高中英语人教版02

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 2 English around the world
[00:11.49]Reading
[00:15.02]THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH
[00:19.88]At the end of the 16th centruy,about five to seven million people spoke English.
[00:27.82]Nearly all of them lived in England.In the next century,
[00:34.35]people from England started moving to other parts of the world,
[00:39.81]so English began to be spoken in many other countries.
[00:45.48]Today,more people speak English as their first,
[00:51.64]second or foreign language than ever before.
[00:57.00]China may have the largest number of English speakers.
[01:02.64]Native English speakers can understand each other
[01:08.21]even if they don't speak the same kind of English.
[01:13.85]However,they may not be able to understand everything.
[01:20.01]For example,a British person may say to her friends,
[01:25.86]"Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?"
[01:30.62]One of her American friends may then ask her,"Come up where?"
[01:37.49]Her Canadian friend might explain,"She means we should come up to her apartment."
[01:45.82]So why has English changed over time?
[01:50.79]All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.
[01:57.03]The English spoken between about AD 450 and 1150
[02:04.40]was very different from the English spoken today.
[02:09.36]Actually,it was based more on German than present day English.
[02:16.44]Then from about 1150 to 1500 English changed even more.
[02:23.88]It became less like German,
[02:28.14]and more like French because those who ruled England at that time spoke French.
[02:35.51]It  became closer to the language you are learning now.
[02:41.15]In the 1600's,Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
[02:49.51]One big change in English usage
[02:54.65]happened when Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary
[03:00.43]of the English Language,giving American English its own identity.
[03:06.98]Later,when some British people went to Australia,
[03:13.15]English began to be spoken there.
[03:17.51]Now Australian English has its own identity.
[03:22.27]English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.
[03:28.93]India has a very large number of English speakers.
[03:34.39]This is because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.
[03:42.75]During that time English became the language for government and education.
[03:50.01]English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and Asia,
[03:56.77]such as South Africa,Singapore and Malaysia.
[04:02.52]In China,English has been used in Hong Kong since about 1842.
[04:10.70]Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.
[04:17.96]Will Chinese English become one of the world English?Only time will tell.
[04:26.11]Learning about Language
[04:35.88]Discovering useful words and expressions
[04:41.63]5.Listen to these dialogues.Mark the sentence stress and intonation.
[04:51.37]Then practise reading them in pairs.
[04:56.72]Find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning.
[05:04.98]1.Hi,I'd like some sweets,please.
[05:13.23]No problem.All the candy we sell is sweet.
[05:19.58]I see,so you sell sweet sweets.
[05:26.06]2.Let's take the lorry for a trip into the countryside.
[05:34.39]Of course,I expect you to take me!
[05:38.83]Oh,I'm sorry,Lori,I meant my truck.
[05:46.20]3.What a lovely autumn day!
[05:52.97]Yes,it's a nice fall day,isn't it?
[05:58.14]Using Language
[06:06.60]Reading and talking
[06:11.04]STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS
[06:16.61]What is standard English?
[06:21.07]Is it spoken in Britain,the US,Canada,Australia,India and New Zealand?
[06:30.22]Believe it or not,there is no such a thing as standard English.
[06:37.66]Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.
[06:45.92]This is because in the early days of radio,
[06:51.27]those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.
[06:58.04]However,even on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak
[07:06.50]When people use words and expressions different from "standard language",