English Around The World.

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1 English Around The World

2 Warming Up What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom? A toilet
Why can’t he find it? In American English the word “bathroom” means a place where there is a toilet and sometimes a bath or shower. In British English it means a place where there is a bath or shower and sometimes also a toilet.

3 British English American English Chinese Meaning taxi cab 出租车 petrol gas 汽油 Main road Highway 公路 pavement Sidewalk 人行道 lorry Truck 卡车 autumn Fall 秋季 fortnight 两周 Two weeks dustbin Trashcan 垃圾箱 flat Apartment 公寓 Ground floor First floor 第一层 lift elevator 电梯

4 Listening The landlady asked Mr Brown:
Listen carefully to the tape. Mr. Brown’s landlady has many house rules. Write down five of them. Example: The landlday asked Mr Brown to put his coat in the closet. The landlady asked Mr Brown: 1._______________________________________. 2._______________________________________. 3._______________________________________. 4._______________________________________. 5._______________________________________. 6. ______________________________________________________________. to put his coat on a peg(钉子), in the closet(壁橱) to take off his shoes, to put his umbrella in the umbrella stand to lock the door if he comes home after midnight to be quiet after nine o’clock, not to shower after nine o’clock not to smoke in the bathroom, to walk the dog, to turn down the radio, to speak quietly on the phone to return the key of the front door, to help her find a new tenant(房客) for the flat

5 Complete the following sentences
1.Emily asked Karen______________________________. The teacher asked Karen and Emily __________________ ______________________. Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her _________________________________________________. 2.Ms Smith told Harry_______________________________. Harry asked Ms Smith ______________________________. He also asked her __________________________________. Ms Smith told Harry not_____________________________. how to pronounce “kilometre” if there is anything that they are not clear how to pronounce “kilometre” to take two pizzas to Mr. Thompson if she can spell the name if she can repeat the address to forget to buy her some ketchup

6 Make up A dialogue for three students and act it out in class, using the following expressions to help you. Useful expressions Can you spell that, please? I beg your parden? Could you repeat that, please? How do you say …in English? What do you mean by…? How do you pronounce…? Could you speak a bit slowly, please? What does … mean?

7 English Around the World

8 Pre-reading 1. How many languages do you speak? Which is your native language? mandarin (Putonghua) English Sichuan Dialect (Leshan Dialect)… 2. In what situation do you use the languages？ mandarin for office work & formal talk Sichuan Dialect (Leshan Dialect) for daily communication English for international exchange…

9 READING I. Structure of the Text paragraph 1- 2 42 countries
375 million equal number of people 750 million That taking the number speakers of English together (L1 + L2 + EFL) totals more than , which is about of the world’s population. Main idea English is a language spoken all around the world. (思考：上面的数据与一、二段中心思想的关系是什么？) 给第一、二段的中心思想提供数据支持：有数据，更容易使理论显得可信。 (where the majority of the people speak English); (mother tongue) (English as a second language) (the number of people who learn English as a foreign language) 25% 1.5 billion

10 (思考：第三段的两个例子与本段中心有何关系？) 用事例进一步证明中心思想：实际的例子可以减少文章的抽象程度。
paragraph 3 English is the _______ language of most international organisations, and tourism. English is also the language of ______ culture, such as popular music and the Internet. Main Idea English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world. (思考：第三段的两个例子与本段中心有何关系？) 用事例进一步证明中心思想：实际的例子可以减少文章的抽象程度。 working global

11 What’s the MAIN IDEA of the text?
Para 1-2 English is a language spoken all around the world. Para 3: English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world. Main Idea for the text English has become a global language. 联系与思考：中心思想在哪里寻找？ title sub-title first sentence last sentence

12 1. Which country in the following is NOT English native spoken country?
a. United Kingdom b. South Africa c. Ireland d. India (second language) 2. Most people learn English for ____ years at high school. a. 2 years b. 3 years c. 7 years d. 5 years (line 2, para. 2) 3. A Pakistani learns English as a ____. a. first language b. second language c. foreign language d. third language (last line of para. 1) 4. Why is that “Businessman and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese”? a. Because Chinese is too hard for them to learn. b. Because they don’t like to speak Chinese. c. Because they needn’t speak Chinese. d. Because they often come to China and it’s too familiar for them to speak Chinese. d d c c 联系下文：Chinese business man,…

