Unit 2
Warming up
______ ______ ___ _____
Thinking:
1. How many languages do you speak?
Which is your native language?
2. How much do you know about the English
language?
It is the official language of many countries and the
United Nations. It is learned by people in many non-
English speaking countries...
Warming Up:
In which countries is English used as the native language?
people speak English as their native language
Britain(UK)
America (USA)
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
English Around the World
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
the United Kingdom
Ireland

Do you know that there is
more than one kind of English?
In some important ways they are very different one another.

They are called world Englishes.
World Englishes
American English
British English
Australian English
Canadian English
New Zealand English
Singapore English
Indian English
African English
British English & American English
Br.E Am.E
(British Broadcasting Corporation) (VOA)
How much do you know the differences between British English and American English?
Thinking
Enjoy VOA & BBC
Do you want to come to my flat?
How far is your apart-ment? It must be beautiful
Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?
Wow, bar is a nice place.
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Bush?
Well, I want a can of milktea, some candy and some cookies.
Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.
Great. I like football match very much.
Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
British English
American English
words
film/picture(电影)
movie
petrol (汽油)
gas
shop(商店)
store
post(邮递)
mail
underground(地铁)
subway
university(大学)
college
rubber(橡皮）
eraser
trousers(裤子)
pants
holiday(假期）
vacation
lorry(卡车）
truck
center（中心）
kilogram（公斤）
traveling（旅行）
recognize（认出）
license（执照）
color（颜色）
licence
centre
kilogramme
recognise
colour
travelling
Match the words that have the same meaning
Am. E
Br. E
let's read the words :

ask dance can't class fast half
box crop hot spot not
neither either
Am.E Br.E
一楼 the first floor ground floor
二楼 the second floor first floor
客厅 living room sitting room
中学 high school secondary school
小学 elementary school primary school
租车 rent a car hire a car
在队里 on a team in a team
在周末 on the weekend at the weekend
在街上 on the street in the street
圣诞老人 Santa Claus Father Christmas
去看电影 go to the movies go to the pictures
native: adj 出生地的;本国的;本地的 n (c) 本地人；土生土长的动植be native to :原产于......
1.The kangaroo is _______ of Australia.
袋鼠是澳大利亚的土生动物。
2. He has been away from his _______Poland for
three years.
他离开故土波兰已有三年了。
3. The gaint panda is native _____ China.
大熊猫是中国特有的动物。
Usages of the words and phrases:
a native
native
to
more than one :不止一个，后面的谓语动词用单数
more than + 名词：不仅仅是
more than + 形容词：很， 非常
1. I have known David for ___________ 20 years.
我认识戴维已经20多年了。
2. More than one person _______ ( have ) made the
suggestion.
不止一个人提过这个建议。
3. My English teacher is _____ a teacher to us .
She's both our elder sister and best friend.
A. less than B. more than
4.The mother was _________ happy to see her son.
这位母亲看到她的儿子，非常高兴。
more than
has
B
more than
Chinese Am. E Br.E
vacation
holiday
假期
中心
一楼
电梯
公寓
汽油
卡车
橡皮
地铁
裤子
酒吧
center
centre
the first floor
ground floor
apartment
flat
gas
petrol
truck
lorry
eraser
rubber
subway
underground
elevator
lift
pants
trousers
bar
pub
Homework
1. Preview the reading:
words and exercise book P 17&18
2.Why do so many people speak English?