Unit 2  English around the world
二、课文要点（模块）
1课文词汇等填空（旨在复习本课文中的单词拼写和主要词语等）
根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：
At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. Today, the largest number of people   1  (speak) English may be in China. A lot of Chinese people speak English   2  their foreign language.
      3  English language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries. Old English sound more  4  less like German for it was  5  on German, but modern English sounds more like French than German   6  England was once ruled by the French.
    Two people had great effects on the English changes. One was Shakespeare, who   7  (large) the English   8  (词汇) ; the other was Noah Webster,   9  wrote a dictionary   10   gave American English its own identity.
答案：1.speaking    2. as        3. The    4. or        5. based        6. because    7.enlarged
8.vocabulary    9. who    10. that/which   
2课文大意概括 （旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力）
阅读课文，试着用30来个单词概括课文大意或翻译下面短文。
  这篇课文讲述了英语的发展史。 英语随着时间的流逝而发生了变化，全世界的人们都说英语。
    The passages shows us _____________________________________________________________________
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答案：The passages shows us a history of the development of English. English has changed over time and it is spoken all over the world.
3课文佳句背诵与仿写 （旨在培养对难句的理解和写作能力）
1.【原句】With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language.和你的同学一起列出把英语作为官方语言的国家。
[模仿要点] 句子结构
【模仿1】请用这些词，造一个句子来描述你心中的想法。
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答案：With these words, please make up a sentence that can describe what you feel in your mind. 
【模仿2】他用了各种彩，画一幅画显示了他家乡的变化。
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高中英语课文
答案：With different colors, he painted a picture that showed the change of his hometown..
2．【原句】English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as south Africa. 在新加坡，马来西亚和非洲其他国家，比如南非，人们也说英语。
[模仿要点] 列举三者以上事物的表达
【模仿1】下课后我喜欢去踢足球，打篮球和参加一些有趣的活动如唱歌跳舞
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答案：After class I like to play football and basketball and take part in some interesting activities such as dancing and singing.
【模仿2】在英国旅游期间，我们参考了博物馆，城堡和一些名胜如一些公园和花园。
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答案：During the tour in the UK, we visited museums, castles and some places of interest such as some parks and gardens.