Unit 2
English around the world
Leading in * Where were you born ?
Would you please say “再见” in you dialect ?
How about you ?
Do you know how many countries have English
as their mother tongue ? What are they ?
Six Countries
Do you know how many countries and areas
have English as their second language ?
53
(Hong Kong; Singapore ;India; Pakistan; Palestine)
*Do you know how many countries have English
as their foreign language ?
3.5 Among them China has the largest number
First Period
2. Warming up
English is a national language. But,in fact, there is more than one kind of English in the world. We call them world Englishes. Sometimes they are different in pronunciation and spelling.
repair
pants
fall
crazy
cookie
Guess: American English or British English ?
mum / mom in a team / on a team
rubber / eraser petrol / gas
3. Pre-reading:
1. How many people speak English in the
world today ?
2. Why do so many people speak English ?
4. While-Reading ( First time)
Read the text and find the topic sentence
of each paragraph:
More people speak English as their first, second or foreign language.
Native English speakers can understand each other.
Why has English changed over time?
English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in south Asia.
Read for the second time, Fill in the blanks:
1)
5-7 million
England
more
“公寓住宅” in Chinese
“________” in British English
“_________” in American English
flat
apartment
Many other
countries
Many more
countries
3) Languages change with _________.
*AD450---1150 English was based on_________
( quite different from today’s)
*1150-----1500 English was more like_________
(closer to today’s) than __________.
*the 1600’s ____________made use a wider
vocabulary.
Noah ________gave American
English a big change by writing
________________________________________.
* Later British people went to ___________and
made ___________English its own
_______________.
cultures
German
French
German
Shakespeare
Webster
The American Dictionary of the English Language
Australia
Australian
identity
4) ________in South Asia has a very large
number of English speaker because Britain
ruled ________from 1765 to 1947.

Many countries in Africa and Asia,such as
__________, __________ and __________
also speaks English.

In China,__________has used English since
about 1842. Today the number of people
learning English in China is increasing
___________.
India
India
South Africa
Singapore
Malaysia
Hong Kong
rapidly
Read for the third time, then finish Comprehending at
Page 10.
Post reading:
Discuss in groups
Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn ? Why ?
2. Why do so many people want to learn English?
Homework:
Discuss the following questions:
1) Will Chinese mandarin(普通话) be popular
around the world one day ?
2)Why is Cantonese(广东) so popular in China ?

2. Recite the fourth passage and finish Learning about
Language(1-4) on P11-12.
The second period
Discussion report:
1) Will Chinese mandarin(普通话) be popular
around the world one day ?
2)Why is Cantonese(广东) so popular in
China ?

