Unit 2
ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
Step1
Warming up
Which countries use English
as their native language ?
Whether they speak the
same English?
U.K.
Australia
U.S.A.
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Can you tell me the countries’ names by looking at
the flags?
English-speaking countries
说英语的国家
Step2 Lead in
Now please look at the following
picture, and tell me what things
you can see in the picture.
mirror
towel
tap
toilet
handle
bathroom?
bath / bathtub basin
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Please look at the following
conversations and find the words
with the same meaning.
Then tell me which is British
English and which is American
English.
Do you have
any plan this
fall?
fall
What? Do you
mean this autumn?
autumn
Do you
want to
come to
my flat?
How far
is your
apartment?
It is
beautiful
Shall we go to
the pub to
celebrate your
birthday?
Wow, bar
is a nice
place.
Wow, I want a tin of Coko,
some biscuits and sweets.
What about you, Bush?
Well, I want
a can of
milktea, some
cookies and
some candy.
Great. I
like
football
match
very much.
Hey, let’s go and
see a soccer game.
It is very exciting.
Time to go home. Let’s go
to the elevator together.
Oh no,
the lift
must be
full of
people
this time.
Chinese
公寓
酒吧
罐头
糖果
饼干
电梯
比赛
足球
秋天
汽油
British English
flat
pub
tin
sweet
biscuit
lift
match
football
autumn
petrol
American English
apartment
bar
can
candy
cookie
elevator
game
soccer
fall
gas
Step3 Pre-reading
Read the passage quickly and match the
main ideas with each paragraph.
Para.5 English is also spoken as a foreign
or second language.
Para.1 More and more people speak English.
Para.2 Native English speakers can
understand each other.
Para.3 English is changing over time.
Para.4 Finally English was settled.
Step4
Reading
Para.2
划线的
*What does the underlined words mean in “I’d like
to come up to your apartment”?
Find out the sentence with the same meaning:
( ) The flowers are just beginning to come up.
( ) The question came up at the meeting.
( ) Why don’t you come up to Scotland for a
few days?
Para.3
Finish the table according to
the text
Timeline
language \ person
about AD450- 1150
German
AD800-1150
1600’s
Danish
Shakespeare
In the 18th century
Australian
Para.3&4
Can you understand all the words and
phrases in this paragraph ?
Actually
A. really; in fact
Vocabulary
B. happening now
gradually
C. who\what sb.\sth.is
Identity
D. slowly
Present
E. all the words and
phrases you learn
Para.1 & Para.5
Answer the questions:
1.How many people spoke English at the end
of 16th century?
2.Will Chinese English become one of the
world English?
3. Which country may have the largest
number of English speakers?
4. Why does India have a very large
number of English speakers?
Step5 Summary
Today, many people speak English as their
first , second
_______, or foreign language. that’s
England started moving
because people from ________
from the 16th century. English is changing
because of the place and the time. When
cultures
___________
communicate with one another, all
change
languages __________.
From 1765 to 1947,
ruled
Britain _______India,
so English became the
education
government
language for _____________and____________.
English has been used in HK since________.
1842
Today more and more Chinese learn English.
British English
spelling
pronunciation
words
colour, favourite,
theatre, centre,
travelled, metre
ask
not
American English
color, favorite,
theater, center,
traveled, meter
dance
box
mail, movie,
post,
film,
I think,
shop, I guess, store,
Homework:
1.Read the text (P9)twice.
2.Recite the new words and expressions.
3.Do Ex (P10)
Ex1 & 2 (P11)