Unit 2 Language

Period 3 Reading:

language focus

The first kind:

The second kind:

The third kind:

The Development of English

Old English Middle English

Modern English

What are the words for their meat?

Why are the words for their names and their meat different?

pork/ bacon

beef

mutton

1. Before the mid-5th century, people spoke a language _____

Celtic. 2. After the mid-5th century, Anglo-Saxon

______ from ______ German with Celtic.

3. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings ______ Britain, and then Old English was ______.

4. By the tenth century, Old English was the ______ Language in Britain.

Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks:

called

developed mixing

invadedcreated

official

5. After the Norman _______,

upper class people spoke French ______ common people spoke English.

6. By the later half of the 14th century, English was ______ by all classes.

7. In 1399, English was used for all official ________.

8. In the 16th century, ______ English began.

Conquestwhile

adopted

occasions

modern

Find proper words from the text according the definitions: (P)1. __________ n. all the words that someone

knows, learns or uses2. _________ adv. now, compared with what

happened in the past3. ________ n. someone who is paid to do serv

ices such as cleaning, cooking, etc.4. _______ adj. [A] in a higher position 5. ________ adj. time belonging to the present

time or most recent time 6. _______ n. a particular way of doing sth

vocabulary

nowadays

servant

upper

modern

style

Fill in the blanks with the words above: (P)1. His room was on an _______ floor of the

house. 2. He planned to find a ________ to take care

of his sick father while he was out. 3. The young like walkmans before, but MP4

is popular _________. 4. He has a _______ of writing like that of

Dickens. 5. You’d better read more after class to

enlarge your __________. 6. In this city, you can see ancient and ______

buildings next to each other.

upper

servant

nowadaysstyle

vocabularymodern

Replace the red parts with the words or phrases from the text. (G)1. Good method and hard work was the

main cause of his success. 2. Warnings about the danger of smoking

have little influence/ effect on this age group.

3. His angry words caused a fight at last4. Our school has begun to use a new

teaching method. 5. The company has experienced some

changes in the last five years.

Can you explain them? (G)1. Throughout history, people … have lived

together in Britain. 2. English is a language with so many

confusing rules. 3. The language they created is what now we

call Old English. 4. Despite this fact, French still had an

impact on the English language.5. French did not replace English as the first

language.6. Many pairs of words and phrases have

similar meanings in English.

Find the sentence in which the red word has the same meaning and guess its meanings in other sentences: (G)

(1) Raise your hands if you can answer the questions.

(2) In order to help the poor, they planned to hold a party to raise money.

(3) The questions he raised at the meeting are being discussed now.

(4) He is a farmer and raises many horses.

1. English people raised animals and cooked for the Normans.

(1) In less than ten years, the seed developed into a tall tree.

(2) I developed the habit of eating snacks between meals.

(3) He ruined the photos because he did not develop the film properly.

2. Anglo-Saxon developed from mixing these language with Celtic.

(1) Students are not allowed to talk in class.

(2) Our class is made up of 54 students.

(3) Most people in Japan think they belong to the middle class.

(4) She belonged to that class of people who only think of themselves.

(5) The school is very famous, in fact, I think it is among the first-class schools.

3. English was adopted by all classes.

1. Even though the Normans spoke French, French did not replace English as the first language.

They love each other.

They decide to leave each other.

Sentence structures: (P)

2. The words for most animals raised for food come from Old English, while the words for the meat come from French.

Upper class people spoke French while common people spoke English.

He likes dancing.

I like listening to music.

3. Change the sentences into two simple sentences: (P)

(1) People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic

(2) Middle English is the name given to the English used from around the 12th to the 16th century

(3) The words we use for most animals raised for food come from Old English.

People in Britain all spoke a language.The language was called Celtic.

Assignment

1. Review the words learned today

2. Finish A1 & A2 on P98

3. Find the noun clauses in this text