Unit 2 English around the world Warming up 高一人教新课标必修一 英语组：李汉杰

With economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve the purpose of people all over the world communicating with one another.

An international talk / meeting In what situations is English used?

Doing international trade

At school Listening to radio, watching TV…

Singing English songs Watching English movies

Countries speaking English as their native language Britain America Canada Australia New Zealand Ireland

South Africa the USA Canada New Zealand Australia the United Kingdom Ireland

How many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language? the whites the blacks the yellows the browns

number of speakers example countries the native language the foreign language the second language 375 million 750 million 375 million USA, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand China and many other countries India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Philippines

Do you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?

Canadian Australian English British World English American Indian Caribbean

What are the two main groups of English? British English and American English

Do you know the differences between American English and British English?

Br. E & Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.

Do you have any plan this fall? What? Do you mean this autumn?

A: Do you want to come to my apartment? A: Wow, the bar is a nice place. We can go. B: Your flat? I don’t think so. Can we go to the pub? B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets. American? British?

A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies. A: Ok. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow. A: Ok. Let’s go to the elevator together. B: Hey, I like football match very much. B: Oh, time to go home, let’s go to the lift.

Wow, I want some sweets. What about you, Bush? Well, I want some ______. candy

Well, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting. Great. I like _______________ very much. football match

Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together. Oh no, the _______ must be full of people this time. lift

Br.EAm.E The differences between Br. E & Am. E. vocabulary spelling pronunciation autumn fall typhoon tornado I think I guess colour color centre center traveller traveler dance [da:ns] dance[dæns] not [n  t] not [na:t]

Am E neighborhood labor color honorable humor favorite theater kilometer Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre

ChineseBr.EAm.E 电梯 liftelevator 汽油 petrol gas, gasoline 秋天 autumnfall 地铁 undergroundsubway 大学 universitycollege 垃圾 rubbishgarbage 垃圾箱 dustbin trash can 假期 holidayvacation 两周 fortnight two weeks

ChineseB. EA. E 公寓 flatapartment 酒吧 pubbar 罐头 tincan 糖果 sweetscandy 橡皮 eraserrubber 比赛 matchgame 足球 footballsoccer 电影 filmmovie 出租车 taxicab

center flat colour lift gray honor petrol underground pictures eraser grey centre apartment elevator honour color rubber gas movies subway Match the words that have the same meaning.

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。如 : 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 ” 。如 : 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 ” 。 no more than 仅仅 not more than 不超过

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 A

2. In some important ways they are very different from 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。

Exercises 1. ______ English is more or less the same in Both Britain and America. A. Speaking B. Writing C. Speak D. Written 2. How did the differences come______? A. at B. to C. in D. about 3. The English ______ in America changed sometimes. A. speaks B. spoken C. is spoken D. is speaking D D B

3. Chinese is our ______ language. The sentence means Chinese is our _____ tongue. A. native; mother B. mother; native C. native; native D. mother; mother 4. His composition is excellent, _______ some spelling mistakes. A. except B. except for C. besides D. but 5. Sound travels in the same way as light _______. A. does B. do C. travel D. travelled A B A

Homework 1. Reread the passage and list the reasons why English is spoken in many countries. 2. Review the words and expressions in the passage and try to use it in the sentences with context.