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The The RoadRoad To Modern To Modern EnglishEnglish ????

The Development Of EnglishReading tips 1: from the title, we can predict /

guess what the passage is about

Here are some tips for your reading.

1)Number the paragraph2) Understand the main idea( topic sentence)3) Circle the time.4) Ignore some unknown words.

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Para 2: Native speakers can ______ each other.

Para 3: _______________________________

Para 4: _______________________________

Para 5: ____________________________________________________________________

English changed over time

English was settled

English is spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.

understand

More and more people speak English as time goes by.

Reading tips 2: A topic sentence is the center/centre of the whole paragraph. It appears at the beginning , at the end or in the middle of the paragraph.

at the end of 16th century

2) Find out the identityidentity of each time

AD450-1150

AD800-1150

Was based more on German

Danish and French enriched English and especially its vocabulary

in the 17th century

5-7 million people spoke

English

English spoken in many other countriesShakespear

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…)

gradually

American English(1620)

In 1620, the British settlers, or Pilgrims( 清教徒） ,sailed to America on the May flower, looking for a place where they could have freedom of religion(宗教） . After a hard two-month voyage they landed at Massachusetts in America. 

2) Find out the identityidentity of each time

In the 18th century

In the 19th century

Australian English

Two big changes

at present …

More people speak English than ever beforeFluent English

speakers in South Asia such as…English in China ?

The latter gave a separate identity…

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gradually

Q&A1) Why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries in the 17th century?

Because of thatthat…??

People from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world.

Reading tips 3: Pay special attention to logical conjunctions and phrases（表逻辑关系的连接词或者短语 ), such as because (of), however, but and so on.

Q&A2) Why has English changed over time? as time goesActually…cultures meet and communicate with each other.mix3). Will Chinese English develop its own identity?Only time will tell

It is hard to know the result.

The author has no idea whether or not …

VVoiceoice your your opinionopinion Will Chinese English develop

its own identity? Give your reasons.I agree/think that...firstly…secondly…thirdly…I disagree/don’t think that…because of, at presentthan ever before, be based onmake use of , such as gradually, actuallyfluent English speakers…