Unit 3 English Around the WorldTopic 1 English is widely spoken throughout the world.

Unit3EnglishAroundtheWorldTopic1Englishiswidelyspokenthroughouttheworld.SectionC,WhenandwheredoyouuseEnglish?,WeuseEnglishwhenwe,travelinforeigncountries,goonbusiness,Brainstorm,WeuseEnglishwhenwe,readEnglishbooks,seefilms,WeuseEnglishwhenwe,watchinternationalmatches,watchTVprograms,IsEnglishspokenbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld?,NO,Chineseisspokenbythelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld.,theU.S.A.,Canada,NewZealand,Australia,theUnitedKingdom,Ireland,English-speakingcountries,Englishiswidelyusedthroughouttheworld.,Read1aandcompletethefollowingtasks.Findoutwhattherednumbersreferto.,FastReading,Justfindthenumbersandreadtheinformationaroundthem.,3000,500million,309million,300million,morethan3000languagespokenintheworld,morethan500millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirmothertongue,thepopulationoftheUnitedStates,about300millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirsecondlanguage,1cRead1aagainandfillintheblanks.,_,Itisusedasanativelanguage,suchasin_and_.,Itisusedasthe_language.,Itisusedasaforeignlanguage,suchasinsomeEuropeancountries,_and_.,Itisusedasthe_languageforinternationalbusiness,theworldsairlineandthe_.,Underlinethetopicsentenceofthepassage,England,UnitedStates,second,China,Japan,base,Internet,Ofalltheselanguages,Englishisthemostwidelyused.,CarefulReading,1a.Readandunderstand.,Groupwork,Retellthepassageaccordingtothenumbersandkeywordswefillinabove.,2.Recentsurveysshowthatover500millionpeoplespeakEnglishastheirmothertongue.最近的调查显示，有超过5亿的人把英语作为母语。,Languagepoints:,1.Therearemorethan3000languagesarespokenintheworld.世界上有3000多种语言在流通。,over,“超过,多于”+数词e.g:morethantenmen十多人,morethan比更,more后面跟n./多音节adj./adv.E.g:Ihave_Heis_thanJim.(careful),morefriendsthanyou.,morecareful,showsb.sth./showsthtosb.出示某物给某人,show,v.,showsb.thewayto告诉某人去的路,n.,表演,fashionshow/talkshow/flowershow,3.Thereareevenmorepeople,likesomeinEuropeaswellasinChinaandJapan,whostudyEnglishasaforeignlanguage,Languagepoints:,WhostudyEnglishasaforeignlanguage定语从句，修饰名词people,译为“把英语当做第二语言学习的人。,aswellas:和也在句中连接并列成分，当连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词和aswellas前保持一致。,e.g.(1)GuoMoruoisafamouswriteraswellasagreatpoet.(2)MotheraswellasIgoestothesupermarketeverySaturday.,(3)Theteacheraswellasthestudents_(invite)tovisitthenewmuseum.,isinvited,4.ItisclearthattheEnglishlanguageisbecomingmoreimportant.显而易见，英语变得更重要了。,Itis+adj.thate.g.,_iscommonthattheteenagers_withtheirparents.,(1)青少年和他们父母亲交流有困难很普遍。,havetrouble,(2)我们有可能在年前搬进新房子。,_wemovetothenewhousebeforetheSpringFestival.,communicating,Itispossiblethat,It,Languagepoints:,2Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsoftheverbs.,Englishisthemostwidelyusedinternationallanguagenowadays.It_(speak)asthemothertongueinsuchcountriesastheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand.Inmanyothercountries,people_(speak)Englishastheirsecondlanguage.Thereareabout750millionEnglishspeakersintheworld.English_(use)inmanydifferentfieldsoflife,suchasbusiness,tourismandtechnology.Businesspeople_(use)Englishatinternationalconferences,andtourists_(speak)Englishwhentheygoabroad.ManyEnglishsigns_(see)inpublicplaces.AwideknowledgeofEnglishhelpsusfollowEnglishtelevisionprogramsand_(enjoy)interestingfilms.TheEnglishlanguage_(play)animportantpartinourlives.,isspoken,speak,isused,use,speak,areseen/canbeseen,enjoy,plays,n.旅游者；游客,3aWorkingroupsandfindtheanswerstothequestionsontheInternet.Thensharetheinformationwithyourgroupmembers.,WhereisChinesemainlyspoken?HowmanypeoplespeakChineseastheirsecondlanguage?Wherearetheyfrom?HowmanypeoplearelearningChineseasaforeignlanguage?WhyaretheylearningChinese?,3bWriteapassagebasedonthestudyin3a.,Youmaystartlikethis:NowadaysChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.Itsmainlyspokenin,Onepossibleversion:,NowadaysChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworld.ItsmainlyspokeninChina,andhasthelargestnumberofspeakersintheworld.ChineseisalsotheofficiallanguageinChinaandSingaporeanditislearnedbymoreandmorepeopleasaforeignlanguage.Bytheyearof2010,over100millionpeoplelearnedChineseastheirforeignlanguage.PeoplelearnChineseforvariousreasons.SomelearnitfortheybelieveintherapiddevelopmentofChina.SomelearnitbecausetheylovetheChinesecultureandotherslearnitjustbecausetheylikethelanguageitself.WiththedevelopmentofChina,thenumberofChineselearnerswillbelargerandlarger.,Shewillvisitsomeinterestingplaces_(和）famousmuseums.2.Englishisspokenasthe_(母语）inmostofthe_(欧洲国家）.3._(丰富的电脑知识）canhelpustolearnmoreinformation.4.TheChineseCharacters_(起重要作用）intheworldhistory.,aswellas,playanimportantpartin,Awideknowledgeofcomputer,Europeancountries,mothertongue,Exercises,1.TheOlympicGames_everyfouryears.A.areheldB.wereheldC.areholdingD.willhold2.TodayChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopular.It_inmanyschoolsaroundtheworld.A.teachesB.isteachingC.hastaughtD.istaught3.Peoplefindithardtogetacrosstheriver.Ithinkatleasttwobridges_overit.A.needB.areneedingC.willneedD.areneeded,Choosethebestanswer.,A,D,D,Exercises,Summary,Welearn:,Wecan:,Somewords:root,trader,native,speaker,foreignbase,European,kingdom,tourism,conference,tourist2.Somephrases:mothertongue,aswellas,awideknowledgeof,playanimportantpartin3.Somesentences:RecentsurveysshowthatItisadj.that,1.KnowmoreaboutthewideuseofE