牛津高中英语模块三reading课件

English words from Chinese:
Pingpong, kongfu, tofu, lose face,
groups
Old English
Old English
Languages of Vikings
Middle English
Old English
Middle English French
Modern English
Middle English
Latin and Greek
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
French’s impact(影响） on English:
1. More words with similar meanings
3. French ways of making plurals
2. Borrowed words for meat: mutton/ beef/pork
Many words with similar meanings
man- men
French way
shoe—shoes
Foot – feet
house—houses
tooth — teeth glass — glasses
Child — children
The word for the animal:
pi
cow
sheep
g
The word for the meat:
important information, such as times, places and events.
Check the answers on page24:
Fill in the blanks with the following
dates from the article.
5th century
3. Is Modern English the end of all these changes? No , English will keep on changing.
The development of English
Old English
Celtic
Languages
Old English of Germanic
In 1066,_t_h_e__N_o_r_m_a_n_s__d_e_fe_a_t_e_d_E_n_g_l_a_n_d__a_n_d_t_o_o_k_c_o_n_t_r_o_l _ _o_f__th_e__co_u__n_tr_y.However, during the 250 years,___F_r_e_n_c_h__ __d_id_n_’_t_r_e_p_la_c_e__E_n_g_l_is_h_a_s__t_h_e_f_i_rs_t_l_a_n_g_u_a_g_e_. ___________ By the later half of the 14th century__E_n_g_l_is_h_h__a_d_c_o_m__e___ ___in_t_o_w__id_e_s_p_r_ea_d__u_s_e__in__E_n_gland . In 1399, _E__n_g_li_s_h_w__a_s_u_s_e_d_f_o_r_a_l_l _o_ff_i_c_ia_l_e_v_e_n_ts_._________
5. Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English? The words for the animals came from Old English, while the words for the meat came from Old French.
the same meaning ( 生病的）
ill Norse
sick Anglo-Saxon
More words with similar meanings.
the same meaning (回答）
reply
French
answer
Old English
Making plurals
Germanic way
Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article.
Reading a history article
Reading a normal text
1. Notice dates and years. 2. Make a time chart, listing
5. The Normans occupied England in 1_0__6_6_.
6. By the _1_0_t_h__c_e_n_t_u_r_y_, people in England used Old English as the official language.
Skimming to get
Anglo-Saxon (base of old English)
Old English
CAenlgtilco-Saxon (base)
Old English
language of Norway
( official language)
language of Denmark
Baidu Nhomakorabea
Middle English
1. Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people? Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to Britain.
2. How did these changes happen?
Hwæt we garde na ingear dagum þeod cyninga þrym ge frunon huða æþelingas ellen fre medon.
Language borrows words from each other, can you list some of them?(page25 part F)
Chinese words from English:
Coffee(咖啡), sofa(沙发), model(模特儿), modern(摩登), Sandwich(三明治), hamburger(汉堡), cartoon(卡通)
9th century
10th century 1066
14th century 16th century
1. Before the middle of the _5_t_h__c_e_n_t_u_r_y_, people in Britain did not speak English.
2. Modern English began to develop in the 1_6__th__c_e_n_t_u_r_y_.
beef
mutton
pork / bacon
Modern English
1. When did modern English begin? Modern English began during the Renaissance in the 16th century.
2. What changes happened during this period of time? English includes many Latin and Greek words. Pronunciation also went through huge changes .
These words with similar meanings developed because each word came from a different language.
4. Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English? The French-speaking Normans, who took control of England in 1066.
general ideas
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
The topic of the text is _____________. A. that old English is different from
the English today B. how Middle English formed C. English and its history D. that English will keep changing
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Chinese characters are always changing!
1. Do you think English has always stayed the same?
Sonnet No. 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Skimming
Reading Comprehension II
1.What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? Old English, Middle English and Modern English.
2. In what way is English still changing? English is still changing in many ways, such as in vocabulary and pronunciation.
Time
Before the middle of 5th century
5th---9th century
At the end of 9th
By the 10th century
Event
language
Celtic
Two Germanic groups occupied Britain The Vikings began to move Britain
2. Where did the word English come from? It came from the word Engle, as it was spelt in Old English.
3. Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language?
3. Almost everyone in England began to speak Middle English in the 1_4__th__c_e_n_t_u_r_y__.
4. At the end of the __9_th__c_e_n__tu__ry__, Norwegian words began to be used in the English language.