高中英语：unit 2 Language 课件reading（牛津译林版必修3）.ppt

LEAD-INGod be with you!God be with ye!God bwye!Goodbye!Imagine one day if you talk with a person from ancient times, can you understand him easily? UNIT 2•English￿and￿its￿history FAST READING1.What is the article about? English and its history.2.What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? Old English, Middle English, Modern English3.Is English still changing? Time:Changing :THE FIRST INVASION Before the middle of the 5th centuryCeltic Anglo-Saxon (the base of old English)OLD ENGLISH What’s the effects to the Old English aftertwo invasions in Britain?THE SECOND INVASIONTime:Changing:At the end of the 9th centuryAnglo-Saxon Old EnglishWHAT HAPPENED IN THE 10TH CENTURY?•Old English was the official language•of England .QuestioQuestion nWHY IT IS HARD TO DECIDE WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES TO USE?•The reason is that many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in EnglishQuestion Question  Middle Englisharound 12th century---16th centuryIn 1066In 1399In 1399by the latter half of the 14th centuryTime chartTime chart?In 1066The Normans conquered England and took control of the countryBy the latter half of the 14th centuryEnglish was adopted by all classes in EnglandIn 1399Henry IV became King of England and Used English for all official occasionsQuestions:Why ox, cow, sheep and pig come from Old English?Why beef, mutton, pork and bacon come from French?English people raised animals and cooked for Normans while Normans just know eat the meat of animals. Middle EnglishMAKING￿WORDS￿PLURALhouse/house/shoe/shoe/man/menox/oxenfoot/feettooth/teethchild/children German way French way housenhousesshoenshoesno changingMODERN ENGLISHT or FT or FModern English includes many Latin and Indian words. It’s easy to answer the question of whetherEnglish will changing. FTMany years ago, where a person comesfrom will not affect their style of speech.Ffrom 16th century----noweventslanguageReading strategy1061066 6450450At the end of 9thAt the end of 9th1391399 916th16theventslanguageCeltic Celtic Reading strategyInvaded by the Invaded by the three three Germanic Germanic tribes tribes Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon the Vikings the Vikings invadedinvadedOld English Old English 1061066 6Normans Normans conqueredconqueredEnglish, French English, French Henry Ⅳ Henry Ⅳ became Kingbecame KingEnglishEnglishthe Renaissancethe Renaissance450450At the end of 9thAt the end of 9th1391399 916th16thmodern Englishmodern English Do you think Chinese will change in future? And how? Discussion  Austrian zoologist Karl von Frischthe language of beesA circle danceA wagging danceFood is near.Food is far away. In the morning if a feeding place is set up 3 kilometers to the east of the hive, which picture correctly shows honey bee’s dance. A. B. C . D NSWEReading A:Reading A:1.By touch.1.By touch.2.From the type of dance the searcher 2.From the type of dance the searcher bee performs.bee performs.3.The searcher bee’s movements in the 3.The searcher bee’s movements in the figure of 8 pattern tell the worker bee figure of 8 pattern tell the worker bee where the sun is in the skywhere the sun is in the sky. .§ §4.The4.The more waggles she performs more waggles she performs and the longer she dances, the and the longer she dances, the farther the food supply will be.farther the food supply will be.§ §5. Because the food supply is close to 5. Because the food supply is close to the nest, and therefore easier to find.the nest, and therefore easier to find.§ §ReadingReading B: B:§ §Double Dutch:Double Dutch:§ §A Dutch uncle:A Dutch uncle:§ §I’m a Dutchman:I’m a Dutchman:§ §It’s all Greek to me:It’s all Greek to me:§ §Take French leave:Take French leave:§ §Chinese puzzles:Chinese puzzles:Reading B:Reading B:§ §1.In the 17th and early 18th 1.In the 17th and early 18th centuries, there were three wars centuries, there were three wars between the Dutch ,and Dutch between the Dutch ,and Dutch became a dad world.became a dad world.§ §2.It’s not a good thing to take French 2.It’s not a good thing to take French leave because it means you are not leave because it means you are not present or leave somewhere without present or leave somewhere without permission, like not being in class permission, like not being in class when you should be.when you should be.§ §3.No3.No. it was Shakespeare . it was Shakespeare who made who made this expression well knownthis expression well known but it had but it had appeared hundreds of years before appeared hundreds of years before he wrote the play Julius Caesar.he wrote the play Julius Caesar.§ §4.Double Dutch, it’s all Greek to me, 4.Double Dutch, it’s all Greek to me, and Chinese puzzles have similar and Chinese puzzles have similar meanings. They can all be used to say meanings. They can all be used to say you do not understand or know you do not understand or know something.something.5.Because they have been part of the 5.Because they have been part of the English language for hundreds of English language for hundreds of years, and you still hear them used in years, and you still hear them used in conversations today.conversations today.。