Unit3EnglishAroundtheWorldTopic1Englishiswidelyspokenthroughouttheworld.SectionCLearningaims一、掌握以下單詞：root,trader,native,speaker,foreign等。二、通過(guò)閱讀了解英語(yǔ)的發(fā)展歷程和普及情況。三、能夠根據(jù)不同的閱讀目的運(yùn)用閱讀策略獲取信息，如猜測(cè)段落大意、

略讀、尋讀等，培養(yǎng)“讀”的語(yǔ)言能力。Q1:IsEnglishimportantinourlives?theofficiallanguageEnglishisspokenasthemainlanguageinAmerica.Q2:IsEnglishspokenbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld?No.It'sChina.Q3:WherecanweuseEnglish?Studypasstheexamdoone'shomeworkQ3:WherecanweuseEnglish?SingsongslistentomusicwatchmoviesQ3:WherecanweuseEnglish?communicatewithothersimproveourselves1bRead1aandcompletethefollowingtasks.[Task1]Findthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.1bFindoutwhattherednumbersreferto.500,000,000309,000,000300,000,000PeoplespeakEnglishastheirmothertongue.thepopulationoftheUnitedStatesPeoplespeakEnglishastheirsecondlanguage.Justfindthenumbersandreadtheinformationaroundthem.1cRead1aagainandfillintheblanks.1.anativelanguage,suchasin__________and__________________.2.the_________language.3.aforeignlanguage,suchasinsomeEuropeancountries,________and_________.4.the_______languageforinternationalbusiness,theworld’sairlineandthe________.EnglishisusedasEnglandtheUnitedStatessecondChinaJapanbaseInternet1aListen,lookandsay.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsoftheverbs.2Englishisthemostwidelyusedinternationallanguagenowadays.It_________(speak)asthemothertongueinsuchcountriesastheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand.Inmanyothercountries,people________(speak)Englishastheirsecondlanguage.Thereareabout750millionEnglishspeakersintheworld.English_________(use)inmanydifferentfieldsoflife,suchasbusiness,tourismandtechnology.isspokenspeakisusedCompletethepassagewiththecorrectformsoftheverbs.2Businesspeople_______(use)Englishatinternationalconferences,andtourists________(speak)Englishwhentheygoabroad.ManyEnglishsigns________________(see)inpublicplaces.AwideknowledgeofEnglishhelpsusfollowEnglishtelevisionprogramsand_________(enjoy)interestingfilms.TheEnglishlanguage________(play)animportantpartinourlives.usespeakareseenenjoyplays3aWorkingroupsandfindtheanswerstothequestionsontheInternet.Thensharetheinformationwithyourgroupmembers.WhereisChinesemainlyspoken?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseastheirsecondlanguage?Wherearetheyfrom?HowmanypeoplearelearningChineseasaforeignlanguage?WhyaretheylearningChinese?3bWriteapassagebasedonthestudyin3a.Youmaystartlikethis:

Nowadays,Chineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.It’smainlyspokenin…Onepossibleversion:

NowadaysChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.It’smainlyspokeninChina,andhasthelargestnumberofspeakersintheworld.ChineseisalsotheofficiallanguageinChinaandSingaporeanditislearnedbymoreandmorepeopleasaforeignlanguage.Bytheyearof2010,over100millionpeoplelearnedChineseastheirforeignlanguage.PeoplelearnChineseforvariousreasons.SomelearnitbecausetheybelieveintherapiddevelopmentofChina.SomelearnitbecausetheylovetheChinesecultureandotherslearnitjustbecausetheylikethelanguageitself.WiththedevelopmentofChina,thenumberofChineselearnerswillbelargerandlarger.Exercises1.TheOlympicGames_________everyfouryears.A.areheld B.wereheldC.areholding D.willbehold2.TodayChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopular.It_______inmanyschoolsaroundtheworld.A.teaches B.isteachingC.hastaught D.istaught3.—Peoplefindithardtogetacrosstheriver.—Ithinkatleasttwobridges__________overit.A.need B.areneedingC.willneed D.areneededADDWelearn:Wecan:Summary1.Somewords:root,trader,native,speaker,foreign,base,

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kingdom,tourism,conference,tourist2.Somephrases:mothertongue,aswellas,awideknowledgeof,playanimportantpart3.Somesentences:Recentsurveysshowthat…Itisadj.that…