1、Unit2 English aronund the world,Niagara falls,Maple leaves,kangaroo,Sydney Opera House,sledge,Big Ben,the White House,Learning aims:Learn to find the topic sentence in a paragraph(段落).Learn to sum up (归纳)the main idea.3. Learn to find the detailed information.4. Learn to analyze(分析) difficult senten
2、ces.,Answer the following questions to see how much you know about English.,Warming-up,How many languages can you speak? 2. Which language has the largest number of speakers?3. Which language is the most widely used?4. How many countries speak English as their native language? What are they?,Britain
3、 (the United Kingdom) British English (BE),America (the united states) American English (AE),Canada Canadian English,Australia Australian English,New Zealand New Zealand English,South Africa English,5. Can you name some countries that use English as their official language?,Warming up,Since there ar
4、e many kinds of English, they must be different. What are the differences?,?,spelling,pronunciation,vocabulary,reading,Look at the title of the passage. Whats the meaning of “the road to modern English”?,The history of the English development.The development of English.,reading for the main ideas,re
5、ading for the main ideas,Whats the main idea for each paragraph(段落)?Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3-4:Paragraph 5:,Brief introduction to the development of English/The spread of the English language in the world,Native speaker can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of En
6、glish,English changes over time./ the development of English,English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.,reading,Tips for reading:The topic sentence can usually be found at the _ of a paragraph.2. If we cannot find a topic sentence, we should try to _the main idea.
7、,beginning,sum up,reading for details,reading,reading,reading for details,Read paragraph 3 and 4 to fill in the form:,German,AD800-1150,About 5-7 million,by the 1600s,by the 19thcentury,Australia,reading for language,Lets see who can understand the following points correctly.,Useful expressions: 在16
8、世纪末_ 许多其他国家_ 比以往任何时候_ 即使 _ 随时间而变 _ 与 交流 _ 今天所讲的英语_ 以为基础 _ 目前_ 不那么像德语 _ 扩大词汇量_ 到十七世纪为止 _ 十八世纪晚期_ 讲英语的人_ 的数量 _ 大量的_,Post-reading,at the end of the 16th century,many other countries,than ever before,even if/ even though,change over time,communicate with,the English spoken today,be based on,at present,l
9、ess like German,enrich ones vocabulary,by the 1600s/ by the 1600s,late in the 18th century,people speaking English,the number of,a number of,Brainstorming,Why do you think we should learn English?,Post-reading,We learn English to communicate with foreigners to trade with foreigners（与外国人做买卖） to learn
10、 more about the international world to read English books Conclusion: to know more about the outside world, develop our country and improve ourselves,Post-reading,Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?,What are the foreigners doing?,2. Why do you think the foreigners are learning Chinese?,Brainstorming,Post-reading, China is growing more powerful. The economy in China is growing. China is more influential in international affairs(国际事务),More people learn Chinese because,Post-reading,评价,主题,
