1、Unit 5Languages Around the WorldPeriod Project&Video Time话题词汇1native adj.本国的；当地的2approach v&n.接近；方法3overcome v.克服，解决4vocabulary n.词汇量5stress v.强调6revision n.修订；复习7recite v.背诵8teamwork n.合作9burden n.负担10master v.掌握11fluent adj.流利的12practical adj.实用的13adapt to 适应14have a good command of 精通15insist on
2、坚持16teach oneself 自学17pick up (偶然)学得；拾起，捡起；接收18put/applyto use 使用19turn to sb.(for help)求助于某人20go over 复习话题句型1There is no doubt that English is of great importance,which can not only enable us to better communicate with foreigners,but also offer us a platform to develop ourselves.不可否认英语很重要，它不仅有助于我们同
3、外国人更好地交流，而且给我们提供发展自己的平台。2When we meet a new word,we should guess its meaning through the context first，not to look it up in the dictionary当我们遇到生词时，我们首先应该通过语境猜测它的意思，而不是查词典。3We are supposed/expected/assumed to learn English well because a good command of English means more opportunities in the future我
4、们理应学好英语，因为精通英语意味着在将来有更多的机会。4Im writing to sign up for the individual oral English trainingprogramme offered online.我写信是为了报名参加在线个人英语口语培训项目。5There is no doubt that keeping an English diary helps you a lot with your written English.毫无疑问，写英语日记非常有助于你书面英语的提高。话题时文Standard English and DialectsWhat is standa
5、rd English?Is it spoken in Britain,the US,Canada,Australia,India and New Zealand?Believe it or not,there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English.This is because in the early days of radio,those who reported the news were exp
6、ected to speak excellent English.However,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.When people use words and expressions different from“standard language”，it is called a dialect.American English has many dialects,especially the Midwestern,Southern,African American and Spa
7、nish dialects.Even in some parts of the US,two people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently.American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.Geography also plays a part in making dialects.Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern US speak
8、 with an older kind of English dialect.When Americans move from one place toanother,they take their dialects with them.So people from the mountains in the southeastern US speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern US.The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.Although many Americans move a lot,they still recognise and understand each others dialects.
