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Unit 2 English around the world Period 1Warming up and Reading I Small Quiz • Let’s do a small quiz to distinguish/tell the national flags of different countries which speak English as their native language. Australia Great Britain New Zealand Ireland Canada South Africa The U.S.A. India Singapore 1. Are the English in those countries the same? Do you know the differences between American English and British English? Listen to the dialogues. Find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning. & American English British English British English spelling pronunciation words American English colour, favourite, color, favorite, theatre, centre, theater, center, travelled, metre traveled, meter ask not dance post, film, wheel box mail, movie, autumn, I think, fall I guess, sweets lorry candy truck words British English American English lift (电梯) petrol (汽油) elevator gas apartment flat (公寓) toilet bathroom underground(地铁) subway university(大学) college garbage rubbish(垃圾) dustbin(垃圾箱) trash can holiday vacation fortnight(两星期）two weeks Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language? number of example speakers countries the native language the foreign language the second language 375 million 750 million 375 million working situation USA,Canada, Australia,south Africa, Ireland, New Zealand China and many other countries government, India, Pakistan,Niger schools, ia,Philippines. newspapers, TV Fast reading: Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10. Pair work: 1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pairs) Describes the extension/development Para 1: of English in the world. Para 2 Native speakers can understand each other but not everything. Para 3 The development of English as native language. Or: English has changed over time. Para 4 English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries. Step 3. Intensive reading Activity 1. fill in the chart AD450--1150 German English was based on _______ 1150--1500 English was more like _________. French At the end of How many people spoke English? the 16th 5—7million __________ century In the 1600’s Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary ___________ than before. 1828 American English gained its identity own_________. Now __________ Australian English has its identity. Activity 2. Answer the following questions (1)What is the clue of the passage? time (2) Why does India have a large number of English speakers? because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. (3) When did people from England begin to move to other parts of the world? in the 17th century •Step 4 Read the passage again and decide the following statements are true or false. 1. America has the largest number of English speakers F 2. French ruled England from 1150 to 1500. T 3.Native English speakers cant’t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. F 4. Noah Webster wrote the American T Dictionary of the English Language. 5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa. F Discussion 1. Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn, why? 2. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? 3. Will Chinese English become one of the World English? Homework 1. Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I. 2. Review Reading 1. 3. Finish the exercises on Page11. 4. Finish Exercise1~2 on Page49 on WB. 5. Try to recite the first paragraph of Reading1.