1、Reading/English and its history/Unit/2/Skimming and listening/Skim over the text in 2 minutes and answer the 3 questions on page 22//Listen to the text and answer the detailed questions on page 24//Comprehension/How many parts can we divide the text into?/Introduction/Old English/Middle English/Mode

2、rn English/Introduction/Why does English have so many difficult rules?/languages/Old English/before mid-5th/then/end 9th/2G tribes (A/ S)/Celtic/Vikings/Denmark/Norway/10th/languages/official language/Old English/Why puzzled?/Middle English/What are the factors that contributed to the development of

3、 middle English?/French/similar words/words for animals & food/What are the words for their meat?/pork/ bacon/beef/mutton/Middle English/What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?/Henry IV/French/similar words/words for animals & food/official occasions/plurals/Modern English/When did Modern English appear?/What new factors are included in Modern English?/During the Renaissance in the 16th century//Latin and Greek words/ pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented//Homework/Write a short summary of English and its