Period 1

Lead-in:1.Are you good at English? What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English-pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or something else?2. Do you think English has always stayed the same? Give some examples.

1. What is the article about?

2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?

3. Is English still changing?

Read and answer the questions.

English and its history.

Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

Yes.

Read and answer the questions.1. Where did the Angles, the

Saxons and the Jutes come from?2. Why can similar pairs of words

be found in the English language?3. What was the German plural

form replaced by?4. Which King of England used

English for all official occasions?5. When did Modern English

appear?

2. Because each word or phrase came from a different language.

1. They came from the European mainland.

3. It was replaced by the French way of making plurals.4. King Henry Ⅳ.5. During the Renaissance in the 16th century.

Fill in the blanks with the following words and dates from the passageEuropean 5th century Celtic1. Before the middle of the _____________, people in Britain did not speak English.

2. The original language spoken in Britain was___________.

3. Three groups of people came to Britain from the ___________.

5th century

Celtic

European

10th century French 1066 Angles4. The _________, the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon.

5. Normans spoke ___________.6. The Normans entered England in __________.

7. By the ______________, Old English was the official language of English.

Angles

10th century1066

French

Reading strategy: reading a history articledates, years, e.g. the 5th century…help you understand a sequence of events and how pieces of information relate to the text

What should you notice? Why?

What can you do when you read a history article?Make a time chart, listing relevant information such as times, places and events…

Time EventsBefore the middle of 5th centuryAt the end of 9th centuryBy 10th centuryIn 1066By the latter half of 14th century In 1399During the Renaissance in 16th century

Time Events

Before the middle of 5th century

At the end of 9th century

By 10th century

In 1066

By the latter half of 14th century

In 1399

During the Renaissance in 16th century

People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.

The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages.

Old English was the official language of England.

The Normans conquered England and took control of the country.

English was adopted by all classes in England.

Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions.

Modern English began.

True or false:1. Old English consisted of an

Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of French and Norway.

2. In 1066, the Normans took control of the country and English was replaced with French.

3. The words for most animals come from old English just because the animals were raised and cooked by English servants.

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4. English was used for all official

occasions after the Norman Conquest.

5. People from different places sometimes misunderstand each other though they both speak English.

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the king of England.Henry Ⅳ became

beef mutton

pork /

bacon

ox/ cow

pigsheep

The word for the animal:

The word for the meat:

ox- oxen child—childrenman- men shoe--shoesfoot– feet tooth---teethshoe- shoen house- housenhouse—houses

Tick the German way of making plurals.

Discussion:1.Languages borrow words from

each other. List some. e.g. Chinese words from English:

English words from Chinese:2. Do you think it possible for

Chinese to be the most widely used language some day? Why or why not?

Homework:1.Do Part E on P25.2.Read the article in Part B on

P97, WB.3.Prepare for the language

items.4.Learn more about English and

its history on this website. http://www.nhyz.org/student/2003/030490/eh.htm

Period 2

D1 Match the new words.

confusing

created

consisted

raised

replace

took control of

a. was made up ofb. kept( an animal)c. took the place ofd. had power overe. difficult to understandf. caused something to exist

Complete the passage on P25.Answers to Part E:

1. dialects 2. consisted of 3. mixed 4. official 5. vocabulary 6. meat 7. servants 8. mother tongue

Language items.

be made up of consist of

pick up invade

contribute to take control of

replace despite

have an impact on result in

raise adopt

be made up of The medical team was made up of twelve doctors.医疗队由十二名医生组成。make up 1. 编造 整个故事都是虚构的。 The whole story is made up.2. 补足 , 弥补 We need $50 to make up the loss.我们需要五十元以弥补损失。3. 化装 她花了一个多小时才打扮好。 It took her more than an hour to make herself up.

consist 1.组成 , 构成 [(+of)]: A university consists of teachers, admi

nistrators and students. 大学由教师 , 行政人员和学生组成。 Our book consists 3 units. 我们的书有 3 单元。

be made up of

2. 一致 , 符合 [(+with)]The information consists with his account.消息与他的叙述相符合。

2. 在于 , 存在于 [(+in)]Tolerance consists in respecting the opinions of others.宽容在于尊重别人的意见。 The beauty of the picture consists in its colors.这幅画的美在于其色彩。

pick up1. The boy picked up the hat for the old man.男孩替老人拾起了帽子。2. Where did you pick up your technical skill? 你的技术是在哪儿学的？ 3. The car stopped to pick me up.汽车停下来接我。 pick out1. Let me pick out some good ones for you.让我来替你挑几个好的。

1.He ____some French while he was on a business trip in Paris.

