Isthereaforeignteacheratyourschool?HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorneratschool?Didyoumeetforeignerswhenyouwenttoplacesofinterest?IsEnglishspokenbymostpeopleintheworld?bossn.老板secretaryn.秘书quartern.四分之一industryn.工业,制造业zeron.零Indiann.印度人adj.印度的typen.类型•wheretheyare•whatlanguagesyoucanseeabcEnglishhasnowbecomeaninternationallanguage.Howdidthishappen?WhatwillbethefutureofEnglish?Nowreadthepassageandtrytofindanswerstothesequestions.1.IsEnglishusedasaworkinglanguage?2.WheredoesEnglishborrow“tofu”from?Yes,itis.FromChinese.1.HowmanypeopleintheworlduseEnglish?About400millionpeopleintheworlduseEnglish.2.HowdidEnglishbecomeaninternationallanguage?Inthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishtotheworldthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.3.WhendoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguage?IthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguagebythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.4.WhoownsEnglish?Englishisownedbyeveryonewhospeaksit.a)Chinesemaybethenextworldlanguageinthefuture.b)Englishisthemostimportantinternationallanguagetoday.c)Englishspreadthroughtradeandthemedia.d)WeallownEnglish.e)Englishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.412531.Doesaprivatesecretaryworkforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesabosslookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.WhatarethepeoplewholiveinIndiacalled?4.Howmanytimesdoeszeroappearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisaquarteroftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?1.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld’spopulation.quarter四分之一aquarterof………的四分之一e.g.________________________areplayingfootballontheplayground.有四分之一的学生在球场上踢足球。Aquarterofthestudents2.ThereasonwhyEnglishisspokeneverywhereisthatinthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Thereasonwhy…isthat………的原因是……e.g.Thereasonwhyhedoesn’tcomeheretodayisthatheisill.3.WilltheimportanceofEnglishlast?theimportanceof……的重要性e.g.Weallknowtheimportanceofstudying.4.AsChinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.as随着……as…as…和……一样……表原级比较e.g.Theoldmanis__________ayoungman.这位老人和年轻人一样强壮。asstrongas5.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeignlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanlanguages.togetherwith…与……一起，连同e.g.Hecollectscoins,togetherwithstampsandpostcards.Mr.SmithtogetherwithhissonisgoingtoShanghainextweek.6.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weallpartofaninternationalclub.eventhough虽然，尽管e.g.___________heisexcellent,hestudyhard.虽然他已经很优秀了，但他仍然很努力学习。EventhoughbossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivate________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)______lookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____called?secretarybossIndia4.Howmanytimesdoes______appearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisa(n)_______oftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?zeroquarterbossIndiaquartersecretaryzero•Writenotesaboutthefollowingquestions:HowmanypeoplespeakChineseinChina?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseoutsideChina?Wherearethey?WhoislearningChineseoutsideChina?DoyouthinkpeoplewillspeakChineseasaninternationallanguageinthefuture?Why?•Basedonyournotes,decideifChinesewillbecomemoreimportantinfuture.Writeanintroductiontostateyourpointofv...
