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1、The Business of Language and the Language of Business,Unit 1,The Business of English,The development of English The difference between American English and British English The influence of English,Research and discussion,Julius Caesar Duke of Normandy Old English Latin French Middle English A Table
2、Alphabeticall Samuel Johnson Webster Oxford,The difference between BE and AE,spelling pronunciation vocabulary grammar,Spelling,programme catalogue honour theatre offense recognise marvellous reflexion,program catalog honor theater offence recognize marvelous reflection,aesthetic sceptical cheque mo
3、ustache pyjamas likeable judgement,esthetic skeptical check mustache pajamas likable judgment,Pronounciation,Grammar,Tense Subjunctive mood Collective nouns Modal verbs Prepositions,Formatting of dates and numbers,As many,TEXT I,as many: of the same number,There wont be as many fireworks this year.
4、More than one hundred American colleges and universities now have educational exchanges with nearly as many Chinese institutions.,not as many as we had last year or previous years,with more or less 100 Chinese institutions,be exposed to,1. Make (something)visiblebyuncoveringit,e.g. Atlow tidethesand
5、sare exposed. e.g. weneed toexposeourweaknessesinordertolearnfrom themandgrow as a result.,2. Revealthetrue,objectionablenature of (someone or something),e.g. He has beenexposed asaliarand atraitor.,3. If someoneis exposed tosomething dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it
6、might affect them.,e.g. Mostpeoplein theworldarenon-smokersandhavea rightnottobeexposed toother peoplessmoke.,4. If someoneis exposed toan idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it.,e.g. He wants his childrentobeexposedtoall sorts of people with differe
7、nt values and beliefs.,proficient,TEXT I,proficient: a. to be proficient in sth,a proficient speaker,Ant.,clumsy, incompetent, unskilled,n. proficiency,proficiency in music Can you name some common proficiency tests in China?,Truly the tongue spoken back,TEXT I,Truly, the tongue spoken back in the 1
8、300s only by the “low people” of England has come a long way.,Paraphrase the sentence.,Indeed, the language spoken as early as 1300s by the native people in England has developed for a long time.,people of the lower class, those who were at the bottom of the society,Text I_ BG_2.1,What do these lang
9、uages have to do with English Romance, Germanic, Norse, Celtic?,The English language derives from or is influenced by them. Romance:e.g. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Germanic:e.g. German, Swedish Norse:language spoken by Scandinavian inhabitants Celtic:mainly spoken in Wales, Scotland, Irela
10、nd, Cornwall and the Isle of Man,TEXT I,But its elasticity makes it messier,TEXT I,But its elasticity makes it messier, as well as stronger.,What represents the elasticity of English?,e.g. It absorbs words from other languages and accepts created ones, thus a much larger vocabulary than many languag
11、es. In its history, it accepts, both in spoken and written form, influences from other languages, religion, law and science.,flexibility, adaptability,But its elasticity makes it messier 2,TEXT I,How does the elasticity of English make it messier and stronger?,messier: There are many varieties of En
12、glish, differences among them in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and so on, which can be very confusing sometimes. Stronger: English can be used in many fields and so it becomes a lingual franca, and enjoys a dominant status.,When it comes to,TEXT I,When it comes to saving the planet do celebriti
13、es practice what they preach? When it comes to renting or buying, youll spend about the same amount.,When it comes to as regards,“to” is not followed by an infinitive, but a noun or noun phrase.,barrier,TEXT I,barrier: n. ( to) obstacle,language barrier, trade barrier to remove barriers to success s
14、et barriers to communication,obstaclehindrance,A host of,TEXT I,a host of a great number of,a host of bills a host of new devices,a crowd of, a throng of, a swarm of(ants, bees, locusts), a flock of (sheep, birds),Angst-free,TEXT I,Angst-free: a. without anger or worry,-free: not containing a specif
15、ied substance (often used in combination),tax-free, a sugar-free soft drink,laisser-faire attitude: laisser-faire often refers to the principles of free trade, allowing for freedom to a great degree. Here it means hardly any restriction in the use and development of English.,To see a committee se up
16、 to regulate the language,TEXT I,to see a committee set up to regulate the language to see done: to make sure,You will see the work done properly. He is always the last to go to bed to see all the doors locked.,To have little to do with,TEXT I,to have little to do with:,to have everything to do with to have something to do with to have much to do with to have nothing to do with,Thus 2,TEXT I,Translate the following s