Warming up

Questions 1. Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world? 2. Do you think Chinese can be a world language? Why? 3. Do you know the meaning of Englishes?

CanadianAustralianEnglishBritish World EnglishAmericanIndian

Br E & Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.

The differences between British English and American English.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumn falltyphoon tornadoI think I guesscolour colorcentre centertraveller travelerdance [da:ns] dance[dns]not [not] not [na:t]

BrEAmE

ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas, gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrash canholidayvacationfortnighttwo weeks

Am Eneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorable(humorfavoritetheaterkilometer Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre

petrolflat colorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderaser gasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubway Match the words that have the same meaning.

Unit Two: English around the world (Reading)The road to modern English

Pre-reading questions:1.Do you think it important for you to learn English? Why? 2.Why do so many people speak English?3.Which country do you think has the most English learners?

English-speaking countries:UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland mother tongue/ native languageofficial languageIndia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, etc.

Find out the main idea for each paragraphPara 1: describes the extension of English in the world.Para 2: tells us native speakers can understand each other but not everything.Para 3: tells us why English has changed over time. Para 4: tells us English was settled by two dictionaries.Para 5: tells us English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.

AD4501150EnglandGermanAD8001150DanishFrenchlanguagevocabulary16thfive to seven million17thvoyages18thAmericaAustralia19thdictionaries

IndiaSingaporechanging South Africadevelopingall overMalaysia

1.Which of the following statement is true?A. Languages always stay the sameB. Languages change only after warsC. Languages no longer changeD. Languages change when cultures change

2. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian

3. Shakespeares English was spoken around ______? A. 1400s B. 1150s C. 450s D. 1600s

4. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain

Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the English languages most profound influences. Two important persons

Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Died: May 28, 1843 When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.

True (T) or false (F). Page 10

1. Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world? more than one +, More than one togo swimming.Explanationstudent wants

We advertised for pupils last autumn, and got ___ 60. (98.) A. more than B. more of C. as much as D. so many as

2. In some important ways they are very different from one another. , be different frombe the same as3. go to the pictures/ movies/ cinema4. by underground/ subway

5. official adj. official language official news n. An important official will visit our school. officer n. He is an officer in the army.

6. because of because, He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up late.

7. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.

even if= (even though) adj. native land native language be native to The giant panda is native to Sichuan. n. study the habits of the natives

Even if the road is full of difficulty, I will never lose heart.

8. come up , ; ; ; come up to sp come up with He came up with a good idea in the meeting. The problem came up in the meeting.

The sun came up. The question never came up. He came up and said hello to us. The grass will come up again in the spring.

come across come about come true come back come on , ;come out ,come in come over

1. His car ____ the terrible traffic jam, so he had to call off his appointment with his doctor.A. came about B. came acrossC. came up D. come on2. ---How did it ___ that you made such a silly mistake?---I myself havent figured it out yet.A. bring about B. come aboutC. come across D. come on

9. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 10. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. [] 4501150

11. be based on/upon base sth on sth He based his hope on the good news we had yesterday.The movie is based on a novel.12. at present =at the moment present (adj.) the present situation/the people presentbe present at the meetingpresent (n.) =gift

13. Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.make (good/full/no) use of We could make good use of our resources.Every minute should be made good use of.Good use should be made of every minute.make the most ofmake the best oftake advantage of

14. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers a number of A number of people have come. the number of The number of homeless people has increased.number

a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum ofmuch plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of

15. speak fluent English adj. speak English fluently adv. 16. such as for example (Some of the European languages come from Latin, such as French, Italian and Spanish.Noise, for example, is a kind of pollution.His spelling is terrible! Look at this, for example.

17. Only time will tell. tell , Its hard to tell whether he is right. tell A from B: Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

18. Request(should) doThe teacher requested that we should hand in our homework on time.It is requested that he hand in his homework on time.

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such as because of base on come up believe it or not at the end of1. He realized that she was crying ___________ what he had said.2. ______________, John has passed the driving test.because ofBelieve it or not

such as because of base on come up believe it or not at the end of3. This book is ________ a true story.4. A beggar _______ to us and asked for money.5. They had an English exam _________ last month.6. Girls _______ Ann and Lucy are very friendly.such as based oncame upat the end of

1. Youd 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. ofattooverofIn