Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldWarmingup&ReadingWhyisEnglishsopopularintheworld?1.Worldtrade2.Usecomputersandinternet3.LearninWesternUniversities4.InternationalorganizationssuchasOlympicsandUNuseEnglish5.CommunicatewithforeignerstheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomCanyoulistthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage?IndiaBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish&DoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?Let’sgotothepictures!Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.OK.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?Whynotgobyunderground?B.E.A.E.flatapartmentsweetcandyliftelevatorpetrolgasautumnfallpostmailshopstoreeraserrubberA.E.B.E.illsickpenfriendpenpaltofusushishampooChinaJapanIndia寿司@Readthetextquicklytogetthemainidea.@WhichParagraphcanwegetallthefollowinginformationfrom?HowmanypeoplespeakEnglishattheendofthe16thcentury?IfNativespeakersdon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.cantheyunderstandeachother?What’sthedevelopmentofEnglish?WhenwasthelanguageEnglishsettled?IsEnglishpopularinSouthAsia?Para.4Para.1Para.5Para.2Para.3Readthetextagain,dotheEx.1inPage10Ifit’sfalse,correctit.1.Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.2.EnglishdevelopedwhennewSettlersandrulerscametoBritain.3.Languagefrequentlychange.Afterthe17thcentury,morepeoplebegantoSpeakEnglish.Languagedon’tchangeoftenbutOnlywhenpeoplecomeintoclosecontact.4.Thelanguageofthegovernmentisalwaysthelanguageofthecountry.5.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguageusedinIndia.6.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.Thegovernmenthastousethelanguageofthecountrythatrulesit.MakeatimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglish,readPara.3-5carefully.Workinagroup.The5thcenturyADAD800----1150The1600s1620The18thcentury1765----1947The19thcentury•EnglishwasInfluencedbyDanish&Frenchinvaders*BritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica*EnglishwasbasedmoreonGerman*EnglishwasspokeninIndia*Shakespeareusedawidervocabulary*dictionarystandardizedthespellingofEnglish*BritishcolonizedAustralia.1.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.A.nowB.whentheBritishruledmanypartsoftheworldC.inthetimeofShakespeareD.inthe12thcenturySkimming2.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?A.LanguagesalwaysstaythesameB.LanguageschangeonlyafterwarsC.LanguagesnolongerchangeD.Languageschangewhencultureschange3.FromAD450to1150,Englishsoundedmorelike_____?A.FrenchB.ChineseC.GermanD.Russian4.Shakespeare’sEnglishwasspokenaround______?A.1400’sB.1150’sC.450’sD.1600’s5.WhichcountryhasthefastestgrowingnumberofEnglishspeakersintheworld?A.AustraliaB.ChinaC.IndiaD.BritainHomework:1.Readthetextonceagain,guessingthemeaningsofsomewordsandphrases,underlinedtheonesthatyoustilldon’tunderstand.2.PreviewPage79--80Thankyouforyourlistening