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1、Unit2 English around the world,This unit seeks to give us a better understanding of how English developed and how it is spoken in the world.,A Joke,Two mice sat in their hole watching Cat lurk outside. “I know how to make Cat go away,“ said the first mouse. “How?“ the second mouse asked in surprise.
2、“Watch! Bow, wow!“ barked the first mouse. Peering through their hole in the wall, they saw Cat running away in fear. “Ah, see the benefit of knowing another language!“,Questions,Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world? Do you think Chinese can be a world language ?
3、 Why? Do you know the meaning of “Englishes”?,Varieties of English,There are many varieties(分类）of English around the world such as American English British English Australian English Canadian English Indian English Caribbean English,Question,Why do we have so many Englishes?,Br E Am.E,When you hear
4、two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.,British English American English Chineseflat apartment 公寓pub bar 酒吧toilet bathroom 厕所，洗手间tin can 罐头lift elevator 电梯mum mom 妈妈rubber eraser 橡皮,Student1:,I live in South Asia. My country is thousands of years old and no
5、w has more than a billion people. Unlike many other countries, our people speak a lot of languages. So we use English, which we got from British rulers hundreds of years ago, to understand our neighbours. Of course, we have our own way of using English.,India,Student2:,One of my grandmothers speaks
6、French. Her grandmother came from some place in Canada. I like to listen to her talk, although I dont understand much of what she says. Her English is also hard to understand. She cooks delicious food, so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen with her whenever I visit her. I plan to see her again for
7、 a special holiday called Fat Tuesday. We will go to New Orleans, which is near the sea. People will dance in the streets all day and night.,USA,Student 3:,Well, I dont live very far from the last student who spoke to you. But I live on a beautiful island where the sun shines most of the year. Its n
8、ot the biggest island in the sea but its not the smallest island, either. We also got English from British rulers a long time ago, and use it in a different way. I think our English sounds a little like our music, Some people say I speak a dialect of English, but I dont agree. To us, its moue like a
9、nother language.,Jamaica,Student 4:,I live on a huge green island in western Europe. Hundreds of years ago my people spoke a very different language from English. Then the British rulers came. Now the language is spoken in only a few villages in the western part of my country. Most of us speak a lov
10、ely kind of English that also sounds a little like our music.,Ireland,Student 5:,My country has more than 7,000 islands. Some of then are very large but most of them are quite small. Hundreds of years ago the Spanish rulers changed the way we live. Much later the American rulers taught their own kin
11、d of English in our schools. Nowadays, we speak a kind of English that borrows words from American English but is mostly our own.,Philippines,Student 6:,My country is very small. In fact, its really a city. It is in southeast Asia and is very rich. People come from all over Asia to do business here.
12、 But our English comes from workers on the street. Some people in my country dont kike the sound of this English. They would rather speak British English. Today, you can hear our kind of English spoken everywhere in the city and on many ships that come here.,Singapore,Discussion:,Why do you think En
13、glish is spoken in so many places around the world?,Learning English 学英语报社组织制作 2005，8,随车吊 xqj896qox 后八轮随车吊 随车吊技术参数 随车吊车价格 到了第二天，雨停了，看来我的选择是对的，老天也眷顾我了。我带的东西不是很多，拿了一大一小两个包。大的装了几件能够换洗的衣服与其他东西，小的装了证件与零用钱。吃完早饭，与家人道别后我就动身了，向强子所在村走去。 我带着无比冲动的心情迈出了家门，我还依稀的记得刚刚上小学的那一年，是爸爸带着我与哥哥去学校报名的，两次的冲动有几分类似。忽然觉得，我们长大原来只在一霎时，并没有有人埋怨的那么长。 好多年都不曾去过我的小学了，原来那个上课的中央也换了，教室还是原来那个样，大门上了锁。,
