必修一unit2 Reading

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Unit 2

English around the world

Reading

高一人教新课标版必修一

The Road to Modern

1. list the countries that use English as

an official language.

Pre-reading

America

Britain

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

Singapore

Philippines

India

More and more people speak English.

Native English speakers can

understand each other but

not everything.

Para 1:

Para 2:

Skimming

Main ideas of paragraphs

At the end ofXXXXX

Later in the next centuryXXXXX

TodayXXXXX

English is changing over time.

(cultures & places)

English is spoken as a foreign or

second language in many countries.

Para 3-4:

Para 5:

A. How to learn English well

B. The brief history of modern English

C. The way to England

D. The difference between modern

English and old English

Choose the main idea of the text.

B

Careful reading: Para 1--Development of English

the end of the 16th century

the next century

today

people

If an American is talking to an Englishman,

_______.

A. They will have almost no difficulty in

understanding

B. They will have a lot of misunderstandings

between each other

C. The American finds it difficult to

understand the Englishman

D. The English man finds it difficult to

follow the American

Para 2

A

Why does English change over time?

Because of cultural communication.

Read Para 3 and answer

the question:

German

The history of the English language

less

ruled

Shakespeare

America

Australia

government and education

English spelling

dictionary

The American Dictionary of

the English Language.

in South Asia

China

South Africa

Why is India mentioned in the last paragraph?

A. Because India is a typical country who

speaks English as a second language

because of its long being ruled by Britain.

B. Because India has a very large number of

English speakers.

C. Because India is a country where English

plays a very important role in social life.

D. Because India has a long history of

communication with Britain.

Para 5

A

1. Most English speakers in the 16th century lived in England.

2. More and more people use English as their first or 2nd language.

3. Native English speakers can’t

understand each other

because they don’t speak the

same kind of English.

T

T

F

True or False

Task 1

T

T

4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language.

5. From 1765 to 1947 English became the language for government and education in India.

German

Fill in the form

Task 2

less

ruled

Shakespeare

English spelling

dictionary

The American Dictionary of the English Language.

in South Asia.

America

Australia

government and education

At first, only people in ________ spoke English.

Later, people from England _______ to other

parts, so English began to be spoken in

______ _____ _________. Today, _______ people

speak English as their _____, second or foreign

language. _______ English speakers _____

understand each other but ____ ___________.

Retell the text.

England

moved

many other countries

more

first

Native

can

not everything

Task 3

All languages change when ________

communicate with one another.

So there are British English, American

English, Australian English and so on.

They all have their own ________.

English is also spoken as a foreign or

second language in _____ ____ _______.

Maybe one day Chinese English will

become one of the world English.

cultures

identity

many other countries

Discussion

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?

Why do so many people want to learn English?

To use for

business

To use in school

To talk

to native

speakers

To read English

books

To write to pen friends

To listen to English music

and movies

1. than ever before 比以往任何时候更

You’ll speak English much better than ever before.

than ever before 可看作是 than they ever speak English before 的省略形式。

2. even if

(1) even if ( = even though )

in spite of 即使；尽管

用来引导让步状语从句

Even if it rains tomorrow, we will leave for Beijing.

Even if he is poor, she loves him.

3. the number of/ a number of

the number of “XXXXXXXXXX.的数目“，接可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用单数。

The number of undergraduates has increased over the years.

a number of 许多 大量 (后接复数名词)谓语动词用复数。

A number of teachers are on leave.

The number of people invited _____

fifty, but a number of them ___ absent

for different reasons.

A. were; was B. was; was

C. was ; were D. were; were

C

只能修饰可数名词的：

a large/ great/ good number of

a good/ great many只能修饰不可数名词的：

a great deal of,

a large amount of,

既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的：

plenty of,

a lot of, lots of,

a large quantity of

4. Only time can tell 惟有时间将能证明。

tell 此处用作不及物动词，意为“显示出”

tell A from B: 区分，分别

Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

5. such as & for example

such as 用来列举事物时, 一般列举同类

人或事物中的几个例子且所列举事物的

数量不能等于它前面所提到的总和,

一旦相等, 要用that is 或namely.

I have three good friends, such as John,

Jack and Tom.

He can speak four languages, such as

English and French.

XXXXX

for example: 用来举例说明某一论点或情况，一般只举同类人或物中的 “一个” 为例，作插入语，可位于句首，句中或句尾，通常与所给的例子用逗号隔开，其后的例子可以是从句。

Ball games, for example, have spread

around the world.

There are many kinds of pollution (污染)

Noise, for example, is a kind of pollution.

用such as, for example, namely填空

(1) Students, _______ Tom and Mary,

should be learnt from.

(2) Wear something simple, ___________,

a skirt and blouse.

(3) He knows six languages, ________

Chinese, French, English, Spanish,

Russian and Portuguese.

such as

for example

namely

Homework

1. Memorize the new words.

2. Retell the passage.

3. Finish exercises in Learning

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