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Unit 3 English Around the World

Topic 1 English is widely spoken throughout the world.

Section C

Is English spoken by the largest number of people in the world?

NO

Chinese is spoken by the largest number of people in the world.

the U.S.A.

Canada

New Zealand

Australia

the United Kingdom

Ireland

English-speaking countries

English is widely used throughout the world.

Read 1a and complete the following tasks.

Find out what the red numbers refer to.

Fast Reading

Just find the numbers and read the information around them.

3 000

500 million

309 million

300 million

1c Read 1a again and fill in the blanks.

_____________________

_____________________

It is used as a native language, such as

in __________ and ____________.

It is used as the _________ language.

It is used as a foreign language, such as

in some European countries, ________

and _________ .

It is used as the _______ language for

international business, the world’s airline

and the ___________ .

Underline the topic

sentence of the passage

Of all these languages,

English is the most

widely used.

Careful Reading

Group work

Retell the passage according to the numbers and key words we fill in above.

2. Recent surveys show that over 500 million people speak English as

their mother tongue. 最近的调查显示,有超过5亿的人把英语作为母语。

Language points:

1. There are more than 3000 languages are spoken in the world.世界上有3000多种语言在流通。

over

“超过,多于” +数词 e.g: more than ten men 十多人

more XXXXX than XXXXX 比XXXXXXXXXX更XXXXXXXXXX, more后面跟n./多音节adj./adv.

E.g: I have __________________________

He is ___________________than Jim. (careful)

more friends than you.

more careful

show sb. sth./ show sth to sb. 出示某物给某人

show

v.

show sb. the way to 告诉某人去XXXXXXXXXX的路

n.

表演

fashion show / talk show / flower show

3. There are even more people , like some in Europe as well as

in China and Japan, who study English as a foreign language,

Language points:

Who study English as a foreign language 定语从句,修饰名词people,译为“把英语当做第二语言学习的人。

as well as : XXXXXXXXXX和XXXXXXXXXX 也 在句中连接并列成分,当连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词和as well as 前保持一致。

e.g. (1)Guo Moruo is a famous writer as well as a great poet.

(2)Mother as well as I goes to the supermarket every Saturday.

(3)The teacher as well as the students __________ (invite)

to visit the new museum.

is invited

4. It is clear that the English language is becoming more

important.显而易见,英语变得更重要了。

It is +adj. that e.g.

____ is common that the teenagers _____________

_______________ with their parents.

(1)青少年和他们父母亲交流有困难很普遍。

(2)我们有可能在年前搬进新房子。

_____________________ we move to the new house before the Spring Festival.

Language points:

2 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs.

English is the most widely used international language nowadays. It _________ (speak) as the mother tongue in such countries as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In many other countries, people ________ (speak ) English as their second language. There are about 750 million English speakers in the world. English _________(use) in many different fields of life, such as business, tourism and technology. Business people _______ (use) English at international conferences, and tourists ________ (speak) English when they go abroad. Many English signs ________________(see) in public places. A wide knowledge of English helps us follow English television programs and _________ (enjoy) interesting films. The English language ________(play) an important part in our lives.

n.旅游者;游客

She will visit some interesting places _____________

(和)famous museums.

2. English is spoken as the ____________________ (母

语) in most of the ___________________ (欧洲国家).

3. ___________________________ (丰富的电脑知识) can

help us to learn more information.

4. The Chinese Characters ____________________(起重要作

用)in the world history.

Exercises

1. The Olympic Games _________every four years.

A. are held B. were held

C. are holding D. will hold

2. Today Chinese is becoming more and more popular. It ________ in many schools around the world.

A. teaches B. is teaching

C. has taught D. is taught

3. —People find it hard to get across the river.

—I think at least two bridges __________ over it.

A. need B. are needing

C. will need D. are needed

Choose the best answer.

A

D

D

Exercises

Summary

We learn:

We can:

Some words: root, trader, native, speaker, foreign

base, European, kingdom, tourism,

conference, tourist

2. Some phrases: mother tongue, as well as, a wide

knowledge of, play an important part in

3. Some sentences: Recent surveys show thatXXXXX

It is adj. thatXXXXX

1.Know more about the wide use of English and understand the importance of learning English.

2.Use Passive voice better.

3.Search the Internet for some information to write a composition.

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