Unit2:EnglishAroundtheWorldUsingLanguageCanyoufindtheCanyoufindthetopicsentencetopicsentenceineachineachparagraph?paragraph?Para.1:ThereisnosuchathingasStandardEnglish.Para.2:AmericanEnglishhasmanydialectswhosewordsandexpressionsaredifferentfrom“standardEnglish”.Para.3:Geographyplaysapartinmakingdialects.1.Readpara1andanswerQ1:Inthewriter’sopinion,istherestandardEnglish?Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.Q2:WhydomanypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish?Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.Reading:2.Readpara2-3andcompletethechartbelow:Whatisadialect?AmericanEnglishdialectsmentioned__________,southern,________Americanand________dialectsWhydoestheUShavesomanydialects?1).2).CanAmericansunderstandeachother?MidwesternAfricanSpanishWordsandexpressionsdifferentfromthe“standardlanguage”Peoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.Geographyplaysapartin…AlthoughmanyAmericansmovealot,theystillrecognizeandunderstandeachother’sdialects.Reading:1.Discussionwithyourpartner:InChinathere’resomanydialectsthatthegovernmentencouragesthewholenationtospeakPutonghua,whichisregardedasstandardChinese.WhydoesthegovernmentencouragethewholenationtospeakPutonghuainChina?listeningandimitating1.Listentothesedialogues.Markthesentencestressandintonation.2.Trytoimitate(模仿)theirintonation(语调)andpracticereadingtheminpairs.Listening&Reading1littlegirl:↘Hi,I’dlikesomesweets,↗please.storeowner:No↘problem.Allthecandywesellis↘sweet.Littlegirl:I↘see,soyousellsweet↘sweets.2Britishboy:Shallwemovethenewbedby↗lorry.Americangirl:Notby↘me,Ihope..Britishboy:↘Oh,I’m↘sorry,Lori,Imeantmy↘truck.3Britishboy:Whatalovelyautumn↘day!Americangirl:↘Yes,it’sanicefall↘day,↘isn’tit?_______________
