1. The Development Of English
Dig up the title Di
The Road To Modern English ? ?
The Development Of English
Reading tips 1: from the title, we can predict / guess what the passage is about

2. Here are some tips for your reading.
Number the paragraph
2) Understand the main idea
( topic sentence)
3) Circle the time.
4) Ignore some unknown words.

3. English changed over time
Outline the passage
Outline the passage
Outline the passage
1) set down the main idea of each part
More and more people speak English as time goes by.
Para 1 :________________________________
Para 2: Native speakers can ______ each other.
Para 3: _______________________________
Para 4: _______________________________
Para 5: _______________________________
_____________________________________
understand
Reading tips 2: A topic sentence is the center/centre of the whole paragraph. It appears at the beginning , at the end or in the middle of the paragraph.
English changed over time
English was settled
English is spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.

4. 2) Find out the identity of each time
at the end of 16th century
in the 17th
century AD AD
In 1620, the British settlers, or Pilgrims(清教徒）,sailed to America on the May flower, looking for a place where they could have freedom of religion(宗教）. After a hard two-month voyage they landed at Massachusetts in America. 
gradually
English spoken in many other countries
Was based more on German
Danish and French enriched English and especially its vocabulary
5-7 million people spoke English
Shakespeare
(make use of …)
American English(1620)

5. 2) Find out the identity of each time
In the 18th century
In the 19th century
at present …
gradually
Australian English
More people speak English than ever before
Two big changes ?
Fluent English speakers in South Asia such as… ?
The latter gave a
separate identity…
English in China ? ?

6. Q&A
1) Why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries in the 17th century? ?
Because of that…
Reading tips 3: Pay special attention to logical conjunctions and phrases（表逻辑关系的连接词或者短语), such as because (of), however, but and so on.
People from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world.

7. It is hard to know the result.
Q&A
2) Why has English changed over time?
as time goes
Actually…cultures meet and communicate with each other.
mix
3). Will Chinese English develop its own identity?
Only time will tell
It is hard to know the result.
The author has no idea whether or not …

8. Voice your opinion
Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Give your reasons.
I agree/think that...firstly…secondly…thirdly…
I disagree/don’t think that…
because of, at present
than ever before, be based on
make use of , such as
gradually, actually
fluent English speakers…