13 TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
JOHN DENVER All my memories gather round her v.集中 Miners lady stranger to blue water n.矿工 Dark and dusty painted on the sky a.灰的 Misty taste of moon shine a.多雾的 n.月光 Tear drops in my eyes Country roads take me home To the place I belong West virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads Almost heaven west Virginia n.弗吉尼亚 Blue ridge mountains Shenandoah river n.山脊 Life is old there older than the trees Younger than the mountains Growin like a breeze n.微风 Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain momma Take me home country roads

14 I hear her voice in the morning hours she calls me
Radio reminds me of my home far away v. 提醒 Driving down the road I get a feeling that I should 在开车的路上 have been home yesterday Yesterday Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain mamma Take me home country roads Country roads take me home To the place I belong West Virginia mountain mamma Take me home country roads

15 就像是天堂，西维吉尼亚州 有蓝色山脊的群山和雪纳杜河 在那儿生命是古老的，比森林更古老 但比山脉年轻 像风一样自在的成长 乡村小路，带我回家 回到我属於的地方 就是西维吉尼亚州——山脉之母 带我回家，乡村小路 我所有的回忆都围绕著她——— 矿工的淑女、蓝色河流的陌生人、 涂满了黑与灰的天空 和朦胧的月光 泪水在我眼眶中打转 乡村小路，带我回家 回到我属於的地方 就是西维吉尼亚州——山脉之母 带我回家，乡村小路 清晨时分，我听到她呼唤我的声音 广播节目提醒我家还很远 在开车的路上，我有一种感觉 我早该回到家的怀抱 乡村小路，带我回家 回到我属於的地方 就是西维吉尼亚州——山脉之母 带我回家，乡村小路 乡村小路，带我回家 回到我属於的地方 就是西维吉尼亚州——山脉之母 带我回家，乡村小路 带我回家，乡村小路 带我回家，乡村小路

16 Post- Reading 1.Why is it becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English? 2.In which countries do we find most native speakers of English? Give the names of three countries. 3.Living in China you can use English every day in different situations. Give two examples. Because English is spoken and used all around the world.With so many people communicating in English, it is becoming more and more important to have a knowledge of English. The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. We can use English when we are having an international meeting, having a business talk with our business partner.

17 Complete the Following summary.
English is a ________ ______all around the world. For more than 375million people in countries such as _______ and _______, English is their ______ ______. Another 375 million people _____ ______ as a second language. However, most people learn English at school as a ______ _______. The English language __also ____ by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in inter-national _____ and _______. Most foreigners visiting China are either__________ or ______. If they cannot ______ Chinese, they use ______ to communicate with Chinese people. In global culture, for example the Internet or popular music, English is widely used. In the future we will be speaking Chinese with our_______, but we will be _______ English with people around the world for our work. language spoken Australia Canada mother tongue Learn English foreign language is used trade tourism businessmen tourists speak English people using

18 WORD STUDY 1 closet A a number f people or things that form more
than half of a group 2 explain B information and understanding about a subject 3 majority C the same 4 mother tongue D a cupboard where you can put clothes 5 equal E to make something clear to understand by describing or giving information about it 6 communicate F native language 7 knowledge G the activity of buying ,selling or exchanging goods or services 8 trade H to give information using speech, radio signals or body movement

19 AMERICAN ENGLISH & BRITISH ENGLISH

20 American English and British English
The differences between American English and British English How come the differences: 1.At first the language in Britain and America was the same. 2.In 1776 America became an independent country.The language began to change.The language in America stayed the same,while the language in England changed. 3.At the same time, British English and the American English stared borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words. 4.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. And he changed the spelling of some words.

21 word Borrowed from English borrowed from other languages cent
Old French Florida Spanish howl Indian cookbook German toufu Chinese tsunami Japanese tornado Spanish

22 What will you do if people don’t understand you?
1.Saying something one or two more times, slowly, often helps. 2.Maybe you are not pronouncing the word right. Try changing sounds. 3.Try to say the same thing but use different words. 4.If you don’t know the exact word for an object, you can give a description of what it looks like. 5.Replace difficult words with simple ones.