1、Unit 2English around the worldEnglish Around the Worldthe USACanadaNew ZealandAustraliaSouth Africathe United KingdomIreland IndiaQuestions 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“Engl
2、ishes”?CanadianAustralianEnglishBritishAmericanIndianBr E&Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English,they may still not speak the same kind of English.BrEAmEThe differences between British English and American English.ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas,gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergrou
3、ndsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrash canholidayvacationfortnighttwo weeks垃圾箱垃圾箱假期假期垃圾垃圾秋天秋天大学大学公寓公寓地铁地铁汽油汽油电梯电梯两周两周Am Eneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorable(可敬的）可敬的）humorfavoritetheaterkilometer Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre petrolflat colorl
4、iftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderaser gasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubway Match the words that have the same meaning.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 learn
5、ers.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 paragraph Para 1:describes the extension of English in the world.Para 2:tells us native
6、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.TimeHow is English developed?Between about _ and _Spoken
7、 in _ and based more on _.Between about _and _and _ enriched the English _ and especially its _ At the end of _ centuryAbout _ people spoke EnglishIn the _ century Used by more people as the result of the _ to conquer other parts of the worldLater in the _ centuryBegan to be spoken in _ and _By the
8、_ centurySettled by two _AD4501150EnglandGermanAD8001150DanishFrenchlanguagevocabulary16thfive to seven million17thvoyages18thAmericaAustralia19thdictionariesTimeHow is English developed?nowSpoken in countries such as China,_,_,_ and _ as a foreign or second languageIn a word,English is _ and _ over
9、 time and is spoken _ the world.IndiaSingaporechanging South Africadevelopingall overMalaysia1.Do you know that there is more than one kind of English in the world?你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？你知道世界上不止有一种英语吗？more than one+名词单数名词单数,后面的谓后面的谓语动词用单数。语动词用单数。More than one togo swimming.Explanationstudent wants2.In some
10、 important ways they are very different from one another.在某些重要方面在某些重要方面,它们彼此有些差异。它们彼此有些差异。be different frombe the same as3.go to the pictures/movies/cinema4.by underground/subway5.official adj.官方的，正式的官方的，正式的 official language official news n.政府官员政府官员An important official will visit our school.office
11、r n.军官军官He is an officer in the army.6.because of后边加后边加名词或动名词短语名词或动名词短语 because是连词是连词,所以后边跟所以后边跟句子句子 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 i
12、f=(even though)尽管；即使尽管；即使adj.native land 祖国，故乡祖国，故乡 native language 本族语言，母本族语言，母语语 be native to The giant panda is native to Sichuan.n.土著居民土著居民 study the habits of the nativesEven if the road is full of difficulty,I will never lose e up 上来上来,走近走近;被提出被提出;（植物）发芽（植物）发芽;（太（太阳）升起阳）升起come up to sp 上某地来上某地
13、来come up with 提出提出 想出想出He came up with a good idea in the meeting.问题在会议中被提出来了。问题在会议中被提出来了。The problem came up in the meeting.9.actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 事实上，实际上事实上，实际上10.At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.翻
14、译翻译 起初在大约公元起初在大约公元450年到年到1150年间年间英国人所讲的英语与人们现在所讲的英英国人所讲的英语与人们现在所讲的英语很不一样。语很不一样。11.be based on/upon 以以为基础为基础 base sth on sth 以为基础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.)现在的，目前的，可作前置定语出席的，在场的，可作后置定语the present situation
15、/the people presentbe present at the meetingpresent(n.)礼物礼物=gift13.Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。make(good/full/no)use of 使用使用We could make good use of our resources.Every minute should be made good use of.Good use shoul
16、d be made of every minute.make the most ofmake the best oftake advantage of14.India has a very large number of fluent English speakers a number of 大量的（其后谓语动词用复数）大量的（其后谓语动词用复数）A number of people have come.the number of 的数目（其后谓语动的数目（其后谓语动词用单数）词用单数）The number of homeless people has increased.只要是只要是numb
17、er后面的名词都是后面的名词都是可数复数可数复数15.speak fluent English adj.speak English fluently adv.16.such as 列举部分列举部分 for example 列举一个列举一个(逗号，位置）逗号，位置）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 exa
18、mple.17.Only time will tell.时间会证明一切。时间会证明一切。tell 知道知道,判断判断 Its hard to tell whether he is right.tell A from B:区分，分别区分，分别 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?18.Request加句子虚拟加句子虚拟(should)doThe teacher requested that we should hand in our homework on time.It is requested that he hand in his homework on time.
