unit 2 warming up and reading 1.can you name some countries in which english is spoken? warming up...
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Unit 2
Warming up
and reading
• 1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?
Warming up – II ( 9m)
Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions.
English Around the World
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
AustraliaSouth Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland
3. Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?
2. Are the English in those countries the same?
center
flat
color
lift
gray
honor
greycentre
apartment
elevator
honour
colour
Match the words that have the sa
me meaning.
1.How many people speak English in the
world today?
2.Why do so many people speak English?
3.Why are there so many kinds of English?
Pre-reading
Reading – I ( 3m )
Fast reading:
Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.
1. English has/had the most speakers___.
A. now
B. when the British ruled many parts of
the world
C. in the time of Shakespeare
D. in the 12th century
Skimming
2.Which of the following statement is true?
A. Languages always stay the same
B. Languages change only after wars
C. Languages no longer change
D. Languages change when cultures change
3. From AD 450 to 1150, English
sounded more like_____?
A. French B. Chinese
C. German D. Russian
4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken
around ______?
A. 1400’s B. 1150’s
C. 450’s D. 1600’s
5. Which country has the fastest
growing number of English speakers
in the world?
A. Australia B. China
C. India D. Britain
Scanning The road to modern English
The cause
Time
Between AD
450 and 1150
1150 to 1500
In the 1600’s
Later
Scanning
The cause
Time
Between AD
450 and 1150
1150 to 1500
The road to modern English
cultures communicate withone another
things that happened
less like German; more like French
based on German
In the 1600’s
Later
Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary. A big change in English
British people brought English to Australia
The main idea of each paragraph.
Brief introduction of the change
in English.
An example of different kinds
of English.
The development of English.
English spoken in some other
countries.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
British EnglishAmerican English &
Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
The differences between American English and British English in pronunciation:
British English American English
ask /a:/ ask / /
dance /a:/ dance / /
not / / not / /
The differences between American English and British English in spelling:
British English American Englishcolour / favourite color / favorite
theatre /centre /metre theater /center/ meter
quarrelling quarreling
travelled traveled
realise / apologise realize / apologize
storey (of a building) story (of a building)
programme program
The differences between American English and British English in words:
British English American English
lift (电梯 ) elevatorpetrol (汽油 ) gasflat (公寓 ) apartmentautumn fallunderground(地铁 ) subwayuniversity(大学 )
collegerubbish(垃圾 )
garbagedustbin(垃圾箱 )
trash canholiday vacationfortnight(两星期） two weekspostfilmshop
mailmoviestore
I guessI thinktoilet bathroom
Some people say that Chinese is a
much more elegant language, so it is
more important for us to master it and
it is not so necessary to master foreign
language. Do you agree with this
opinion and why?
Discussion
1.Prepare for dictation of part 2.
2.Finish exercises in Learning about
language on page 11.
Homework