【正文】 elow. Answer these questions with a partner. 1. What are differences between English and French in borrowing foreign words? English has a vocabulary of about one million words while French has only about 75,000 words. English has borrowed a lot of words from other languages while French hasn39。 ? 3. master key language points and structures in the text。Unit 7: Learning about English Text A: The Glorious Messiness of English Text B: The Role of English in the 21st Century Teaching Setup ? Text A ? Prereading: ? Warmup activities ? Questions and Answers ? Background information ? Whilereading: ? Interpret the title ? Text anization ? Text analysis ? Language points ? Post reading: ? drawing a picture ? Useful expressions ? Proverbs and Quotations Teaching Objectives ? 1. grasp the main idea (because of its tolerance for outside influences, English has bee a great language) and structure of the text。 ? 2. understand some idiomatic English usages mentioned in the unit。 ? 4. conduct a series of reading, listening ,speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. ? 5. master speaking function: Expressing Real and Unreal Conditions。t. And the French government even tries to ban words from English. Warmup activities 2. What can we infer from the invention of a French word “balladeer”? In borrowing foreign words, English people are openminded while French people are conservative. We know the reason why English has bee the first truly global language. Warmup activities 3. How did the word “Walkman” e into being? The Japanese put two simple English words together to name their product. ? Questions and Answers 1. Who is Otto Jespersen? He is a Danish scholar. ? 2. According to Otto Jespersen, what causes English to bee what it is? The fact that English people have been for centuries great respecters of the liberties of each individual and that everybody has been free to strike out new paths for himself. 3. What is the English language in the author’s opinion? English is the tongue of the mon man. Warmup activities Background information ? American English: ? By the 18th century American English was established and developed independently from British English. After colonists arrived in the US , new words began to be added from Native American languages, and from French and Spanish. In 1783, soon after Johnson39。s The Elementary Spelling Book was published in the . At first, it used Johnson39。t had time to clear up. ? 2. a messy situation is plicated and unpleasant to deal with ? He39。cruel kindness39。 ? 2. The Germanic languages。 ? 4. The Slavic languages。 ? 6. The Celtic languages。s history, culture, and language, and French became the main language of the ruling class. the history of the English Language ? The origins of English: English began as a west Germanic language which was brought to England by the Saxons around 400 . ? Old English (4001100 AD) ? The Norman Conquest and Middle English (11001500) (influenced by French and Latin: French brought words related to government and Latin religion and learning) ? Modern English (1500Present) (A Dictionary of the English Language 1755 by Samuel Johnson) ? American English (The Elementary Spelling Books by Noah Webster 1783) the history of the English Language ? West Germanic invaders from Jutland and southern Denmark: the Angles (whose name is the source of the words England and English), Saxons, and Jutes, began populating the British Isles in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. They spoke a mutually intelligible language, that is called Old English. ? These invaders pushed the original, Celticspeaking inhabitants out of what is now England into Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, leaving behind a few Celtic words. These Celtic languages survive today in Scotland and Ireland and in Welsh. ? About half of the most monly used words in modern English have Old English roots. Words like be, water, and strong, for example, derive from Old English ? The most famous example of Middle English is Chaucer39。 禁止 ? Cf. forbid, prohibit ? forbid vt. 禁止 : ? prohibit vt. 【 ~from】 (fml) to forbid by law or rule ? Ex. 已禁止她開車 , 為期六個月 . ? She39。 goods (general term) 產(chǎn)品 : ? Petrol is the most important product of many MiddleEast countries. ? 石油是許多中東國家最重要的產(chǎn)品。 a consequence產(chǎn)物 : Today’s housing problems are the product of years of neglect. Words and phrases ? Cf. production, produce, producer, product ? production n. [U]生產(chǎn)；產(chǎn)量 [C]（藝術(shù)）作品produce n [U]產(chǎn)品 。s main ____________ of electronic equipment. Words and phrases ? necessity n ? 1) [C] 必需品 【 ~ of/for sth.】 ? Food, clothing and shelter are all basic necessities of life. ? A pass is a necessity for climbers. ? 2） [U] 【 ~ (for/of sth)】 【 ~(for sb.) to do sth)】 必要性，需要 : ? They reached an agreement on the necessity of educational reforms. ? Is there any necessity for another meeting? ? There39。 ? Water is a necessity of life. Words and phrases ? arouse vt. ? 1) provoke (a particular feeling or attitude)。 appear。 發(fā)生 【 out of/from sth 】 : ? A new difficulty has arisen. ? Ex. ? 奇怪的景象激起我們的好奇。 ? Accidents arise from carelessness. Words and phrases ? surrender ? vt. vi. 【 ~ (oneself) (to sb)】 give in。 give up投降 。 像 ...: ? She resembles her mother in the way she moves her hands when she talks. ? 她說話時打手勢的動作像她媽媽。 ? These ideas descend from those of the ancient philosophers. ? descendant n person descended from another 後裔 : ? the descendants of Queen Victoria Words and phrases ? establish ? 1) vt. set (sth) up on a firm or permanent basis : ? This business was established in 1860.