Unit 3 Topic 1English around 课件.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * Unit 3 Topic 1 Section C English around the world(Ⅰ) 五里桥中学 张淑琴 Discuss in groups where English is used . Is English the most widely used in the world? 2. Which country has the largest numbers of English speakers? 3. In France, is English also learned as a foreign language? 4. Why is English very important? Read the text and answer the questions The topic sentence : Of all these languages, English is the most widely used. In the world over 400 million people speak English as their mother language . 2. Even though it is not the first or second language in many countries, such as Japan , Germany, France and China, it is also learned as a foreign language. English is also widely used by the world’s airlines and international business. Read and find : 3000---- More than 3000 languages are spoken in the world Over 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 300 million people speak English as their second language. Over 226 million people speak English in the United States. Two thirds of the world’s scientists read English. About 200 million users of the Internet communicate in English. 400 million---- 226 million---- 300 million---- two thirds---- 200 million---- Read 1a and find out the key phrases more than = over mother tongue the United States = America the largest number of even though such as two thirds of communicate in English Retell the text according to the following phrases more than = over mother tongue the United States = America the largest number of even though such as two thirds of communicate in English Listening test: Take part in an international conference Want to buy fashion clothes Mrs.Black California Mr.King Ask a policeman for help Russia Take a swimming course Sally Situation Place Name Jim France Mr.Yang London Ask an American to take a photo of him Australia Read 1a again Do you h