Unit 2--ReadingDo Word study on page 111. List more than five languages spoken around the world. 2. What languages can you speak?3. What language is the most widely spoken and used? Try to find the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 Para.2Para.3English is spoken as mother tongue and as second language.Many people learn English as a foreign language.Many people communicate in English every day. Read the passage carefully and then do some exercises. T/F Exercises1. English is a language only spoken by people in English-speaking countries.2. The number of people who learn English as a Foreign language is more than 750 million. 3. In Hongkong, people speak English only as a second language.FTF 4. In only sixty years, English has developed into the languages most widely spoken and used in the world.F 5. As English is widely used, it will be more and more important to have a good Knowledge of English.TNumber of speakersExamplecountriesThe native languageThe foreign language The second languageMore than375 millionUSA UK Australia south Africa Canada IrelandMore than 750 millionMore than 375 millionIndia Pakistan NigeriaThe PhilippinesChina (except for Hong Kong)Complete the Following summary.English is a ________ ______all around the world. For more than 375million people in countries such as _______ and _______, English is their ______ ______. Another 375 million people _____ ______ as a second language. However, most people learn English at school as a ______ _______. The English language __also ____ by most international organizations as their working language, as well as in inter-national _____ and _______. Most foreigners visiting China are either__________ or ______. If they cannot ______ Chinese, they ...
