Period 1 ＆ 2 Warming up and Reading

Do you like learning English? Why? Warming up – I ( 1m )

1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken? Warming up – II ( 9m) Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions?

U.K.U.S.A.Canada AustraliaNew Zealand South Africa English-speaking countries

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

3.Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language? 2. Are the English in those countries the same?

number of speakers example countries working situation the native language the foreign language the second language 375 million 750 million 375 million USA,Canada, Australia,south Africa, Ireland, New Zealand China and many other countries India, Pakistan,Niger ia,Philippines. government, schools, newspapers, TV

Pre-reading – I (3m) Watch the video, then tell the difference between the Englishes the man speaks and the woman speaks. (One is in British English, the other one is in American English.)

British English American English & Pre-reading – II ( 5m ) Do you know the differences between American English and British English?

British English American English spelling pronunciation words colour,color,favourite,favorite, theatre,theater,centre,center, travelled,traveled,metremeter askdancewheel notbox post, mail, film, movie, shop, store,I think,I guess,

Comparison BRE AME c-o-l-o-u-r c-o-l-o-r autumn fall [ d ɑ :n s ] [ d æ ns ]

British EnglishAmerican English words lift ( 电梯 ) elevator petrol ( 汽油 ) gas flat ( 公寓 ) apartment autumn fall underground( 地铁 ) subway university( 大学 ) college rubbish( 垃圾 ) garbage dustbin( 垃圾箱 ) trash can holiday vacation fortnight( 两星期） two weeks

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

Do you want to come to my flat? How far is your apart- ment? It is beautiful

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

Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Bush? Well, I want a can of milktea, some cookies and some candy.

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

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

Excuse me, could I take the elevator to the 7th floor? Pardon? Why not the 6th floor? Your room number is 705. And you’d take what? I mean, I’d like to take the lift to Room 705 on the 6th floor. We say the 7th floor instead of 6th floor in the US. Oh, sorry. Come this way, I’ll show you the lift.

Reading – I ( 3m ) Fast reading: Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.

1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pairs) Reading – II ( 10m ) Pair work: 2. Check the answers. Ask some students to tell their answers, after giving the answers, they should also tell how they find the answers, then give the suggested answer.

Please write down the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: Para. 2: Para. 3-4: Para. 5: The spread of the English language in the world Native speaker can understand each other but they may not be able to understand everything. All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.

Development of English the end of the 16th century the next century today England Many other countries More people speak in more countries

Why does English change over time? Because of cultural communication.

Find out the characteristics of each time according to the time clue. AD The time ADEL was written In the 1600’s later German less like German; more like French Shakespeare’s English American English Australian English …

Language points for Reading I

1.There be 结构 “ 存在, 有 ” be 动词的单复数要根据后面名词的单复数 而定. 如是多个并列的名词, 则由第一个名词 的单复数而定. There one book and two pens on the desk. There two pens and one book on the desk. is are

2.more than 1. 用在数词之前, 相当于 over 2. 与其他词连用相当于 “ 不仅仅, 岂止 ” Mary and Amy are more than classmates.

3. because of 后边加名词或动名词短语 because 是连词, 所以后边跟句子 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late.

3. include 1 ） 用作及物动词，意为 “ 包括；包含 ” ，不能用于 进行时态, 后跟名词, 代词, 动名词做宾语. e.g.: Your duties will include cleaning the room. 2 ） include 还可作 “ 包含于、、、里面；算入 ” 讲， 常与 in, on, among 介词等连用。 e.g.: He includes me among his friends. I’m included in the team.

现在分词 including 和过去分词 included 常可引用一个 解释性的短语,including 放在所修饰词之前, 而 included 放在所修饰词之后 1.There are ten people in the bus, including ten children. 2.Five people were injured in the accident, one driver included. Include 侧重作为整体的一部分或要素 Contain 侧重包含容纳或成分 Hold 侧重容纳, 容得下

4.either... or... neither...nor... 两者连接两个主语时, 谓语动词的单复数与同 它靠近的那个主语保持一致. have has Either the teacher or the students been ill. Neither the students nor the teacher been ill.

Close your book and fill in the blank 1.____16th century, about____ people spoke English. 2. Today, more people speak English as their first or foreign language______. 3.China may ____of English speakers.

5. At the end of 在... 的尽头 ; 在... 的末尾 ( 可用于时间方面, 也 可用于空间方面 By the end of 到... 末为止常用于完成时 ( 用于时间方面 ) In the end 最后, 终于, 不与 of 连用 ( 做状语, 修饰动词 ) We had finished unit one by the end of last week. He understood me in the end.

6. even if (1) even if ( = even though ): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使；尽管 是连词词组，用来引导让步状语从句； (2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。 e.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him.) ( Even ) though he is poor, she loves him. ( = He is poor, yet she loves him.)

Come up 走过来, 到来 (vi.) Come about: happen Come across: find or meet accidentally Come out Our National Day is coming up soon. How did this come about? I came across an old friend yesterday. When will his new book come out? 7.Would you please come up to my flat.

come up with 1.I came up with them as they were rounding the corner. 2.We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions. 3.He's come up with a great idea. 赶上 提出 想出

8.Actually, it was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 1.Present adj “ 现在的, 目前的 ” 常用在名词前. He is the present President. Present adj “ 出席的 : 到场的 ” 做定语时常在名 词之后 A lot of students were present at the meeting. 2.Present n. “ 目前, 现在 ” “ 礼物 ” I don’t need the book at present. 3. Present v. “ 呈现, 提交 ” Present prizes Present sth to sb=present sb with sth

9. In the 1600’s, Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 在 17 世纪, 莎士比亚使 用了比以前任何时候更大的词汇量. “ 在某世纪某年代 ” 时. 年代前要加定冠词 the, 年代后加 s, 还可加上 early 表示早期 late 表示末期 In the 1780’s In the early/late 1980s

10. …Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的 词汇量。 make (good/full/no…) use of 使用 We could make good use of our resources. Every minute should be made good use of.

11. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers… a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数） A number of people have come. the number of … 的数目（其后谓语动 词用单数）

只能修饰可数名词的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few The number of homeless people has increased.

用适当的介词填空。 1. You’d better make full use _____ your time. 2. You will find the hospital _____ the end of the road. 3. The church is close _____ the school. 4. We have friends all _____ the world. 5. As everybody knows, China has the largest number _____ people. 6. _____ the 1980s, he went to America. of at to over of In

Homework for today: 1. Read the new words of the first half of this unit over and over again at p After class, spend more time listening and reading aloud the reading text. 3. Preview the “Learning about Language”.