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od ay . It was based mor e on Ge rm an__ 4 __ the En g li sh w e spe ak at pr hen gr adually betw een ab out AD 800 and 1 150 , En gli sh becam e __ 5 __(little) l ike Ge r man because those __ 6 __ rule d E ngland spo k e firs t Dan ish and lat er Fr ench. The se new set tl e rs enr ich ed the En gli sh lan guage and __ 7 __(e special) its voc abulary . So by the 160039。 Reading—Prereading S te p 1 W arm ing up Back gr ound Intr oducti on amp。 Lead in When it co me s to En gli sh , most of us k now it is one of the off icial lan guages of the Ol y mpi c Ga m es and the Un it ed ther e ar e many peopl e spea k ing En gli sh as fluently as nati ve speak ut do you k no w that ther e is mor e th an one k ind of Engli sh in t he w orl d? 1 . Do you li k e le arning En gli sh ? Why? ___________________________________________________ 2 . How much do you k now about En gli sh? (1) _______ __________________________________________ (2) _______ __________________________________________ (3) _______ __________________________________________ (4) _______ __________________________________________ 答案: es , I lik e English ver y m uch , because Engli sh i s a bridge t o so much k no w le dge. 2 . (1) I t is th e off icial la nguage of many countri es , such as Ameri ca , En gland , Can ada and so on. (2) It has a lo ng hist ory . (3) Th er e ar e m ainly two ki nds of E ngli sh : Ameri can En gl ish and B ri ti sh En gli sh. (4) Many Chinese ar e learning English. S te p 2 Fast Reading Ⅰ .Firs t loo k at the title of the pas sa ge and try to guess wh