Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldI.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitAsweallknow,EnglishisalanguagespokenallaroundtheworldandEnglishismainlydividedintoBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.ThenhowmanycountriesarethereintheworldwherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish
WhatarethedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish
Howdidthesedifferencescomeabout
Wecangetalltheanswerstothesequestionsinthisunit.BecausethecentraltopicforthisunitisEnglisharoundtheworld.ThepartofWarmingUpintroducesthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishintheformofadialogue.Itslisteningpartgivesusalotofexpressionsabout“requestandorder”.SpeakingpartchieflypractiseschangingdirectspeechaboutrequestandcommandintoindirectSpeech.InparticulartherulesofinterchangesbetweenthemgetstrengthenedinthegrammarofLanguageS