Period 4 Reading II
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Warming up – I ( 3m )
How many dialects are there in China ?
dialects family in China
北方方言
吴语
闽南语
客家话
湘语
赣语
粤语
Chinese
dialects in
Guangdong province
粤方言
客方言
闽方言
代表地区
梅州
地区
广州代表
代表地区
潮汕地区
Warming up – II ( 2m )
Do you think there are some dialects in English?
English dialects in different countries
Britain
The U.S.A
Canada
Australia
India
New Zealand
Reading – I (1m )Fast reading:
Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question.

Is there standard English?
Reading – II ( 5m )Detailed Reading
Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question.
1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text?
mid-western, southern, African American, Spanish
2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect?
Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them.
3.Why are there so many dialect in American English?
That’s because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.
Reading – III ( 10m ) Read the passage on Page 51,
then fill in the following form:
Scotland
1.standard
n.&adj.标准，规格；标准的，规格的
phrases: come up to the standard
meet standards
set a standard
standard of living
by international standards
from the standards
on a standard
a car of standard size
a standard composer
Language points
2.expect
Vt.(理所当然)期望，预料，认为，预期
usage: expect sb to do sth
expect +that-clause
expect sth
expect to do sth
I expect so. 我想是这样。
I expect not. I don’t expect so.
我想不是这样。
expect & wait for
expect 主要指心理状态（a state of mind），含有期盼的意味。
wait for 则指另一种行动（a sort of activity），特别指什么都不干而专门等待。
3.specially & especially
adv.尤其，特别地（可缩写为esp.）
specially: 指为某一特殊目的而专门采用的某一个方式。
especially:指有意突出到显眼或例外的程度，表达某事不寻常，过分或特别重要。
4.southern,eastern
adj. 南方的，南部的；东方的，东部的
eastern一类的词与east一类的词辨析
专有名词，尤其是所表示的地方具有明确的固定范围的专有名词，特别是政治区分，一般用east。普通名词和所指的地方没有明确的固定范围的专有名词多用eastern。
east 重点在形容方位或从哪个方向来的；而eastern则指从某一固定的地方看某一个方向，或指某物来自何方或某地朝哪个方向。
5.Recognize
Vt.辨认出来，承认，公认
phrases: recognize one’s voice
recognize sb to be ……被承认为……
be recognized to be……
recognize that……
注意：recognize是一个终止性动词。是指原来很熟悉，经过一段时间的间隔或别的原因后又重新认出来。
Sentence patterns
1.believe it or not ,……
e.g.. Believe it or not, there is no such a thing as standard English .
在应用such，so（如此）时应特别注意，如果作定语的词是no ，all，most，some，any，another，many，much，a few，few，little，a little，several，one.等词语的时候，应用such，such应放置于这些词之后；
若为其他形容词，such 则应该放置于这些词之前。如果修饰名词的形容词是many，much，few，little时，不能用such，而要用so，且so 要置于这些词之前。
2.play a part in
1>be involved in an activity. 参加某活动.
e.g. She plays an active part in local politics.
2>make a contribution to sth; have a share in sth. 对某事起作用，有贡献；参与
e.g. She played a major part I the success of the scheme.
We all have a part to play in the fight against crime.
3. be related with; have effect on sth. 与某事有关，对某事有影响
e.g. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.
Assignment
Review all the new words and expressions.
Finish the exercises on the exercise books.
3. Prepare for the next class.