第二单元warming up与阅读课件.pptVIP

1.Can you name some countries in which English is spoken? * Unit 2 English Around the World Warming up Reading Why is English so popular in the world? World trade Use computers and internet Learn in Western Universities International organizations such as Olympics and UN use English Communicate with foreigners Warming up Read the passage in warming up, and answer the following questions. the USA Canada New Zealand Australia South Africa the United Kingdom Can you list the countries that use English as an official language? India British English American English Do you know the differences between American English and British English? Let’s go to the pictures! Er, but the subway station is far away. OK. But how shall we go to the movies? Why not go by underground? B.E. A.E. flat apartment sweet candy lift elevator petrol gas autumn fall post mail shop store eraser rubber A.E. B.E. ill sick penfriend penpal AmE BrE The differences between British English and American English. vocabulary spelling pronunciation autumn fall typhoon tornado I think I guess colour color centre center traveller traveler dance [da:ns] dance[d?ns] not [not] not [na:t] two weeks fortnight vacation holiday trash can dustbin garbage rubbish college university subway underground fall autumn apartment flat gas petrol elevator lift AmE BrE Chinese 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周 petrol flat color lift rubber honor pictures underground eraser gas apartment elevator honour colour movies subway Match the words that have the same meaning. @ Read the text quickly to get the main idea. @ Which Paragraph can we get all the following information from? How many people speak English at the end of the 16th century? If Native speakers don’t speak the same kind of English. can they understand each other ? What’s the development of English? When was the language English settled? Is English popular