JEFC Book3 Unit 9 Come on! Lesson 34 English is widely used By Cui Bibo Yinjiang Middle School

WESTLIFE Great Britain

English-speaking countries

In which country can this tower be seen? In France. French

In what country was the wall built? Germany German

Where do you find English used in our daily life?

English is widely used

skimming 1 ___________ is spoken by the largest number of people in the world. 3 Look at a TV set, you may find the English words ”_____________” 2 In ________, people speak English as their first language. A. English B. Chinese C. French A. India B. Singapore C. New Zealand A. Made in Japan B. Making Japan C. Mading German D. Make in Germany A B C

Over 200 languages are spoken by one million or less people. English is more widely used than any other languages. English is spoken as the second language in Australia. English is spoken as the first language in Germany. All the business letters in the modern world are written in English. English is very popular with travellers and business people in foreign countries. F T F F F T Listen and tell the following sentences T or F

Chinese … Germans Frenchmen Japan Russia … British people Australians … the USA Canada … English is used as The first language by in Americans Canadians Great Britain Australia The foreign language Japanese Russians by in China Germany France

(doing) writing making travelling English is widely used for business letters international business telephone calls around the world

Summary: English is the most _______used language in the world. It is spoken as the _______ _______in countries such as ______ ______and the USA, in some other countries, it is spoken as a second or a _______language. Most business letters, books and newspapers are _______in English. Over three ________of the information on the internet ___in English. In 2008, more foreigners will visit China, so it’ll be more and more _________to have a good knowledge of English. widely mother tongue Great Britain foreign written quarters important is

As a student, what do you learn English for?

Discussion Can you list some good ways to learn English well?

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