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Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldDiscussioninpairs(1)CanyourecognizethedifferencesbetweenAEandBEinvocabularyspelling?(2)CanyourecognizethedifferencesbetweenAEandBEinvocabularyusage?(3)DoyouthinkitisimportantwhetheryoulearnAEorBE?Why?WarmingupDifferencesinvocabularyspellingB.EA.Etheatre,centretheater,centercolour,honourcolor,honortravellertravelerrealise,analyse,apologiserealize,analyze,apologizedefencedefenseprogrammeprogramDifferencesinvocabularyusageB.EA.EgotothepicturesgotothemoviesundergroundsubwayliftelevatorinateamonateamrubbereraserflatapartmentlorrytruckpetrolgasMakedialoguesaccordingtothisexample.BritishBetty:Wouldyouliketoseemyflat?AmericanAmy:Yes.I’dliketocomeuptoyourapartment.Questions:1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?3.Lookatthetitleofthefollowingpassageandguesswhatitisabout.Thenreaditquicklyandseeifyouareright.Suggestedanswer:1.America,Britain,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Singapore,Philippines,India2.ForthosethatspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguagetheUSAorIndiamusthavethelargestnumberofnativespeakersastheyhavethelargestpopulations.ForthosewholearnEnglishastheirfirstforeignlanguageChinamusthavethelargestnumberasithasthelargestpopulation.1.Englishspokeninsomeothercountries2.changesofEnglish3.thechangeofEnglishspeakers4.differentkindsofEnglishesNewwordsandexpressions:1.madevoyages2.becauseof3.nativeEnglishspeakers4.apartment5.actually6.AD7.bebasedon8.atpresent9.gradually10.Danish11.vocabulary12.madeuseof13.spelling14.latter15.identity16.fluent17.suchas18.Singapore19.MalaysiaTheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150TheEnglishwasspokeninEngland.Itwasbasedmoreon_____thantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.AD800-1150Becausethepeoplewho______EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench,Englishbecame______likeGerman.Inthe1600s________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto_________.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento________.1765-1947EnglishwasspokeninIndiaaswellasinAfricaandAsia.Itbecamethelanguagefor_________andeducationinIndia.Bythe19thcenturyTheEnglishlanguagewassettled.Twobigchanges:•SamuelJohnsonwrotehis________.•NoahWebsterwrote______________andgaveaseparateidentityto________Englishspelling.NowEnglishisspokenin_________,__________,__________,_______andsoon.