Unit2Englisharoundtheworld内蒙古巴彦淖尔市中学范焘WarmingupforreadingHowmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?Whichisyournativelanguage?InwhatsituationsdoyouuseEnglishinyourdailylife?HowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?ENGLISHAROUNDTHEWORLDReadthearticle!Guess:Whatarewegoingtolearninit?ReadthefirstParagraphfastandthenanswer3questions.1.WhatroledoseEnglishplayintheUK,theUSA,Canada…?2.HowmanypeoplelearnEnglishasasecondlanguage?3.WhatroledoesEnglishplayinIndia,Pakistan,NigeriaandthePhilippines?ReadParagraph2fastandthenanswer2questions.1.WhatisthenumberofpeoplewholearnEnglishasaforeignlanguage?2.What’sthesituationofEnglishusedinHongKong,China?ReadParagraph3andfillintheblanksbelow.1.Englishis____________________ofmostinternationalorganisations,internationaltradeandtourism.2.Englishisalsothelanguageof______,suchaspopularmusicandtheInternet.3.WithsomanypeoplecommunicatinginEnglisheveryday,itwillbecomemoreandmoreimportantto________________________________________________________.Thenlet’sdoexercises1-51.PeoplefromthefollowingcountriesExcept______useEnglishastheirmotherlanguage.A.NewZealandB.SouthAfricaC.thePhilippinesD.theRepublicofIreland2.ThenumberofpeoplewhouseEnglishasasecondlanguageisabout_______million.A.42B.375C.750D.718√√3.WhichistrueaboutthosewhouseEnglishasasecondlanguage?A.Theyprefertotalkwithfamilymembersintheirnativelanguage.B.Englishisalsotheirmothertongue.C.Morethantwoofficiallanguagesareusedintheircountry.D.TheylearnEnglishforfiveorsixyearsathighschool.√4.What’sthesituationofEnglishusedinChina?A.AllChinesestudentsspeakEnglishasaforeignlanguage.B.MostChinesestudentslearnEnglishatschoolasasecondlanguage.C.ThemajorityofChinesespeakEnglishatschoolasaforeignlanguage.D.ThemajorityofpeopleinHongKonguseEnglishastheirmothertongue.√5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsCANNOTbeinferred(推测)fromthelastparagraph?A.Inthepast50years,theEnglishlanguagehasdevelopedveryfast.B.Englishiswidelyusedindifferentfieldsaroundtheworld.C.Thosewhocan’tspeakgoodEnglishwillneverbesuccessfulininternationaltrade.D.MoreandmorepeoplearoundtheworldwillbeabletocommunicateinEnglish.√EnglishisspokenasanativelanguageandsecondlanguageinsomecountriesEnglishislearnedasaforeignlanguageinsomecountriesTheimportanceoflearningEnglishMainIdeas:Para1Para2Para3Completethefollowingsummary(摘要).Page11.PostReading2Discussion1.WhyisEnglishsoimportant?TheImportanceofEnglishWorldwide■Over375millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguage.■About375millionpeoplespeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.■Inthetoptenofworldlanguages,Englishtakesthe3rdplace.■Englishisalsothefavoredlanguageofscience,business,andairlinecompany.■Over80%oftheworld’selectronicallysavedinformation(以电子形式保存的信息)isinEnglish.■EnglishisanofficiallanguageintheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Australia,NewZealand,Canada,SouthAfrica,India,Singaporeandinabout60morecountries.2.WillChinesebepopularonedayintheworld?