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Unit 2 Reading BOOK 1?Warming up

How many dialects are there in China ?dialects family in China 北方方言吴某某闽南语客家话湘语赣语粤语ChineseDo you think there are some dialects in English?English dialects in different countriesBritainAmericaCanadaAustraliaIndiaNew ZealandBr E & Am.E When you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.The differences between British English and American English.vocabularyspellingpronunciationpetrol gas

lift elevator

flat apartmentcolour color

centre center

traveller travelerdance [da:ns] dance[d?ns]

not [not] not [na:t]Pre-reading

1. Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world?

2. Do you think it’s important for you to learn English? Why?

3. Do you think Chinese can be a world language? Why?The road to modern English Read the passage quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.

Development of Englishthe 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 AmericanWhy does English change over time?Because of cultural communication.Read Para 3 and answer

the question. Samuel Johnson Two important personsOne of the English language’s most profound influences.The American Dictionary of the English Language Noah Webster Read Para 5 and find out why India takes English as second language.Indiawas ruled by BritainSouth African EnglishSingapore EnglishMalaysian EnglishHong Kong EnglishDo you know any other kinds of English formed for this reason? Read the text carefully and finish the following exercises.

What’s the main idea of the passage?

How to learn English well.

The differences between old English and modern English.

English is widely used all over the world.

The brief history of the English language.

2.From the text, we know_______.

only English changed over time.

all languages will change when cultures meet.

all English words were from French.

fewer and fewer Chinese people are learning English3. When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?

In the 17th century.

At the end of the 16th century.

Between about AD 450 and 1150.

In the 19th century.4. Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers?

Because Indians like learning English very much.

Because India has a close relationship with Britain.

Because India has the largest number of English learners.

Because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.5. Which country may have the largest number of English learners in the world?

A. India B. Britain

C. China D. AustraliaComplete the table.Germanruled less governmentIndiaSingaporeMalaysiaAfricaPost-reading At the end of the 16th century English was only spoken by

people (1)___________ England. They were the (2)___________

speakers. Today, the largest number of people speaking English may

be in (3)___________ because a lot of Chinese people learn and

speak English as their foreign language. Old English (4)___________ (sound) more or less like

German for it was (5)___________ (base) on German, but

(6)___________ English sounds more like French than German

because England was once ruled by the French.from native China sounded based modern HomeworkFinish the exercises on page 11.Thank you!

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