必修一Unit2Englisharoundtheworld-Reading[閱讀課件]

1、Period 2 Reading Can you name some countries in which English is a native language?the USACanadaNew ZealandAustraliaSouth Africathe United KingdomIreland IndiaPhilippinesSingaporeMap of the worldEnglish Around the World This unit seeks to give us a better understanding of how English developed and h

2、ow it is spoken in the world.Questions Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world? Do you think Chinese can be a world language? Why? Do you know the meaning of “Englishes”?CanadianAustralianEnglishBritishAmericanIndianCaribbeanBritish EnglishAmerican English&Pre-r

3、eading II ( 5m )Do you know the differences between American English and British English?Do you want to come to my flat?How far is your apart-ment? It is beautifulTime to go home. Lets go to the elevator together.Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time. Hey, lets go and see a soccer game. I

4、t is very exciting.Great. I like football match very much.BrEAmEThe differences between British English and American English.ChineseBrEAmEliftelevatorpetrolgas, gasolineflatapartmentautumnfallundergroundsubwayuniversitycollegerubbishgarbagedustbintrash canholidayvacationfortnighttwo weeks電梯電梯汽油汽油公寓公

5、寓秋天秋天地鐵地鐵大學大學垃圾垃圾垃圾箱垃圾箱假期假期兩周兩周Am Eneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorablehumorfavoritetheaterkilometer Br E neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite theatre kilometre petrolflat colorliftrubberhonorpicturesundergrounderaser gasapartmentelevatorhonourcolourmoviessubwayMatch the words that hav

6、e the same meaning. The Road to The Road to Modern Modern EnglishEnglishReading I ( 3m )Fast reading:Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10. 1. English has/had the most speakers _. A. now B. when the British ruled many parts of the world C. in the time of Shakesp

7、eare D. in the 12th centuryScan the text and choose the best answer.2.Which of the following statement is true? A. Languages always stay the same B. Languages change only after wars C. Languages no longer change D. Languages change when cultures change3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more lik

8、e _? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian4. Shakespeares English was spoken around _? A. 1400s B. 1150s C. 450s D. 1600s5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia B. China C. India D. BritainSkim the text again and fill in the table.The cause

9、TimeBetween AD450 and 11501150 to 1500The road to modern Englishcultures communicate withone anotherthings that happenedless like German; more like Frenchbased on GermanRead the passage again and answer the following questions.1. Why was English spoken in many other countries in the 17th century?Bec

10、ause people from England started moving to other parts of the world.2. Do native English speakers have difficulty in understanding each other?3. Does their English have differences? If so, can you show examples?No, they dont.Yes. flat apartment Samuel Johnson Born: September 18, 1709 One of the Engl

11、ish languages most profound influences. Two important persons Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758Died: May 28, 1843When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently. Fill

12、in the blanks with proper words according to the text. The English between AD 450 and 1150 was based more on _.From AD 800 to 1150, those who ruled England spoke first _ and later _.At the end of the 16th century, about _ people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England.GermanDanishFrenchfi

13、ve to seven millionEnglish is also spoken as a foreign or _ language in many other countries in Africa and _.Today, the number of people learning English in China is increasing _. As a matter of fact, China may have the _ number of English learners. In 1620 some British settlers moved to _. In the 1

14、8th century, some British people were taken to _. English began to be spoken in both countries.largest AmericaAustraliasecondSouth AsiarapidlyDecide whether the statement are True (T) or false (F) according to the passage. 1. Chinese English has become one of the world Englishes.2. Between about AD

15、450 and 1150, English was less like German, and more like French. FF3. It is The American Dictionary of the English Language that gives American English spelling its own identity. 4. English is spoken as the first language in Singapore and Malaysia. FT1. Do you know that there is more than one kind

