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1、Unit 2English around the worldofficialvoyageapartment actually base graduallyadj. 官方的; 正式的n. 航行; 航海n. 公寓住宅; 單元套房adv. 實際上; 事實上vt. 以.為依據(jù)n. 基部; 基地; 基礎(chǔ)adv. 逐漸地; 逐步地Words previewDanishvocabulary spelling identity fluent SingaporeMalaysian. 丹麥語adj.丹麥的; 丹麥人的n. 詞匯; 詞匯量; 詞表n. adv. 拼寫; 拼法n. 本身; 本體; 身份adj. 流利的

2、; 流暢的n. 新加坡n. 馬來西亞Words previewbecause of come up at present make use of such as因為; 由于走近; 上來; 提出現(xiàn)在; 目前利用; 使用例如; 像這種的Expressions previewAustraliaU.S.ANew ZealandU.KENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD1 With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language?2 Which country do you think has

3、 the most English learners?Pre-readingTHE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISHReadingTry to finish your reading in 8 minutes . Then, do the following exercises. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.1. English has / had the most speakersA. now. B. when the British ruled many parts of the world. C. in the

4、 time of Shakespeare. D. in the 12th century. 2. From AD 450 to 1150 , English sounded more like A. French. B. Chinese. C. German. D. Russian.3. Shakespeares English was spoken around A. 1400s. B. 1150s. C. 450s. D. 1600S.5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speaker in the worl

5、d? A. Australia B. China C. India D. Britain Timeline of the development of EnglishtimeLanguage developmentDuring the 5th century ADbased more on GermanAD800-1150influenced by Danish and then by French; vocabulary enriched1620British settlers moved to America; English spoken there18th centuryBritish

6、 taken to Australia; English spoken there19thlanguage settled;spelling difference happenedNoah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Place: Hartford, ConnecticutDied: May 28, 1843Place: New Haven, Connecticut Noah Webster and Americas First Dictionary Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, Noah Webster

7、 came of age during the American Revolution and was a strong advocate(主張） of the Constitutional （美國憲法）Convention（會議）. He believed fervently（熱誠、熱情） in the developing cultural independence ofthe United States, a chief part of which was to be a distinctive American language with its own idiom, pronunci

8、ation, and style. In 1806 Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, the first truly American dictionary. Immediately there after he went to workon his magnum opus（巨著、杰作）, an American Dictionary of the English Language, for which he learned 26 languages, including Anglo-Saxo

9、n and Sanskrit, in order to research the originsof his own countrys tongue. This book, published in 1828, embodied a Skimming reading : discuss the following questions1. Why does China have the largest number of English speakers?2. Is English still changing now? Why?3. Why is the number of people le

10、arning English in China increasing rapidly?Main ideas for paragraphsPara. One:Para. Two:Para. Three:Para. Four:More and more people speak English.The first sentence in paragraph Two.The second sentence in paragraph Three.The number of the English speaking people is increasing .English is changing be

11、cause of the place and the time.timeplaceSummary of the main idea:At the same time,culture communicative with each other1.Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?Discussion2. Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese? Some people say that Chinese is

12、 amuch more elegant language, so it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary to master foreign language. Do you agree with this opinion and why?1 voyage n. Ca long journey, especially by ship: 航行；航海He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.Language points2 because of: as

13、a result of 因為; 由于Many beautiful fish are fast disappearing because of the severe pollution. 因為污染嚴(yán)重，許多美麗的魚類正在面臨絕種。The police are advising motorists to reduce speed because of the fog. 由于有霧，警察告誡駕車者減慢速度。We win the game because of hisparticipation. 由于他的參與，我們贏了比賽。someone who has spoken a particular lang

14、uage since they were a baby, rather than having learnt it as a child or adult:講母語的人None of our teachers are native speakers of English.a native-speaker dictionary3 native speaker n. C1. to move towards sb. 走近A young girl came up to me and asked for money.2. to be mentioned or talked about in convers

15、ation: 提出What points came up at the meeting?The teacher came up with a good plan for the summer vocation. 4 come up: phrasal v.3. to happen, usually unexpectedly: 發(fā)生Ive got to go - something has just come up at home and Im needed there.4. be coming up to be happening soon: 臨近 My exams are coming up

16、soon.Are you busy? Not at present.At present shes working abroad. I have no enough material in hand at present. 目前我手頭沒有足夠的資料。 5 at present FORMAL now: 目前A Gradually, she realized that he wasnt telling her the truth.B The bank slopes gradually down to the river.6 gradually adv.slowly over a period of

17、 time or a distance:逐漸地a wide / limited vocabularyBy the age of two a child will have a vocabulary of about two hundred words.7 vocabulary n. 1 C all the words known and used by a particular person: 詞匯量2 C or U all the words which exist in a particular language or subject: 詞匯A Every week our English

18、 teacher gives us a list of vocabulary (= words) to learn.B Computing, like any subject, has its own vocabulary.We might as well make use of the hotels facilities.She makes use of people she meets as raw material for her fiction. 她把她所遇見的人們作為她創(chuàng)作小說的素材。 8 make use of sth.to use sth. that is available:

19、利用；使用She offered me more money or a car and I chose the latter.Compare the former (FIRST).9 the latter (SECOND) n.S the second of two people, things or groups previously mentioned: 后者11 identity n. C or U who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make them different from others: 本

20、身；本體；身份The mans identity was being kept secret while he was helping police with enquiries.I cannot reveal the identity of my source.The informant(線人)was given a new identity (= a different name and new official documents) for protection.I think my job gives me a sense of identity.1 When a person is

21、fluent, they can speak a language easily, well and quickly:Shes fluent in French.2 When a language is fluent, it is spoken easily and without many pauses:He speaks fluent Chinese.Hes a fluent Russian speaker.12 fluent adj. 流利的；流暢的fluently adv.流利地；流暢地Id like to speak English fluently.That sum of mone

22、y is to cover costs such as travel and modation.I know many of them, such as John,Peter, and Tom. The Roman languages such as French, Italian, are all derived from Latin. 拉丁語系, 例如法語, 意大利語, 都起源于拉丁語。13 such as: for example 例如; 諸如for example意思是 舉個例子來說,. 一般只舉同類人或物中的“一個”為例，作插入語，用逗號隔開，可置于句首、句中、句末； such as意思是 比如，后面不加逗號,直接列舉同類人或物中的幾個例子，不能窮盡，可和and so on連用；like表示列舉，可和such as互換。for example, such as, like 的區(qū)別Noise，for example，is a kind of pollution舉例說明，噪音就是一種污染。 China has many big cities, such as Beiji