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Unit 2
Listening
Listen carefully to the tape. Mr. Brown’s landlady
has many house rules. Write down five of them.
Example: The landlday asked Mr Brown to put his coat in
the closet.
The landlady asked Mr Brown:
1._________________________________.
2._________________________________.
3._________________________________.
4._________________________________.
5._________________________________.
Complete the following sentences
how to pronounce “kilometre”
1.Emily asked Karen______________________________.
The teacher asked Karen and Emily __________________
if there is anything that
______________________.
they are not clear
Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her
how to pronounce “kilometre”
_________________________________________________.
2.Ms Smith told Harry_______________________________.
to take two pizzas to Mr. Thompson
Harry asked Ms Smith ______________________________.
if she can spell the name
He also asked her __________________________________.
if she can repeat the address
Ms Smith told Harry not_____________________________.
to forget to buy her some ketchup
Make up A dialogue for three students
and act it out in class, using the following
expressions to help you.
Useful expressions
Can you spell that, please?
I beg your parden?
Could you repeat that, please?
How do you say …in English?
What do you mean by…?
How do you pronounce…?
Could you speak a bit slowly, please?
What does … mean?
English Around the World
Post- Reading
1.Why is it becoming more and more important to have a
good knowledge of English?
Because English is spoken and used all around the world.With so
many people communicating in English, it is becoming more and
more important to have a knowledge of English.
2.In which countries do we find most native speakers of
English? Give the names of three countries.
The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada,
Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand.
3.Living in China you can use English every day in
different situations. Give two examples.
We can use English when we are having an international
meeting, having a business talk with our business partner.
Complete the Following summary.
English is a ________
around the world. For more
language ______all
spoken
than 375million people in countries such as _______
Australia and
_______,
______ tongue
______. Another 375
Canada English is their mother
million people _____
Learn ______
English as a second language. However,
most people learn English at school as a ______
foreign _______.
language
The English language __also
____
is
used by most international
organizations as their working language, as well as in international _____
tourism Most foreigners visiting China
trade and _______.
speak
are either__________
businessmen or ______.
tourists If they cannot ______
Chinese, they use ______
English to communicate with Chinese
people. In global culture, for example the Internet or popular
music, English is widely used. In the future we will be
using
speaking Chinese with our_______,
people but we will be _______
English with people around the world for our work.
WORD STUDY
1 closet
A a number f people or things that form more
than half of a group
2 explain
B information and understanding about a
subject
3 majority
C the same
4 mother tongue
D a cupboard where you can put clothes
5 equal
E to make something clear to understand by
describing or giving information about it
6 communicate
F native language
7 knowledge
G the activity of buying ,selling or exchanging
goods or services
8 trade
H to give information using speech, radio
signals or body movement
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AND
BRITISH
ENGLISH
American English and British English
The differences between American English and British English
How come the differences:
1.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.
2.In 1776 America became an independent country.The language
began to change.The language in America stayed the same,while
the language in England changed.
3.At the same time, British English and the American English
stared borrowing words from other languages, ending up with
different words.
4.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.
And he changed the spelling of some words.
English borrowed from other languages
word
Borrowed from
cent
Old French
What will you do if people don’t understand you?
1.Saying something one or two more times, slowly, often
helps.
2.Maybe you are not pronouncing the word right. Try
changing sounds.
3.Try to say the same thing but use different words.
4.If you don’t know the exact word for an object, you
can give a description of what it looks like.
5.Replace difficult words with simple ones.