unit 2 warming reading.ppt

Fun Time Are you a native speaker of Cantonese? If not, where is your native place? Use you native language to say “Hello” to your classmates!!!!!!! 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. English speaking countries Do all the English speakers only speak one kind of English? Five kinds of English in the world Canadian English British English American English Australian English Indian English British English American English the ground floor the first floor the first floor the second floor the second floor the third floor the third floor the forth floor apartment subway elevator eraser mom gas Imitation Time 1. LITTLE GIRL: Hi, I’d like some sweets, please. STORE OWNER: No problem. All the candy we sell is sweet. LITTLE GIRL: I see, so you sell sweet sweets. 2. BRITISH BOY: Let’s take the lorry for a trip into the countryside. AMERICAN GIRL: Of course, I expect you to take me! BRITISH BOY: Oh, I’m sorry, Lori, I mean my truck. 3. BRITISH BOY: What a lovely autumn day! AMERICAN LADY: Yes, it’s a nice fall day, isn’t it? Homework Paragraph 1: describes the extension of English in the world. Paragraph 2: tells us native speakers can understand each other but not everything. Paragraph 3: tells the development of English as native language. Paragraph 4: tells us English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries. 14.Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. …………Geography also plays a part in making dialects.……………… Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. 14. Believe it or not. 固定短语：信不信由你。 Believe it or not, Dongguan was not a city about 30 years ago. 信不信由你，中国有15亿人口了。_______________, China has a population of 1.5 billion. 我们的图书馆有好多这样的书。 Th