Module 7
English for you and me
Unit 2
We all own English. 课件(共28张PPT)
Is there a foreign teacher at your school
Free talk
Have you ever gone to an English corner at school
Free talk
Did you meet foreigners when you went to places of interest
Free talk
Is English spoken by most people in the world
Free talk
Act.1 Work in pairs. Talk about the photos on the right and on the next page. Say：
Reading and vocabulary
where they are
what languages you can see
Act.2 Read the passage and answer the questions.
1．How many people in the world use English
2．How did English become an international language
3．When do you think Chinese will become an international
language
4．Who owns English
In the twentieth century，the US spread English to
the world through newspapers，television and films.
By the middle of the twenty first century.
Nearly a quarter of the world's population.
Everyone who speaks it.
1
quarter /'kw t / n. 四分之一
eg: My mother cut the cake into quarters.
我妈妈把蛋糕切成了四份。
提醒：
quarter意为“四分之一”，three quarters意为“四分之三”，分别与one fourth和three fourths同义。分数的表达方式：分子是基数词，分母是序数词。当分子大于1时，分母要用复数形式。
Language points
About ________ of the students like keeping diaries in English in our class.
A．two fifth B．two fifths
C．second five D．two five
例题
B
【解析】分数的表达方式：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，当分子(基数词)大于1时，分母(序数词)应使用复数形式，“五分之二”用two fifths表示，故选B。
拓展：
“a/one quarter of＋名词”作主语时，谓语动词的形式应根据of后面的名词的形式而定。当该名词是可数名词复数时，谓语动词用复数形式；当该名词是不可数名词时，谓语动词用单数形式。
eg: Only a quarter of the water is drinkable.
只有四分之一的水可饮用。
One quarter of the students in this class come
from the countryside.
这个班上四分之一的学生来自农村。
分数表达法：英语分数很好记，“母序子基”四个字；
分子若是大于一，分母还须加-s。
________ of our classmates are good at basketball.
A．Three quarters B．Three fourth
C．Third four
例题
A
【解析】考查分数的表达法。分数的表达方式：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子大于1时，分母用复数。排除B和C。three quarters意为“四分之三”，与three fourths同义，故选A。
2
population / p pju'le n/ n. 人口；人口数量
eg: The whole world’s population is increasing
faster and faster.
全世界的人口增长得越来越快。
提问人口多少用what，其固定句型为“What’s
the population of... ”。
eg：What is the population of Canada
加拿大的人口是多少？
提醒1：
提醒2：
表示人口的多或少不用much或little，而用large或small。
—Which city has ________ population, Beijing,
Guiyang or Xingyi
—Xingyi, of course.
A．the largest B．the smallest
C．the most D．the least
例题
eg：Singapore has a small population.
新加坡人口少。
【解析】表示人口数量的多或少用large或者small，这是习惯用法。根据常识可知，兴义的人口肯定没有北京和贵阳
的多，因此选择B。
B
提醒3：
population常与定冠词the连用，作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。
eg：At the beginning of the twentieth century,
the whole world's population was about
1,700 million.
在二十世纪初，全世界的人口大约是十七亿。
提醒4：
当主语表示“人口的百分之几”时，谓语动词通常用复数形式。
eg：About seventy percent of the population in China
are farmers.
中国约有百分之七十的人口是农民。
提醒5：
有时population可用作可数名词，其前可加不定冠词。
eg：China has a population of about 1.3 billion.
＝There is a population of about 1.3 billion in China.
中国大约有十三亿人口。
3
together with 连同；同……一起
拓展：
eg：He sent me the book, together with a letter.
他将书寄给了我，还附上了一封信。
当together with/with/along with连接名词或代词作主语时，即在结构“A＋together with/with/along with＋B”中，谓语动词的单复数形式要根据A来确定。
eg: Jim together with his parents often goes to
the movies.
吉姆和他的父母经常去看电影。
—What are you going to do this weekend
—I together with my classmates ________
going to climb Mount Qian.
A．is B．am
C．are D．were
例题
B
【解析】此题用主谓一致法解答。句中含有together with，谓语的形式要根据主语I来确定，故选B。
Act.3 Match the ideas with the paragraphs.
a)Chinese may be the next world language in the future.
b)English is the most important international
language today.
c)English spread through trade and the media.
d)We all own English.
e)English has borrowed many words from other languages.
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第1段
第2段
第5段
第3段
Act.5 Complete the questions with the words in the box.
1．Does a private__________ work for a manager or a teacher
2．Does a(n) ________ look after office workers or work alone
3．What are the people who live in ________ called
4．How many times does ________ appear in 1，000 and
1，000，000
5．If 1.75 billion is a(n) ________ of the world’s population,
what's the whole population of the world
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.
boss India quarter secretary zero
secretary
boss
India
zero
quarter
Act.6 Write a composition called The future of Chinese.
discussion
discussion
·Write notes about the following questions.
How many people speak Chinese in China
How many people speak Chinese outside China？
Where are they
Who is learning Chinese outside China
Do you think people will speak Chinese as an
international language in the future Why
Writing
·Based on your notes, decide if Chinese will become more
important in future. Write an introduction to state your point
of view.
·Organise your notes into sentences and paragraphs. Use facts
to support your opinions.
·Finish your composition with a conclusion.
Learning to learn
To attract readers’ attention, the writer often begins a composition with questions and then answers them.
You can do the same when writing your own composition.
你的老师可能经常和你谈有关英语学习的问题。请你叙述一次你的老师和你谈英语学习的情景、内容以及你的感想。
要求：100词左右。
参考词汇和句式：
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
单词 poor, understand, upset, advice, confident, believe
短语 give up, ask sb. to do sth., have a talk with sb., encourage sb. to do sth., a lot, from then on, make progress, in the future
句型 so...that...
My English Study
When I was in Grade 7, my English was very poor.
In those days, I even couldn't understand what my English teacher said in class ②.I felt so upset that ③ I wanted to give up English. One day, Miss Li, my English teacher, asked me to① go to her office and had a long talk with me. She encouraged
me to① study English well and gave me some good advice. This helped me a lot.
From then on, I became confident and made much progress.
I believe my English will be much better in the future.
范文:
本文添彩点：
① 文中ask sb.to, encourage sb.to等的运用恰到好处。
② 恰当地使用了宾语从句，使文章句式多样化。
③ so...that...句型为文章增彩不少，使得文章句式不
单调。
点评：
1. The reason ____ you hear the sound first is that the sound travels faster than the light.
A. that B. where
C. which D. why
2. Mr Smith together with his students ____ having an English class.
A. be B. is C. are D. am
D
B
Exercises
3. I know ____ two ways to improve your living situation.
A. at last B. at least
C. at first D. at the end
4. There are different ____ of food. Help yourself.
A. kind B. bag
C. types D. taste
C
B
本节课主要通过学习课文“Who owns English ”了解了英语这门语言并掌握了知识点 quarter, population, together with的用法。
Review and Summary
1.熟记本课时的词汇
2.完成本课时的课后作业
Homework
