1、Unit 2Period 1 Warming up Reading Do you want to come to my flat?Come up where?Is it beautiful?Why Mr.Bush cant understand Mr.Blair?flat(A.E)=apartment(B.E)Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?Wow,the baris a nice place.Wow,I want a tin of Coko,some sweets.What about you,Bush?Well,I wan
2、t a can ofmilktea,somecandyHey,lets go and see a soccer game.It is very exciting.Great.I like football matchvery much.Time to go home.Lets go to the elevator together.Oh no,the liftmust be full of people this time.Its more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.From these we can see.
3、English Around the Worldthe USACanadaNew ZealandAustraliaSouth Africathe United KingdomIreland Do you know that there is more than one kind of English?In some important ways they are very different from one another.They are called world Englishes.Look at these examples.Can you understand the differe
4、nt kinds of English these people are using?Warming up 3.Do you know how many people use English as their native language,second language,or foreign language?2.Are the English in those countries the same?number of speakersexample countriesworking situationthe native languagethe foreign languagethe se
5、cond language375 million750 million375 millionUSA,Canada,Australia,South Africa,Ireland,New ZealandChina and many other countriesIndia,Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines.government,schools,newspapers,TVChineseB.EA.E电梯liftelevatorChineseB.EA.E公寓酒吧罐头糖果电梯比赛足球flatapartmentpubbartincansweetscandyliftelevatorma
6、tchgamefootballsoccerBritish EnglishAmerican English&Do you know the differences between American English and British English?British EnglishAmerican Englishspellingpronunciationwordscolour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metremeteraskdancewheelnotboxpost,ma
7、il,film,movie,shop,store,I think,I guess,British EnglishAmerican Englishwordslift(电梯)elevatorpetrol(汽油)gasflat(公寓)apartmentautumnfallunderground(地铁)subwayuniversity(大学)collegerubbish(垃圾)garbagedustbin(垃圾箱)trash canholidayvacationfortnight(两星期）two weeksCan you name some countries in which English is
8、spoken?Do you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?Brainstorming world EnglishesAmerican English EnglandEnglish Australian English Canadian English Singapore English AfricanEnglish Malaysian English Indian EnglishPre-reading 1.With your partner,list the countries that use E
9、nglish as an official language.2.Which country do you think has the most English learners?3.Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about.Then read it quickly and see if you are right.The road to modern EnglishTask 1:skimmingTell the sentences which areTrue or False1.English
10、had the most speakers in the 17thcentury.T F2.English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain.T F3.Languages frequently change.T F4.The language of the government is always the language of the country.T F5.English is one of the official languages used in India.T F6.This reading descri
11、bes the development of the English language.T FTask 2:scanningPlease write down the main idea of each paragraph.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 wo
12、rld.Native language speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Para 1Para 2Para 3-4Para 5AD450-1150English was based on _English was more like French.At the end of the 16thcenturyHow many people speak English?_Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary._Ameri
13、can English gained its own identity.Later _ English had its identity.German5-7millionIn the 1600sAustralian182811501500Task 3:Fill in the formtimeplaceLanguage can change with time.Language can change when cultures communicate with each other.Conclusion:Task 4:listening and comprehendingChoose the c
14、orrect answer1.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 century2.Which of the following statement is true?A.Languages always stay the sameB.Languages change only after warsC.Languages no longer changeD.Languages
15、 change when cultures change3.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more like_?A.French B.Chinese C.German D.Russian4.Shakespeares English was spoken around _?A.1400s B.1150s C.450s D.1600s5.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?A.Australia B.China C.India D.Bri
16、tainTask 5:Blank fillingRead aloud and fill in the blanksAt 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
17、 ever_._English speakers can understand each other even _they dont speak _same kind of English._,they may not be able to understand everything.EnglandmovingspokenNativebeforeiftheHoweverCloze test All languages change when _ communicate with each other.Now American English and Australian English hav
18、e 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.culturesidentityAsiaas is rapidlyTask 6:discussion As we
19、 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?1.Retell the passage according to the key words.2.Read the passage carefully and make marks where you have any questionsHOMEWORK
