Unit 2 English around the world
Period 3 知识讲练课
Step 1 Oral check:Filling in the blanks according to what you have learned.
All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.The English spoken between AD 450 and 1150 was quite 1) from that spoken today.2) ,it was based more on German than the English we speak at present.Later,it became more like French.One big change in English 3) happened when The American Dictionary of the English Language,which gave American English its own 4) ,came 5) .Now India has a very large number of English speakers.This is because English became the language for 6) and education during 1765 to 1947,when Britain ruled India.English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and Asia,such 7) South Africa,Singapore and Malaysia.The number of people learning English in China is also 8) rapidly.
Today we hear people speak English on TV and the radio.There is no such a thing as 9) English.When people from all over the world use words and expressions different from “standard English”,it is
