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ed her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t。美國是一個使用多種方言的大國。當(dāng)美國人從一個地方搬到另一個地方時,他們也就把他們的方言隨著帶去了。 地理位置對方言的產(chǎn)生也有影響。在美國有些地區(qū),即使是相鄰城鎮(zhèn)的兩個人所說的語言都可能稍有不同。 當(dāng)人們用不同于“標(biāo)準(zhǔn)語言”的詞語時,那就叫做方言。許多人認(rèn)為,電視和收音機(jī)里所說的就是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語,這是因為在早期的電臺節(jié)目里,人們期望新聞播音員所說的英語是最好的英語。中國英語會發(fā)展出自己的特色嗎?這只能由時間來回答了。目前在中國學(xué)習(xí)英語的人數(shù)正在迅速增長。在那期間,英語成了官方語言和教育用語。 現(xiàn)在,英語在南亞也被當(dāng)作外語或第二語言來說。約翰遜編寫了詞典,后來,諾厄 最后,到20世紀(jì),英語才真正定形。在1620年,一些英國人搬遷到美洲定居。這些新的定居者大大豐富了英語語言,特別是在詞匯方面。然后,漸漸地,大約在公元800年到1150年期間,英語不那么像德語了。首先,在公元450年到1150年間,人們所說的英語跟今天所說的英語就很不一樣。我很樂意到你的公寓(apartment)去。 以英語作為母語的人,即使他們所講的語言不盡相同,也可以互相交流。于是,許多別的國家開始說英語了。Unit2the Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world, and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example: British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes. I’d like to e up to you apartment. So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and municate with each other. At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was base more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 500 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia to. English began to be spoken in both countries. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Joh