Q: What is the benefit of "the road to modern English"?

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Task2: Retell the change of English over time.

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Task3: Further thinking

Why does the author write the last three paragraphs one by one instead of one paragraph?

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Task4: Puzzles on the structure

1. Can we leave out paragraph 1? Why?

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2. What's the function of "the dialogue between British Betty and American Amy"?

A. To introduce the central topic

B. To summarize(总结) the main idea

3. Why does the author take India, China, etc. for example in the last paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic

B. To support the main idea

Task5: Puzzles on the connections

1. What is the structure of the passage?

2. How is the third paragraph connected within itself?

A. Example + Summary

B. Topic+ Example

Task6: Assignment

Suppose you were the language English, you would write the change(history) of yourself over time. You may start like this:

I, English, change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other....

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