高一英语《Unit 2 English around the world》课件1

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldPre-reading1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.Suggestedanswer:America,Britain,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Singapore,Philippines,India2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?ForthosethatspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguagetheUSAorIndiamusthavethelargestnumberofnativespeakersastheyhavethelargestpopulations.ForthosewholearnEnglishastheirfirstforeignlanguageChinamusthavethelargestnumberasithasthelargestpopulation.TheroadtomodernEnglishParagraph1:ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Paragraph2:Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.TheroadtomodernEnglishParagraph3:WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?Paragraph4:Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.Paragraph5:EnglishisnowspokenwideinSouthAsia.Comprehending:Exercise2AtimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglishDuringthe5thcenturyAD:EnglishwasbasedmoreonGerman.BetweenaboutAD800and1150:EnglishwasinfluencedbyDanishandFrenchinvaders.Bythe1600s:Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.1620:BritishsettlersmovedtoAmericainthe“Mayflower”.Fromthe18thcentury:BritishcolonizedAustralia.1765–1947:EnglishspokeninIndia.By19thcentury:dictionariesstandardizedthespellingofEnglish.Comprehending:Exercise1•EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.T•EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.T•ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.TComprehending:Exercise1•Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.F(becauseafterthe17thcentury,morepeoplebegantospeakEnglishasaresultofEnglandconqueringotherpartsoftheworld)•Languagesfrequentlychange.Fbecauselanguagesdon’tchangeoftenbutonlywhenpeoplescomeintoclosecontact.•Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.Fbecausethegovernmenthastousethelanguageofthecountrythatrulesit.Comprehending:Exercise3•WhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?tousecomputersandtheInternet;totrade;tolearninWesternuniversities;toreadacademicjournalsetc.•WhydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldnowwanttolearnChinese?asaresultofChina’sgrowingeconomicpowerandChina’sgrowinginfluenceintheUN;totradewithChina;tomovesomebranchesofWesterncompaniesintoChina.•WhydomanypeoplespeakEnglish?Inferredanswerfromthetext:Englandwasstrongandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsofworld.BritainruledsomecountriesandtaughtthemEnglish.•Whatotherfactorsaffectedtheuseoflanguage?internationalrole/economicdevelopmentdevelopmentofdemocracy/theimageintheworld/culturaldevelopment