Unit 2

Period 1 Warming up

＆ Reading

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Do you want

to come to my flat? Come

up where?

Is it beautif

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Why Mr.Bush can’t understand Mr.Blair?

flat (A.E) = apartment (B.E)

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Chinese B. E A. E

公寓 flat apartment

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Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?

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Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some sweets. What about you, Bush?

Well, I want a can ofmilktea, somecandy

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Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.

Great. I like football match very much.

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Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together.

Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.

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Chinese B. E A. E

公寓酒吧罐头糖果电梯比赛足球

flat apartmentpub bar

tin cansweets

candy

lift elevatormatch gamefootball soccer

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It’s more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

From these we can see ….

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Can you name some countries in which English is spoken?

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Do you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same ?

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• Brainstorming

world Englishes

American English

EnglandEnglish

Australian English

Canadian English

Singapore English

African

English

Malaysian English

Indian English

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Why are there so many countries speaking English as their first, second or foreign language?

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The road to modern English

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New words

culture 文化 、文明 actually 实际上，事实上present 现在的、出席的 rule 统治vocabulary 词汇、词汇量 usage 使用、用法 identity 身份government 政府Singapore 新加坡Malaysia 马来西亚 rapidly 迅速地

A.E. B.E.

Read after

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Task 1: skimmingTask 1: skimming

Tell the sentences which are True or False

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1. America has the largest number of English speakers. T F

2. French ruled England Form 1150 to 1500. T F

3. Native English speakers can't understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. T F

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4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. T F

5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in India. T F

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Task 2: scanningTask 2: scanning

Please write down the main idea of each paragraph.

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All language change when culture communicate with one another.

English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.

The history of English spreading all over the world.

Native language speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

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AD450--1150 English was based on _______

___________English was more like French.

At the end of the 16th century

How many people speak English? __________

___________Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary.

___________American English gained its own identity.

Later __________ English had its identity.

German

5-7million

In the 1600’s

Australian 1828

1150~1500

Task 3: Fill in the formTask 3: Fill in the form

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time

place

Language can change with time.

Language can change when cultures communicate with each other.

Conclusion:

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Task 4: Task 4: listening and comprehending listening and comprehending

Choose the correct answer

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1.English has/had the most speakers___.A.NowB. when the British ruled many parts of

the worldC. in the time of ShakespeareD. in the 12th century

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2.Which of the following statement is true?A. Languages always stay the sameB. Languages change only after warsC. Languages no longer changeD. Languages change when cultures change

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3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded

more like_____?

A. French

B. Chinese

C. German

D. Russian

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4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken

around ______?

A. 1400’s

B. 1150’s

C. 450’s

D. 1600’s

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5. Which country has the fastest growing

number of English speakers in the world?

A. Australia

B. China

C. India

D. Britain

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Task 5: Blank fillingTask 5: Blank filling

Read aloud and fill in the blanks

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At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in ________ As people from England started ______ to other parts of the world ,English began to be ______ in many other countries. Now more people speak English than ever_______. ________English speakers can understand each other even ___they don’t speak _____same kind of English . _______, they may not be able to understand everything.

England

moving

spokenNative before

if

the However

ClozeCloze testtest

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All languages change when ________ communicate with each other. Now American English and Australian English have their own_______. English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and______, such____ South Africa, Indian, Singapore and Malaysia. Today the number of the people in China ___ increasing _______. In future Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes.

cultures

identity

Asia as

is rapidly

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Task 6: discussionTask 6: discussion

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As we all know, English is widely used in many fields, While Chinese is spoken by the largest speakers. Do you think Chinese will become an international language all over the world in the near future? 中国英语教师网

1.Retell the passage according to the key words.2.Read the passage carefully and make marks where you have any questions

HOMEWORKHOMEWORK

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