课标人教实验版 高一 Module 1 Unit 2

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. Pre-reading

official 官方的 voyage 航行, 航海 native 本国的, 本地的 present 现在的、出席的 gradually 逐渐地 vocabulary 词汇、词汇量 New words

actually 事实上 latter 后者的 identity 身份 fluent 流利的 Singapore 新加坡 Malaysia 马来西亚 frequently 频繁地

1.English has/had the most speakers___. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12 th century Skimming

2.Which of the following statement 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. Russian

4. 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

Scanning The cause Time Between AD 450 and to 1500 The road to modern English cultures communicate with one another things that happened less like German; more like French based on German

In the 1600’s Later Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary. A big changed in English British people brought English to Australia

The main idea of each paragraph. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don't speak the same kind of English. However, they may not be able to understand everything. Para 1 Para 2

Para 3 Para 4 All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. English's position as world language is yet to be clearly understood or defined.

Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1.Why was English spoken in many other countries in the 17 th century? 2.Why does China have the largest number of the English speakers? 3.Do native English speakers have difficulty in understanding each other? 4.Does their English have differences? If so, can you show examples?

Read Para.4 and find out why India takes English as second language. India was ruled by Britain South African English Singapore English Malaysian English Hong Kong English Do you know any other kinds of English formed for this reason?

Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the English language’s most profound influences. Two important persons

Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 Died: May 28, 1843 When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.

Some people say that Chinese is a much more elegant language, so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language. Do you agree with this opinion and why? Discussion

1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world? 你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？ more than one + 名词单数, 后面的谓 语动词用单数。 More than one student wants to go to swim. Explanation

more than 还可以与名词、形容词、副词、 动词、动名词连用，意为 “ 不只是，非常 ” Both of them are much more than schoolmates. They are close friends. 他们俩远不只是同学, 他们是知心朋友。 more than 的反义短语是 less than, 意为 “ 少于 ”

We advertised for pupils last autumn, and got ___ 60. (98. 上海 ) A. more than B. more of C. as much as D. so many as 高考链接

2. In some important ways they are very different form one another. 在某些重要方面, 它们彼此有些差异。 (1) in…way (s)/by…means 在 …… 方面 We should solve this problem in a different way. =We should solve this problem by a different way.

都表示 “ 相互，彼此 ” ，在句中作动词 或介词的宾语，但不能作主语。 表示两个人或事物之间的相互关系用 each other, 表示三个或三个以上的人 或事物之间的相互关系时， 用 each other 或 one another 都可以。 (2)one another/each other 区别

Tom and Mary looked at each other. We send card to one another/each other every year. 我们每年都相互寄卡片。

3. because of 后边加名词或动名词短语 because 是连词, 所以后边跟句子 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late.

4.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. 把英语作为母语的人相互之间可以交 流, 即使他们说的不是同一种英语。 even if= (even though) 是连词词 组， 用来引导让步状语从句， 意为 “ 尽管；即使 ”

even if /even though even if 从句所说的不肯定；而 even though 从句所说的则是事实 He will not let out the secret even if he knows it. He will not let out the secret even though he knows it. 他对秘密知道与否不一定 他知道这个秘密

5. come up 上来, 走近 ; 被提出 ; 发芽 ; 升起 The problem came up in the meeting. 问题在会议中被提出来了。

come across 偶然遇到或找到 come back 再现记忆 come down 传承, 按习惯通过或处理 come on 催促, 快速运动 come out 成为众所周知 ; 发行或发表 come up 出现, 显示 come true 实现 come up with 宣布或发现

6. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 事实上，实际上 7. base on/upon… 以 … 为基础 This movie is based on facts.

8. present (adj.) 目前的, 现在的 You should look clearly the present situation.

9. Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的 词汇量。 make (good/full/no…) use of 使用 We could make good use of our resources. Every minute should be made good use of.

10. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers… a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数） A number of people have came. the number of … 的数目（其后谓语动 词用单数）

只能修饰可数名词的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few The number of homeless people has increased.

只能修饰不可数名词的： a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of 既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的： plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of

11. Only time will tell. 时间会证明一切。 tell 知道, 判断 It’s hard to tell whether he is right. tell A from B: 区分，分别 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

1.Retell the passage. 2.Finish exercises in Learning about language. 3.Find an example that shows the difference between American English and British English. Homework