2014年高中英语Unit2Englisharoundtheworld课件1新人教版必修1.pptVIP

* Warming up 人教课标版 高一 必修 1 Unit 2 This unit triesto give us a better understanding of how English developed and how 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”? Small Quiz Let’s do a small quiz to distinguish the national flags of different countries, and find out the languages spoken in these countries. The U.S.A. Great Britain Australia Ireland Canada Singapore India South Africa New Zealand English is spoken in these countries. How much do you know about English? It is the official language of many countries, such as USA, England, Canada, Ireland… It has a long history. There are two kinds of English: AmE and BrE Many Chinese are learning English. What can you learn from it? Situation: An American is visiting England. Now he has just checked 登记in a hotel. And his room number is 705. Here is the dialogue between him and a servant服务员 in the hotel. Excuse me, could I take the elevator to the 7th floor? Pardon? Why not the 6th floor? Your room number is 705. And you’d take what? I mean, I’d like to take the lift to Room 705 on the 6th floor. We say the 7th floor instead of 6th floor in the US. Oh, sorry. Come this way, I’ll show you the lift. BrE AmE 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] Chinese BrE AmE lift elevator petrol gas, gasoline flat apartment autumn fall underground subway university college rubbish garbage dustbin trash can holiday vacation fortnight two weeks 电梯 汽油 公寓 秋天 地铁 大学 垃圾 垃圾箱 假期 两周 Am E neighborhood labor color honorable humor favorite theater kilometer Br E neighbourhood labou