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English Around the World Unit 2

Say this passage in your dialect. 　　 “曾经有一份真诚的爱摆在我的面前，但是我没有珍惜，等到了失去的时候才后悔莫及，尘世间最痛苦的事莫过于此。如果上天可以给我一个机会再来一次的话，我会说‘我爱你’。如果非要把这份爱加上一个期限，我希望是一万年！” 幻灯片 3

Let’s discover more about English!

Fun Time Are you a native speaker of Jilinnese? If not, where is your native place? Use you native language to say “Hello” to your classmates!!!!!!!

Why should we learn English? To write to pen friends To use for business Why should we learn English? To read English books, To listen to English music and watch movies To talk to native speakers To go abroad.

Pre-reading: (Free talk about English) Work with your partner and list more than five languages spoken around the world. 2. In how many countries do you know the English language is used by native speakers? List at least five countries. 3. What languages is the most widely spoken and used?

English Around the World Canada the United Kingdom the USA Ireland Australia South Africa New Zealand

1. Work with your partner and list more than 5 languages spoken around the world. Chinese (2) English (3) Japanese (4) German (5) Spanish (6) Russian (7) French 2. “Today, English is no longer the language of the English.” How do you understand this sentence? Discuss with your partner.

America (2) England (3) Canada (4) Australia 3. In how many countries do you know the English language is used by native speakers? List at least 5 countries. New York America (2) England (3) Canada (4) Australia (5) South Africa (6) Ireland (7) New Zealand

Language exercises: Country People Language Capital city China London 1. Complete the form. Country People Language Capital city China London USA Canberra (坎培拉) Japanese France Russians Ottawa Beijing Chinese Chinese Britain Englishmen English Americans English Washington, D. C. Australia Australians English Japan Japanese Tokyo Frenchmen French Paris Russia Russian Moscow Canada English French Canadians

Small Quiz Let’s do a small quiz to distinguish the national flags of different countries, and find out the languages spoken in these countries.

Great Britain

Australia

Canada

India

Ireland

New Zealand

South Africa

The U.S.A.

Singapore

English Why 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 world

English spoken in different countries are different.

World English American English New Zealand English British English Singapore English Australian English Indian English Canadian English African English

Do you know the American way of saying the following words candy elevator sweet lift drugstore chemist’s flat apartment rubbish trash rubber eraser trousers pants mum mom holiday vacation petrol gas the first floor ground floor toilet bathroom the second floor first floor autumn fall underground subway film movie lorry truck pen-friend pen-pal football soccer

Do you know how Americans spell the following words theatre, centre theater,center colour,honour,labour color,honor,labor traveller traveler fulfil fulfill programme program tyre tire realise, apologise realize,apologize smelt,spelt smelled, spelled

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.

pre-reading Which country do you think has the most English learners? Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.

Read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why English had the most speakers in the 17th century. English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain. Languages frequently change. The language of the government is always the language of the country. English is one of the official language used in India. This reading describes the development of the English language.

In pairs discuss these questions Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese?

人称的变化 。 一般的规则：一随主，二随宾，三不变 例如：The teacher said, “John, you must bring your book to the class. ” 1> 第三者说：The teacher told John that he must bring his book to the class. 2> 别人对约翰说：The teacher said that you must bring your book to the class. 3> 约翰自己说：The teacher said that I must bring my book to the class.

直接引语为选择疑问句，变为间接引语时应用whether…or…。 e.g. “Do you like tea or coffee?” she asked me. She asked me whether I liked tea or coffee.

直接引语为感叹句 直接引语为感叹句，变为间接引语时，引述动词有tell等。其他的变化和直接引语为陈述句时的变化相同。 e.g. “What a brave boy you are!” she told him. She told him what a brave boy he was.

、直接引语为祈使句 直接引语为祈使句，变为间接引语时将祈使句的动词原形变为带to的不定式。引述动词有：tell, ask, order等。它的否定是在to前加not。它没有时态的变化。其他的变化和直接引语是陈述句的情况相同。 e.g. I said to her, “Please give me a glass of water.” I asked her to give me a glass of water. She said to him, “Come at five o’clock.” She told him to come at five o’clock. He said, “Don’t make so much noise, boys.” He told the boys not to make so much noise.

Homework 1.Oral work:Why do so many people speak English? 2.Preview the reading

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