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make an effort even if_____. 4. It’s good to meet other speakers of English, although _______________. 5. At the English corner you may meet some people whose ______________. 6. In a few years’ time, there may be more people who____________. their English level is fairly low. countries are UK or the USA. speak Chinese. Homework Unit2 We all own English. British English American English amp。\ car \a:\ \a:r\ hot \? :\ \? \ forehead \39。f?:hed\ Chinese BrE AmE lift elevator petrol gas,gasoline flat apartment autumn fall underground subway university college rubbish garbage dustbin trash can holiday vacation fortnight two weeks 電梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地鐵 大學(xué) 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 兩周 During the 5th century AD, English was _____ more ____ German. However, English has changed ______ time because cultures meet and municate ______ each other. Between about AD 800 and 1150, English was influenced by Danish and French. These new settlers_____ English and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to _____ ____ ___ a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620, some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century, British colonized Australia. from 1765 to 1947 English was spoken in India. Finally by the 19th century English was ______. Now more and more people begin to learn English, including Chinese. basedon over with enriched make use of settled Maybe Chinese English will _________ its own identity(身份 ) in the future. Only ______ will tell. develop time Let’s get to know As cultures meet and people from different countries municate with each other more conveniently and more often. Many new words e into English and bee part of it. Chinese: Kowtow, kungfu, mahjong, tea… Japanese: Judo, kimono, geisha, sushi… Malay: Hebrew(希伯來語 ): Australia: Bamboo, sarong… Kangaroo, koala… amen… Arabic: zero… German: kindergarten… French: Chef, chic, clich233。例如: These shoes are of good quality. What’s more, they’re not very expensive. 這些鞋質(zhì)量很好,并且價格也不高。 2. The reason is that in the 18th century, the UK was a country whose industrial products were sold all over the world. 這其中的原因是在 18世紀(jì),英國的工 業(yè)產(chǎn)品銷往世界各地。比如: He doesn’t e here today. The reason is that he’s ill at home. 他今天沒來,因為他生病在家。 這里 in place of 相當(dāng)于 instead of ,表示 “代替”的意思。 In place of our advertised programme, we’ll be showing a film. 我們將放映一部電影來代替廣告節(jié)目。