Unit 2
English Around the World
Warming up and Reading
Words and expressions
How much do you know about the English language?
1. It is an international language and widely used.
2. It is the official language of many countries and the UN.
3. It plays an important role as a first or second language.
4. It is learned by people in many non-English speaking countries.
in an international talk/meeting
In what situations is English used?
in schools
on the air
(on TV, on the radio…)
When we sing/ listen to English songs.
When we watch English movies.
English
America
Ireland
China
Canada
The U.k.
Pakistan
Philippines
South Africa
New Zealand
Nigeria
Which countries used English as the native / foreign language?
Countries speak English as their mother tongue
Britain(UK)
America (USA)
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland
AMERICAN ENGLISH
AND
BRITISH ENGLISH
B.E and A.E
Let’s go to the pictures!
Ok. But how shall we go to the movies?
Do you know the difference between B.E and A.E?
Why not go by Underground?
Er, but the subway station is far away.
British English
American English
vs
Come on!
Yeah!
Do you want to come to my apartment?
How far is your flat? It is beautiful?
Wow, bar is a nice place.
Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?
Wow, I want a tin of Coke, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama ?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.
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.
Try to write down the words.
flat
apartment
pub
bar
tin
can
sweets
candy
biscuit
cookie
lift
elevator
match
game
football
soccer
autumn
fall
petrol
gas
colour
color
centre
traveled
travelled
center
dance
not
[dæns]
[da:ns]
[nat]
[nэt]
autumn
fall
I think
I guess
spelling
pronunciation
words
expressions
Which language do you prefer,
American English or British English?
Why?
Discussion
1. more than
Do you think there is more than one kind of English ?
More than one student _____ late this morning.
Both of us are more than classmates. We are close friends.
I am more than glad to be your teacher.
The difficulty is more than we could expect.
There is no more than nine girls in our class.
is
1.(2007福建高考) ----- Do you need my help, Lucy?
---- Yes, the job is _____ I could do myself.
A. less than B. more than
C. no more than D. not more than
Added expressions:
in some important ways 在一些重要方面
Why not do sth? 为什么不做某事
official language 官方语言
Free talk
Suppose girls are from Britain , and boys come from America. Talk about the differences between American English and British English with your partner.
Pre-reading
With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language.
Which country do you think has the most English learners?
* 英国 * 澳大利亚 * 巴哈马群岛 * 博茨瓦纳 （但国语是Setswana） * 加拿大 （连同法语） * 斐济 （但是国语是斐济语） * 香港 （连同汉语） * 印度 （连同孟加拉语， 泰卢固语， 马拉地语， 泰米尔语， 乌尔都语， Gujarati， Malayalam， 埃纳德语， Oriya， Punjabi， 阿萨姆语， 克什米尔语， Sindhi， 梵语） * 肯尼亚 （连同Kiswahili）
以英语作为官方语言的有 :
* 基里巴斯 * 尼日尔利亚 * 巴基斯坦 (人民网9月10讯 巴基斯坦最高法院发布决定：国家的官方语言为乌尔都文，而不再是英文，政府各机构的文件必须是乌尔都文。)* 爱尔兰 （但是第二语言，第一语言是爱尔兰语） * 南非 （连同南非荷兰语， Ndebele， Northern Sotho， 梭托语， 斯威士语， Tsonga， 茨瓦纳语， Venda， 班图语，祖鲁语） * 新西兰 （习惯上的官方语言；其它法律规定的是毛利语） * 新加坡 （连同马来语， 泰米尔语和汉语。国语是马来语） * 菲律宾 （但国语是菲律宾语） * 冈比亚 * 美国
For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations.
For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number of English learners as it has the largest population.
Prediction
Read the title “The road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about?
Scan the text to find or make out a
key sentence for each paragraph.
Skimming
理解，辨认
Development of English
the end of the 16th century
the next century
today
Paragraph 2
Many people all over the world speak English.
Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
Paragraph 1
Read the passage again and answer the
following questions.
Why was English spoken in many other
countries in the 17th century?
Because people from England started moving to other parts of the world.
2. Do native English speakers have difficulty in understanding each other?

3. Does their English have differences? If so, can you show examples?
No, they don’t.
Yes. flat→ apartment
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Why has English has changed over time?
Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
Paragraph 5
English is now spoken wide in Asia.
Reading skills:
For the first time you must read the text quickly in three minutes. Be sure not to read the text sentence by sentence. Read the key words and key sentences to gain a brief idea about the topic of the text.
找重点词、关键句理解文章大致内容
如何找主题句或关键句?
(1) 顺承式段落多在第一句；
(2) 转折式段落常是第二句带有
however, but的句子。
English had the most speakers in the 17th century.
English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain.
Languages frequently change.
T
F
F
Read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why.
1
Careful reading
Conclusion
time
place
Language can change with time.
Language can change when cultures communicate with each other.
The language of the government is
always the language of the country.
5.English is one of the official
languages used in India.
6.This reading describes the
development of the English language.
T
T
F
Make a timeline of the development of English, using the passage to help you.
2
During the 5th century AD
Between AD 800 and 1150
By the 1600s
English was based more on German.
English was influenced by Danish and French invaders.
3.Shakespeare used a wider vocabulary than ever before.
1620
in the 18th century
1765-1947
By 19th century
4.British settlers moved to America in the “May flower”.
5.British colonized Australia.
6.British ruled India.
7.Dictionaries standardized the spelling of English.
Samuel Johnson
Born: September 18, 1709
One of the English language’s most profound influences.
Two important persons
Noah Webster
Born: October 16, 1758
Died: May 28, 1843When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently.
Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the text.
The English between AD 450 and 1150 was based more on _______.
From AD 800 to 1150, those who ruled England spoke first _______ and later _______.
At the end of the 16th century, about _________________ people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England.
German
Danish
French
five to seven million
English is also spoken as a foreign or ______ language in many other countries in Africa and ___________.
Today, the number of people learning English in China is increasing _______. As a matter of fact, China may have the _______ number of English learners.
In 1620 some British settlers moved to ________. In the 18th century, some British people were taken to __________. English began to be spoken in both countries.
largest
America
Australia
second
South Asia
rapidly
Why should you
learn English?
to use for business.
to use in school.
to write to pen friends.
to talk to
native speakers.
to read
English
books.
to listen to
English music and
watch movies.
1. Why do so many people want to learn English?
to use computers and the internet
to trade
to learn in western universities
to read academic journals
……
3
In pairs discuss these questions.
as a result of China’s growing economic power
as a result of China’s growing influence in the UN
to trade with China
to move some branches of Western companies into China.
…….
2.Why do you think more people in the world now want to lean Chinese?
Why did the writer decide to end the passage with a question?
“Will Chinese English become one of the world Englishes?Only time will tell.”
Further thinking:
According to the passage, languages change when cultures communicate with one another. So the writer intended to predict a possible road to modern English, that is, when Chinese culture communicates with English culture, English may change, too. So as time goes by, Chinese English may become one of the world English. That is what the writer intended to tell us about this passage. So the writer gave it the title-The Road to Modern English.
Assignment
1. Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I.
2. Prepare for the next class.
3. Finish the exercises on WB.
1. Recite the passage.
2. Dictation (to frequently).
3. Preview workbook to P17
Homework
Some backgrounds of Am. E & Br. E
American English and British English
The differences between American English and British English
How come the differences:
1.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.
2.In 1776 America became an independent country.The language began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same,while the language in changed.For example, 300 years ago the English talked about ―fall. Today, most British people talk about ―autumn, but Americans still talk about ―fall.
3.At the same time, British English and the American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words.For example, the British took ―typhoon from Chinese, while the Americans took ―tornado from Spanish.
4.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. And he changed the spelling of some words. That's the way the