ThegeneralideaofthisperiodInthisperiodwe’lldealwithwordsandexpressionsrelatedtolanguageandenlargestudents’vocabularybydistinguishingformalEnglishfrominformalEnglishandbylearningcountriesandtheirlanguages.•①Aninformalletter:•Iamsosorrytosaythatalotofyouranswerstothosequestionsinyourhomeworkarenotprecise,soyoumustthinkaboutthem.•②Tojudgewhichisthebetterexpression:•1.(Toaprofessoryoufirstmeet)–-----Hi,Bob.Fancymeetingyouhere.(Toofamiliarandinformal.)•-----Goodmorning,Mr.Mosley.How•2.(Toaclosefriend)–-----Mr.Wells,wouldyoubekindenoughtopassmethesalt?(Thereisnoneedtobesoformal.)–-----Couldyoupossiblypassmethesalt?(Thereisnoneedtobesoformal.)–-----Passmethesalt,Jack.FormalEnglishInformalEnglishalargeamount/numberofarrangechilddiscardIregrettoinformyou…immediatelyinadditionalotofsortoutkidthrowawayI’msorrytosay…rightawayplusHope…stopbuyanswerhaveawordwiththinkaboutitFormalEnglishInformalEnglishItismyhope…preventpurchasereplyspeaktotakemyconcernsintoconsiderationFormalEnglishismorecommoninwriting,whileinformalEnglishismorecommoninspeaking.RewritetheletterinformalEnglish•DearMr.Smith,•Iwanttospeaktoyouabouttheconditionoftheplayground.Iregrettoinformyouthatpeopledonotdiscardtheirrubbishproperly.Theyleaverubbishonthegroundinsteadofusingthebins.Yesterdaya6-year-oldchildfellandcuthishandonabrokenbottle.Theboywastakentohospitalimmediately.Inaddition,thebeautifulviewoftheparkisspoiled.•Ibelievethattherearealargenumberofactionsyoucouldtaketosolvethisproblem.Forexample,youshouldpurchaseadditionallitterbinsandarrangesecuritytopreventpeoplefromlittering.•Itismyhopethatyouwilltakemyconcernsintoconsideration.Ilookforwardtoyourreply.•Yourssincerely,JerryBroker•1.Howmanylanguagesarespokenintheworldtoday?About6,ooo•2.Doyouknowthetenmostwidelyspokenlanguages?Whatarethey?TheyareChinese,English,Hindi,Spanish,Russian,Arabic,Bengali,Portuguese,MalayandFrench.AmapoftheworldflagcountryOfficiallanguageEgyptArabicFranceFrenchMexicoSpanishCanadaEnglish,FrenchGermanyGermanIrelandIrish,EnglishUkEnglishRussiaRussian•Canyoupointoutwhichcountrytheflagsbelongto?Whichlanguageisspokeninthatcountry?BrazilAustraliaSaudiArabiaMexicoItalySwitzerlandIndiaSingaporeTheMapoftheWorld