Background English is a young language. It’s a member of the Indo-European family of languages. It grew from other languages , such as German and French. People began to write it down only about six hundred years ago. The story of the English language is a story of change. English is generally divided into 3 steps. The Old English language , or Old English, is different from Modern English. If we do not study Old English, we can’t understand it. Some of the words are the same but many are not used now.
The story of the English language begins sometime after the year 400 A. D. At this time some people came to England from North-West Europe. In Old English the endings had many other things. In Modern English, most of these endings are gone. This is the biggest difference between Old English and Modern English.
Now English is spoken by people all over the world. It is the international business language. However , English is not exactly the same in different countries. American people speak English, but it is a little different from British English and American English are a bit different in spelling , pronunciation , grammar and even in some vocabulary.
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Pre-reading discussion; 1. How many countries and regions are there in the world? 2. How many languages are spoken in the world? 3. How many languages are used as the working languages of the United
Questions: 1. What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom? A toilet. 2. Why can’t he find it? Perhaps when Joe says “bathroom” he means a place where there is a toilet. But in Nancy’s eyes, it is a place where people can only have a bath.
Language points: 1. must be…. 表示对现在事情的肯定猜测. 意 为 “一定, 肯定” e. g 这必定是你要的那本书. This must be the book you want. can’t 若要表示对现在事情的否定猜测应用_____ mustn’t 不能用____. e. g ---那个人必定是我们的校长. ---不, 不可能是他. 他去南京出差了. ---That must be our headmaster. ---No, it can’t be him. He has gone to Nanjing on business.
2. make oneself at home be/feel at home “at home” 意为 “好象 在自己家里一样无拘无束” e. g 1)请坐下, 别客气. Please sit down and make yourself at home 2)女主人使我们觉得象在自己家里一样无拘 无束. Our hostess made us feel quite at home. 3)那个男孩在如此华丽的房子里感觉很不在. The boy didn’t _____in such a feel at home splendid house.
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