English around the world Unit 2 English around the world Warming up

In an international talk/meeting

In schools On the air(on TV, on the radio…)

Warming up Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions. 1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?

English-speaking countries U.K. U.S.A. Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa English-speaking countries

English Around the World Canada the United Kingdom the USA Ireland India Australia South Africa New Zealand

& American English British English 1.Are the English in those countries the same? 2.Can you give me some examples? American English & British English

The differences between British English and American English. BrE AmE autumn fall typhoon tornado I think I guess vocabulary colour color centre center traveller traveler spelling pronunciation dance [da:ns] dance[dæns] not [not] not [na:t]

Chinese BrE AmE lift elevator petrol gas flat apartment autumn fall underground subway university college rubbish garbage dustbin trash can holiday vacation fortnight two weeks 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周

Match the words that have the same meaning. petrol flat color lift rubber honor pictures underground eraser gas apartment elevator honour colour movies subway

Reading

The Road to Modern English

New words 官方的 航行,航海 本国的, 本地的 现在的、出席的 逐渐地 词汇、词汇量 official voyage native present gradually vocabulary 官方的 航行,航海 本国的, 本地的 现在的、出席的 逐渐地 词汇、词汇量

事实上 后者的 身份 流利的 新加坡 马来西亚 频繁地 actually latter identity fluent Singapore Malaysia frequently 事实上 后者的 身份 流利的 新加坡 马来西亚 频繁地

Please write down the main idea of each paragraph. development The _________ of the English language in the world. Native speakers can __________ each other even if they don’t speak the_____ kind of English. understand same cultures All languages change when _______ meet and ____________ with one another. communicate foreign English is spoken as a _______ language or ________ language in _______ and ______. second Africa Asia

Development of English today the next century More people speak in more countries the end of the 16th century Many other countries England

Careful reading How Why what How did English develop to modern English? Why English changed all the way? Why what

Why does English change over time? Because of cultural communication.

Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time clue. later … AD450-1150 800-1150 In the 1600’s The time ADEL was written Shakespeare’s English American English German less like German; more like French Australian English

Besides the countries where English is used as a native language, where else is English used as a foreign language? South Asia, India, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia and China.

Thinking the world Englishes? “ Only time will tell”. Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes? “ Only time will tell”.

Read the text carefully again and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why. Exercise 1 on page 10.

Predict: Read the title “the road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about?

Language points for Reading I

1.There be结构 “存在,有” be 动词的单复数要根据后面名词的单复数而定.如是多个并列的名词,则由第一个名词的单复数而定. There one book and two pens on the desk. There two pens and one book on the desk. is are

2.more than 1. 用在数词之前,相当于 over 2.与其他词连用相当于 “不仅仅,岂止” Mary and Amy are more than classmates.

3. because of后边加名词或动名词短语 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late.

3. include 1）用作及物动词，意为“ 包括；包含”，不能用于进行时态,后跟名词,代词,动名词做宾语. e.g.: Your duties will include cleaning the room. 2）include 还可作“ 包含于、、、里面；算入”讲，常与in, on, among 介词等连用。 e.g.: He includes me among his friends. I’m included in the team.

现在分词including和过去分词included常可引用一个 1.There are ten people in the bus, including ten children. 2.Five people were injured in the accident, one driver included. Include侧重作为整体的一部分或要素 Contain侧重包含容纳或成分 Hold侧重容纳,容得下

4.either ... or... neither ...nor... 两者连接两个主语时,谓语动词的单复数与同它靠近的那个主语保持一致. have has Either the teacher or the students been ill. Neither the students nor the teacher been ill.

Close your book and fill in the blank 1.____16th century, about____ people spoke English. 2. Today, more people speak English as their first or foreign language______. 3.China may ____of English speakers.

5. At the end of 在...的尽头;在...的末尾(可用于时间方面,也可用于空间方面 By the end of 到...末为止常用于完成时(用于时间方面) In the end 最后,终于,不与of 连用(做状语,修饰动词) We had finished unit one by the end of last week. He understood me in the end.

6. even if (1) even if ( = even though ): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使；尽管 是连词词组，用来引导让步状语从句； (2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。 e.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him.) ( Even ) though he is poor, she loves him. ( = He is poor, yet she loves him.)

7.Would you please come up to my flat. Come up走过来,到来(vi.) Come about: happen Come across: find or meet accidentally Come out Our National Day is coming up soon. How did this come about? I came across an old friend yesterday. When will his new book come out?

come up with I came up with them as they were rounding the corner. We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions. He's come up with a great idea. 赶上 提出 想出

8.Actually, it was based more on German than present day English. 1.Present adj “现在的,目前的”常用在名词前. He is the present President. Present adj “出席的:到场的”做定语时常在名词之后 A lot of students were present at the meeting. 2.Present n. “目前,现在” “礼物” I don’t need the book at present. 3. Present v. “呈现,提交” Present prizes Present sth to sb=present sb with sth

9. In the 1600’s, Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.在17世纪,莎士比亚使 用了比以前任何时候更大的词汇量. “在某世纪某年代”时.年代前要加定冠词the,年代后加s, 还可加上early表示早期late表示末期 In the 1780’s In the early/late 1980s

10 . …Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的 词汇量。 　make (good/full/no…) use of 　使用 We could make good use of our resources. Every minute should be made good use of.

11. India has a very large number of 　fluent English speakers… a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数） A number of people have came. the number of …的数目（其后谓语动词用单数）

The number of homeless people has increased. 只能修饰可数名词的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few

用适当的介词填空。 1. You’d better make full use _____ your time. 2. You will find the hospital _____ the end of the road. 3. The church is close _____ the school. 4. We have friends all _____ the world. 5. As everybody knows, China has the largest number _____ people. 6. _____ the 1980s, he went to America. of at to over of In

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