1. English around the World
Unit 2
English around the World
The First Period
杨 军

2. English around the World

3. You and me
You and me From one world We are family Travel dream A thousand miles Meeting in Beijing Come together Put your hand in mine You and me From one world We are family

4. About the Song
As the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, “You and Me” was sung for the first time on the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
It was sung by Liuhuan and Sarah Brightman. Liuhuan sang it in ________ and Sarah sang it in __________.
Chinese
English

5. Question
Why do you think the song “You and Me” is sung in both Chinese and English?
The Olympic Games were held in China and Chinese is very wonderful;
In order to make Chinese more popular and spread the Chinese culture.
English is not only an international language but also an official language in many countries, so it is easy for many people to understand the song.

6. More Questions
Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world?
How many languages are used as the
working language of the UN?
Do you know the meaning of “Englishes”?

7. A Further Question
Do all the people in these English –
speaking countries speak the same
kind of English?
No.They speak quite different
Englishes. In some ways Englishes
are different from one another.

8. When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.

9. Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
&
British English

10. American president Obama
American English
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
British English
American president Obama

11. Shall we go to the pub to celebrate our agreement?
Wow, bar is a nice place.

12. Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.

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

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

15. Vocabulary Difference
Chinese
BrE
AmE 酒吧
pub
bar
一听饮料
tin
can 饼干
biscuits
cookies 糖果
sweets
candy 足球
football
soccer 比赛
match
game 电梯
lift
elevator

16. Vocabulary Difference
Chinese
BrE
AmE 秋天 公寓 汽油 地铁 假期
autumn
fall
flat
apartment
gas, gasoline
petrol
underground
subway
holiday
vacation

17. Spelling Difference BrE AmE tyre tire check cheque colour color
theatre
theater
traveller
traveler
favourite
favorite
programme
programe

18. Pronunciation Difference
BrE
AmE
dance
class
fast
half
path
[dæns]
[da:ns]
[kla:s]
[klæs]
[fa:st]
[fæst]
[ha:f]
[hæf]
[pa:θ]
[pæθ]

19. What countries speak English as their
official language besides the United
Kingdom and the USA?

20. World Englishes the United Kingdom Canada the USA Ireland
The philippines
Australia
India
South Africa
Singapore
New Zealand

21. Listen and fill in the blanks.
S1: I live in _____ Asia. My country is
_________ of years old and now has
more than a billion people. Unlike
many other countries, our people
speak a lot of _________. So we use
English, which we got from British
______ hundreds of years ago. Of
course, we have our own way of
______ English.
South
thousands
languages
rulers
using
India

22. India

23. S2: Well, I live on a huge green ______ in
western Europe. Hundreds of years
____ my people spoke a very_______
language from English. Then the
British rulers came. Now the old
language is spoken in only a few
_______ in the western part of my
country.
island
ago
different
villages
Ireland

24. Ireland

25. S3: My country is very _____. In fact, it’s
really a______. It is in southeast Asia
and is very ____. People come from all
over Asia to do ________ here. Today
you can hear our kind of English
spoken ___________ in the city and on
many _____ that come here.
small
city
rich
business
everywhere
ships
Singapore

26. Singapore

27. Think about it
We are learning English at present. But what do we learn it for?
I am learning English in order to…

28. English Around the World

29. to pass the exam
to do business
with foreigners
to communicate
with foreigners
Why learn English
to read English
books
to have a good
job in the future
to enjoy English
music and movies
to know more about
English-speaking
countries

30. 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?

31. The Chinese people have now stood up.
Today a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East.

32. Homework: Preview the words and expressions in the text;
Preview the text and read the text by heart;