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1、Unit 2,Warming up and reading,English around the world,Do you know American English?Do you know British English?What are the differences between A.E and B.E?,Kobe Bryant is an American basketball player.David Beckham is a former English footballer.,Lets read a dialogue between them.,Do you want to c
2、ome to my flat?,Where is your apartment?,Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?,Wow,the bar is a nice place.,Wow,I want a tin of Coko and some sweets.What about you?,Well,I want a can of milk tea and somecandy.,Great.I like football match,too.,Hey,lets go and see a soccer game.It is very
3、 exciting.,Oh no,the lift must be full of people at this time.,Time to go home.Lets go to the elevator together.,Its important to have a goodknowledge of English.,From these we can see there are differences between British and American English.,1.There are a few differences in grammar.For example,sp
4、eakers of British English say“in hospital”and“Have you a pen?”Americans say“in the hospital”and“Do you have a pen?”2.Pronunciation is sometimes different.Americans usually sound the rs in words like“bird”and“hurt”.Some speakers of British English do not sound the rs in these words.,3.There are diffe
5、rences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary.,British English,American English,spelling,pronunciation,words,colour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metre,meter,ask,dance,wheel,not,box,post,mail,film,movie,shop,store,I think,I guess,T
6、hough there are differences in grammar,pronunciation,spelling,and vocabulary,for the most part,British and American English are the same language.,Fast-reading,Answer the questions.,1.When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?2.Which country has the largest number of English learne
7、rs in the world?,In the 17th century.,China.,Detailed-reading,Fill in the form according to the text.,Task 1:,German,5-7million,In the 1600s,Australian,1828,11501500,1.English has/had the most speakers _.A.now B.when the British ruled many parts of the world C.in the time of Shakespeare D.in the 12t
8、h century,A,Choose the correct answer.,Task 2:,2.Which of the following statements is true?A.Languages always stay the same.B.Languages change only after wars.C.Languages no longer change.D.Languages change when cultures change.,D,3.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more like _.A.French B.Chinese
9、C.German D.Russian,C,4.Shakespeares English was spoken around the _.A.1400s B.1150s C.450s D.1600s,D,5.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?A.Australia B.China C.India D.Britain,B,At the end of the 16th century,English was only spoken by people from England.T
10、hey were native speakers.Today,the largest number of people 1._(speak)English may be in China.A lot of Chinese people speak English 2._ their foreign language.,speaking,Summary.,as,Task 3:,3._ English language has changed quite a lot over the last four centuries.Old English sounds more 4._ less like
11、 German for it was 5._(base)on German,but modern English sounds more like French than German 6._ England was once ruled by the French.,The,or,based,because,Two people had great effects on the English changes.One was Shakespeare,who 7._(large)the 8._;the other was Noah Webster,9._ wrote a dictionary
12、10._gave American English its identity.,enlarged,vocabulary,who,that/which,As we all know,English is widely used in many fields while Chinese is spoken by the largest number of speakers.Do you think Chinese will become an international language all over the world in the near future?Give your reasons.,Discussion,1.Retell the passage according to the key words.2.Read the passage carefully and make marks where you have any questions.,Homework,
