Unit 2 English around the world學案

question:
who invented many new words in american english while playing basketball or music?
2.  differences in vocabulary between am. e and br. e. 
chinese british english american english
電梯 lift 
 汽油  gas, gasoline
 公寓  apartment
 秋天 autumn 
 地鐵 underground 
 大學  college
 垃圾  garbage
 垃圾箱  trash can
 假期 holiday 
 兩周 fortnight 
第二部分：探究案
finish the following exercises according to the reading passage of this unit.
fast reading
1 in which style is the passage written?
  a. narrative (記敘文)     b. expository (說明文)   c. argumentation (議論文)
2 in which person is an expository usually written?
  a. the first    b. the second   c. the third
3 what’s the meaning of the title“ the road to modern english” ?
  a. the changes of modern english        b. the base of modern english
  c. the development of modern english    d. the influence of modern english
4 the text is developed by__________.
  a space    b. time     c. process      d. people
careful reading
judge whether the following statements are true or false.
1 english had the most speakers in the 17th century.       (   )
2 english developed when new settlers and rulers came to britain.   (   )
3 languages frequently change.           (   )
4 the language of the government is always the language of country.  (   )
5 english is one of the official languages used in india.     (   )
6 this reading describes the development of the english language.  (   )
choose the best answer.
  1 which of the following statements is true?
    a. languages always stay the same
    b. languages change only after wars
    c. languages no longer change
    d. languages change when cultures change
  2 from ad 450 to 1150, english sounded more like_____.
    a. french     b. chinese   c. german     d. russian
  3 shakespeare’s english was spoken around ______.