Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldWarmingupandReadingWhyshouldyoulearnEnglish?touseforbusiness.touseinschool.towritetopenfriends.totalktonativespeakers.toreadEnglishbooks.tolistentoEnglishmusicandwatchfilms.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheEnglishlanguage?1.Itisaninternationallanguageandwidelyused.2.ItistheofficiallanguageofmanycountriesandtheUN.3.Itplaysanimportantroleasafirstorsecondlanguage.4.Itislearnedbypeopleinmanynon-Englishspeakingcountries.inaninternationaltalk/meetingInwhatsituationsisEnglishused?inschoolsontheair(onTV,ontheradio…)WhenwesingEnglishsongs.WhenwelistentoEnglish.AmericaAmericaIrelandIrelandChinaChinaCanadaCanadaTheU.k.TheU.k.PakistanPakistanPhilippinesPhilippinesSouthAfricaSouthAfricaNewNewZealandZealandNigeriaNigeriaWhichcountriesusedEnglishastheofficialofficial/nativelanguage?CountriesspeakEnglishastheirmothertongueBritain(UK)America(USA)CanadaAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricatheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIrelandAMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHLet’sgotothepictures!Ok.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?DoyouknowthedifferencebetweenB.EandA.E?WhynotgobyUnderground?Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishComeon!Yeah!Doyouwanttocometomyflat?Howfarisyourapartment?Itisbeautiful?Shallwegotothepubtocelebrateyourbirthday?Wow,barisaniceplace.Wow,IwantatinofCoko,somebiscuitsandsweets.Whataboutyou,Obama?Well,Iwantacanofmilktea,somecookiesandsomecandies.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Great.Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Ohno,theliftmustbefullofpeoplethistime.ChineseBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish公寓酒吧罐头糖果饼干电梯比赛足球秋天汽油flatapartmentpubbartincansweetscandybiscuitcookieliftelevatormatchgamefootballsoccerautumnfallpetrolgascolourcolorcentretraveledtravelledcenterdancenot[dæns][da:ns][nat][nэt]autumnfallIthinkIguessspellingpronunciationwordsexpressionsPre-reading1.Withyourpartner,listthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.2.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?THEROADTOMODERNENGLISHPredictionReadthetitle“TheroadtomodernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?official官方的voyage航行,航海native本国的,本地的present现在的、出席的gradually逐渐地vocabulary词汇Newwordsactually事实上latter后者的identity身份fluent流利的Singapore新加坡Malaysia马来西亚frequently频繁地Task1:skimming1.What’sthetextmainlyabout?the_________________ofEnglish2.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby_____?A.placeB.timeC.peoplehistory/developmentTask2:scanningMatchthenumberoftheparagraphwiththemeaningofeachpart.Paragraph1ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Paragraph2NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Paragraph3-4Languageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Paragraph5Task3:FillintheformPleasereadthepassagecarefullyandfillintheform(accordingtothetime).TimeDevelopmentBetweenaboutAD450and1150Englishwasbasedmoreon1._______.BetweenaboutAD800-1150Englishwasinfluencedby2._______and3._______.4.___________Shakespeareusedawidervocabularythaneverbefore.GermanDanishFrenchInthe1600’sTimeDevelopment5.________BritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Inthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento6._________.Bythe19thcenturyEnglishwassettledbytwo7.__________.TillnowEnglishhasbeenspokenin8...
