I. Pre-practice
Read the text and make the right choices
1. Native English speakers can understand each other ______.
A. because they all speak standard English
B. even if they don’t speak the same kind of English
C. because they come from the same place
D. because they don’t speak their dialects
II. 课文挖空练习
1 the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 2 in the next century, people from England 3 to conquer other parts of the world and 4 that, English began to be spoken in 5 many other countries. Today, more people speak English 6 their first, second