Unit 2 English around the world第二單元世界各地的英語

UNIT2ENGLISHAROUNDTHEWORLDWarmingup&ReadingWarmingup

1.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutthelanguageofEnglish?EnglishEnglishAroundtheWorldthe

USACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIreland

numberofspeakersexamplecountriesworkingsituationthenativelanguagetheforeignlanguagethesecondlanguage375million750million375millionUSA,Canada,Australia,southAfrica,Ireland,NewZealandChinaandmanyothercountriesIndia,Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines.government,schools,newspapers,TVFootball(BE)soccereraserRubber(BE)flatApartment(AM)Subway(AE)UndergroundtrashcanDustbin(BE)Lift(BE)elevatorAuldLangSyne友誼天長地久Shouldauld(old)acquaintancebeforgottenAndneverbroughttomind?Shouldauld(old)acquaintancebeforgottenAnddaysofauldlangsyne(為了過去的好時光？）Forauldlangsynemydear,forauldlangsyneWe’lltakeacupofkindnessyetforauldlangsyne.（讓我們干一杯友誼的酒）AndhereisahandmytrustyfriendAndgie’sahandofthine.(giveusahandofyours)We’lltakeacupofkindnessyetforauldlangsyne.FastReading

1.Accordingtothetitle,whatdoyouthinkitwilltellus?TheroadtomodernEnglish?2.Readthepassagefastinsilenceandfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.paragraphsAnswersA.Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.SodoesEnglish.B.ThespreadofEnglishinthepastandtoday.C.Englishspeakerscannotalwaysunderstandeverythingbecauseofthedifferenceofwordusage.D.EnglishisspokeninmanycountriesinAfricaandAsia.

1234BCADCarefulReading1.ReadthepassagecarefullyandfindouttheanswerstothequestionsofEx1onpage10.2.TrueorFalse.(Para1-2)MostoftheEnglishspeakersinthe16thcenturylivedinEngland.2.MoreandmorepeopleuseEnglishastheirfirstor2nd

language.3.TheUShasthelargestnumberofEnglishspeakers.4.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeverythingbecausetheyspeakthesamekindofEnglish.TTFF3.Fillintheformonthescreen.(Para3)TheRoadToModernEnglish

?TimeThingsthathappenedBetweenAD450

and11501150to1500Inthe1600’slaterBasedonGermanLesslikeGerman,morelikeFrench1.shakespearebroadenedthevocabulary.2.AbigchangeinEnglish,givingitsownidentity.BrtishpeoplebroughtEnglishtoAustralia.4.WouldyoupleasesaysomethingaboutthepresentsituationofEnglishinyourownwords?(Para4)?Itisalsospokenasaforeignor2ndlanguageinmanyothercountries.

1.Forexample,inIndia,itisusedforgovernmentandeducation.2.InsomeAfricanandAsiancountries,itisalsospoken,suchasinSouthAfrica,SingaporeandMalaysia.3.InChina,thenumberofEnglishspeakersisincreasingfast.Suggestedanswer:Discussion

Sofar,wehaveknownthatEnglishisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantinChina.IthasbeenanimportantsubjectforChinesestudents.ButsomeonesaysthatChineseisamuchmoreelegantlanguage.Soitismoreimportantforustomasteritanditisnotsonecessaryforustomasteraforeignlanguage.Doyouagreewiththisopinionandwhy

?Myopinion:

Idonotagreewithit.Withtheculturalcommunicationbecomingmoreandmorefrequent,thechancetocontactforeigners,exportedgoods,internationalconferences,andsoon,ismoreandmore.Asthemostwidelyusedlanguage,Englishisregardedasthelanguageusedinmostinternationalsituations.Thus,ifwewanttokeepupwiththetimes,wehadbettermasterEnglishanduseitasatool.TheRoadtoModernEnglishAbriefhistoryofEnglishPara1

ThespreadofEnglishinthepastandtoday.Para2

Englishspeakerscannotalwaysunderstandeverythingbecauseofthedifferenceofwordusage.Para3

Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.SodoesEnglish.Para4

EnglishisspokeninmanycountriesinAfricaandAsia.(1)Attheendof(2)Inthenextcentury(3)today(1)However(2)Forexample(1)AD450-1150(2)1150-1500(3)Inthe1600s(4)LaterReadingskills:1、略讀或跳讀（找重點詞、關鍵句理解文章大致內容。）2、做題（雙向式做題法）a.題目關鍵詞

b.文章對應處

c.前后即測試點3、如何找主題句或關鍵句（1）順承式段落多在第一句（2）轉折式段落常是第二句帶有however/but的句子。答案Homework:

1.Readthepassageagainandagaintogettheideaofthetextfurther.

2.Underlinetheimportantphrasesanddifficultsentences.

3.TellyourpartnersomethingaboutEnglishinyourownwords.TheEndWritingskills:First,decidethetopicThen,developfourideasfromthetopic.Next,givesomefiguresorexamplestodevelopand