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•Revision•Pre-reading•Reading•Comprehending•Post-readingUnit2EnglishAroundtheWorld•Revision•Pre-reading•Reading•Comprehending•Post-readingRevisionDoyouknowAmericanEnglish?DoyouknowBritishEnglish?DoyouknowVOA?DoyouknowBBC?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenA.EandB.E?(VoiceofAmerica美国之音)(BritishBroadcastingCorporation英国广播电台)AMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHThedifferencebetweenA.EandB.E1.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen?”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”2.Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundther’sinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SomespeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundther’sinthesewords.3.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.Forexample,“colour”and“honour”areBritish,while“color”and“honor”areAmerican.4.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spelling,andvocabularyarenotimportant,however.Forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.Commonexamplesofthevariancesbetweenspellings.•American•center•check(money)•color•gray•honor•inquire•British•centre•cheque•colour•grey•honour•enquire1.HowmanycountriesspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageintheworldtoday?•Pre-reading2.WhydoyoulearnEnglish?今天，世界上以英语为母语的国家有十余个；以英语为官方语言的国家超过70个；在100多个国家，英语被列为外语教学中的第一外语。WhydoyoulearnEnglish?AnswertoPre-reading:WhydoyoulearnEnglish?1).Englishisoneoftheofficial(官方的)languagesoftheworld.8).Tobeatranslator(翻译家).2).TocommunicatewithforeignerswhospeakEnglish.3).Totravelaroundtheworld.4).Todobusinesswithwesterncountries.5).ToseeEnglishfilmsorlistentoEnglishsongs.6).TolistentoEnglishradiobroadcast(广播).7).Togetagoodjobinthefuture.1.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?Giveonesentencetodescribeit?2.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninothercountriesbesidesEngland?Why?Englishhaschangedanddevelopedovertime.Inthe17thcentury.BecausepeoplefromEnglandStartedmovingtootherpartsoftheworld.3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.EnglishwasbasedmoreonFrenchthanGermanbetweenaboutAD450and1150.B.Englishbecameclosertothelanguagewearelearningnowfromabout1150to1500.C.Englishnolongerchangedinthe1600’s.D.BothAmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglishhavetheirownidentitiesthankstoNoahWebster.4.EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinsomeAsianandAfricanareasbecause_____.A.thegovermentofficialsintheseareaswereborninEngland.B.Peopleintheseareashaveaspecialgift(天赋)forlearningEnglish.C.TheseareaswereonceruledbyEngland.D.PeopleintheseareascannotreceiveeducationwithoutknowingEnglish.5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.Languagesneverchanged.B.Languageschangeonlyonmoderntimes.C.Languageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.D.Languagesseldomchangewiththedevelopmentofsociety.•Comprehending:Readthetextagainandfillintheform.timefactsbetweenAD450and1150Englishwas___________________________________________from1150to1500Englishbecamemorelike______than_____becausethosewho______EnglandspokeFrench.inthe1600’sShakespearemadeuseof_____________________thanbeforesometimelaterNoahwrotethe________________________,givingAmericanEnglish___________________from1765to1947Englishbecamethelanguagefor____________________________inIndia.sinceabout1842English________________________inHongKong.todayMorepeoplespeakEnglishthaneverbefore.Thenumberofpeople______________inChina_____________rapidly.quitedifferentfromEnglishspokentodayFrenchGermanruledawidervocabularyAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishlanguageitsownidentityGovernmentandeducationhasbeenusedlearningEnglishisincreasingHowshouldwelearnEnglish?HowcanweimproveourEnglish?Giveyouropinions.GoodbyeGoodbyeGoodbye