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English around the world
Unit 2 English around the world Warming up and reading
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Let’s read a dialogue between
Beckham and Arnold · Schwarzenegger.
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Do you want to come to my flat?
Where is your apartment?
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Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?
Wow, the bar is a nice place.
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Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some sweets. What about you?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some candy.
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Great. I like football match too.
Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting. 中国英语教师网
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Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
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From these we can see there are differences between British and American English.
It’s important to have a good knowledge of English.
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There are some differences between American English and British English.
& British English
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spelling ask dance wheel not box mail movie post film words I think
British English American English colour, favourite, color, favorite, spelling theatre, centre, theater, center, travelled, metre traveled, meter ask dance wheel pronunciation not box mail movie post film words I think shop I guess store
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words 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 两星期 British English American English
lift elevator petrol gas flat apartment fall autumn subway underground college university garbage rubbish trash can dustbin vacation holiday two weeks fortnight
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English around the World
中国英语教师网 English around the World Canada the United Kingdom the USA Ireland Australia South Africa New Zealand 中国英语教师网 13
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Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?
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number of speakers example countries working situation
the native language the foreign language the second language USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand 375 million China and many other countries 750 million government,schools, newspapers,TV India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Philippines. 375 million
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Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?
Do you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?
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world Englishes Australian English British English American English
Canadian English Indian English world Englishes Singapore English Malaysian English African English
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1. Which country do you think has the most English learners?
2. Look at the title of the text and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly.
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Fast-reading Answer the questions
1. When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? 2. Which country has the largest number of English learners in the world? In the 17th century. China.
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Detailed-reading Read and find the main idea of each paragraph.
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The history of English spreading all over the world.
Para 1 Native language speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Para 2 All language change when cultures communicate with each other. Para 3-4 Para 5 English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.
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Fill in the form. AD450--1150 English was based on _______ ___________
English was more like French. At the end of the 16th century How many people speak English? __________ Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary. American English gained its own identity. Later __________ English had its identity. German 1150~1500 5-7million In the 1600’s 1828 Australian
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Choose the correct answer.
1.English has/had the most speakers___. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in the 12th century A
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2. Which of the following statement is
true? A. Languages always stay the same. B. Languages change only after wars. C. Languages no longer change. D. Languages change when cultures change. D
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3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____. A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian C
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4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken
around ______. A. 1400’s B. 1150’s C. 450’s D. 1600’s D
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5. Which country has the fastest
growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain B
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Read aloud and fill in the blanks.
At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in ________. As people from England started ______ to other parts of the world ,English began to be ______ in many other countries. Now more people speak English than ever_______. ________English speakers can understand each other even ___they don’t speak _____same kind of English. _________, they may not be able to understand everything. England moving spoken Native before the if However
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All languages change when ________ communicate with each other
All languages change when ________ communicate with each other. Now American English and Australian English have their own_______. English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and______, such____ South Africa, Indian, Singapore and Malaysia. Today the number of the people in China ___ increasing _______. In future Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes. cultures identity Asia as rapidly is
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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? Give your reasons.
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1. Retell the passage according to the key words.
Homework 1. Retell the passage according to the key words. 2. Read the passage carefully and make marks where you have any questions.
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