课件22张PPT。Let’s discover more about English! Unit Two
English Around the World
(Period One)授课:浙江省余姚中学 卢建立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 worldRead a dialogue:1, Can they understand each other?
2, What’s the difference between
these two men?
3, Can you find more examples? the American way of saying the following wordslift elevatorflat apartmentrubber eraser mum mompetrol gastoilet bathroomautumnfallfilm moviepen-friend pen-palfootball soccersweetcandychemist’sdrugstorerubbishtrashtrouserspantsholidayvacationthe first floorground floorthe second floorfirst floorundergroundsubwaylorrytruckBr E:Br E:Am E:Am E:Americans spell the following words:theater,centertheatre, centrecolor,honor,laborcolour, honour, labourtravelertravellerfulfillfulfilprogramprogrammetiretyrerealize,apologizerealise, apologisesmelled, spelledsmelt,speltBr E:Am E:Reading:
The Road to Modern English Pre-reading questions:
1.With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language.
2.Which country do you think has the most English learners?
3.Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.
4.Do you think it important for Chinese to learn English? Why?
Listen and match the main idea :Para1
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Why has English changed over time.
Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same.
English now is spoken wide in South Asia.
Many people all over the world speak English.
Finally by the 19th century, the language was settled.Make a timeline of the development of English:5th ADAD 800-1150by the 1600s1620from 18th1765-1947by 19thbased more on Germaninfluenced by Danish and FrenchShakespeare used a wider vocabularymoved to AmericaBritish colonized Australiaspoken in IndiaDictionaries standardizedComprehending (true or false)1.English had the most speakers in the 17th
century.
2.English developed when new settlers and
rulers came to Britain.
3. Languages frequently change.
4. The language of the government is always
the language of the country.
5. English is one of the official languages
used in India.
6. This reading describes the development
of the English language.FFFTTTDiscussion
1, Why do you think people all over
the world want to learn English?
2, Why do you think more people in
the world now want to learn Chinese?