Period4ReadingIIUnit2Englisharoundtheworld1.HesaidtoTom,“Don’tdotheworkanymore.”HetoldTomnottodotheworkanymore.Pleasechangethefollowingsentencesintoindirectspeech2.Mrs.Greensaid,“Pleasesingusasong,MissWhite.”3.“Bequiet,children.”saidMrs.Wilson.Mrs.GreenaskedMissWhitetosingthemasong.Mrs.Wilsontoldthechildrentobequiet.4.Allthepeoplecried,“Whatmagnificentclothestheseare!”Allthepeoplecriedwhatmagnificentclothesthesewere.?IsthereanystandardChinese?Whatisit?PutonghuaWhyisputonghuausedinChina?Becausetherearemanydialectsinchina.Wecan’tunderstandeachotherifwedidn’thaveastandardlanguage.?HowmanydialectsarethereinChina?Canyouspeaksomedialects?dialectsfamilyinChina北方方言吴语闽南语客家话湘语赣语粤语ChineseDoyouthinktherearesomedialectsinEnglish?EnglishdialectsindifferentcountriesBritainTheU.S.ACanadaAustraliaIndiaNewZealandIstherestandardEnglish?WhatisStandardEnglishinyouropinion?Fastreading:Readthetextonpage13for1minuteandanswerthefollowingquestion.IstherestandardEnglish?Reading–II(5m)DetailedReadingReadthetextfor3minutesandanswerthefollowingquestion.1.HowmanydialectsofAmericanEnglishhavebeenlistedinthetext?2.WhydopeoplefrombothNortheasternandSoutheasternofU.S.speakwithalmostthesamedialect?Andwhatkindofdialectisit?3.WhyaretheresomanydialectsinAmericanEnglish?1.HowmanydialectsofAmericanEnglishhavebeenlistedinthetext?Midwestern,southern,AfricanAmerican,Spanish2.WhydopeoplefrombothNorthwesternandSoutheasternofU.S.speakwithalmostthesamedialect?BecausewhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanther,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.That’sbecausepeoplecomefromallovertheworld.Andgeographyplaysapartinmakingdialects.3.WhyaretheresomanydialectsinAmericanEnglish?PleasetellaninterestingorfunnystorythatshowsgreatdifferencebetweendialectsinChinese/English.NowI’llgiveyoursomeexamples.LanguagepointsforReadingIINorthwest(northwestern)frontNortheast(northeastern)RightEast(eastern)LeftWest(western)Southwest(southwestern)Southeast(southeastern)backCentercentral1.standardn.&adj.标准,规格;标准的,规格的phrases:meetstandardssetastandardstandardoflivingastandardcomposerLanguagepointsforReadingII2.expectVt.(理所当然)期望,预料,认为,预期usage:expectsbtodosthexpect+that-clauseexpectsthexpecttodosthIexpectso.我想是这样。Iexpectnot.Idon’texpectso.我想不是这样。3.specially&especiallyspecially:专门地/特殊地(adj.special)especially:尤其,特别地(可缩写为esp.)especiallyeg.Ilikereadingnovels,___________Americannovels.Thebookiswritten_____________forteenagers,soitisa_________book.speciallyspecial5.RecognizeVt.辨认出来,承认,公认phrases:recognizeone’svoicerecognizesbtobe……被承认为……berecognizedtobe……recognizethat……注意:recognize是一个终止性动词。是指原来很熟悉,经过一段时间的间隔或别的原因后又重新认出来。Sentencepatterns1.believeitornot,……e.g..Believeitornot,thereisnosuchathingasstandardEnglish.Such+adj+n.no,all,most,some,any,another,many,much,afew,few,little,alittle,several,one+such+n.So+adj./adv.So+adj.+a+nso+many,much,few,little+n.I’veneverseen______interestingafilm.I’veneverseen______aninterestingfilm.I’veheardofsome________dialects.I’vehad________littlemoney.Englishis_____difficultthatIshouldspendmoretimeonit.sosuchsuchsoso2.playapartin1beinvolvedinanactivity.参加某活动.e.g.Sheplaysanactivepartinlocalpolitics.2makeacontributiontosth;haveashareinsth.对某事起作用,有贡献;参与e.g.Sheplayedamajorpartinthesuccessoftheproject.Weallhaveaparttoplayinthefightagainstcrime.3berelatedwith;haveeffectonsth.与某事有关,对某事有影响e.g.Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.Listening–II(13m)ListeningonPage14.1.Listentothetapeforthefirsttimeandtryyourbesttogetthemainideaofwhatistalking.2.Listentothetapeforthesecondtime,payattentiontotheexerciseofpage14.Tryyourbesttofindouttheanswerstothesequestions.Answerkeysfortheexercisesonpage141.Hebelievesit’salmostadifferentcountryfromtheUS.Thelisteningtexttellsusitisso.2.Theboysthoughtthatthecatfishwasalmostthesizeofahouse..3.Hethoughtthecatfishwouldeathim.4.TheylaughedbecauseLesterbelievedthecatfishwouldhurthim.5.Janeisthesecondspeaker,Buford’steacher.SheisfromBritain.6.Shesays“Hello”.