1、 牛津高中英语 M3U2 Reading English and its historyWilliam Shakespeare a brilliant English poet and playwright during Renaissance(文艺复兴文艺复兴)Sonnet(十四行诗)Shall I compare thee to a summers day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease(租约)(租约)hath all
2、 too short a date.我能否将你比作夏天?我能否将你比作夏天?你比夏天更美丽温婉。你比夏天更美丽温婉。狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残,狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残,夏日的勾留何其短暂?夏日的勾留何其短暂?youYou arehasPlease go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article.1.Notice the dates and years 2.Make a time chart,listing important information such as times,places and ev
3、ents,etc.Reading a history articleReading a history articleRead the passage fast and complete the tableRead the passage fast and complete the table KindsTimeEventsOld EnglishBefore the middle of the 5th centuryThen At the end of the 9th centuryBy the 10th centuryMiddle EnglishIn 1066By the latter ha
4、lf of the 14th centuryIn 1399Modern EnglishDuring theRenaissance inthe 16th centuryThe Development of EnglishKindsTimeEventsOld EnglishBefore the middle of the 5th centuryThen At the end of the 9th centuryBy the 10th centuryMiddle EnglishIn 1066By the latter half of the 14th centuryIn 1399Modern Eng
5、lishDuring theRenaissance inthe 16th centuryPeople in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.The Vikings moved to Britain and brought their languages.Old English was the official language of England.The Normans defeated England and took control of the country.English was used by all classes in E
6、ngland.Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official events.Modern English appeared.Two Germanic groups occupied Britain.Time chart10th10thend of 9thend of 9ththenthenbefore 5thbefore 5theventslanguageoccupied occupied by the by the two two Germanic Germanic groupsgroupsthe the V
7、ikings Vikings began began to move to move totobecame became official official languagelanguageSpoke Spoke CelticCelticOld EnglisheventslanguageTime chart13991399latter latter half of half of 14th14th10661066Middle English16th16thModern Modern EnglishEnglish13991399latter latter half of half of 14th
8、14th10661066eventslanguageMiddle EnglishNormans Normans defeated defeated and took and took controlcontrol Henry Henry became became King King and and usedusedhad come had come into into widespread widespread useuseTime chartappeared appeared during the during the RenaissanceRenaissancekeep on keep
9、on changingchanging16th16thModern Modern EnglishEnglishMiddle Middle EnglishEnglishNormans Normans defeated defeated and took and took controlcontrol Henry Henry became became King King and and usedusedhad come had come into into widespread widespread useuseFrench French didnt didnt replacereplaceoc
10、cupied occupied by the by the two two Germanic Germanic groupsgroupsthe the Vikings Vikings moved moved totobecame became official official languagelanguagespoke spoke CelticCelticOld Old EnglishEnglishappeared appeared during the during the RenaissanceRenaissancekeep on keep on changingchanging1399
11、1399latterlatter halfhalf ofof 14th14th131613161066106610th10th9th9ththenthen5th5th16th16thModern Modern EnglishEnglishPeriods Features EvidencesOld EnglishMiddle EnglishModern EnglishHow did the language develop?a mixtureinfluenced by Frenchchanging?mixed with 1.similar meanings2.animals and meat3.
12、plurals1.vocabulary2.pronunciation3.inventingPeriod Feature EvidencesOld EnglishMiddle EnglishModern EnglishHow did the language develop?a mixtureinfluenced by Frenchchanging?mixed with 1.similar meanings2.animals and meat3.plurals1.vocabulary2.pronunciation3.inventingCelticLanguages of Angles and S
13、axons Old EnglishLanguages of VikingsFrenchs influence on English:1.More words with similar meanings3.French ways of making plurals2.Words for meat and animalsMiddle Englishreply answer the same meaning(回答)回答)Old French Old EnglishMore words with similar meanings.Examples Words for animalsWords for
14、their meatox/cowpigpork/baconpork/baconsheepmuttonmuttonbeefbeefEnglish FrenchFrench Examples GermanicwayFrench wayhouseshoemanchildMaking pluralshousenhousesshoenshoesmenchildrenConsolidationConsolidationEnglish and its historyOld EnglishIn the middle of the 5th century,the language 1._ in Britain
15、was Celtic.Then Britain was 2._ by the Angles and the Saxons,who brought their language into Old English.At the end of the 9th century,the Vikings created Old English,3._ their languages with Anglo-Saxon.By the 10th century,Old English,had become the 4._ language of English.Middle EnglishIn 1066,Eng
16、land was 5._ by the Normans,but French didnt take the 6._ of English as the first language.By the latter half of the 14th century,English had been 7._used among all classes in England.8._ EnglishVocabulary and pronunciation also went 9._ great changes during the Renaissance.It is 10._ that English w
17、ill continue developing in the future.spokenmixingofficialdefeatedplacewidelyModernthroughcertainoccupiedGroup activityGroup activitySuppose one of your group is a linguistic expert(语言学家)and the other three are journalists,we will hold a press conferenceTips for experts1.Make a brief introduction En
18、glish language,and please focus on times and events.2.Useful sentence patterns.e.g.its my great honor to;What I am going to talk about today is;thank you for;Tips for journalistsAsk the expert some questions focused on features of the different period.Useful sentence patterns.e.g.thank you for;Id li
19、ke to ask you;As you just mentioned,what do you think of?13991399latterlatter halfhalf ofof 14th14th1316131610661066Middle Middle EnglishEnglishNormans defeated and took control Henry became King and usedhad come into widespread useFrench didnt replace10th10th9th9ththenthen5th5thoccupied by the two Germanic groupsthe Vikings moved tobecame official languagespoke CelticOld Old EnglishEnglishappeared during the Renaissancekeep on changing16th16thModern Modern EnglishEnglish