unit2 reading.ppt

1、,Unit 2 English Around the World,Warming up and Reading,English,America,Ireland,Canada,The U.k.,Pakistan,Philippines,South Africa,New Zealand,Nigeria,Which countries used English as the official / native language?,Countries speak English as their mother tongue,Britain(UK),America (USA),Canada,Austra

2、lia,New Zealand,South Africa,the USA,Canada,New Zealand,Australia,South Africa,the United Kingdom,Ireland,AMERICAN ENGLISH,AND,BRITISH ENGLISH,Lets go to the pictures!,Ok. But how shall we go to the movies?,Do you know the difference between B.E and A.E?,Why not go by Underground?,Er, but the subway

3、 station is far away.,British English American English,vs,Come on!,Yeah!,Do you want to come to my flat?,How far is your apartment? It is beautiful?,Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?,Wow, bar is a nice place.,Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama

4、 ?,Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candies.,Hey, lets go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.,Great. I like football match very much.,Time to go home. Lets go to the elevator together.,Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.,Try to write down the words.,flat,ap

5、artment,pub,bar,tin,can,sweets,candy,biscuit,cookie,lift,elevator,match,game,football,soccer,autumn,fall,petrol,gas,colour,color,centre,traveled,travelled,center,dance,not,dns,da:ns,nat,nt,autumn,fall,I think,I guess,spelling,pronunciation,words,expressions,Pre-reading,With your partner, list the co

6、untries that use English as an official language. Which country do you think has the most English learners?,English,America,Ireland,Canada,The U.k.,Pakistan,Philippines,South Africa,New Zealand,Nigeria,Which countries used English as the official / native language?,THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH,Reading

7、,Prediction,Read the title “The road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about?,Task 1: skimming,Whats the text mainly about? the _ of English 2. The text is developed mainly by _? A. place B. time C. people,history/ development,Task 2: scanning,Match the number of the par

8、agraph with the meaning of each part.,Paragraph 1,Many people all over the world speak English.,Paragraph 2,Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.,Paragraph 3-4,Languages change when cultures meet and communicate with one another.,English

9、is spoken as a foreign language or second language in South Asia.,Paragraph 5,Task 3: Fill in the form,Please read the passage carefully and fill in the form (according to the time).,German,Danish,French,In the 1600s,In 1620,Australia,dictionaries,India,Singapore,Malaysia,South Africa,time,place,Lan

10、guage can change with time.,Language can change when cultures communicate with each other.,Conclusion:,Task 4: listening and comprehending,Choose the correct answer,1.English has/had the most speakers_. Nowadays B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakespeare D. in th

11、e 12th century,2.According to the text, 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. G

12、erman D. Russian,4. Shakespeares English was spoken around _? A. 1400s B. 1150s C. 450s D. 1600s,5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain,English had the most speakers in the 17th century. English developed when new s

13、ettlers and rulers came to Britain. Language frequently change.,True or False,T,F,F,(now),_,_,(gradually),The language of the government is always the languages of the country. English is one of the official languages used in India. This reading describes the development of the English language.,F,T

14、,T,_,(India, Malaysia, Singapore),Task 5: 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?,1.Recite the new words of the first part. 2.R

15、ead the passage carefully and preview the language points in this passage.,HOMEWORK,Thank you!,Some backgrounds of Am. E & Br. E,American English and British English,The differences between American English and British English How come the differences:,1.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.,2.In 1776 America became an independent country.The language began to change.The language in America stayed the same,while the language in England changed.,3.At the