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1、Unit 2 English around the world Warming up A Joke Two mice sat in their hole watching Cat lurk(潜伏) outside. “I know how to make Cat go away,“ said the first mouse. “How?“ the second mouse asked in surprise. “Watch! Bow, wow!(汪汪汪)” barked the first mouse. Peering (仔细瞧)through their hole in the wall,
2、they saw Cat running away in fear. “Ah, see the benefit(益处) of knowing another language!“ Fun Time How many languages do you speak? Which is your native language? If we speak more than one language, in which situations do we use the language? Discuss these questions 1. Putonghua 2. Yongxin dialect 3
3、. English 4. Japanese 5. 方言 普通话 Great Britain Australia New Zealand Canada India Ireland The U.S.A. Singapore English-speaking countries in the world Do you know that there is more than one kind of English? In some important ways they are every different from one another. They are called world Engli
4、shes. Can you understand the different kinds of English these people are using? Lets go to the pictures! Why not go by Underground? OK. But how shall we go to the movies? Er, but the subway station is far away. There are many varieties (分类) of English around the world such as： Canadian English Briti
5、sh English American English Australian English Indian English Varieties of English British English American English cant; neither; either; vocabulary autumnfall filmmovie shop store BrE & AmE Little Girl: Hi, Id like some sweets, please. Store Owner: No problem. All the candy we sell is sweet. Littl
6、e Girl: I see, so you sell sweet sweets. Imitation Time sweets, candy Read the two dialogues below and then find the different kinds of English. 2. Jim: Lets take the lorry for a trip into the countryside. Linda: Of course, I expect you to take me! Jim: Oh, Im sorry, Linda, I mean my truck. lorry tr
7、uck. 1 With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. 2 Which country do you think has the most English learners? EnglishCountriesExplanation Mother tongue the UK the U.S.A Canada Australia South Africa Ireland New Zealand The people in these countries are native spe
8、akers of English. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue. EnglishCountriesExplanation Second language India Pakistan Nigeria the Philippines These people speak the language of their own country at home but the language of the government, schools, newspapers, and TV
9、 is English. EnglishCountriesExplanation Foreign language China Germany France etc. The number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million. Reading THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH Noah Webster Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. He learned 26 languages to research t
10、he origins of his own countrys tongue. He published the dictionary in 1828. Who wrote the American dictionary of the English language? “To be or not to be, this is a question” is a quotation from Hamlet which is wrote by .William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) was a famous English writ
11、er, whose best-known works contain Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the merchant of Venice, King Lear, etc. Skimming to get general ideas 1. The text mainly tells us _. A. that old English is different from the English today B. how Middle English formed C. English and its history D. that English will keep changing Skimming Reading Comprehension I 2. The text is developed mainly by _. A. place B. time C. people 3. At the end of the _ century, about five to seven million people spoke English. A. 14th B. 15th C. 16th Skimming
