课件20张PPT。Let’s discover more about English! Unit Two
English Around the World
(Period One)Fun Time Are you a native speaker of Cantonese? If not, where is your native place? Use you native language to say “Hello” to your classmates!!!!!!!Small QuizLet’s do a small quiz to distinguish the national flags of different countries, and find out the languages spoken in these countries.
Great Britain AustraliaCanada IndiaIrelandNew ZealandSouth AfricaThe U.S.A.SingaporeEnglishWhy are there so many countries speaking English as their first or second language?
Do you think the Englishes spoken all around the world are all the same ? English around the worldListen to a dialogue.1, Where did the dialogue take place?
2, Where was the man from?
3, How did he travel?
4, What was he looking for?
5, Did he find what he wanted?
6, What happened to him?Why?Englishes spoken in different countries are different. World EnglishesAmerican EnglishBritish EnglishAustralian English Canadian EnglishNew Zealand EnglishSingapore EnglishIndian EnglishAfrican EnglishDo you know the American way of
saying the following wordslift elevatorflatapartmentrubbererasermummompetrolgastoiletbathroomautumnfallfilmmoviepen-friendpen-palfootballsoccersweetcandychemist’sdrugstorerubbishtrashtrouserspantsholidayvacationthe first floorground floorthe second floorfirst floorundergroundsubwaylorrytruckDo you know how Americans spell the
following wordstheater,centertheatre, centrecolor,honor,laborcolour,honour,labourtravelertravellerfulfillfulfilprogramprogrammetiretyrerealize,apologizerealise, apologisesmelled, spelledsmelt,spelt Speaking Task:
Use your knowledge about the
differences between American English
and British English to make a dialogue
on the misunderstanding caused by the
differences between Am. E and Br. E.
like the sample dialogue you just listened
to.
Homework1.Oral work:Why do so many people speak English?
2.Preview the reading课件16张PPT。 Unit Two: English around the world
(Period Two)Pre-reading questions:
1.How many people speak English in the world today?
2.Why do so many people speak English?
3.What has helped to spread English around the world?
4.Do you think it important for Chinese to learn English? Why?
Read fast and choose the right answer1.English has/had the most speakers_.
now
when the British ruled many parts if the world
in the time of Shakespeare
in the 12th century
2. Which of the following statements is true?
Languages always stay the same.
Languages change only after wars.
Languages no longer change.
Languages change when cultures change.
3.From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_.
A.French
B. Chinese
C. German
D. Russian
4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around_.
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?
Australia
China
India
BritainRead the passage again and answer the following questions.
Why was English spoken in many other countries in the 17th century?
Why does China have the largest number of the English speakers?
Do native English speakers have difficulty in understanding each other?
Does their English have differences ? If so ,can you show examples?Read Para. 3 and find out why and how
English changed over time.
timelanguage relatedreasonsAD450-
1150Germanruled by
German1150-
1500Frenchruled by
Norman(French)1600‘scloser to today’s
EnglishShakespeareAmerican EnglishNoah WebsterAustralian EnglishBritish went to
AustraliaRead Para.4 and find out why India takes
English as second language.Indiawas ruled by BritainSouth African EnglishSingapore EnglishMalaysian EnglishHong Kong EnglishDo you know any other kinds of English
Formed for this reason?DiscussionYou can choose one of the questions
to talk about in your Group of 41, Do you think it matters what kind of
English you learn? Why?
2, Why do you think people all over the
world want to learn English?
3, Do you think Chinese will become the
most popular language in the world
instead of English in the future?The formation of British English
From 17th century----19th century
The UK colonized Ireland and joined with Scotland long ago
Colonized ; North America,the Caribbean India, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia,New Zealand,Palestine, parts of sub-Sahara Africa,Hong Kong,Singapore and the Pacific IslandsThe formation of American English
American colonial rulers also brought their English to:
Hawaii,Puerto Rico,the Philippines and other Pacific island in the late 19th centuryDirect result of cultures separated both geographically and historically
Different English-speaking cultures sometimes use the same words in different ways.
Br.Eng.
I’ve got…. I have got, Pardon? Sorry?
Am Eng.
I have.. ,What’s that? Say that again? Say what? Come again?The original language for British Isles
Celtic for England,Wales and Ireland
English derived from Germanic languages of Anglo-Saxons .
