必修1unit2 standard English and dialects

Usinglanguage1.Chinaisaverybigcountrywheredifferentdialectsarespoken.Canyoulistsomeofthem?DialectsfamilyinChina北方方言吴语闽南语客家话湘语赣语粤语Chinese汉语方言分布图DialectsinZhejiangprovinceFindoutthetopicsentencesofeachparagraph.para1para2para3ThereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.what’sadialect?Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.carefulReadingQ1:Inthewriter’sopinion,istherestandardEnglish?Q2:WhatisstandardEnglishinmanypeople’sopinion?Intheiropinion,standardEnglishistheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradio.para1No,thereisn’t.Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.Q3:Whatisadialect?Q4:HowmanydialectsofAmericanEnglishhavebeenlistedinthetext?Themidwestern,southern,AfricanAmericanandSpanishdialects.para2Whenpeopleusewordsandexpressionsdifferentfromthe“standardlanguage”,itiscalledadialect.Q5:WhydopeoplefrombothNorthwesternandSoutheasternofU.S.speakwithalmostthesamedialect?BecausewhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.Q6:WhyaretheresomanydialectsinAmericanEnglish?That’sbecausepeoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.Andgeographyplaysapartinmakingdialects.para3Trueorfalsequestions1.EnglishspokeninBritainandtheUSisstandardEnglish.2.Peoplefromneighboringtownsallspeakthesamelanguage.3.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSAspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.4.PeoplefromthemountainsinthesoutheasternUSAspeakthesamedialectaspeopleinthenorthwestern.5.OnceAmericanmove,theycan’trecognizeeachother’sdialectsanymore.FFTTF