Unit 2 English Around the World Activity 1: Choose the correct explanation for the words 1. actually A. for example 2. elevator B. a set of rooms for living in 3. native English speaker C. really; in fact 4. come up to a place D. a machine for moving people or things up and down 5. such as E. People who has spoken English since birth 6. apartment F. visit a place 7 usage. G. have a part in 8. play a role in H. the way that words are used in a language CDEFABHGStep 1 Guess the words •Step 2: Task One: Read the passage and decide the following statements are true or false.1. America has the largest number of English speakers2. French ruled England from 1150. 3.Native English speakers cant’t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. 4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language.5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa. FTFTF TaskTwo: choose the right answer1.English has/had the most speakers_.A. nowB. when the British ruled many parts if the worldC. in the time of ShakespeareD. in the 12th century2. Which of the following statements is true?A. Languages always stay the same.B. Languages change only after wars.C. Languages no longer change.D. Languages change when cultures change. 3.From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_.A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around_.A. 1400’s B. 1150’s C. 450’s D. 1600’s 5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain Step3(Skimming): find out topic sentences ( 主题句 ) of each paragraph.Part1. Today, more people spea...
