Unit 2
“曾经有一份真诚的爱摆在我的面前,但是我没有珍惜,等到了失去的时候才后悔莫及,尘世间最痛苦的事莫过于此。如果上天可以给我一个机会再来一次的话,我会说‘我爱你’。如果非要把这份爱加上一个期限,我希望是一万年!”
Say this passage in your dialect.
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elevator liftapartment
candy
eraser
In a team
truck
fall
subway
On the play ground
flat
sweets
rubber
On a team
lorry
autumn
undergroun
In the play ground
1.How many people spoke English at the end of the 16th centrury?
Fast reading
About 5-7million people
About 1842
2.When did Hongkong begin to use English ?
True or False
1.It is possible that China has the largest number of English speakers Now.( )2.Native English speakers can understand everything.( )3.From1150—1500 sounded more like French.( )4.Austrilian English is the same as British English.( )5.Chinese English have become one of the world Englishes .( )
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F
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F
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Guess words__________________ person who has spoken English since
birth
_______________ visit a place
________ in fact
________existing now
__________all the words and phrases
_______ the way of using sth
who sb is ,what sth is
______ like, for example
______ fast
native English speaker
come up to a place
actually
present
vocabulary
usage
identity
such as
rapidly
Read carefully and finish Part 1 in comprehending
Main ideaRead and find what each paragraph talks about.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para.4
All languages change when cultures communicate with one another
Native language speakers can understand eacher other even if they don’t speakthe same kind of English.
The history of English spreading all over the world
English is alsospoken as a foreign or second language in Africa and Asia.
Cloze testCloze test At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in________ As people from England started _______to other parts of the world ,English began to be ______ in many other countries. Now more people speak English than ever_______. ______English speakers can understand each other even _____they don’t speak _____same kind of English ._____, they may not be able to understand everything. All languages change when _______communicate with each other. Now American English and Australian English have their own_______. English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and______, such____ South Africa, Indian, Singapore and Malaysia. Today the number of the people in China ____increasing______. In future Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes.
England. moving
spokenbefore
Native
if the However
cultures
identityAsia as
is rapidly
Discussion:
As we all know, English is widely used in many fields, While Chinese is spoken by the largest speakers. Do you think Chinese will become an international language all over the world in the near future?
HomeworkHomework
Read the passage after class again and again.Read the passage after class again and again.
Try to recite the passage as soon as Try to recite the passage as soon as
possible.possible.