Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?Whichisyournativelanguage?Ifwespeakmorethanonelanguage,inwhichsituationsdoweusethelanguage?Discussthesequestions1.PutonghuaMandarinChinese2.taizhoudialect3.English4.Japanese5.…方言普通话Aninternationaltalk/meetingInwhatsituationsisEnglishused?DoinginternationaltradeAtschoolListeningtoradio,watchingTV…SingingEnglishsongs.SeeingEnglishmoviesAsweallknowEnglishisveryimportantnowadays.Soweshouldstudyhard.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheEnglishlanguage?Let’sdoaquiz.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ItcontainsEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.WhatisthefullnameoftheUK?Whichcountry’snationalflag?TheU.S.A.TheU.K.NoahWebsterBorninWestHartford,Connecticutin1758.Helearned26languagestoresearchtheoriginsofhisowncountry'stongue.Hepublishedthedictionaryin1828.WhowrotetheAmericandictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage?“Tobeornottobe,thisisaquestion”isaquotationfromHamletwhichiswroteby.WilliamShakespeareWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)wasafamousEnglishwriter,whosebest-knownworkscontainHamlet,RomeoandJuliet,themerchantofVenice,KingLear,etc.HowmanykindsofEnglishdoyouknow?AmericanEnglish;BritishEnglishCanadianEnglish;AustralianEnglishIndianEnglish;SingaporeEnglish………A:Doyouwanttocometomyapartment?A:Wow,thebarisaniceplace.Wecango.B:Yourflat?Idon’tthinkso.Canwegotothepub?B:Great.IwantatinofCokeandsomesweets.American?British?A:Well,Iwantacanofbeerandsomecandies.A:Ok.Wecangoandseeasoccergametomorrow.A:Ok.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.B:Hey,Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.B:Oh,timetogohome,let’sgotothelift.WhatarethetwomaingroupsofEnglish?B.EandA.EtheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomIrelandCanyounamesomecountriesinwhichEnglishisusedasanofficiallanguage?DoyouknowhowmanypeopleuseEnglishastheirnativelanguage,secondlanguage,orforeignlanguage?numberofspeakersexamplecountriesthenativelanguagetheforeignlanguagethesecondlanguage375million750million375millionUSA,UK,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,Ireland,NewZealandChinaandmanyothercountriesIndia,Pakistan,Nigeria,PhilippinesBritain(UK)America(USA)CanadaAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricaDoyouknowthesecountries?ChineseB.EA.E公寓酒吧罐头糖果电梯比赛足球flatapartmentpubbartincansweetscandyliftelevatormatchgamefootballsoccerTrytowritedownthewords.What?Doyoumeanthisautumn?DoyouknowthedifferencebetweenB.EandA.E?Doyouhaveanyplanthisfall?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingpronunciationwordscolourcolorfavouritefavoritetheatretheatercentrecentertravelledtraveledmetremeteraskdancewheelnotboxpostmailfilmmovieshopstoreIthinkIguessBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishwordslift(电梯)elevatorpetrol(汽油)gasflat(公寓)apartmentautumnfallunderground(地铁)subwayuniversity(大学)collegerubbish(垃圾)garbagedustbin(垃圾箱)trashcanholidayvacationfortnight(两星期)twoweekscenterflatcolorliftgrayhonorgreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolourMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.Homework1.RereadthepassageandlistthereasonswhyEnglishisspokeninmanycountries.2.Reviewthewordsandexpressionsinthepassageandtrytouseitinthesentenceswithcontext.
