UNIT 2 English Around the WorldTeaching aims and demands:1. Topic: English language and its development; different kinds of English2. Vocabulary: include, role, international, native, elevator, flat, apartment, rubber, petrol, gad, modern, however, culture, actually, present(adj.), rule(v.), vocabulary, usage, government, rapidly, candy, lorry, command, polite, request, boss, standard, Midwestern, southern, eastern, southeastern, northwestern, Spanish, recognize, accent, lightning, direction, ma’ma, block3. Useful expressions: play a role in, because of, come up, such as, give a command, play a part4. Function: language difficulties in communicationPardon? I beg your pardon? I don’t understand.Could you say that again, please? Sorry, I can’t follow you.Could you repeat that, please? Can you speak more slowly, please?5. Grammar: imperative sentences and its indirect speechOpen the door. Please open the door.Would you please open the door? He told me to open the door.Warming upTeaching Aim: 1. Ss will be able to know some differences between British English and American English. 2. Ss will be able to master some usages of the words and phrases. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in (Start with a free chat with Ss about learning English.) T: How many years have you learnt English? How many languages do we speak? What do you find difficult in learning English? (Ss may have different ideas, but they may consider vocabulary as their most difficult one.) Do you think it necessary for us Ss to master such a foreign language? (---With the development of globalization, English has become an international tool for people to communicate with each other. And we are the future of our homeland, so it’s our duty to prospe...
