especially the midwestern, southern,African American and Spanish dialects.Even in some parts of the USA,two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently.American English has so many dialects becau people have come from all over the world.
Geography also plays a part in making dialects.Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect.When Americans moved from one place to another,they took their dialects with them.So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA.The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.Although many Americans move a lot,they still recog nize and understand each other’s dialects.
Unit 2 知识点
镜子和床头并排放>扇贝壳1.becau of 相当于thanks to幸亏,由于
due to因为,由于owe to应该把……归功于as a result of由于……的结果2.native本地的,出生地的
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It’s a long time since he has visited his native land.
拓展:be native to原产于……be home to是……的栖息地/产地网关ip地址
3.come up 走近,上来,提出
拓展:come up with提出,想出come across偶然遇到,邂逅
come out 出来,出版,显现come about 发生
come true实现come on赶快,加油交通法规扣分细则
