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Reading ? How many dialects are there in China ? dialects family in China 北方方言 吴语 闽南语 客家话 湘语 赣语 粤语 Chinese dialects in Guangdong province 粤方言 客方言 闽方言 代表地区 梅州 地区 广州代表 代表地区 潮汕地区 English dialects in different countries Britain The U.S.A Canada Australia India New Zealand Do you think there are some dialects in English? Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question. Is there standard English? Detailed Reading Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question. 1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? 2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? And what kind of dialect is it? 3.Why are there so many dialect in American English? Mid-western, southern, African American, Spanish Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them. That’s because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects. Read the passage, then fill in the following form: Notes on James Murray’s life Country Education Job Most important task Its difficulties: Qualities needed: Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information Reading Task on page 51 Village school then taught himself. Work in a bank, teacher. Scotland Murray, his two daughters and other editors. 1982 Most important task Other information Its difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Ideas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in 1857. Begin to do it in 1895. Hoped to finish it in ten years. Listening Ask some students to tell the words that are different in American English British English Revision 3. Listen and put these sentences in the right sequence. Lester climbed a tree Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming Lester thought the cat