Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldWarmingupandReadingWhyshouldyoulearnEnglish?touseforbusiness.touseinschool.towritetopenfriends.totalktonativespeakers.toreadEnglishbooks.tolistentoEnglishmusicandwatchfilms.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheEnglishlanguage?1.Itisaninternationallanguageandwidelyused.2.ItistheofficiallanguageofmanycountriesandtheUN.3.Itplaysanimportantroleasafirstorsecondlanguage.4.Itislearnedbypeopleinmanynon-Englishspeakingcountries.inan

international

talk/meetingInwhatsituationsisEnglishused?inschoolsontheair(onTV,ontheradio…)WhenwesingEnglishsongs.WhenwelistentoEnglish.EnglishAmericaIrelandChinaCanada

TheU.k.PakistanPhilippinesSouthAfricaNewZealandNigeriaWhichcountriesusedEnglishastheofficial/nativelanguage?CountriesspeakEnglishastheirmothertongueBritain(UK)America(USA)CanadaAustraliaNewZealand

SouthAfricathe

USACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIreland

AMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHLet’sgotothepictures!Ok.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?DoyouknowthedifferencebetweenB.EandA.E?WhynotgobyUnderground?Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishvsComeon!Yeah!Doyouwanttocometomyflat?Howfarisyourapartment?Itisbeautiful?Shallwegotothepubtocelebrateyourbirthday?Wow,barisaniceplace.Wow,IwantatinofCoko,somebiscuits

and

sweets.Whataboutyou,Obama

?Well,Iwantacanofmilktea,somecookiesandsomecandies.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Great.Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Ohno,theliftmustbefullofpeoplethistime.ChineseBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish公寓酒吧罐頭糖果餅干電梯比賽足球秋天汽油Trytowritedownthewords.flatapartmentpubbartincansweetscandybiscuitcookieliftelevatormatchgamefootballsoccerautumnfallpetrolgascolour

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Br.E一樓thefirstfloor

groundfloor二樓thesecondfloor

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sittingroom中學(xué)highschool

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Pre-readingWithyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?

THEROADTOMODERNENGLISHReadingPredictionReadthetitle“TheroadtomodernEnglish”andpredict(預(yù)測(cè))whatthepassageismainlyabout?official官方的voyage航行,航海native本國(guó)的,本地的present現(xiàn)在的、出席的gradually逐漸地vocabulary詞匯Newwordsactually事實(shí)上latter后者的identity身份fluent流利的Singapore新加坡Malaysia馬來西亞

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Task1:skimmingWhat’sthetextmainlyabout?the_________________ofEnglish2.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby_____?A.placeB.timeC.peoplehistory/developmentTask2:scanningMatchthenumberoftheparagraphwiththemeaningofeachpart.Paragraph1

ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Paragraph2

NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Paragraph3-4

Languageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.

Paragraph5Task3:FillintheformPleasereadthepassagecarefullyandfillintheform(accordingtothetime).Time

howisEnglishdevelopedAD450--1150Mainlybasedon_______AD800-115ODanishand______enrichedtheEnglishlanguage,especially________Attheendofthe16thcenturyHowmanypeoplespeakEnglish?__________Bythe____Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.Laterinthe18thcenturyBegantobespokenin______Bythe___centuryAmericanEnglishwassettledNowSpokenincountriessuchasIndia,______,_______,________1600’s19thGermanFrenchvocabulary5-7million

SouthAfricaAustraliaSingaporeMalaysiaScanning

1.TherearetwoimportantpersonsinthehistoryofEnglish.ReadPara.4andfindwhoarethey?Born:September18,1709Hewrotea_________whichhasgreatinfluenceonEnglishlanguage.TwoimportantpersonsSamuelJohnsondictionary

NoahWebster

Born:October16,1758WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary______________________________________________________.ItgaveaseparateidentitytoAmericanEnglish_________.TheAmerican

DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagespelling2.ReadPara.5andfindoutwhyIndiatakesEnglishasasecondlanguage.IndiawasruledbyBritainSouthAfricanEnglishSingaporeEnglishMalaysianEnglishDoyouknowanyotherkindsofEnglishformedforthisreason?timeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.Conclusion:Task4:listeningandcomprehendingChoosethecorrectanswer1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.NowadaysB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcentury2.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingstatementisTRUE?A.LanguagesalwaysstaythesameB.LanguageschangeonlyafterwarsC.LanguagesnolongerchangeD.Languageschangewhencultureschange3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____?A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround______?A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainEnglishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.Languagefrequentlychange.TrueorFalseTFF(now)______________________(gradually)Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguagesofthecountry.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.FTT_______(India,Malaysia,Singapore)BlankfillingReadaloudbyyourselfandfillintheblanksAttheendofthe16thcentury,aboutsevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.Nearlyallofthemlivedin________.AspeoplefromEnglandmade____________toconquerotherpartsoftheworld,Englishbegantobe______inmanyothercountries.NowmorepeoplespeakEnglishthanever_______.________Englishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereven___theydon’tspeak_____samekindofEnglish._______,theymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Alllanguageschangewhen________communicatewitheachother.

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spokenNative

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theHoweverculturesThinking:

WillChineseEnglishbecomeoneoftheworldEnglishes?

“Onlytimewilltell”.

Task5:discussionAsweallknow,Englishiswidelyusedinmanyfields,WhileChineseisspokenbythelargestspeakers.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguageallovertheworldinthenearfuture?1.Recitethenewwordsofthefirstpart.2.Readthepassagecarefullyandpreviewthelanguagepointsinthispassage.HOMEWORKThankyou!

SomebackgroundsofAm.E&Br.EAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishThedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishHowcomethedifferences:1.AtfirstthelanguageinBritainandAmericawasthesame.2.In1776Americabecameanindependentcountry.Thelanguagebegantochange.ThelanguageinAmericastayedthesame,whilethelanguageinEnglandchanged.3.Atthesametime,BritishEnglishandtheAmericanEnglishstaredborrowingwordsfromotherlan