1、Reading I,Unit 2 English around the world,Small Quiz,Lets do a small quiz to distinguish/tell the national flags of different countries which speak English as their native language.,Great Britain,Australia,New Zealand,Ireland,South Africa,The U.S.A.,India,Canada,Singapore,1. Are the English in those
2、 countries the same?,British English,American English,&,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.,British English,American English,spelling,pronunciation,words,
3、colour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metre,meter,ask,dance,wheel,not,box,post,mail,film,movie,autumn,fall,I think,I guess,sweets,candy,lorry,truck,British English,American English,words,lift (电梯),elevator,petrol (汽油),gas,flat (公寓),apartment,toilet,bathroom
4、,underground(地铁),subway,university(大学),college,rubbish(垃圾),garbage,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?,375 million,750 million,375 million,USA,Canada,Australia,south A
5、frica, Ireland, New Zealand,China and many other countries,India, Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines.,government,schools, newspapers,TV,Fast reading:,Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.,1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pair
6、s),Pair work:,Describes the extension/development of English in the world.Native speakers can understand each other but not everything.The development of English as native language. Or: English has changed over time.English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries.,Para 1:,Para 2,
7、Para 3,Para 4,Step 3. Intensive reading Activity 1. fill in the chart,German,57million,Australian,French,vocabulary,identity,Activity 2. Answer the following questions (1)What is the clue of the passage?(2) Why does India have a large number of English speakers?(3) When did people from England begin
8、 to move to other parts of the world?,time,because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.,in the 17th century,Step 4 Read the passage again and decide the following statements are true or false.,America has the largest number of English speakers French ruled England from 1150 to 1500. 3.Native Engli
9、sh speakers cantt understand each other because they dont speak the same kind of English. 4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. 5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa.,F,T,F,T,F,Discussion,1. Do you think it matters
10、 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,Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I. Review Reading 1. 3. Finish the exercises on Page11. 4. Finish Exercise12 on Page49 on WB. 5. Try to recite the first paragraph of Reading1.,
