1、Unit 2 Travelling AroundreadingStandard English and DialectsDo you know the emoji?READING FOR STRUCTUREREADING FOR CONTENTREADING FOR LANGUAGEPART 1READING FOR STRUCTURE添加标题添加标题添加标题添加标题添加标题添加标题添加标题添加标题Standard Standard English and English and DialectsDialects Can you guess what the passage is mainly
2、 about?Task 1 Task 1：Please Please skim the passage and skim the passage and underline the topic sentence of each underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.paragraph.READING FOR STRUCTUREPara.1Para.1 Para.2Para.2 Para.3Para.3 READING FOR STRUCTUREWhen you are skimming for main ideas,pay attenti
3、on to the title,the first sentene and the last sentence of a paragraph.Reading Strategy Skimming for main ideasTask 1 Task 1：Please Please skim the passage and skim the passage and underline the topic sentence of each underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.paragraph.Para.1 Believe it or not,
4、there is no such thing as standard English.Para.2 When people use words and expressions different from the“standard language”,it is called a dialect.Para.3 Geography also plays a part in making dialects.READING FOR STRUCTUREThinking:Thinking:What is the function of What is the function of the last s
5、entence in a the last sentence in a paragraph?paragraph?READING FOR STRUCTUREWhat is standard English?.those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.However,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak._2_American English has many dialects,especially t
6、he midwestern,southern,African American and Spanish dialects.Even in some parts of the USA,two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently.American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world._3_Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA
7、speak with an older kind of English dialect.When Americans moved from one place to another,they took their dialects with them.So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern USA.When people use words and expressions different from
8、 the“standard language”,it is called a dialect.Geography also plays a part in making dialects.12transitional sentencesTopic sentencesupporting sentencestransitional sentenceThe structure of a paragraphPART 2 READING FOR CONTENTREADING FOR CONTENTTask Task 2 2：Please scan the passage and judge the Pl
9、ease scan the passage and judge the sentencessentencesT True rue or False.or False.1.There are no differences in the way people speak English on TV.2.Geography is another important factor in making dialects.3.African American is one kind of American English.READING FOR CONTENT You can use the You ca
10、n use the key words key words or clue words to or clue words to help you locate help you locate information.information.Reading Strategy Scanning for details Task Task 2 2：Please scan the passage and Please scan the passage and judge the sentences judge the sentences true true or false.or false.1.Th
11、ere are no differences in the way people speak English on TV.2.2.Geography is another important factor in making dialects.3.3.African American is one kind of American English.However,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.READING FOR CONTENTFTTTask Task 2 2：Please read
12、 the passage carefully and Please read the passage carefully and fill in the fill in the mind map.mind map.1234567TV and the radioexcellentdifferencesAfrican American and Spanish dialectsall over the worldlargerecognizeREADING FOR CONTENTNorthwest MidwestsoutheastWhich dialects noticeable feature is
13、 speed?southern accentMind maps can help you sort out Mind maps can help you sort out informationinformationREADING FOR CONTENTTask 4 Please work in groups Task 4 Please work in groups and draw the mind map of the and draw the mind map of the passage about passage about the“Generalthe“General Americ
14、an”.American”.READING FOR CONTENTPART 3 READING FOR LANGUAGEREADING FOR LANGUAGETask 5 Please fill in the blanks with the proper Task 5 Please fill in the blanks with the proper linking words.linking words.There is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and th
15、e radio is standard English.This is_1_ in the early days of radio,TV reporters were expected to speak excellent English._2_,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.Dialects are different from the“standard language”in the words and expressions people use.People in Americ
16、a have come from all over the world_3_American English has so many dialects.Geography _4_ plays a part in making dialects._5_ many Americans move a lot,they still recognize and understand each others dialects.The linking words are based on the logical relationships(逻辑关系）of the context.Reading Strate
17、gy：READING FOR LANGUAGETask 5 Please fill in the blanks with the proper Task 5 Please fill in the blanks with the proper linking words.linking words.There is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.This is_1_ in the early days
18、of radio,TV reporters were expected to speak excellent English._2_,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.Dialects are different from the“standard language”in the words and expressions people use.American English has so many dialects _3_ people have come from all over
19、the world.Geography _4_ plays a part in making dialects._5_ many Americans move a lot,they still recognize and understand each others dialects.becauseHoweverbecausealsoAlthoughREADING FOR LANGUAGEPART 4 READING FOR APPRECIATIONREADING FOR APPRECIATIONBelieve it or not,there is no such thing as stand
20、ard English.MandaMandarinrinREADING FOR APPRECIATIONREADING FOR APPRECIATIONREADING FOR APPRECIATIONSince 1998,the third week of every September has been the National Mandarin Promotion Week.Discussion:Discussion:Why Why doesdoes our our governmentgovernment promote promote mandarin in China?mandari
21、n in China?READING FOR APPRECIATIONPoliticsHistoryCulture.DiscussionREADING FOR APPRECIATION summary topic sentence supporting sentences transitional sentenceparagraph structurestructurecontent Use the mind map to help you sort out informationlanguageLinking wordsSUMMARYREADING FOR APPRECIATIONPlease sort out the discussion and write a passage about“standard Chinese and dialects”using what you have learned about the expository text.AssignmentTHANK YOU
