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unit2usinglanguageStandardEnglishanddialects(Reading)Warming-upandpre-readingCanyouthinkofotherdialectsinChina?ChineseWhataboutEnglish?DoyouthinktherearesomedialectsinEnglish?standardChinese——Putonghuadialects(......)While-readingPara1:There’snosuchthingasstandardEnglish.Para2:AmericanEnglishhasmanydialects(whosewordsandexpressionsaredifferentfrom“standardEnglish”.).Para3:Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.I:SkimmingFindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.While-reading1.Fromthetext,weknowthat________isstandardEnglish.A．BritishEnglishB．AmericanEnglishC．theEnglishspokeninAustraliaD．noEnglishII:ScanningfordetailsTask1Choosethebestanswer2.PeoplethinktheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish,because________.A．peoplebelievethosewhoreportedthenewsspeakexcellentEnglishB．theyspeakthesameEnglishC．theyspeakittoallthepeopleD．therearesomedialectsonTVandtheradio3.HowmanydialectsofAmericanEnglishhavebeenlistedinthistext?A.TwoB.ThreeC.FourD.FiveWhatarethey?midwesternsouthernAfricanAmericanSpanishdialects4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthereasonforthedialectsinAmerica?A．Peoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.B．Somepeopleliveinthemountains.C．Geographyplaysapartinmakingdialects.D．TheUSAisalargecountry.Task2Findoutanswerstothefollowingquestions1.DoyouthinktheEnglishspokenonTVortheradioisStandardEnglish?Why?No.OnTVandradiowecanheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.2.Whatisadialect?Whenpeopleusewordsandexpressionsdifferentfromthe“standardlanguage”,itiscalledadialect.3.WhydopeoplefrombothnorthwesternandsoutheasternofU.S.speakwithalmostthesamedialect?BecausewhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.1.Peoplefromneighboringtownsallspeakthesamelanguage.speakalittledifferently2.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSAspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.3.OnceAmericansmove,theycan’trecognizeeachother’sdialectsanymore.theystillrecognizeandunderstandeachother’sdialects.Task3True/FalseFTFPost-readingWhatdoyouthinkofstandardEnglish?IsitnecessarytomakeastandardEnglish?Youcanusethefollowingsentences:1).IthinkitnecessarytohaveastandardEnglishbecause…2).Inmyopinion,makingastandardEnglishisnecessaryforthefollowingreasons.First,…3).IagreewiththeideathatweshouldmakeastandardEnglishbecause…LanguagePoints1.standard(1)adj.标准的，第一流的acarofstandardsizeastandardwriter(2)n.标准、水准、规范eg.Weshouldtrytoraisethestandardofliving.(提高生活水准)onastandard根据某一标准Themountainsarenothigh____worldstandard.A.byB.atC.toD.on2.Believeitornot,there’snosuchthingasstandardEnglish.believeitornot相当于一个副词，通常用于口语，意为“信不信由你，我说的是真的”。eg.Believeitornot,shecheatedintheexam.nosuchthingas…没有…这回事such…as…象…一样的…;诸如…之类的…Idon’tlikesuchapersonasMary.译：信不信由你，世上没有免费的午餐。Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasafreelunchintheworld.3.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.这是因为在早期的电台节目里，人们期望新闻播音员讲极好的英语。注：这是一个主从复合句。主句是Thisis,从句是由because引导的表语从句:thosewereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.在表语从句中又含有一个由who引导的定语从句，修饰表语从句的主语those。译：那是因为他不喜欢咖啡。Thatisbecausehedoesn'tlikecoffee.4.However,onTVandtheradioyouwillheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.然而，在电视和收音机里，你也会听出人们在说话时的差异。onTVandtheradio注：theway(方式)后面接定语从句时,关系代词用that/inwhich或不用关系代词。eg.Ididitinthewaythat/inwhichyoutaughtme.Idon’tlike___youspeaktoher.A.thewayB.thewayinthatC.thewaywhichD.thewayofwhich5.neighborn.邻居，邻国，邻近的人（物）neighboringadj.邻近的，毗邻的，附近的neighboringtowns毗邻的城镇aneighboringhouse附近的房子6.Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.地理位置对方言的产生也有影响。playapartin=playarolein=haveaneffecton在……担任角色或起作用playa(an)leading/major/important/activepartin译：中国在当今世界发挥着重要的作用。Chinaplaysanimportantpartintheworldtoday.7.WhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.当美国人从一个地方搬到另一个地方时，他们也就把他们的方言随着带去了。注：another泛指三个或三个以上的人或物中没有确定的另一个。another+数字+名词=数字+more+名词eg.another3apples=3moreapplestheother则指已知的两个人(物)中的另一个。others或other+名词,泛指“别的人或别的物”theothers或theother+复数名词指“一定范围内的其余的人或物”。搭配：one…theother…some…others…1).Ican’tfinishtheworkontime.Ineed______twohours.=Ineedtwomorehours.2).Ihavetwobrothers.OneisJim,_______isJack.3).Somecleanedthewindow,______sweptthefloor.4).Twoboyswillgotothezoo,and_______willstayathome.theothertheothersothersanotheranotherotherstheothertheothers8.Wordsaboutdirection①southeast,northeast,southwest,northwest,south,north,east,west是名词.②southern,northern,western,eastern,northeastern,southeastern,southwestern,northwestern是形容词.NESWnortheastsoutheastnorthwestsouthwest