2. Go to Learning about language on page
11-12(1-4)
actually----(C) really; in fact
elevator--- (D) a machine used for moving
people or things up and down
3. native English speaker---(E) person who has
spoken English since birth
4. come up to a place---(F) visit a place
5. such as--- (A) for example
6. apartment---(B) a set of rooms for living in
7. play a role(in)---(J) have a part in
8. vocabulary---(G) all the words and phrases you learn
9. include---(I) have something or somebody
as one of a group
10.usage ---(H) the way that words are used in a language
native English speaker
actually
vocabulary
apartment
elevator
1) includes 6) gas
2) cultures 7) international
3) present 8) rapidly
4) Actually 9) However
5) usage 10)government
4. 1) in/on 2)at/on 3)past/after
4) in/on 5)from/from 6)in/in
3. Go to using words and expressions(P49-50)
1. 1) include 8) education
2) government 9) recognize
3) dialect 10) role
4) northwestern 11) standard
5) rapidly 12) usage
6) eastern 13) elevator
7) actually
2. 1) play an important part 2)blocks 3)expects
4) such as 5) culture 6) vocabulary
7) Modern 8) native
more than one
不止一个：虽然在语义上是复数，但作主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词却用单数。
1>more than one (person) was killed in the fire.
2>世界上不止有一种英语。
Fill in the blanks:
1. ____________(不止一个)school will use this set of books.
2.I am ________(非常)happy to help you.
3.we need ________(不仅仅是)material wealth to build our country.
4. It’s ____like a spear ____(与其……不如)anything else.
5. There are ___________(至多) six people over there.
More than one
more than
more than
more
than
not more than
Play a role/a part(in sth.)
play a role: to act, take the actor’s part in a play扮演角色
He has played all kinds of roles in his life.
play a part: to be involved in an activity 参加某活动
She played an active part in the local community.
两个短语都可以表示to make a contribution to sth. ;have a share in sth. 对某事起作用、有贡献
She played an important role/major part in winning the match.
vt. 包括；包含；纳入
The university includes ten colleges.
I include eggs on the list of things to buy.
including prep. 包括
There were 10 people in the lawyer’s office including the office boy ( the office boy included ).
Lunch costs $12 per person, including drinks ( drinks included ).
1> include 侧重作为整体的一部分或要素。
2> contain 侧重包含的内容或成分。
The book _________forty maps,_________three of Great Britain.
contains
including
Include
In the next century, people from England
started moving to other parts of the world.
start 　doing sth. 　开始做某事
to do sth.
当我即将离开图书馆的时候，天开始下
起雨了．
It started raining when I was about to leave
the library．
Language points of Reading:
Native English speakers can understand each
other even if they don’t speak the same kind of
English.
even if 　即使；尽管
I promise that I will go with you even if I
broke my leg.
= even though
就算我一文不名，我也要娶你．
I would marry you even if / though I hadn’t
any money．
All languages changed when cultures
communicate with one another.
communicate (with) 与……交流，沟通
我通常通过发短信和朋友交流．
I usually communicate with my friends by
sending messages．
Would you please come up to my flat for a visit?
come up 走近;上来;
1. The grass is just beginning to come up.
(植物)长出地面
2. We watched the sun come up.
(太阳)升起
3. I’m afraid something urgent(急迫的) has come up. I won’t be able to see you tonight.
发生；出现
So why has English changed over time?
over = throughout (a period) 贯穿　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　(一段时间)
Over the years he has become more patient.
我整个暑假都是在长安度过的．
I was in Chang’an over the summer vacation.
All languages changed when cultures
communicate with one another.
communicate (with) 与……交流，沟通
我通常通过发短信和朋友交流．
I usually communicate with my friends by
sending messages．
The English spoken between about AD 450
and 1150 was quite different from the English
spoken today.
动词的过去分词做后置定语
A be different from B 　“A和B不同”
Our life in Chang’an Middle School is quite
different from that in Shiyan Middle School.
她的所作所为和她所说的有相当大的不同．
What she said is quite different from what she did.
It was based more on German than present day
English.
(be) based on 　“以……为基础”
Improvement of English should be based
on more practice.
India has a very large number of English
speakers.
a (large/good/great) number of 　“许多”
＋可数名词
Today the number of people learning
English in China is increasing rapidly.
the number of 　“……的数目”
Fill in the blanks with “a number of” or
“the number of”
____________ students have gone away.
2. ____________ students in our class is 63.
3. We’ve planted ____________ trees today.
4. ____________ students in our school is
increasing very rapidly.
5. ____________ countries have offered help
to people suffering from the typhoon.
A number of
The number of
a number of
The number of
A number of
Multiple choice:
He ______ an important part in putting out the
fire.
A.played B.took C.made D.had
2. Have you really realized the part the computer
has ______ in the daily life?
A.Made B.given C.caused D.played
3. He realized she was crying ______ what he had
said.
A.Because B.for C. since D.because of
A
D
D
Multiple choice:
4. The light went out, _______ the oil was out.
A.because B.for C.since D.because of.
5. we’ve made such great progress _______
your help.
A.as B.since C.because D.because of
6. We won’t give up ______ we should fail ten
times.
A.even if B.since C.whether D.until
A
D
A
Multiple choice:
7. Everyone hopes that the attacks(攻击) and
Explorations(爆炸) in Iraq never come ____ .
A. to B. from C. up D. in
8. we’ve made such great progress _______
your help.
A. as B. since C. because D. because of
9. Our monitor does very well in sports and
games, swimming, ______.
A. as B. like C. for example D. such as
C
D
C
Multiple choice:
10. The number of people invited __ fifty, but
a number of them __ absent for different reasons.
A.were, was B.was, was