16、of English in the world? 你知道世界上不止有一種英語嗎？你知道世界上不止有一種英語嗎？ more than one +名詞單數(shù)名詞單數(shù), 后面的謂后面的謂 語動詞用單數(shù)。語動詞用單數(shù)。 More than one student wants to go to swim.Explanation more than 還可以與名詞、形容詞、副詞、還可以與名詞、形容詞、副詞、動詞、動名詞連用，意為動詞、動名詞連用，意為 “不只是，非不只是，非常常” Both of them are much more than schoolmates. They are close frien

17、ds. 他們倆遠不只是同學他們倆遠不只是同學, 他們是知心朋友。他們是知心朋友。 more than 的反義短語是的反義短語是less than, 意為意為 “少于少于”We advertised for pupils last autumn, and got _ 60. A. more than B. more of C. as much as D. so many as高考鏈接高考鏈接2. In some important ways they are very different form one another. 在某些重要方面在某些重要方面, 它們彼此有些差異。它們彼此有些差異。(1

18、) inway (s)/bymeans 在在方面方面 We should solve this problem in a different way. =We should solve this problem by a different way. 都表示都表示“相互，彼此相互，彼此”，在句中作動，在句中作動詞詞或介詞的賓語，但不能作主語?；蚪樵~的賓語，但不能作主語。表示兩個人或事物之間的相互關系用表示兩個人或事物之間的相互關系用each other, 表示三個或三個以上的人表示三個或三個以上的人或事物之間的相互關系時，或事物之間的相互關系時， 用用each other或或one anoth

19、er都可以。都可以。(2) one another/each other區(qū)別區(qū)別Tom and Mary looked at each other.We send card to one another/each other every year.我們每年都相互寄卡片。我們每年都相互寄卡片。3. because of后邊加名詞或動名詞短語后邊加名詞或動名詞短語 because是連詞是連詞, 所以后邊跟句子所以后邊跟句子 He came to work late because he got up late. He came to work late because of getting up

20、late. 考例考例 The open-air celebration has been put off _ the bad weather. (浙江浙江 2007)A. in case of B. in spite of C. instead of D. because of 點撥點撥 句意為句意為“因為天氣惡劣推遲了露天因為天氣惡劣推遲了露天慶祝會。慶祝會?！?because of由于，因為；由于，因為；in case of假設，萬一；假設，萬一；in spite of盡管；盡管；instead of代替，而不是代替，而不是，故正確答案為，故正確答案為D項。項。4. Native Engl

21、ish speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English. 把英語作為母語的人相互之間可以交把英語作為母語的人相互之間可以交 流流, 即使他們說的不是同一種英語。即使他們說的不是同一種英語。even if= (even though)是連詞詞是連詞詞組，組， 用來引導讓步狀語從句，用來引導讓步狀語從句，意為意為 “盡管；即使盡管；即使” even if /even thougheven if 從句所說的不肯定；而從句所說的不肯定；而even though從句所說的則是事實從句所

22、說的則是事實He will not let out the secret even if he knows it. He will not let out the secret even though he knows it.他對秘密知道與否不一定他對秘密知道與否不一定他知道這個秘密他知道這個秘密native可以作名詞，意為：可以作名詞，意為： 本地人，本地人，本國人；也可以作形容詞，意為：本本國人；也可以作形容詞，意為：本國的，本土的。例如：國的，本土的。例如：1. When were on holiday in Greece, we live like the natives.2. Are

23、 you a native of this country, or just a visitor?3. The giant panda is native to China.4. After a long stay in England hes back in his native land.拓展拓展 native speaker生來就說某種生來就說某種語言的人。如：語言的人。如：a native speaker of French / English即學即練即學即練 根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的提示，用根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的提示，用native的適當形式完成句子。的適當形式完成句子。1. He has been aw

24、ay from _（他的故土中國）（他的故土中國） for three years.2. Hes _ （美國人）（美國人） but now lives in England.his native Chinaa native of America5. come up 上來上來, 走近走近; 被提出被提出; 發(fā)芽發(fā)芽; 升起升起 The problem came up in the meeting.問題在會議中被提出來了。問題在會議中被提出來了。come across 偶然遇到或找到偶然遇到或找到come back 再現(xiàn)記憶再現(xiàn)記憶come down 傳承傳承, 按習慣通過或處理按習慣通過或處理c

