世界各地的英語-閱讀

Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldMr.&Mrs.Obama

cametoLondonfromNewYorkandtheywereinvitedtohavesupperwithMrandMrsBrownWarmingupWhat?Oursondon’tneedit.Iwantsomenapkin(餐巾紙）Iwantsomenapkin“Napkin”inEnglandisdifferentfromAmerica.

AMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHCanyounamesomecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage?Pre-readingEnglishAroundtheWorldthe

USACanadaNewZealandAustraliaSouthAfricatheUnitedKingdomPredictionReadthetitle“Theroadtomodern

English”andpredict(預(yù)測)whatthepassageismainlyabout1.Skimthepassagequicklyandfindoutthe

topicsentence

ofeachparagraph.2.Getthemainideaofthewholepassage.FastreadingMorepeoplespeakEnglishthaneverbefore.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish..WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime.

EnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.themainideaofthewholepassage:ThepassagetellsusthehistoryanddevelopmentofEnglishlanguage.Summary:Thetopicsentencemayhelpyougetthemainideaofeachparagraphandthewholepassage.Sopayattentiontothefirstsentenceandthelastsentenceofeachparagraph.DevelopmentofEnglish(para1)Attheendofthe16thcenturytodayEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakEnglishinmorecountriesCareful-reading1Task1TimePlaceInthe17thcenturytodayAD450--1150Englishwasbasedon_______AD800--1150

and

settlers

enrichedtheEnglishlanguage.

Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.___________SomeBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.LaterEnglishbegantobespokeninThelanguagewassettled.GermanBythe1600’sAustralia

In1620inthe18thcenturyBythe19thcenturyDanishFrenchFillintheblanks.(Para3-4)Task2Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.Languagesfrequentlychange.TFFReadthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalseandexplainwhy.1Carefulreading2Task34.EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesusedinIndia.5.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.TTAnswerthefollowingquestions.WhydidsomanypeoplespeakEnglishinthe17thcentury?WhichcountriesinfluencedtheEnglishlanguageaccordingtothispassage?InhowmanycountriesmentionedinthepassageisEnglishspokenasaforeignlanguageinSouthAsia?What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsthedevelopmentofChineseEnglish?Howaboutyou?Task4WhydidsomanypeoplespeakEnglishinthe17thcentury?BecauseEnglishwasapowerfulcountryandconqueredothercountries.2.WhichcountriesinfluencedtheEnglishlanguageaccordingtothispassage?Germany,Denmark,France3.InhowmanycountriesmentionedinthepassageisEnglishspokenasaforeignlanguageinSouthAsia?India,SingaporeandMalaysia4.What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsthedevelopmentofChineseEnglish?Howaboutyou?asaresultofChina’sgrowingeconomicpowerasaresultofChina’sgrowinginfluenceintheUNtotradewithChinatointroducesomebranchesofWesterncompaniestoChina.…….GroupworkWhydoyouthinkmorepeopleintheworldnowwanttolearnChinese?DiscussionWhydosomanypeoplewanttolearnEnglish?usecomputersandtheinternettotradetolearninwesternuniversitiestoreadacademicjournals……HomeworkFindoutimportantphrasesandsentences.Finishtheexercisesonpage11.BecauseoftheinfluenceofstrongAmericaneconomics,anumberof

peopleprefertouseAmericanEnglishinsteadofBritishEnglish.Actually,AmericanEnglishcomesfromtheBritishEnglish.InternetalsomainlyuseAmericanEnglishbecauseAmericaplaysanimportantpartintheworld.Chinaisacountrywiththelargestpopulationintheworld.Atpresent,manyyoungpeoplechoosetolearnEnglish.ManyofthemcanspeakEnglishfluentlyandhavebecomefluentEnglishspeakers.NowthenumberofEnglishspeakersinChinaissolargethatsomeChinesewordsareusedintheworld,suchas

Toufu,Kongfu.because&becauseof

因?yàn)槟愕年P(guān)心，我發(fā)現(xiàn)生活充滿了希望。1）Becauseyouareconcernedaboutme,Ifindthatlifeisfullofhope.2）Becauseofyourconcern,Ifindthatlifeisfullofhope.因?yàn)橛晗碌煤艽?，那個男孩穿過樹林回家了。1）Because

itrainedheavily,theboywentbackhomethroughthewoods.2）Becauseoftheheavyrain,theboywentbackhomethroughthewoods.suchas:forexampleMydoctortoldmenottoeatfattyfoodssuchasbaconorhamburgers.我的醫(yī)生叫我不要吃油膩的食物，如咸肉或漢堡包。ThedifferencesinpronunciationbetweenAEandBEaregreater.Forexample,Americanssaydance[daens],andinSouthernEnglandtheysay[da:ns].英國英語和美國英語在發(fā)音上區(qū)別更大。例如，美國人發(fā)[daens],而英國人發(fā)[da:ns]。★

“suchas”isusedtolistsimilarthings.★

“forexample”isusedtoillustratethespeaker’sargument.anumberof&thenumberofanumberof大量的（其后謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)）

Thereareanumberofstudentsinthepicture.

照片上有很多學(xué)生。

thenumberof……的數(shù)目（其后謂語動詞用單數(shù)）

Thenumberofpeoplehasreached50.人數(shù)已經(jīng)達(dá)到了50人。playapart/role(insth):playapart:tobeinvolvedinanactivity1）Hisparentsplayedapartinhissuccess.

他的成功有他父母的因素在內(nèi)。2）Hersuggestionsplayaveryimportantpartinourdecision-making.

她的建議在我們的決定中起了很重要的作用。3）Hehasplayedallkindsofrolesinhislife.

他一生中扮演了各種各樣的角色。atpresent:now;atthistime,atthismoment

She’sbusyatpresentandcan’tspeaktoyou.她現(xiàn)在很忙，不能跟你談活。2)AtpresentheisaprofessorofmathematicsatCambridge.

目前他是劍橋大學(xué)的數(shù)學(xué)教授。Ex.2:ItisnoteasyforChinesepersontospeakEnglishasfluentlyasanativeEnglishspeaker.OnereasonisthatEnglishhasalargevocabulary.ItalsohasdifferentusageindifferentEnglishspeakingcountries.Ifyouuse“flat”insteadof“apartment”,peopleinAmericanwillknowyouhavelearnedBritishEnglish.Ifyouusetheword“elevator”insteadof“l(fā)ift”inBritain,peoplewillknowyouhavestudiedAmericanEnglish.Keyanswer:

comeup,Atpresent,Becauseof,suchas,makeuseofA．It’susedtotakepeopleupstairsanddownstairsinthehighbuildings.Whatisit?B．