In the middle of 5th century,they left what is now Germany,Denmark and Holland for the land of Celts.
In the 6th century: Latin used in churches,writings,and education of the the sons of the nobility
11th century,Norman French invaded England
More than 80% of words are borrowed from other languages:
German,Danish,Swedish,Norwegian,French,Flemish,Spanish,Italian,Portuguese,Arabic,Hebrew,Swahili,Malay,Hindi and Chinese. English spoken in China
Most linguists regard the English spoken in China as a standardizing form of the language.
Standard variation of EnglishNative speaker:A person who speaks English since birth but who may not speak a standard form of it.
L1 speaker: A native speaker of English who uses it as his or her mother tongue or an immigrant to an English-speaking country who always prefer to use it
ESL: English as a Second Language
L2 speaker: A second language speaker of English
EFL: English as a Foreign LanguageHomework;
1.?Finish the exercise on page 11.
2.Read passage on page 51 The Oxford English Dictionary and make notes about Murray’s life.
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课件14张PPT。Unit 2 English around the World (Period Three)Let’s discover useful structures!Test ourselves Please change the direct speech into indirect speech1. He said, “I’m going to Beijing tomorrow.
He said he was going to Beijing the next day.
2. “What a lovely girl!” they said.
They said she was a lovely girl.
3. He asked, “Are you a teacher?”
He asked me if I was a teacher.
4. “This is the craziest thing I have heard of so far,” she thought.
She thought that was the craziest thing she had heard of so far.
5. Mr Wang said, “I was born in China in September, 1972.”
Mr. Wang said he was born in China in September, 1972.6. She said, “They had left when I arrived there.”
She said they had left when she arrived there.
7. She says, “Liu Fang is good at English.”
She says Liu Fang is good at English.
8. He said, “The plane takes off at 6:30 am.”
He said the plane takes off at 6:30 am.
9. He said, “Where there is a will, the is a way.”
He said where there is a will, there is a way.
10. “ How much do you think it will cost?” he said.
He asked me how much I thought it would cost.Open your books.Please open your books.Can you open your books please?Could / would you please open you books?commandrequest (polite)request (polite)request (polite)Request and commandChange the commands into
requests.Close the door!
Get me something to drink
Take the dog for a walk!
Speak louder!
Clean your room.
Watch out!
Keep silent!1. You want to close the door, but you cannot do it by yourself. How do you do it politely?
2. You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave. How do you do politely?
3. A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he won’t be hurt.
4. A boss wants the secretary to type a letter for him.What will he do?
5. Your father wants you to turn off the TV. What will he do? Give requests or commands according
to the following situations.
“Open the window,”the teacher said to the students .(command)The teacher told the students to open the
window. “Don’t open the window,” the teacher said to the
students.The teacher told the students not to open the
window.Change a command into
an Indirect Speech.told sb (not) to do sth“Open the window, please,” the teacher said to the
students.(requests)The teacher asked the students to open the
window.“Don’t open the window ,please,” the teacher said to
the students.The teacher asked the students not to open
the window.Change a request into
an Indirect Speech.ask(ed) sb (not) to do sthLet’s do some exercisesChange the requests and the commands into Indirect Speeches“Shut up,”she said to him.He asked her to speak louder.She told her to try the lift.“Don’t wait for me,” he said to them.She told him to stop wasting the time.“Can you tell me a story?” the girl asked her father.She told him to shut up.“Speak louder, please,” he said to her.
“Can you speak louder?” he asked her.“Try the lift,” she said to her.He told them not to wait for him.“Stop wasting the time,” she said to him.The girl asked her father to tell her a story.“Follow his instructions,’ she said to me.
She told me to follow his instructions.
“Please could you come to the reception desk?” she asked him.
She asked him to go to the reception desk.
She asked him if he could go to the reception desk.
He ordered/told the clerk to change his dirty uniform
“Change your dirty uniform!” he said to the clerk.“Can you lend me five yuan?” he asked me.
He asked me to lend himfive yuan.
He asked me if I could lend him five yuan.
The English teacher said to us, “Don’t speak Chinese, speak English.”
The English teacher told us not to speak Chinese but to speak English.
She said to him, “ Don’t play a trick on me again.”
She told him not to play a trick on her again.