25、ome on 催促催促, 快速運動快速運動come out 成為眾所周知成為眾所周知; 發(fā)行或發(fā)表發(fā)行或發(fā)表come up 出現(xiàn)出現(xiàn), 顯示顯示come true 實現(xiàn)實現(xiàn)come up with 宣布或發(fā)現(xiàn)宣布或發(fā)現(xiàn)6. actually/in fact/as a matter of fact 事實上，實際上事實上，實際上7. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 翻譯翻譯 起初在大約公元起初在

26、大約公元450年到年到1150年年間英國人所講的英語與人們現(xiàn)在所講間英國人所講的英語與人們現(xiàn)在所講的英語很不一樣。的英語很不一樣。分析分析 此句看起來復雜，但實際上是一此句看起來復雜，但實際上是一個簡單句，即：個簡單句，即： the English. was different from the English., at first 在在句中作狀語，句中作狀語， spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150以及以及spoken today都是過去分詞短語作后置都是過去分詞短語作后置定語，用來修飾中心詞定語，用來修飾中心詞the English，

27、表，表示被動關系。示被動關系。如：如：The speech given by that professor was a great success. （given by that professor 作作the speech的定語）的定語）那個教授所作的演講很成功。那個教授所作的演講很成功。8. base可以作名詞，意為：可以作名詞，意為： 總部，基礎；總部，基礎；也可以作動詞，也可以作動詞， 意為：以意為：以為根據(jù)，為根據(jù)，常用于常用于base sth. on / upon sth. 結(jié)構(gòu)。結(jié)構(gòu)。 That company has offices all over the world, bu

28、t their base is in Paris. Many languages have Latin as their base. This novel is based on facts. 即學即練即學即練 翻譯下列句子。翻譯下列句子。1. 這出戲以真事為基礎。這出戲以真事為基礎。2. 我很多時間在英國度過，但主要還是我很多時間在英國度過，但主要還是 住在中國。住在中國。The play is based on a true story.I spend a lot of time in Britain, but China is still my base. 9. present (adj

29、.) 目前的目前的, 現(xiàn)在的現(xiàn)在的 You should look clearly the present situation.10 . Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亞使用了比以前更為廣莎士比亞使用了比以前更為廣泛的詞匯量。泛的詞匯量。make (good/full/no) use of 使用使用We could make good use of our resources.Every minute should be made good use of. 11. Indi

30、a has a very large number of fluent English speakers a number of 大量的（其后謂語動詞用復數(shù)）大量的（其后謂語動詞用復數(shù)） A number of people have came. the number of 的數(shù)目（其后謂語的數(shù)目（其后謂語動動 詞用單數(shù)）詞用單數(shù)） 只能修飾可數(shù)名詞的：只能修飾可數(shù)名詞的： a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few The number of homeless pe

31、ople has increased.只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of 既可修飾可數(shù)也可修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：既可修飾可數(shù)也可修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of12. Only time will tell. 時間會證明一切。時間會證明一切。 tell 知道知道, 判斷判斷 Its hard to tell whether he is right. tell A from B

32、: 區(qū)分，分別區(qū)分，分別 Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?短語訓練營短語訓練營請選用方框內(nèi)所給短語的適當形式完成請選用方框內(nèi)所給短語的適當形式完成下列句子。下列句子。such as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of1. He realized that she was crying _ what he had said.2. _, John has passed the driving test.because ofBelieve it or notsuc

33、h as； because of； base on； come up； believe it or not； at the end of3. This book is _ a true story.4. A beggar _ to us and asked for money.5. They had an English exam _ last month.6. Girls _ Ann and Lucy are very friendly.such as based oncame upat the end of用適當?shù)慕樵~填空。用適當?shù)慕樵~填空。1. Youd better make full use _ your time.2. You will find the hospital _ the end o