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Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldWarmingupandReadingWordsandexpressionsWhyshouldIlearnEnglish?touseforbusiness.touseinschool.towritetopenfriends.totalktonativespeakers.toreadEnglishbooks.tolistentoEnglishmusicandmovies.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheEnglishlanguage?1.Itisaninternationallanguageandwidelyused.2.ItistheofficiallanguageofmanycountriesandtheUN.3.Itplaysanimportantroleasafirstorsecondlanguage.4.Itislearnedbypeopleinmanynon-Englishspeakingcountries.inaninternationaltalk/meetingInwhatsituationsisEnglishused?inschoolsontheair(onTV,ontheradio…)WhenwesingEnglishsongs.WhenwelistentoEnglish.Nativelanguage:Itisthelanguagethatoneorbothyourparentsspeak.Youlearnitasyourfirstlanguage/yournativelanguage/mothertongue.Englishasasecondlanguage:Itisthelanguageusedbygovernment,schools,newspapersandTV,butpeoplespeakthelanguageoftheirowncountryathome.EnglishasaforeignlanguageItisthelanguagelearntasaschoolsubject.AmericaIrelandChinaCanadaTheU.k.PakistanPhilippinesSouthAfricaNewZealandNigeriaWhichcountriesusedEnglishastheofficial（官方语言）/native(本土语)/foreign(外语)language?CountriesspeakEnglishastheirmothertongueBritain(UK)America(USA)CanadaAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricatheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIrelandAMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHWhatarethetwomaingroupsofEnglish?B.EandA.EOk.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?DoyouknowthedifferencebetweenB.EandA.E?Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishelevator/liftinateam/onateamrubber/eraserpetrol/gasComeon!Yeah!Doyouwanttocometomyflat?Howfarisyourapartment?Itisbeautiful?Shallwegotothepubtocelebrateyourbirthday?Wow,barisaniceplace.Wow,IwantatinofCoko,somebiscuitsandsweets.Whataboutyou,Obama?Well,Iwantacanofmilktea,somecookiesandsomecandy.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Great.Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Ohno,theliftmustbefullofpeoplethistime.ChineseBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish公寓酒吧罐头糖果饼干电梯比赛足球秋天汽油flatapartmentpubbartincansweetscandybiscuitcookieliftelevatormatchgamefootballsoccerautumnfallpetrolgas1.DoyouthinkthatpeoplefromBritainandAmericancanunderstand?Whydoyouthinkso?2.IsthereanydifferencesinwrittenandspokenEnglishinthecountries?colourcolorcentretraveledtravelledcenterdancenot[dæns][da:ns][nat][nэt]autumnfallIthinkIguessspellingpronunciationwordsexpressionsDifference1Difference2Whichlanguagedoyouprefer,AmericanEnglishorBritishEnglish?Why?SupposegirlsarefromBritain,andboyscomefromAmerica.TalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishwithyourpartner.Pre-reading1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?*英国*澳大利亚*巴哈马群岛*博茨瓦纳（但国语是Setswana）*加拿大（连同法语）*斐济（但是国语是斐济语）*香港（连同汉语）*印度（连同孟加拉语，泰卢固语，马拉地语，泰米尔语，乌尔都语，Gujarati，Malayalam，埃纳德语，Oriya，Punjabi，阿萨姆语，克什米尔语，Sindhi，梵语）*肯尼亚（连同Kiswahili）以英语作为官方语言的有:*基里巴斯*尼日尔利亚*巴基斯坦*爱尔兰（但是第二语言，第一语言是爱尔兰语）*南非（连同南非荷兰语，Ndebele，NorthernSotho，梭托语，斯威士语，Tsonga，茨瓦纳语，Venda，班图语，祖鲁语）*新西兰（习惯上的官方语言；其它法律规定的是毛利语）*新加坡（连同马来语，泰米尔语和汉语。国语是马来语）*菲律宾（但国语是菲律宾语）*冈比亚*美国ForthosethatspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguagetheUSAorIndiamusthavethelargestnumberofnativespeakersastheyhavethelargestpopulations.ForthosewholearnEnglishastheirfirstforeignlanguageChinamusthavethelargestnumberasithasthelargestpopulation.PredictionReadthetitle“TheroadtomodernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?Scanthetexttofindormakeoutakeysentenceforeachparagraph.SkimmingParagraph2ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Paragraph1Paragraph3Paragraph4WhyhasEnglishhaschangedovertime?Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.Paragraph5EnglishisnowspokenwideinAsia.1.Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.2.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.3.Languagesfrequentlychange.TFFReadthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalseandexplainwhy.1Carefulreading4.Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.5.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.6.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.TTFMakeatimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglish,usingthepassagetohelpyou.2Duringthe5thcenturyADBetweenAD800and1150Bythe1600s1.EnglishwasbasedmoreonGerman.2.EnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrenchinvaders.3.Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.1620From18thcentury1765-1947By19thcentury4.BritishsettlersmovedtoAmericainthe“Mayflower”.5.BritishcolonizedAustralia.6.EnglishspokeninIndia.7.DictionariesstandardizedthespellingofEnglish.1.WhydosomanypeoplewanttolearnEnglish?1.usecomputersandtheinternet2.totrade3.tolearninwesternuniversities4.toreadacademicjournals……3Inpairsdiscussthesequestions.1.asaresultofChina’sgrowingeconomicpower2.asaresultofChina’sgrowinginfluenceintheUN3.totradewithChina4.tomovesomebranchesofWesterncompaniesintoChina.…….2.WhydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldnowwanttoleanChinese?DevelopmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodayEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesConclusiontimeplaceLangu