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Unit OneWho Makes to the Top? A Brief Introduction to English Language *English is one of the Indo-European languages. Unit OneWho Makes to the Top? The Origin of English In 119 BC，the Hungarians（匈奴）were driven out of China permanently by Han Dynasty. They moved west to East Rome and overthrew the empire and then they went along to West Rome and destroyed it too. After the destruction of West Rome, the residents (most of whom were Germans) ran to where is now West Europe. After a number of wars, three German tribes, the Jutes(朱特人)the Angles and the Saxons, were defeated and settled down in England. Unit One They then became the natives of the land. By 700 AD, the Angles were much more influential both politically and culturally, the Latin scholars used Angli and Anglia to refer to the three tribes and their territories and Englise to refer to the language the Angles were using. In 1000AD, the whole country was called Englaland(=land of the Angles). After a long time of development, Englise was spelled English and Englaland England. After 1000 years, the languages of the three tribes had been completely mixed up and thus a new language –ancient English-- was formed. Unit One The Classification of English Old English 450-1150; Middle English—1150-1500; Modern English—1500-now (Early Modern English-1500-1700; Later Modern English 1700-now). Unit OneWho Makes to the Top? The formation of modern English: 1066-1399 French invaded England and governed the place for about 300 years. The official language was French. Scholars used Latin and the common people used Old English. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400),the most famous poet before Shakespeare, refused to write in French, so he invented a new English language by combining French, Latin and Old English(old German). That’s why there are so many borrowed words in modern English. Unit One Cultural Differences Didn’t you hear me call ‘look out’?—Yes, and that’s what I did. The story is told of a shoe store in Rome which