Unit 2 Warming up and reading 1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken? Warming up – II ( 9m) Read the passage in warming up, and answer.

Unit 2

Warming up

and reading

• 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.

English Around the World

the USA

Canada

New Zealand

AustraliaSouth 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?

center

flat

color

lift

gray

honor

greycentre

apartment

elevator

honour

colour

Match the words that have the sa

me meaning.

1.How many people speak English in the

world today?

2.Why do so many people speak English?

3.Why are there so many kinds of English?

Pre-reading

Reading – I ( 3m )

Fast reading:

Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.

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

Skimming

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

3. From AD 450 to 1150, English

sounded more like_____?

A. French B. Chinese

C. German D. Russian

4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken

around ______?

A. 1400’s B. 1150’s

C. 450’s D. 1600’s

5. Which country has the fastest

growing number of English speakers

in the world?

A. Australia B. China

C. India D. Britain

Scanning The road to modern English

The cause

Time

Between AD

450 and 1150

1150 to 1500

In the 1600’s

Later

Scanning

The cause

Time

Between AD

450 and 1150

1150 to 1500

The road to modern English

cultures communicate withone another

things that happened

less like German; more like French

based on German

In the 1600’s

Later

Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary. A big change in English

British people brought English to Australia

The main idea of each paragraph.

Brief introduction of the change

in English.

An example of different kinds

of English.

The development of English.

English spoken in some other

countries.

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

British EnglishAmerican English &

Do you know the differences between American English and British English?

The differences between American English and British English in pronunciation:

British English American English

ask /a:/ ask / /

dance /a:/ dance / /

not / / not / /

The differences between American English and British English in spelling:

British English American Englishcolour / favourite color / favorite

theatre /centre /metre theater /center/ meter

quarrelling quarreling

travelled traveled

realise / apologise realize / apologize

storey (of a building) story (of a building)

programme program

The differences between American English and British English in words:

British English American English

lift (电梯 ) elevatorpetrol (汽油 ) gasflat (公寓 ) apartmentautumn fallunderground(地铁 ) subwayuniversity(大学 )

collegerubbish(垃圾 )

garbagedustbin(垃圾箱 )

trash canholiday vacationfortnight(两星期） two weekspostfilmshop

mailmoviestore

I guessI thinktoilet bathroom

Some people say that Chinese is a

much more elegant language, so it is

more important for us to master it and

it is not so necessary to master foreign

language. Do you agree with this

opinion and why?

Discussion

1.Prepare for dictation of part 2.

2.Finish exercises in Learning about

language on page 11.

Homework