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Unit2WeallownEnglish.71Isthereaforeignteacheratyourschool?2HaveyouevergonetoanEnglishcorneratschool?3Didyoumeetforeignerswhenyouwenttoplacesofinterest?4IsEnglishspokenbymostpeopleintheworld?5bossn.老板secretaryn.秘书quartern.四分之一6typen.类型industryn.工业,制造业zeron.零Indiann.印度人adj.印度的7•wheretheyare•whatlanguagesyoucanseeabc81.IsEnglishusedasaworkinglanguage?Yes,itis.2.WheredoesEnglishborrow“tofu”from?FromChinese.9102Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.WhoownsEnglish?Englishisspokenbyabout400millionpeople,mostlyintheUS,theUK,Canada,Australia,NewZealandandSouthAfrica.InGhana,IndiaandSingapore,Enlishisusedasaworkinglanguage,forexample,betweendoctorsandpatients,althoughthereareotherlanguagesforeverydayuse.InChinaandmanyothercountries,Englishisthemostimportantforeignlanguagethatchildrenlearnatschool,becausewhentheybeusedas作为everydayuse日常使用11growup,itwillbequitepossibleforthemtomeetpeoplefromothercountries.Theywillneedacommonlanguagetocommunicatewitheachother.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld'spopulation,andanywhereyougointheworld,thereisagoodchancethatyouwillmeetsomeonewhospeaksEnglish.ThereasonwhyEnglishisspokeneverywhereisthatinthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.Itisnowthecommonlanguageforinternationaltravel,growup长大commonlanguage共同色语言communicatewitheachother相互沟通worldtrade世界贸易12science,industry,andrecently,informationtechnologyandtheInternet.ItisalsoimportanttoknowthatEnglishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages,forexample,restaurantfromFrench,zerofromArabic,pianofromItalian,andtofufromChinese.WilltheimportanceofEnglishlast?AsChinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeighlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanborrowfrom从…借入，借用。借出的短语lendto把某物借给某人,借出ascommonas和.....一样普遍13languages.However,mostpeoplestillthinkthatEnglishwillbeusedmostaroundtheworld,atleastforthenexttwentyorthirtyyears.SowhoownsEnglish?Theansweriseveryonewhospeaksit.---theBritish,theIndiansandtheChineseallhelpmakeitarichlanguage.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weareallpartofaninternationalclub.WeallownEnglish.141.HowmanypeopleintheworlduseEnglish?About400millionpeople.2.HowdidEnglishbecomeaninternationallanguage?Inthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishtotheworldthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.153.WhendoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguage?Bythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.4.WhoownsEnglish?Everyonewhospeaksit.16a)Chinesemaybethenextworldlanguageinthefuture.b)Englishisthemostimportantinternationallanguagetoday.c)Englishspreadthroughtradeandthemedia.d)WeallownEnglish.e)Englishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.4125317bossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivate________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)______lookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____called?secretarybossIndia184.Howmanytimesdoes______appearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisa(n)_______oftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?zeroquarterbossIndiaquartersecretaryzero191.Doesaprivatesecretaryworkforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesabosslookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.WhatarethepeoplewholiveinIndiacalled?4.Howmanytimesdoeszeroappearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisaquarteroftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?20Toattractreaders’attention,thewriteroftenbeginsacompositionwithquestionsandthenanswersthem.Youcandothesamewhenwritingyourowncomposition.211.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld’spopulation.quarter四分之一aquarterof………的四分之一e.g.Aquarterofthestudentsareplayingfootballontheplayground.222.ThereasonwhyEnglishisspokeneverywhereisthatinthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Thereasonwhy…isthat………的原因是……e.g.Thereasonwhyhedoesn’tcomeheretodayisthatheisill.233.WilltheimportanceofEnglishlast?theimportanceof……的重要性e.g.Weallknowtheimportanceofstudying.244.AsChinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.as随着……as…as…和……一样……表原级比较e.g.Theoldmanisasstrongasayoungman.255.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeignlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanlanguages.togetherwith…与……一起，连同e.g.Hecollectscoins,togetherwithstampsandpostcards.MrSmithtogetherwithhissonisgoingtoShanghainextweek.266.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weallpartofaninternationalclub.eventhough虽然，尽管e.g.Eventhoughheisexcellent,hestudyhard.27•Writenotesaboutthefollowingquestions:HowmanypeoplespeakChineseinChina?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseoutsideChina?Wherearethey?WhoislearningChineseoutsideChina?DoyouthinkpeoplewillspeakChineseasaninternationallanguageinthefuture?Why?28•Basedonyournotes,decideifChinesewillbecomemoreimportantinfuture.Writeanintroductiontostateyourpointofview.29•Organizeyournotesintosentencesandparagraphs.Usefactstosupportyouropinions.•Finishyourcompositionwithaconclus