1. Revision
Obama and Brown

2. Shall we go to the pub to celebrate our agreement?
Wow, bar is a nice place.

3. Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.

4. Great. I like football match very much.
After that, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.

5. Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
Time to go. Let’s go to the elevator together.

6. Reading

7. The road to modern English
Look at the title of the passage and guess what it is about.
The road to modern English
The road
Modern English
the development
of English
English at present

8. skimming
Skim the text to find the main idea for each paragraph.

9. Main idea for each paragraph : Para1 Para2 Para3-4
check
Main idea for each paragraph :
Para1
Para2
Para3-4
para5
Brief development
spread
The _________ of the English language in the world.
kinds
Different _____ of English--Native speakers can _______ each other
English at present
understand
change and develop
Development of English
All languages _____________ when________________________________________________
past  now
cultures meet and communicate with each other
English is spoken as a _______ language or ______ language in _______,______ and ________.
foreign
English at present
second
South Asia
Africa
China

10. Para 1
How many people spoke English at the end of the 16th century? Where did they live?
2.Why did people in other countries
begin to speak English in the 17th
century?
3.What is the result today?

11. How is the first paragraph developed?
The text is developed in order of __________.
time
at the end of the 16th……
later in the next century……
Today……

12. The road to modern English
cultures communicate with
one another
The cause
Between AD
450 and 1150
800 to 1150
quite different from English spoken today;
based more on German
less like German; more
like French

13. Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary. A big change in English
By the 1600’s
In 1620 and in the 18th century
in the 19th century
British people brought
English to Australia
Settled/Noah wrote the American dictionary of the English language, giving American English its own identity.

14. English became the language for government and education in India.
From 1765 to 1947
Since about
Today
English became the language for government and education in India.
English has begun to be used in Hong Kong.
More people speak English than ever before. The number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.

15. What’s the function of the last paragraph?
In other words, which sentence in this text is explained again by the examples in the last paragraph?
Actually all languages change and developed when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

16. Will Chinese English develop its own identity
Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Will Chinese English become one of the World English?
Only time will tell.