1、Unit 2officialvoyageapartment actually base graduallyadj.官方的;正式的n.航行;航海n.公寓住宅;单元套房adv.实际上;事实上vt.以.为依据n.基部;基地;基础adv.逐渐地;逐步地Words previewDanishvocabulary spelling identity fluent SingaporeMalaysian.丹麦语adj.丹麦的;丹麦人的n.词汇;词汇量;词表n.adv.拼写;拼法n.本身;本体;身份adj.流利的;流畅的n.新加坡n.马来西亚Words previewbecause of come up at
2、present make use of such as因为;由于走近;上来;提出现在;目前利用;使用例如;像这种的Expressions previewAustraliaU.S.ANew ZealandU.KENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD1 With your partner,list the countries that use English as an official language?2 Which country do you think has the most English learners?THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISHTry to
3、finish your reading in 8 minutes.Then,do the following exercises.1.Read the passage and choose the 2.correct answer.1.English has/had the most speakersA.now.B.when the British ruled many parts of the world.C.in the time of Shakespeare.D.in the 12th century.2.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more
4、like A.French.B.Chinese.C.German.D.Russian.3.Shakespeares English was spoken around A.1400s.B.1150s.C.450s.D.1600S.5.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speaker in the world?A.Australia B.China C.India D.Britain Timeline of the development of EnglishtimeLanguage developmentDuring
5、 the 5thcentury ADbased more on GermanAD800-1150influenced by Danish and then by French;vocabulary enriched1620British settlers moved to America;English spoken there18th centuryBritish taken to Australia;English spoken there19thlanguage settled;spelling difference happenedNoah Webster Born:October 1
6、6,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May 28,1843Place:New Haven,ConnecticutNoah Webster and Americas First Dictionary Born in West Hartford,Connecticut in 1758,Noah Webster came of age during the American Revolution and was a strong advocate(主张）of the Constitutional （美国宪法）Convention（会议）.He believed
7、fervently（热诚、热情）in the developing cultural independence ofthe United States,a chief part of which was to be a distinctive American language with its own idiom,pronunciation,and style.In 1806 Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language,the first truly American dictionary.Immedi
8、ately there after he went to workon his magnum opus（巨著、杰作）,an American Dictionary of the English Language,for which he learned 26 languages,including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit,in order to research the originsof his own countrys tongue.This book,published in 1828,embodied a Skimming reading:discuss th
9、e following questions1.Why does China have the largest number of English speakers?2.Is English still changing now?Why?3.Why is the number of people learning English in China increasing rapidly?Main ideas for paragraphsPara.One:Para.Two:Para.Three:Para.Four:More and more people speak English.The firs
10、t sentence in paragraph Two.The second sentence in paragraph Three.The number of the English speaking people is increasing.English is changing because of the place and the time.timeplaceSummary of the main idea:At the same time,culture communicative with each other1.Why do you think people all over
11、the world want to learn English?Discussion2.Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese?Some people say that Chinese is amuch more elegant language,so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language.Do you agree with this opinion
12、 and why?1 voyage n.Ca long journey,especially by ship:航行；航海He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.2 because of:as a result of 因为;由于Many beautiful fish are fast disappearing because of the severe pollution.因为污染严重，许多美丽的鱼类正在面临绝种。The police are advising motorists to reduce speed because of the f
13、og.由于有雾，警察告诫驾车者减慢速度。We win the game because of hisparticipation.由于他的参与，我们赢了比赛。someone who has spoken a particular language since they were a baby,rather than having learnt it as a child or adult:讲母语的人None of our teachers are native speakersof English.a native-speaker dictionary3 native speaker n.C1.
14、to move towards sb.走近A young girl came up to me and asked for money.2.to be mentioned or talked about in conversation:提出What points came up at the meeting?The teacher came up with a good plan for the summer vocation.4 come up:phrasal v.3.to happen,usually unexpectedly:发生Ive got to go-something has j
15、ust come up at home and Im needed there.4.be coming up to be happening soon:临近My exams are coming up soon.Are you busy?Not at present.At present shes working abroad.I have no enough material in hand at present.目前我手头没有足够的资料。5 at present FORMAL now:目前A Gradually,she realized that he wasnt telling her
16、the truth.B The bank slopes gradually down to the river.6 gradually adv.slowly over a period of time or a distance:逐渐地a wide/limited vocabularyBy the age of two a child will have a vocabulary of about two hundred words.7 vocabulary n.1 C all the words known and used by a particular person:词汇量2 C or
17、U all the words which exist in a particular language or subject:词汇A Every week our English teacher gives us a list of vocabulary (=words)to learn.B Computing,like any subject,has its own vocabulary.We might as well make use of the hotels facilities.She makes use of people she meets as raw material f
18、or her fiction.她把她所遇见的人们作为她创作小说的素材。8 make use of sth.to use sth.that is available:利用；使用She offered me more money or a car and I chose the latter.Compare the former(FIRST).9 the latter(SECOND)n.Sthe second of two people,things or groups previously mentioned:后者11 identity n.C or Uwho a person is,or th
19、e qualities of a person or group which make them different from others:本身；本体；身份The mans identity was being kept secret while he was helping police with enquiries.I cannot reveal the identity of my source.The informant(线人)was given a new identity(=a different name and new official documents)for prote
20、ction.I think my job gives me a sense of identity.1 When a person is fluent,they can speak a language easily,well and quickly:Shes fluent in French.2 When a language is fluent,it is spoken easily and without many pauses:He speaks fluent Chinese.Hes a fluent Russian speaker.12 fluent adj.流利的；流畅的fluen
21、tly adv.流利地；流畅地Id like to speak English fluently.That sum of money is to cover costs such as travel and accommodation.I know many of them,such as John,Peter,and Tom.The Roman languages such as French,Italian,are all derived from Latin.拉丁语系,例如法语,意大利语,都起源于拉丁语。13 such as:for example 例如;诸如for example意思是
22、 举个例子来说,.一般只举同类人或物中的“一个”为例，作插入语，用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中、句末；such as意思是 比如，后面不加逗号,直接列举同类人或物中的几个例子，不能穷尽，可和and so on连用；like表示列举，可和such as互换。for example,such as,like 的区别Noise，for example，is a kind of pollution举例说明，噪音就是一种污染。China has many big cities,such as Beijing,Shanghai,Shenzhen and so on=China has many such b
23、ig cities like Beijing，Shanghai，Shenzhen and so on中国有许多大城市，比如北京、上海、深圳等等。S subject 主 语P predicate 谓语O object 宾语Attattribute 定语Adv adverbial 状语Com complement 补语Pre predicative 表语C clause 从句Short forms 缩略语English now is also spoken as a foreignor second language in South Asia.Difficult sentences analys
24、isS.Adv.P.Adv.现在,英语在南亚也被当作外语或第二语言。It is just as you like.事情就如你喜欢的那样。Jim runs fast,but I run just as fast.吉姆跑得快，但我跑得也一样快。As you werent there I left a message.因为你不在那里，我留了个信儿。句子中的as是介词，意思是“当作”，作副词意思是“同样地”，作连词意思是“当.之时”。1.Retell the passage.2.Finish exercises in Learning about language.3.Find an example that shows the difference between American English and British English.Homework
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