English around the World Unit 2 English around the World The First Period 杨 军

English around the World

You and me You and me From one world We are family Travel dream A thousand miles Meeting in Beijing Come together Put your hand in mine You and me From one world We are family

About the Song As the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, “You and Me” was sung for the first time on the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It was sung by Liuhuan and Sarah Brightman. Liuhuan sang it in ________ and Sarah sang it in __________. Chinese English

Question Why do you think the song “You and Me” is sung in both Chinese and English? The Olympic Games were held in China and Chinese is very wonderful; In order to make Chinese more popular and spread the Chinese culture. English is not only an international language but also an official language in many countries, so it is easy for many people to understand the song.

More Questions Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world? How many languages are used as the working language of the UN? Do you know the meaning of “Englishes”?

A Further Question Do all the people in these English – speaking countries speak the same kind of English? No.They speak quite different Englishes. In some ways Englishes are different from one another.

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

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

American president Obama American English British Prime Minister Gordon Brown British English American president Obama

Shall we go to the pub to celebrate our agreement? Wow, bar is a nice place.

Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama? Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.

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

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

Vocabulary Difference Chinese BrE AmE 酒吧 pub bar 一听饮料 tin can 饼干 biscuits cookies 糖果 sweets candy 足球 football soccer 比赛 match game 电梯 lift elevator

Vocabulary Difference Chinese BrE AmE 秋天 公寓 汽油 地铁 假期 autumn fall flat apartment gas, gasoline petrol underground subway holiday vacation

Spelling Difference BrE AmE tyre tire check cheque colour color theatre theater traveller traveler favourite favorite programme programe

Pronunciation Difference BrE AmE dance class fast half path [dæns] [da:ns] [kla:s] [klæs] [fa:st] [fæst] [ha:f] [hæf] [pa:θ] [pæθ]

What countries speak English as their official language besides the United Kingdom and the USA?

World Englishes the United Kingdom Canada the USA Ireland The philippines Australia India South Africa Singapore New Zealand

Listen and fill in the blanks. S1: I live in _____ Asia. My country is _________ of years old and now has more than a billion people. Unlike many other countries, our people speak a lot of _________. So we use English, which we got from British ______ hundreds of years ago. Of course, we have our own way of ______ English. South thousands languages rulers using India

India

S2: Well, I live on a huge green ______ in western Europe. Hundreds of years ____ my people spoke a very_______ language from English. Then the British rulers came. Now the old language is spoken in only a few _______ in the western part of my country. island ago different villages Ireland

Ireland

S3: My country is very _____. In fact, it’s really a______. It is in southeast Asia and is very ____. People come from all over Asia to do ________ here. Today you can hear our kind of English spoken ___________ in the city and on many _____ that come here. small city rich business everywhere ships Singapore

Singapore

Think about it We are learning English at present. But what do we learn it for? I am learning English in order to…

English Around the World

to pass the exam to do business with foreigners to communicate with foreigners Why learn English to read English books to have a good job in the future to enjoy English music and movies to know more about English-speaking countries

Discussion As we all know, English is widely used in many fields, while Chinese is spoken by the largest speakers. Do you think Chinese will become an international language all over the world in the near future?

The Chinese people have now stood up. Today a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East.

Homework: Preview the words and expressions in the text; Preview the text and read the text by heart;