Isthereaforeignteacheratyourschool?HaveyouevergonetoanEnglishcorneratschool?Didyoumeetforeignerswhenyouwenttoplacesofinterest?IsEnglishspokenbymostpeopleintheworld?bossn.老板secretaryn.秘书quartern.四分之一typen.类型industryn.工业,制造业zeron.零Indiann.印度人adj.印度的•wheretheyare•whatlanguagesyoucanseeabc1.IsEnglishusedasaworkinglanguage?Yes,itis.2.WheredoesEnglishborrow“tofu”from?FromChinese.1.HowmanypeopleintheworlduseEnglish?About400millionpeople.2.HowdidEnglishbecomeaninternationallanguage?Inthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishtotheworldthroughnewspaper,televisionandfilms.3.WhendoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguage?Bythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.4.WhoownsEnglish?Everyonewhospeaksit.a)Chinesemaybethenextworldlanguageinthefuture.b)Englishisthemostimportantinternationallanguagetoday.c)Englishspreadthroughtradeandthemedia.d)WeallownEnglish.e)Englishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.41253bossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivate________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)______lookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____called?secretarybossIndia4.Howmanytimesdoes______appearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisa(n)_______oftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?zeroquarterbossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivatesecretaryworkforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesabosslookafterofficeworkersorworkalone?3.WhatarethepeoplewholiveinIndiacalled?4.Howmanytimesdoeszeroappearin1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisaquarteroftheworld’spopulation,what’sthewholepopulationoftheworld?Toattractreaders’attention,thewriteroftenbeginsacompositionwithquestionsandthenanswersthem.Youcandothesamewhenwritingyourowncomposition.1.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarteroftheworld’spopulation.quarter四分之一aquarterof………的四分之一e.g.Aquarterofthestudentsareplayingfootballontheplayground.2.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.Theoldmanisasstrongasayoungman.5.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeareteachingChineseasaforeignlanguage,togetherwithsomeEuropeanlanguages.togetherwith…与……一起，连同e.g.Hecollectscoins,togetherwithstampsandpostcards.MrSmithtogetherwithhissonisgoingtoShanghainextweek.6.EventhoughwespeakdifferenttypesofEnglish,weallpartofaninternationalclub.eventhough虽然，尽管e.g.Eventhoughheisexcellent,hestudyhard.•Writenotesaboutthefollowingquestions:HowmanypeoplespeakChineseinChina?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseoutsideChina?Wherearethey?WhoislearningChineseoutsideChina?DoyouthinkpeoplewillspeakChineseasaninternationallanguageinthefuture?Why?•Basedonyournotes,decideifChinesewillbecomemoreimportantinfuture.Writeanintroductiontostateyourpointofview.•Organizeyournotesintosentencesandparagraphs.Usefactstosupportyouropinions.•Finishyourcompositionwithaconclusion.1.Thereason____youhearthesoundfirstisthatthesoundtravelsfasterthanthelight.A.thatB.whereC.whichD.why2.MrSmithtogetherwithhisstudents____havinganEnglishclass.A.beB.isC.areD.amDC3.Iknow____twowaystoimproveyourlivingsituation.A.atlastB.atleastC.atfirstD.attheend4.Therearedifferent____offood,helpyourself.A.kindB.bagC.typesD.tasteCBWriteacompositionabouthowEnglishbecameaninternationallanguage.