Fun TimeIt is said that there are two robots. One is called “slave robot”, who can only hear commands, the other is called “friend robot”, who can only respond to request. If you give correct requests or commands, they will do whatever you have them do.
Believe it or not! Let’s have a try!!!!! Homework 1.Oral work:Make a dialogue with your deskmate using requests and commands. 2.Finish off the extra Ex 课件11张PPT。Unit Two:
English Around the World
(Period Four)
WritingWhy should I live? to serve the people to earn money to support familyto eat to travelto study A Brainstorming Map:
Why should I learn English well?Why should I learn
English well?To use for businessTo use in school To talk
to native
speakersTo read English
booksTo write to pen friendsTo listen to English music and moviesMake a poster to show your ideas clearly, try to use completely sentences, such as :
I like to study English and use it for business in the future.
I want to study English well so that I can read English books.How can learning English help China in the future?Come to the blackboard and write down your ideas , trying to use complete sentences, such as :
If I learn English well , I can bring in the advanced foreign technology to China. So China will become much stronger.
I decide to learn English well , in this case I can read many English novels , so I can translate them into Chinese, then more and more Chinese can study English .Write a short essay :
Do we need to learn English?structureYour point of view reasons and supporting ideas conclusion Do we need to learn English?
I strongly think we not only need learn English but also learn it well…
Why should we learn it…
How can learning English help China in the future?…
So… Homework :Writing
My Experience of Learning English Para1. My problems in learning English.
Para 2. How I can improve my English. Para.3. What I like about learning English.
Para 4. How I hope to make use of my
English. (Guidance for reference)课件12张PPT。 English around the worldlisteningUnit 2 Listening & speakingPeriod Five listening 1.Listen to these dialogues.Mark the sentence stress and intonation.Then practise reading them in pairs.Find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning.
(textbook p12)Listening 1 1 little girl: Hi,I’d like some sweets,please.
store owner: No problem.All the candy we sell is
sweet.
Little girl: I see, so you sell sweet sweets.
2nd British boy: Let’s take the lorry for a trip into
the countryside.
American girl: Of course,I expect you to take me.
British boy: Oh, I’m sorry, Lori, I mean my truck.
3rd British boy: What a lovely autumn day!
American girl: Yes, it’s a nice fall day, isn’t it?
_____________Speaking Do you know the differences in
vocabulary between British and
American English, like candy and
sweets, lorry and truck?
List them out. Differences in Vocabulary
apartment-flat bar-pub
bathroom-toilet can-tin
busy-engaged cookie-biscuit
check-cheque crazy-mad
drugstore-chemist’s elevator-lift
eraser-rubber fall-autumn
Differences in vocabularygame-match garbage/trash-rubbish
line-queue gas/gasoline-petrol
mad-angry living room-sitting room
mail-post mom-mum
movie-film pants-trousers
penpal-penfriend repair-mendDifference in vocabulary Santa Claus-Father Christmas
schedule-timetable sick-ill
soccer-football subway-underground
stove-cooker trillion-billion
high school-secondary school
the first floor-ground floorListening 2 Imagine that you are in Houston,Texas, a city in the American South. Listen carefully to the way the boy is talking. He is speaking with one kind of South dialect and accent.
( text book p14 )speaking How to pronounce these words in British and American English?
after ask
neither either
box kilometerListening 3
Refer to your worksheetHomework课件7张PPT。Speaking Task:
Make some dialogues using the commands/requests
1.You need to ask someone to close the door but you cannot do it yourself.There are many people in the room but you cannot tell who are important and who are not.So how do you do it politely?
2.You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave.You must not push your way to the door,so how do you do it politely?
3.A bear is about to approach a boy.What do you say to him to make sure that he won’t be hurt?Questions to the reading (p13)
1.What is standard English?
2.What is a dialect?
3.What plays a part in making dialects.
There is no such a thing.Words and expressions used are different from “standard English”.People from different parts of the world and geography.
Group work:
Nowadays chatting on the net has become part of the life for us students,in our chatting in order to save time we often use some secret codes or short form of words instead of long words or sentences.Now four students a group and discuss what words or codes you often use.
Eg: w/u=with you b4=before bf=boy friend
o.I.c=Oh,I see…. Homework:Oral: If you have a week holiday,
Where are you going to travel?And how to travel？
2.Preview the new lesson
