高一英语必修一Unit2_English_around_the_world

Revision,Pre-reading,Reading,Comprehending,Post-reading,Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorld,Revision,Pre-reading,Reading,Comprehending,Post-reading,HarryChen,Revision,DoyouknowAmericanEnglish?DoyouknowBritishEnglish?DoyouknowVOA?DoyouknowBBC?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenA.EandB.E?,(VoiceofAmerica美国之音),(BritishBroadcastingCorporation英国广播电台),AMERICANENGLISH,AND,BRITISHENGLISH,ThedifferencebetweenA.EandB.E,1.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen?”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”2.Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundthersinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SomespeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundthersinthesewords.,3.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.Forexample,“colour”and“honour”areBritish,while“color”and“honor”areAmerican.4.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spelling,andvocabularyarenotimportant,however.Forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.,Commonexamplesofthevariancesbetweenspellings.,Americancentercheck(money)colorgrayhonorinquire,Britishcentrechequecolourgreyhonourenquire,1.HowmanycountriesspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageintheworldtoday?,Pre-reading,2.WhydoyoulearnEnglish?,今天，世界上以英语为母语的国家有十余个；以英语为官方语言的国家超过70个；在100多个国家，英语被列为外语教学中的第一外语。,WhydoyoulearnEnglish?,AnswertoPre-reading:,WhydoyoulearnEnglish?,1).Englishisoneoftheofficial(官方的)languagesoftheworld.,8).Tobeatranslator(翻译家).,2).TocommunicatewithforeignerswhospeakEnglish.,3).Totravelaroundtheworld.,4).Todobusinesswithwesterncountries.,5).ToseeEnglishfilmsorlistentoEnglishsongs.,6).TolistentoEnglishradiobroadcast(广播).,7).Togetagoodjobinthefuture.,Whatsthemainideaofthepassage?Giveonesentencetodescribeit?,2.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninothercountriesbesidesEngland?Why?,Englishhaschangedanddevelopedovertime.,Inthe17thcentury.BecausepeoplefromEnglandStartedmovingtootherpartsoftheworld.,3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.EnglishwasbasedmoreonFrenchthanGermanbetweenaboutAD450and1150.B.Englishbecameclosertothelanguagewearelearningnowfromabout1150to1500.C.Englishnolongerchangedinthe1600s.D.BothAmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglishhavetheirownidentitiesthankstoNoahWebster.,4.EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinsomeAsianandAfricanareasbecause_.A.thegovermentofficialsintheseareaswereborninEngland.B.Peopleintheseareashaveaspecialgift(天赋)forlearningEnglish.C.TheseareaswereonceruledbyEngland.D.PeopleintheseareascannotreceiveeducationwithoutknowingEnglish.5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.Languagesneverchanged.B.Languageschangeonlyonmoderntimes.C.Languageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.D.Languagesseldomchangewiththedevelopmentofsociety.,Comprehending:Readthetextagainandfillintheform.,quitedifferentfromEnglishspokentoday,French,German,ruled,awidervocabulary,AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage,itsownidentity,Govern