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How many languages do you speak? Which is your native language? If we speak more than one language, in which situations do we use the language? 1. Putonghua Mandarin Chinese 2. taizhou dialect 3. English 4. Japanese 5. … * * Discuss these questions 方言 普通话 An international talk/meeting In what situations is English used? Doing international trade At school Listening to radio, watching TV… Singing English songs. Seeing English movies As we all know English is very important nowadays. So we should study hard. How much do you know about the English language? Let’s do a quiz. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. What is the full name of the UK? Which country’s national flag? The U.S.A. The U.K. Noah Webster Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. He learned 26 languages to research the origins of his own countrys tongue. He published the dictionary in 1828. Who wrote the American dictionary of the English language? “To be or not to be, this is a question” is a quotation from Hamlet which is wrote by . William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) was a famous English writer, whose best-known works contain Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the merchant of Venice, King Lear, etc. How many kinds of English do you know? American English; British English Canadian English; Australian English Indian English; Singapore English ……… A: Do you want to come to my apartment? A: Wow, the bar is a nice place. We can go. B: Your flat? I don’t think so. Can we go to the pub? B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets. American? British? A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies. A: Ok. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow. A: Ok. Let’s go to the elevator together. B: Hey, I like football match very much. B: Oh, time to go home, let’s go to the lift. What are the two main groups of English? B.E and A.E the USA