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1Unit2Englisharoundtheworld英语是世界上使用最广泛的语言之一，那么它是怎样成为世界性语言的呢？让我们一起来看看下文吧！Englishisalanguagespokenallaroundtheworld.Therearemorethan42countrieswheremostpeoplespeakEnglish.Intotal(总计),formorethan375millionpeople,Englishistheirmothertongue.Anequal(相同的)numberofpeoplelearnEnglishasasecondlanguage.Thesepeoplewillperhapsspeakthelanguageoftheirowncountryathomewiththeirfamily,butthelanguageofthegovernment,schools,newspapersandTVisEnglish.ThissituationisfoundincountriessuchasIndia，Pakistan,NigeriaandthePhilippines.However,thenumberofpeoplewholearnEnglishasaforeignlanguageismorethan750million.InChinastudentslearnEnglishatschoolasaforeignlanguage,exceptforthoseinHongKong,wheremanypeoplespeakEnglishasafirstorasecondlanguage.Englishistheworkinglanguageofmostinternationalorganizations,internationaltrade(贸易)andtourism.BusinessmenandtouristsoftencometoChinawithoutbeingabletospeakChinese.Chinesebusinessmen,taxidriversandstudentstalkwiththemusingEnglish.Englishisalsothelanguageofglobal(全球的)culture,suchaspopularmusicandtheInternet.YoucanlistentoEnglishsongsontheradiooruseEnglishtocommunicatewithpeoplearoundtheworldthroughtheInternet.短文注释：1．morethan超过，多于2．mothertongue母语3．thenumberof……的数量4．exceptfor除了5．BusinessmenandtouristsoftencometoChinawithoutbeingabletospeak2Chinese.很多来中国的生意人和游客都不会说英语。SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Prereading重点单词写作词汇1.officialadj.官方的2．voyagen.航行，航海3．nativeadj.本国的；本地的n.本地人；本国人4．apartmentn.(美)公寓住宅；单元住宅5．vocabularyn.词汇；词汇量；词表6．spellingn.拼写；拼法拓展词汇1.basevt.以……为根据；n.基部；基地；基础→basicadj.基本的；基础的2．gradualadj.逐渐的；逐步的→graduallyadv.逐渐地；逐步地3．enrichvt.使富裕；充实；改善→richadj.富有的4．latteradj.较后的；后半的；(两者中)后者的→latestadj.最近的；最新的→lateradj.后期的→latelyadv.近来；最近→lateadj.迟的；晚的5．fluentadj.流利的；流畅的→fluentlyadv.流利地；流畅地→fluencyn．流利；流畅6．frequentadj.频繁的；常见的→frequentlyadv.常常；频繁地阅读词汇1.subwayn．地铁2．elevatorn.电梯；升降机3．petroln.汽油4．gasn.汽油5．identityn.本身；本体；身份重点短语1.because_of因为；由于2．come_up走近；上来；提出3．at_present现在；目前34．make_use_of利用；使用5．such_as例如……；像这种的6．be_based_on以……为基础7．communicate_with交际，交流8．a_number_of许多重点句型1.whynotdo...提建议句式Why_not_go_by_underground?何不乘地铁呢？2．evenif/though引导让步状语从句NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereven_if_they_don't_speak_the_same_kind_of_English.以英语为母语的人可以理解彼此，即使他们不说同一种英语。3．more...than...与其……不如……Heismore_lucky_than_clever.与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。4．thenumberof...作主语Todaythe_number_of_peoplelearningEnglishisincreasingrapidly.当今社会，学英语的人的数量在快速地增加。“旅行”名词家族①voyage航行；航海②tour(观光)旅行③travel旅行④journey(长途)旅行⑤trip(短途)旅行；外出⑥outing远足en前缀和en后缀改变词性①rich→v.enrich使富裕②able→v.enable使能够③large→v.enlarge使扩大④sure→v.ensure确保；担保⑤short→v.shorten缩短；使变短,4“因为；由于”荟萃①becauseof因为；由于②thanksto多亏；由于③owingto由于④asaresultof...因为……的结果“make＋n.＋prep.”短语荟萃①makeuseof使用；利用②makethemost/bestof充分利用③makewayfor为……让路④makeafoolof愚弄；欺骗StepOne：Warmingup1．HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?(1)It_is_the_official_language_of_many_countries,_such_as_America,_the_UK,_Canada_and_so_on.(2)It_has_a_long_history.(3)There_are_mainly_two_kinds_of_English:_American_English_and_British_English.(4)Many_Chinese_are_learning_English.2．DoyouknowthatthereismorethanonekindofEnglishintheworld?StepTwo：FastreadingSkimthetextandchoosethebestanswers.1．What'sthemainideaofthetext?A．HowtolearnEnglishwell?5B．ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.C．ThedifferencesbetweenoldEnglishandmodernEnglish.D．Englishiswidelyusedallovertheworld.答案：B2．Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.(1)Paragraph1A．theexampleofthedifferencebetweendifferentnativeEnglishspeakers(2)Paragraph2－4B．wideuseofEnglish(3)Paragraph5C．Englishisalanguagespokenallaroundtheworld(4)Paragraph6D．whyEnglishhaschangedovertime(5)Paragraph7E．Englishwassettled答案：BADECStepThree：CarefulreadingReadthetextandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．Attheendof16thcentury,about________peoplespokeEnglish.A．fivetosixmillionB．fivetosevenmillionC．sixtosevenmillionD．seventoeightmillion答案：B2．IfpeoplespeakdifferentkindsofEnglish,they________.A．can'tcommunicatewitheachotherB．canonlybeunderstoodbythosewhospeakthesamekindofEnglishC．can'tbeunderstoodbyforeignersD．canunderstandeachother答案：D3．WhydomorepeoplespeakEnglish?A．Becauseitisaninternationallanguage.B．Becauseithasthelargestnumberofspeakers.C．Becauseitiseasytolearn.D．Becauseitalwaysstaysthesame.答案：A4．WhichcountrymayhavethelargestnumberofEnglishlearnersintheworld?A．Australia.B．China.C．India.D．Britain.答案：B6StepFour：Explaindifficultsentences1．Laterinthenextcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworldandbecauseofthat,Englishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.[句式分析]本句为and连接的并列句。在第一个分句中，Laterinthenextcentury为时间状语，动词不定式短语toconquerotherpartsoftheworld为目的状语；在第二个分句中介宾短语becauseofthat为原因状语。[尝试翻译]后来，在17世纪，英国人开始出海远航以征服世界其他地区。于是，许多别的国家开始说英语。2．AtfirsttheEnglishspokeninEnglandbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferentfromtheEnglishspokentoday.[句式分析][尝试翻译]起初，大约在公元450年到公元1150年之间，英国人所说的英语与人们现在所说的英语有很大的不同。3．ThengraduallybetweenaboutAD800and1150,EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbecausethosewhoruledEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.[句式分析]7[尝试翻译]然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年之间，英语就不那么像德语了，因为那些统治英国的人开始讲丹麦语，后来又讲法语。ReadingTHEROADTOMODERNENGLISHAttheendof①the16thcent