1. Lesson 17 What an amazing language English is!

2. Say these countries’ and capitals’ names Canada (Ottawa)USA (Washington D.C) New Zealand (Wellington)Australia (Canberra)

3. South Africa (Cape Town) Ireland (Dublin) UK (London)

4. Questions before reading: 1.Which language is the world’s international language? 2.Which is the main language of the internet?

5. 1.Canadian and Russian are native speakers of English. 2. Engish is the official language in over fifty countries. 3. People learn to speak Engish in many other countries where it is either the native language or an official language. 4.Both students and some adults learn English. 5. Engish is the only the official language of international organizations. 6. 75% of homepages on the Internet are in German. F T T F F True or Flase. F

6. Language Points 1. be used as 被作为使用 这本书被作为我们的教科书。 This book is used as our textbook. This song will be used as the national Anthem in that country. 这首歌将被作为那个国家的国歌 。

7. 2. As for 至于, 就 … 方面说 As for you, I never want to see you here again. As for this problem, we need to ask our teacher for help. 至于你， 我再也不想在这里见到你。 在这个问题上， 我们需要寻求老师的帮助。 3. Apart from 除去，撇开 除了食物和饮料外，各种服装的名称也有所不同。 Apart from the food and drink, there are also differences in the names of items of clothing.

8. 4. What is more 而且，此外 She is a very excellent student. What is more, she is always ready to help others. 她是一名很优秀的学生，而且她总是乐于助人。 5. Not only……but also…. 放句首，需倒装。 Not only did he speak more correctly, but also spoke more fluently than before. 他不但讲话比以前更正确，而且讲的更流利了。

9. Language Contrast 1. What + a/an + 形容词 + 名词（单） + 主 + 谓 What a lovely boy he is! What an easy question it is! 2. What + 形容词 + 名词（复 / 不可数） + 主 + 谓 What good ideas you have! What bad weather it was yesterday!

10. 3. How + 形容词 + a/ an + 名词（单） + 主 + 谓 How difficult a problem it is! How big an egg it is! 4. How + 形容词 / 副词 + 主 + 谓 How beautiful the city is! How hard they work! How quickly they acted!

11. 1. What a lovely baby it is! 2. How wonderful you are! How clever you are! 3. How excellent you are! 4. What fine weather it is!

12. 1. What are they talking about on the phone? A. How to spend their holidays B. Some activities in their school. C. Some information about the Summer camp. 2. What’s the relationship between the two speakers ? A. Parent and son B. Teacher and student C. Organizer and student

13. Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences. At the summer camp, everybody has to speak ________________________. Students at the camp will do the activities like _____________________ ________________ ________________ _________________ Chen Yuan needs to have a camera if she likes ________________________. English going to historical places taking photos climbing mountains swimming visiting museums

14. Complete the dialogue. A: First we have to fill out a form. What’s your name? B: It’s Paine, Kevin Paine. A: ______________________________________ B: It’s P-A-I-N-E. A: Thank you. Your address? B: 2689 High Street. A: ______________________________________ B: It’s 2689 High Street. How do you spell your last name? I’m sorry. Could you please repeat it?

15. A: Is that in Oxford? B: Yes, that’s right. A: Please give me your telephone number. B: 0044-141-3647-9833. A: __________________________________________ B: Sorry. It’s 0044-141-3647-9833. A: Thank you. Please sign this for me. B: __________________________________________ A: Yes, that’s right. Please say that again, slowly. So, I sign here, right?

16. Language Difficulties 语言困难 1. Sorry! It’s not a very good line. Could you speak more loudly? 2. Sorry, it is very noisy here. Could you please say it louder? 3. I don’t quite follow you. Would you please say it again? 4. I beg your pardon. Will you repeat it? 5. Would you say it again more slowly? I can’t follow you.

17. 7. How do you say that word in English? 8. How do you spell that? 9. What did you say? 10. I don’t understand. What do you mean? 6. I’m sorry. Could you repeat that please?