2. We'll send the ambulance to _________ the patient.

3. It's easy to ____her friend in a crowd because he is very tall.

A. made out B. pick up C. pick out D. picked up

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invade1. vt./vi. 侵入 , 侵略The Normans invaded England in 1066.诺曼人于一○六六年入侵英国。2. 拥入 , 大批进入In summer tourists invade the mountain village.夏天游客成群结队地到这个山村来。3. ( 疾病等 ) 侵袭Bird flu invaded the country.禽流感侵袭全国。

contribute to 1. to help to lead to the result; Drink contributed to his death.酒促成了他的死亡。2. 捐 ( 款 ); 捐献 , 捐助 (donate to)他将积蓄的一半捐献给红十字会。 He contributed half of his savings to the Red Cross.3. 投 ( 稿 )[(+to)]他给杂志投稿他的诗。He contributed his poems to the magazine.

control1. V. 控制 ; 支配 ; 管理 ; 克制 ; 抑制She is skillful enough to control the machine.她已有了足够的技术可以操纵这台机器了。The British government at that time controlled the island.当时英国政府控制该岛。You must learn to control your temper.你必须学会克制着不发脾气。

2. n. 支配 ; 控制 ; 调节 ; 抑制 [(+of/over)]They have no control over him.他们控制不了他。There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children.应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。Some more phrases:in control of… in the control of…be/ come/ bring/get under controlunder the control of…be/get out of controllose control of…

The boy is no longer _______________________his parents. Police at present_______________ the crowd. They asked for help.With the help of firefighters, they got the fire ______________.Mum was angry to see her children_______________. Who do you let be ____________ your class while you’re out?

in/ under the control of lost control of

under control

out of controlin control of

replace vt.1.取代 ; 以 ...代替 [(+with/by)]The brakes have to be replaced.刹车需要更换。Electric lights have replaced candles.电灯已经取代了蜡烛。2.把 ...放回 (原处 )She replaced the receiver.她将听筒放了回去。3. 归还 ;偿还I will replace the cup I broke.我愿用一个新杯子赔还我打碎的一只。

despite prep.1. 不管 ,尽管 ,任凭 （ in spite of )Despite the traffic jam, he arrived at the conference on time. 尽管有交通阻塞，他还是准时赶到会场。Despite advanced years, she is learning to drive.尽管年事已高 , 她还在学开车。He went to work despite his illness.尽管生病 , 他还是去工作。

have an impact on影响 ;作用 ( influence) Those TV programmes had an impact on his English studies.这些电视节目对他的英语学习很有影响。 The book made a great impact on its readers.这本书对读者有很大的影响。

result inV. 1. 结果 ;导致 (lead to)Carelessness resulted in lots of accidents.粗心造成大量交通事故。2. result from (because of, due to)His failure resulted largely from his laziness.他的失败主要是懒惰所致。

n.1. 结果 ; 成果 ;效果They worked without result.他们徒劳无功。The result of the match was 2-1 to Chica

go.比赛结果是以 2比 1赢芝加哥队。 as a result (of)It rains today, as a result, we haveto put off our picnic. =As a result of rain, we have to putoff our picnic.

His success ____ working hard.Too much cigarettes _____ hisdeaths. He had to take a taxi to work _____the bad weather.

A.result in B.as a result ofC.results fromD.as a result

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B

raise vt./ n1.The baby was raised on soybean milk. 这孩子是用豆浆喂养大的。2. The landlord raised my rent to $200.房东把租金提高到 $ 200 。3. They are going to raise money for the school buildings.他们将为盖校舍筹集资金。4. He raised his glass and said: "Your health, Carl."他举起了杯子说道 :" 祝你健康 ,卡尔。 "

5. None of them raised any objection.他们谁也没提出反对意见。True or false:1.Prices have been risen up.2.The sun raises in the east and sets i

n the west.3.Jack was raised by his aunt after his

parents passed away.

raisedrises

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adoptVt. 采取 ;采纳 ;吸收 ; 接受 ;通过，After much deliberation, the president decided to adopt her suggestion.总经理再三考虑之后 ,决定采纳她的建议。Mr. Kern adopted the orphan as his own son.克恩先生将那孤儿收养为自己的儿子。The plan was adopted after some discussion.经过讨论 ,计划获得通过。

Fill in the blanks with the words.

confuse, adopt, include, replace,

1.As they had no children of their own, they __________ an orphan.

2.This is a _____________word because it has two meanings.

3.I’m giving a lecture on recent poetry___________ war poetry.

4.I hope you can ________ things exactly as they were before.

replaceincluding

confusing

adopted

throughout, raise, undergo, consist of 5. I hope that I shall never again have to ___________ such an pleasant experience.6. She __________ her finger to her lips as a sign for silence.7. _____________the summer and autumn he continued to go to the office on foot.8. The research team _____________ two Chinese experts and three American experts.

undergo

Throughout

consists of

raised

Homework:

1.Finish A1 ,A2 on P92, WB.

2.Go over the language items learned today.

3.Prepare for the next lesson