外语系 03 级本科二班 外语系 03 级本科二班 顾恒 高一英语上册 Unit2 English Around the World

Ⅰ Warming--up The cook took a spoon of suger and put it in the food. (pay attention the same sound [u:] in this sentence.) Ⅱ Revision 1 Different expressions of going to a toilet British English Where is the toilet/public toilet/lavatory? Where is the WC? American English Where is the bathroom? Where is the restroom/washroom/man’/ladies’ room? 2 The reported requests: He asked me to …(ask help) The reported commands: She told me to …(answer) Important

Ⅲ. Leading—in 1 What language has the largest number of speakers? (why?) 2 What language is the most widely spoken and used? (why?) English/Chinese? (English native language / official language /second language) Ⅳ.presentation Key words (page 184) 1 majority (n.) the great number or part, or most 大多数, ( Usually, it is used as subject) Usage a majority of +n. many/much e.g. The majority of people agree with the project. the majority o f +n. most e.g. The majority of students are girls in our class. Usually, the subject can be omitted in particular context. so the two examples can be written: The majority agree with the project./the majority are girls in our class.

2,equal (adj.) the same in size, amount, value,number… 一样的, 相同的 e.g. They are of equal height. 他们一般高. equal to something having the strenth,ability, or courage for something. 有能力干 … e.g. Mary is equal to the job. 玛丽有能力胜任着个工作. on equal terms with sb. with no difference in rank. 地位相等 e.g. She has been on equal terms with her father. 她和她父亲地位相等. equal (v.) to be the same in number/ to be as good or the same standard. 等于, 比得上 e.g. Three plus four equals seven. 3 total (n.) a number or amount. 总数, 总额. e.g. A total of 200 people visited the castle. In total altogether. 总共. e.g. In total, there are 200 people visited the castle. total (adj.) complete,entire. 完全的, 全部的. e.g. total silence 寂静无声 / the total number 总数

4,communicate (v.) exchange information,news or ideas. phrase communicate with sb. 与某人联系 e.g. The couple usually communicate with each other by telephone. communication (n.) message. 消息 e.g. get a secret communication 得到一个秘密消息 The text (The text is very simple, so here I will give only two important points,but you should read the text carefully after class.) 1 with (preposition 介词 ) accompanied by 伴随 ---”with” usually is used as a accompanied adverbal ( 伴随状语 ). e.g. I usually go shopping with my mother. other usages about ‘with’ with + n.+ present particular ( 现在分词 ) these phrases are used with +n.+ prepositional phrase ( 介词词组 ) as adverbals in sentences with + n. + adj.

e.g. With more and more people living in the region, there become very noisy. With the window open, the boy fell asleep. With the homework on the table, he was watching TV. 2 The number of / A number of the number of number, figures a number of several, many e.g The number of the students in our class ( ) 50. A number of the students in our class ( ) reading. Ⅴ Practice ( Group work ) 1 Read the text carefully again. 2 Discuss it in groups. 3 Answer my questions as follows: a How is English used in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Philippines? b Why is it becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English?

Ⅵ Conclusion The key words-- majority, equal, total, communicate The text -- usages of ‘ with’, the number of, Ⅶ Homework Exercises on page 11 page 93, part 3 Ⅷ So much for today ! Goodbye!