Englishanditshistory第1頁TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.第2頁Lead-in:1.AreyougoodatEnglish?WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish-pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?2.DoyouthinkEnglishhasalwaysstayedthesame?第3頁SonnetNo.18

ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate:

Hwætwegardenaingeardagumþeodcyningaþrymgefrunonhuðaæþelingasellenfremedon.第4頁1.Whatisthearticleabout?2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3.IsEnglishstillchanging?skimming

Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Yes第5頁Readingstrategy:readingahistoryarticle

dates,years…helpyouunderstandasequenceofeventsandhowpiecesofinformationrelatetothetextWhatshouldyoupayattentionto?Why?Whatisagoodideaforyoutodowhenyoureadahistoryarticle?Makeatimechart,listingrelevantinformationsuchastimes,placesandevents…第6頁TimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBythe10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyTheVikingsinvadedBritainOldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.

NormanconquestEnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions.ModernEnglishbegan.PeopleinBritainallspokeCeltic第7頁Time

EventlanguageBeforethemiddleof5thcentury5th---9thcenturyAttheendof9thCelticThreeGermanictribesinvadedBritainAnglo-Saxon(baseofoldEnglish)VikingsbegantoinvadedBritainOldEnglishBythe10thcentury

OldEnglish(officiallanguage)Anglo-Saxon(base)languageofDenmarklanguageofNorwayOldEnglish第8頁MiddleEnglishIn1066,______________________________________________________However,throughoutthe250years,___________________________________________________________Bythelaterhalfofthe14thcentury___________________________________________In1399,__________________________________________theNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.Frenchdidn’treplaceEnglishasthefirstlanguage.EnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.Englishwasusedforallofficialoccasions.French’simpactonEnglish:1.Morewordswithsimilarmeanings3.Frenchwaysofmakingplurals2.Wordsformeat:mutton/beef/pork第9頁liftuppickupthesamemeaning(拿起）NorseAnglo-SaxonManypairsofwordswithsimilarmeanings第10頁replyanswerthesamemeaning(回答）FrenchOldEnglishMorewordswithsimilarmeanings.第11頁man-menshoe—shoesFoot–feethouse—houses

tooth—teethglass—glassesChild—children

GermanwayFrenchway第12頁beefmuttonpork/baconox/cowpigsheepThewordfortheanimal:Thewordforthemeat:第13頁ModernEnglish1.WhendidmodernEnglishbegin?2.Whatchangeshadhappenedduringthisperiodoftime?ModernEnglishbeganduringtheRenaissanceinthe16thcentury.ManyLatinandGreekwordswereaddedtoEnglishandpronunciationalsounderwenthugechanges.3.IsModernEnglishtheendofallthesechanges?No,Englishisalivinglanguageandisforeverchanging.第14頁

Englishhasmanyc_________rulesbecauseitis________of

therulesandvocabularyeachgroupofpeopleb_______toBritainwiththem.Attheverybeginning,BritishpeoplespokeC_____.Then,threeGermanictribes:__________________andV_____fromScandinaviancountriesinvadedBritainandbroughtwiththemtheirlanguages.Thelanguagetheycreatedisthe_____English.OldEnglishc___________of

anAnglo-Saxonbasep_____wordsfromthelanguagesofDenmarkandNorway.onfusingmadeuproughtelticAnglesSaxonsJutesikings

OldonsistedConsolidationlus第15頁

OldEnglishwasthe______languageofEnglanduntilthe12thcenturywhenNormansi________Englandand___________oftheCountry.TheNormansspokeF_____whichhadani______onEnglishalthoughitdidnotr____Englishasthefirstlanguage.In1399,H_________becameKingofEnglandandheusedEnglishforallo________occasions.ModernEnglishbeganduringtheR__________inthe16thcentury.Pronunciationu_________hugechangesduringthisperiod.However,thisisnot_________ofthechanges.It’scertainthatthisp________willcontinue.officialnvaded

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theendrocess第16頁DiscussionLanguageborrowswordsfromeachother,canyoulistsomeofthem?第17頁ChinesewordsfromEnglish:EnglishwordsfromChinese:Coffee(咖啡)