【正文】 the students listen and repeat.English is a language spoken all over the world. But at first the English spoken in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was more based on German than the English we speak now, later English became less like German because new settlers enriched the English language and Its vocabulary. So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled because dictionaries were written. Now, English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.6. Further thinking:Work in groups. Discuss the following two question and then ask two groups to report their answers to the class.According to the passage, languages change when cultures municate with one another. So the writer intended to predict a possible road to modern English, that is, when Chinese culture municates with English culture, English may change, too. So as time goes by, Chinese English may bee one of the world English. That is what the writer intended to tell us about this passage. So the writer gave it the titleThe Road to Modern English. (All persuasive reasons can be accepted. )Some people say that Chinese is a much more elegant language, so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language. Do you agree with this opinion and why?Step 4 WorkbookDo Exercises 1 and 2 in Using words and expressions on Page 49.Step 5 Homework1. Learn the new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Read the text again and again. Try to retell it.教學反思：這節(jié)課是閱讀課，主要訓練學生的閱讀能力，兼顧學生的聽、說、讀、寫的能力。第5頁 共5頁