Unit 2READING123.ppt

Unit 2English Around the World A joke Last summer, a college graduate from Shanghai was applying for a job. In his resumé, he proudly declared that he was able to speak five different foreign languages: the language of America, the language of Great Britain, the language of Canada, the language of Australia and the language of New Zealand. The interviewer was surprised at first but soon he saw the trick and turned him down. to think it over… Are there any differences at all among these five “Englishes”? What other countries use English as an official language? British English America