Read quickly to get the main idea of the text.

　　Let the students find out key sentence of each paragraph or ask them to match the corresponding ones together。

　　Paragraph 1: The spread of the English language in the world

　　Paragraph 2: Native speaker can understand each other but they may not be able to understand everything.

　　Paragraph 3: All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.

　　Paragraph 4: English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia. 　　Check the answers: Ask some students to tell their answers, after giving the answers, they should also tell how they find the answers. (快速阅读后要求学生了解文章大意，并能对全文的结构有一个认识。)

　　Step3 Careful reading （Group work）

　　Divide the whole class into several groups ( 4 in each group)

　　Ask the students to finish a timeline of the development of English by reading the text carefully in group.

　　 Timeline of the development of English

　　Time 　　Changes that happened 　　AD 450-1150 　　The English was spoken in ______.

　　It was _____more on ______ than the English we speak at present. 　　AD 800-1150 　　The people who_____England spoke first ______and later_____, English became less like _____. 　　By the 1600s 　　Shakespeare was able to _____________a wider vocabulary than ever before. 　　In 1620 　　Some British settlers moved to ___________. 　　In the 18th century

　　 　　Some British people were taken to _________.